The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-10-02
Substantial Proof of
Change Of Heart


Paul has preached successfully in
t'rIuth, the center of tho phlloso-
phy ana worldly wisdom pf the day
and Boo tuIiuth. ut that time great
commercial cUpItal but we find him
nov invading the stronghold OF tho
religions g"h ot that age. Fphcsus
Wta uu mean city lu commercial
5yu7y, but 10 had its greatest re-
uuWn ag the center NJ the cult Of
pnu'. aud the people there were
markedly OF H religious turn or
mind They manifested "a devotion
io pnc1nIsm that turned out TO bc
70 power Tor good whom diverted into
the study " Christianity. Paul
tackled ihc fUuutain-hoad ot re-
lgiuus error and made great sue
ctss ut the fob AZ usual, however.
he was met and annoyed by the up-
position Of his own blood relation.
thr Jews. who lost mo- opportunity
90 score against the progress OF tho
flth ot jesus Chirst In every part
ut tho world To- which Jews had
strlAvd lU their WHudyrlugA And
this was followed by an uprising OF
thosv who were financially interest
cd In maintaining the worship of
Dana, ana mido 70 advisable Tor
iaul TO SHIFT hlH scene OF opera
ton. but not uuJn hc had with his
assistants proclaimed the gospel
throughout AN Asia Minor
separated from Error.
lie WuH not the first In the fold
at EphvsuA 10 seems that other
missionaries had planted the nucleus
of a church there that later adopted
Paul aB 10 pastor during tho three
years of his stay Disscnslon Orose
within the church and Paul. instead
ut ruHorting to the modern habit Of
Coutouding with tho advocates OF
error and sinking tho preaching OF
the gospel into the miro OF an in
ternul controversy, simply withdrew
with his followers to another build
Ing and continued to preach the
truth rs the best method OF combat
ing error. lie Is not much OF a Chris
San who viii sec tho faith mis-
handled and dcsecratcd by minis
torial prctcndcrs without protest,
hut history ana logic both have
shown US that persistent preaching
uf the truth without runcor or con-
troversv is the surcst way To clip
the wings OF heresy and cause II TO
iadc away, Those who chose TO fol-
low Puuls teaching went on their
way acrcncly confident I'm tho final
triumph Of truth over error, and
dDigning not to enter into fruitlcsa
another way That paul's policy
was the best docs not admit OF
doubt, yet We find men nowadays in
CiinCd to ovcrwore the stunt. When
ever "a plouB man, or man with a
religious ak To grind, finds his de-
out of tune with some
hobby OF his, ~ promptly draws off
and starts another denomination.
Many good men have attempted to
stamp out what they thought were
errors dividing Gods people and
have formulated new creed based
on trivial differences with the re-
, II that the Christian world Is get
ting more hopclessly divided Their
uc' 'pD has been fruitful In incrcaS-
ing tho divcrsitios OF sccts and max
ing christianity The subject OF ridi-
culo ana contempt. But he had one
great udNantnEe--ho simply let tho
error alone ana ignored II, thus at
tracing the more attention TO the
preaching OF the truth. II is not
the function OF the heralda OF the
gospel to be wasting their time and
enrrgy I'm combating the multl-
tudious crcdal errors OF Christen-
dom, but to preach Jesus Christ and
Him cruCified and lot error take
care OF error until natural processes
bring its downfall. For the truth
Win survive All errors. and fighting
crcdal disputes only makes them
worse and hindcrs the coming OF the
kingdom.
Substantial Proof of Conversion.
Tho EphosianH set ~ a good ex-
1mplc ~ repentance, They were not
satisfied 20 simply profess belief,
They realized that convention in
VOWED change OF motives and
habits, both OF act and thought.
They did not attempt to align them
selves with Ood's people and yet re-
serve unto themselves tho privilege
'f continuing In their evil ways.
They actually confessed their mis-
loings and undertook to live on a
new system Some of Them who
had been making money by proving