The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-16
"The Lord Is My Shepherd"
Copyright, 1919. by william Ashley sunday.

sermon on the twenty third pan I'm
which no called "rho Lord Is My
shepherd" and which he preached
Thursdny afternoon at tho tabcr
nacle, follows:
j suppose N you should ask people
10 repeat what they Know best IN
GODS word moro people would re-
peat the sixteenth verso OF the third
Chapter of John. "For God so loved
the world that lie gave His only be-
gotten Son. that whoaocvor bclicvcth
IN Him should not perish, but have
everlasting lifc." and the twenty
third psalm, than any other portion
OF tho Bible.
Three thousand years have passed
away since David wrote that psalm.
The harp upon which he used IN play
10 charm King saul iu hin mclan-
choly moods. ana the book uf the
law out Of which no metiiaied and
got inspiration 10 do tho win 0t God (;
the sling which he u0rd 10 burl the
stone that slew the Giant ~ Gath:
the palace IN which ho uvc6 the
throne upon which hc sat and the
crown which ho were they have all
crumbled into dust and they couldn't
be found today by any possibility Of
research. ana yet this psalm Is az
sweet and inspiring as the day II
foll from his harp and his lipc, 3, 900
years ago.
To mo. nothing iq freshcr and
more Inspiring than the truth NJ IT,
~ comes Ike n gale from heaven
and like the song OF angels.
Little children have lispcd II at
their mothers knee. I have no
doubt but that tho infant Jesus used
20 say u over and over again as Ue
knelt by His mothers side, because
every jewish child was taught his
by his parents. familiarity with the
Scriptures, and IL we were only nv
particular today TO instill the prin-
ciples OF the gospel In the hcarta and
minds of children, there wouldn't be
so many OF them going TO tho devil
with the dew of youth on their
brow; and there wouldn't be 80 many
OF our boys numbered among the
criminals; md ] wouldn't be com
PEELED 10 stand up here and tell you
that 72 per cent OF our criminals
are young men under "a years OF
age.
Every Jewish child was taught by
it's parents familiarity with the Scrip
tures--and ] have no doubt that .hc
infant Jesus, used TO say that over
and over as He would lSncol by his
mothers side
Pilgrims. as they pushed forward
In their journey over roads hard to
travel. have gained inspiration. and
prisoners In their cell have forgot
ten their gloom, and men and wom-
en- held by an cnslavIng. Supplying,
demoralizlnR habit and appetite.
have felt II snap. as they became
FREQ creatures In Jesus Christ. Mar
tyrs have gone TO the stake and have
been incincrated to ashes, before
they would deny tho God they rc-
we're, and old mon and women,
young meB and maidens have pll-
lowed their heads upon Il: gaining
inspiration. they have swept out 10
meet tho God that It insplred them
TO love.
Years ago friend OF m,ns was
preaching In Freeport. III, He was
being entertained IN the homo OF an
old. superannuated Baptist preacher
and while there. Gods time for the
old man 10 die had come. NY ftriead
would come down In ;he morning
and say. Good morning. Father
cha pin, how are your"
The old man would stare b'anxly
and say. II don't know you. Where
did you como from? How did you
get IMP"
MY friend would tell him. and he
would say 81 hope you ion't feel Of
Tended, am forgetting ~ easily as
grow older"
He Knew Jesu$.
My friend would come in at noon
and say, "Father Chapln, how arc
you?'
And tho old man would say IL
don't know you; | never saw you be-
fore"
And when my friend would tell
him who he was, he'd apologize
again.
one morning they knocked on my
friends door and said Get upl
Father ChapiE is dying" this
daughter lived right across the street
II knew her well.)
So my friend hurried down. and
a few friends stood around the wife
and the daughter Ruth; and the Wife
bent over him and she said. Father.
do YOU know mep"
The old man never snid n word,
Then his daughter Ruth bent over
him and kissed him, and the old man
said. who are your"
why" she said. ~ am Ruth,
your daughter"
Ho said. "No, wo never had n
child; God never gave us n child"
Their hearts were breaking, when
my friend came in and said TO him,
brushing the hair back from his fore
head. "Father Chaplin, do you know
Jesus7"
At tho mention OF His name, tho
oid mans face lit up like a haio OF
glory and he almost leapcd from his
bed. Ie said. "Who said 'JesusY
Know him2 Why | preached His
blessed gospel for As years, and yea
though walk through the valley OF
the shadow of death. / will fear no
evil, for Thou are with me"
Different names have been as
signed this portion OF the Bible by
different commentators or writer's.
one man called IL the creed psalm.
lie was asked at n meeting similar
Ia this to give his creed, and he arose
and repeated this psalm, saying,
THAT Is all the creed II know-that
is all need My mother taught II TO
me and | have repeated it twice
every day since. l don't understand
q, and after 80 years | am Just be-
ginning to learn the A u 9 out of
which TO coin a few words with
which 70 thank God for the blessings
that have come to me"
Another man called It a Minstrel
Psalm anA "a ot,ah q hue frnpn oY,A