The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-28
TULSA DAILY WORLD, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1921

thief you are Withholding from
God what rightfully belongs TO Him
by virtue OF purchase with the blood
of His hnly bogotten Son, and
am glad to put my fist under your
nose and tell you you are an old
thief You are not man. you
haven't got spark of womanhood
or manhood In you. IL you haven't
got what Jesus Christ paid fog m
His own blood.
He frccd the bird.
One day In Chicago when ] quit
pley yins baseball and waa IN the Y
NJ 9. A was going west on Madi-
son street and out In front of a
Japaneao grocery store, between
Dearborn and Clark | met com
pauy OF ncwsboys and one of them
had something in hts hand and !
walked up and peeped In and saw
a nedgllng ~ a sparrow. said,
"Aw, let II go"
He said. What's the matter with
you, you guy2'
I said, "givc n to me"
lie said, II should say not"
] said. II will give you a penny
! for IT,"
Ho said, "Sothin' doin'."
| said, 'ill give you "a nickel for
. ~
I 10 said. I'm from Missouri. let
/ mo SEQ the dough first
so ! dug up a nickel and he said
| well, that looks RuOd To me" and
| he said, dive it 20 the guy there.
I handed the nickel to the boy ami
[ ! said 90 tho Md, "Givo me the bird
| he's got your money"
He gave me the sparrow and
| let it sit on my hand and II started
and 'sborod and plunged and tossed
/ and pitched ana struggled and los
and by Il rcacher the window ledge
on tbs socond story ot the Japanese
grocery store.
There II sat and several spar
rows IN bird lore seemed TO be say
/ ing, Thank you. BIZ"
| The kid said. say you ohumb
| what did you let the bird go for
why, didn't you chuck tho nickel
/ In the sewer"
said. Boys. the deyil has you
In his hands Ike you boys had that
| olrd and came along and gave you
the nickel Then the bird was MN,
no | could do whatever | pleased
with II and | wanted To let II 20 and
! / did" | said, Jesus came into IN,
| world and died on the cross and IL,
| paid tho price for our souls go W,
all belong to Him. when you gol
my nickel the bird was mine. Now
| have bought II back"
| Redemption means to buy back
Jesus paid the price. Don't b" 4
fool, give Him what belongs to Him
We arc redeemed not with cor
ruptible things such as silver ant
gold but by the precious blood o
Jesus Christ. II stands for God
hatred OF sins.
Now a aklllful man can nrgu'
against the validity OF the scrip
lures and II you are not rooted an,
grounded In faith doubt will seen
more reasonable to you than faith
I am going to say something tina
may startle some OF you. Listen
nowl IL | hadn't been four year
under the care and instruction an,
guidance OF men who believed th
Bible was the word OF God and Je
sus Christ is the Son of God in tn
formative period OF my Christian
manhood. am afraid Id be stand
ing here tonight preaching infldelit
to you instead OF Christianity an,
one OF the men who guided me II
my younger days was DR.. Chapman
who helped me.
SO, here, / say, IL | hadn't hav
been under the instruction OF me
who believed and knew and guide
my thought. / might be preachin
infidelity instead OF Chrlstlanitl
But to the day die, I'll never ceas
to praise God for the men who be
licvcd In Jesus Christ as the So
OF God and thank God before III
eyes Eel on Ingersoll and rea
everything he ever wrote and l.
take II and lay II down by the sid
Of the Bible and said, Either 30
perverted that through Ignorance G
desire. but | couldn't conceive OF
man with the gigantic intelligenc
he possessed being such a fool"
I only wish to God had his brai
and eloquence with my dispositio
to serve and do the will OF God. bt
/ am going the very limit OF all m
strength and power to help,
You can argue against the Bihl
{ but you can't argue against sin. 81
is In ahe world and all the damns
: tion ana misery comes from sin. Yo
, can argue against COD, Jesu
heaven. hell. you can say that deaf
|, is an eternal sleep. and you ca
! argue against all OF that, but yo
7, cant argyle against sin. II IL in n
: world, and all the misery, sorrON
{ anguish, heaF7ache, all the nurde
. outrage and all the war, and all thu
: curses and ruins and damns and II
= tests and bllghts like pestilence, a
the insomnia--all is caused by vi
That is what damus the world,
2 We are only asking men and won
I en- to flee from the thing that ours
9 their life, | think you forget all
: It when you refuse to be Christia
8 and live for Jesus Christ and for ii
truth.
= one day In Chicago stoodd on Il
: corner OF LaSalle and WashingtC
y streets in front OF the chamber
- commerce talking with a man abo
u religion, when up from ~ ca
dashed patrol and they took o
four men, or the remnants of thcI
= blear Dyed, bloated faced. ragge
staggering, drunken sOts, and | sal
>, There II IN now, just what we we
"a talking about"
Sin--you can't argue against Al
10 From the west dashed up anoth
patrol opposite the city hall and tn
10 dragged out three women, hair d
10 heveled. eyes bloodshot. clothl
hung in rags and the worst vilcne
se profanity ,obscenity you over hea
10 poured from their lips. sa
NJ There ls-sin. You can't ars
m against sin."