The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-23


sermon ON "Tho Soconu Coming
preached Tuesday night in the tibor-
uacic follows'
"Thcn We which arc alive and rr.
main shall ho caught up together
with them iu the clouds. tu meet the
Lord iu tho air. aud ao shall We ever
DO with the lord. Wherefore com
fort one another with thoa. words"
! ThcH i.l,.1R
Tho meeting hero mentioned iV io
he tho greatest meeting the BIblo
tells uF anything about There have
been some wonderful meetings bot
never has there boon one tu rpmpnrf
with this. 10 was % wonderful mcci.
ing tho children uf Israel had ON iuu
shore Of the RCD son. after Ihart.
oh.s pursuing host had been de-
eiroycd ln tho angry waters. and
Miriam the prophecies. with hor
tmbrcl led tho people 'u singing,
sing 50 to tho Lord. fur Doc hath
triumphod EloriuuH.v the horse aud
rider hath ho thrown AutU The fDa.
Gen. bed. And 30 was another
great meeting they had at tho foot Of
MI Sinai. when tbo law ~ God wdH
given tn them amid thuudrrs ana
lightuingH, and fto and smoke.
That great meeting, too. on Mount
Carmel, when Elijah the 'giurdy
Tishbitc, dcged prophets Of BHnlt
ana that wHs great meeting where
David danced before iu, arb NJ God
aH 10 was borus into Jerusalem. u
was n great meeting when solomon
dedicated tho temple. and the glory
of the Lord pumr upon the people.
and those were Rrcut meetings that
wcrO held ON the hanks NJ the Jorr
dan. when IoruHHIDtp and niI Iudoa
went ont tu hot, ihr man who dress
ed tn Camrls hair and wore lincu
Cirdlr. and lived ON lucuHts ana Wild
honey IT was wonderful meeting
when Jesus preached the Sermon on
the Mount and another when hc red
the multitude with five loves nni
two fishes. And that was "a great
meeting ON the day of pcntoCuat.
when the spirit came like a rushing
mighty wind. and under Peters
preaching about thrcc thousand
were converted.
An these were great meetings. and
any number uf others have been held
both in former times and In our own
day. Those we're great meetings ~
the early days OF Mcthodism, when
Wesley aud Whitehead preached "a
great multitudcs IN tho fields, Those
were great meetings when multi.
tudcs were flockiug To hear 'l'lnucy
and Moody. and great meetings have
since been held boy other great oVan
gelistg an around the world liut NO
meeting has ever been held nny
where or Ia any time that could hc-
gin to compare IN Importance with
the greatest OF all meetings that is "a
be held Ia the air when our Lord
comes TO mako M his Jewels. Ihdt
meeting 10 the ono for which all 9th
crs have been preparing the way
1 UHII hf. ha a
all history. Tho purpose Of all thai
has been done In this world up "a
the present time has been 60 propar,
FOR that great meeting In the air.
From Adam mankind has beer
marching. step by stop, up grand
stairway leading direct to that meet
Ing In tho air, The call OF Abraham
was one step toward u. and Jncol
and his IL sons were another. Jos
cph ruling In Egypt was another
tho deliverance under Moses Wa
another. the conquest OF Canaan un
der Joshua another. and so on wit'
every event In sacred history. l
was for this Jesus suffered on th'
cross to make atoncmcnt Tor nn. /
was for this he arose from the deaS
and nHcendcd into heaven. whore liz
took the place at the right hand l
the Father. IL was for this the lloN
EulTlt came NJ l'tUltitHAt anu ~ wa
for this that churches have been or
eanizod and missionaries sent to tn,
enda of the earth, These thinSr
have all been done 10 prepare the
way. and lead NJ to the meeting
which ia 40 graphically described In
the text.
II was for this meeting God made
his plans before he laid the founda.
tions Of the earth. and 1t was OF thi'
meeting he was thinking before tn,
morning stars sang together
Jesus Eury'told Departure.
We are not told when Jesus vii
come. but we are told that his com
ing ia sure, and we are charged tC
watch for it. Yet the church today
shows as little concern about hi'
coming again RA his disciples dit
about his going away An Of this I
fully in accord with Peter. "Fhor
shall come In the last days scoffcr
walking after their own luSta, ray
ing. Where ig the promise Of HI
coming. for since tine fathers Gel
olscep all things continue as the
were FROM the beginning until now.
ii Peter ARA,
Jesus not only forctold his Rolu
away, but charged his followers I
expect his return, aud he ready Il
e watch therefore, Tor We kno
not what hour your Lord doth com
Therefore, be yo also ready. Tor
such an hour as yc think not the So
OF Man romcth." Matt. 2A-42-ll,
Every time We NO tho commune
cup To our lips We do show fort
the Lords death Nu mo como
Thcre IN no prophecy needing 20
fulfilled before Christ comes Jes,
said: This gospel OF the kinEdo
shall be preached I'm an the wor
for witness unto all nations, the
shall the end come '-- Matt. 2i-l
There is not a nation on the Ia
OF tho earth that has not had u
Gospel preached within It's bounds.
The second coming ~ Christ
Nthe emphatic doctrine Of the No
Testament. II Is mentioned and r
farred 10 more than three hundr'
and my times, and yet the maiori
OF church members never heard
sermon on the subject. that ~ Il
reason they think SO little Of lookii
into tho matter themselves, II
church makes much OF baptism. b
in all OF Paulb epistles baptism
only mentioned or referred TO
times, while the return Of the Lo
is mentioned so times This ccrtail
~ shows which he considered q
sV.,V IN ~