The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-10
Fun Ir,t ~ world Stirring Lecture
By Judge Rutherford. successor
to the Late Pastor iiuSscII


millions uow urIuE On earth win
mover die must snrm prCsumptuous
to many people. bat when m" cvi-
d,utc ~ carefully considered I be-
ll"vu that almost cvory fair mind
viii coucodc that the conclusion g.
a reasonable one.
For nearly nineteen hundred years
/ thriS'iaus have been looking for
! ward 10 n tiWu coming when litt
! everlasting win ho offered to all the
| peoples Of the earth. Their oXpcc-
| tauUns aud hopes have been based
/ upon the combined testimony Of the
/ inspired prophets of old from Mo
Hos to Johu--upon the testimony Of
Jesus OF Nazareth. m" son ~ the
! Living God. and upon the testimony
OF his inspired apostles
About 4 900 years ago God made
= promise to Abraham In which he
! ,ald that he would bless Abraham
and through his seed all the fami
! Hes Of the earth should bc blessed
| Not only did h" make this promise
| but h" bound II with his oath, and
St Pau plainly tells us that these
two things, Gods word and oath,
! are unchang"ablo, and that his
promises must be fulfilled. Based
upon that oathbound promise and
! subsequent like promises made to
the Offspring of Abraham, dcvou'
Jews Of the world have since looked
forward 10 the time coming when
blessings OF lifc and happiness ctcr-
| nal viii be offered to mankind.
Today the eyes OF orthodox Jews
~ earth are flNcd upon Palestine,
They are looking up and llftng up
their heads and the hope ~ sl.>tng
! Ing into millions Of hearts that
the tlmo Ia at hand for the
rcgathering OF the Jews to Pal
"stine and the establishment there
Of "A state or government of the Jews
and for the Jews. according to the
divine arrangement Since the time
of Abraham they have looked for
the Messiah. but have not yet dis
Crrnod who constitutes the Messiah.
Life everlasting In "A state of hap
pincss is the greatest desire OF all
men. Whether men have faith or
not I'm the divine promises, each one
would bc glad to know for Ger
tainty that there was before him life
everlasting in a happy state. In
view OF this strong desire, and or
the cumulative evidence given hy
the holy men of old concerning
such blessings. II seems strange that
moro pcopl" have not tried to in
form themselves upon the subject
The reason, IA assigned by the
Apostle Paul, IL that the god OF
this world tSatRu, the invisible
ruler OF the present social order Of
| things, hath blinded the minds OF
those who are pcrishing, lest the
glorious glad tidings OF Christ
| Jesus. who IL the image OF God,
| ahould shine into their hearts. -
2 Corinthians a..
Many men OF ability In the past
| centuries have entered the Christian
| ministry. The great adversary
| knowing their vulnerable points.
| has used others to flatter and caJolc
them and to turn their minds to-
ward worldly things. and by far the
greater number OF these Clergymcn.
yielding to the hanoful and seduc-
tive influence of the adversary have
| themselves turned away from the
| Bible and have blindly led the pco-
pie in the wrong direction. They
seem TO have lost sight entirely of
the fact that God has a great plan
which he IL causing 10 work out in
an orderly. majestic manner. But
the hour has struck whom the peo-
pie shall know the truth, and they
that know the truth shall be made
free from the bondage or ignorance
and superstition and their minds
shall be turned into the channels
leading 10 uncnding JOY.
II IL the purpose Of the writer 10
try to turn the minds Of the people
to a careful and pravcrful consid-
Grafton of tho divine promises. II is
TO he deeply regretted that the Clcr-
gymcn would oppose an effort IN
teach the people the Bible truths.
nevertheless, we find much opposi-
| tion everywhere. and many clergy
men will attempt to prevent the pco-
| pie from reading what IL here writ
| ten. We, therefore, assure tho read
or that we have no ultcrior motive
in putting out this message. II Is
not propaganda. There IL no desire
nor effort to induce the reader 20
ioln anySftng. The motive for this
publication Is wholly uusclfish. The
writer has hut one desire ana that
IL 20 induce the people TO read and
rely upon the divine promises and
thus fix their hearts and minds In
this hour of distress upon mankind;
To comfort those that mourn and
uolut them 10 "a better day which Is
near at hand
Wy should have IN mind that the
great, all-wiso creator has been now
for more than 1000 years dealing
with certain people. preparatory to
bringing to every man an oppOrtu-
nifty for life everlasting. II he whose
wisdom h. perfect would devote so
much time and energy to the out
working of "A great plan, thCn sure
ly II lS worthy of the careful and
paiustakinE examination and con-
sidrratiou of every man. without re-
gard To hi9 creed. religious training,
or his political icw.
since the days OF Abraham many
men of unusual intellect not only
have diligently studied the divine
plan. but have devoted their lives
To having "A p6rt Ia making It known
to others. There were twruty-ruur
holy prophets, whose messages are
recorded IN the Bible. An OF these
forotold a coming time of great
blessings To the human race. Their
uttyrinccs were not their own. hut
they spako AS the spirit OF Jehovah
moved upon them. IL was impos-
siblr for human mind To look down
through IN" corridors ot the ages
and to torytcll what the future
would bring forth, hut those various
prophets, guided 10y the all-wisc
creator who knew the end from the