The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-07-09

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Tho German kaiser claimed that
| ho ruled with direct commission
/ from God. vet when the tcst came
| Tho result showed that his authority.
| - ho had such. must have como from
/ tho princc Of evil. There have been
such things as rulers being appoint
/ ed ny divine command, but We know
/ ~ only q few Of thems and mono OF
/ thcm are living now David was
/ diviucly chosen for tho throne OF
/ Israel when but "a lad. but he never
I lost ID sense OF his responsibility as
/ such 10 the God of Abraham. Daniel
makes us to- know, however. that no
/ ruler, WhntCvor the source of his
/ power. cyists but who roigns by tho
| guffornnCe of the Almighty, and
| whom he proves conclusively his
unworthlncas God is mighty enough
. to encompass his downfall He had
1 suspended the power OF the lino OF
/ David because not only the King. but
/ the people as we'll, had ignored their
/ debt ~ gratitude for tho Lord who
/ had brought them up out OF Egypt.
/ Ue had been very patient with their
. shortcomings, but the time arrived
when his patience reached n limit
/ and they were turned over to the
/ tender mercios OF the king OF Baby
/ lon. The kings OF Babylon had
| shown Themselves unworthy OF
! Gods favor and Bel9haZ2ar, ignoring
/ tho Judgment visited upon his father
. for pride ana Rodlessness. made tho
/ conclusion moro emphatic. llo not
/ only ignored Jehovah but dcilod
. him. aud his fate had already been
measured out and tho hordes OF
. Persia were at his gates when the
| mysterious hand wrote upon the
wall I'm the midst OF his royal de-
bauchory.
Weighed I'm the balance.
The divine verdict upon Belshaz-
zar was. /, that days OF his reign
| were terminated 2, he as king had
| been weighed and found wanting.
and 3. that tho Medes and Persians
wore In possession. The handwrit-
Ing on the wall fits any nation whicr
rcfuscs or noglects TO face its moral
issues and to fight for a standard
Of living such M God requires and
our best judgment approves. Wa
cannot get rid OF the fruits OF sin
lby bliudfolding our eyes to II or by
saying that Il might be worse or
that II would work itself out right.
Part OF our mission as Christians,
and especially as citizens OF land
highly favored by the Almighty, Is
10 aid In making things more Ike
whnt God expects them to be. Right
here there Is danger on the other
hand that sensationallsts and the
illogical demagogues may take Rd-
vantage OF national wrongs enacted
to reform tho citizenship by whole
sale, but God does not smile on
such enforced righteousness. lie eN-
poets 20 get tho heartfelt service OF
tho Individual man free from re-
straiut. Mohammed taught that II
was pious TO slny whom they could
not convert, and that the world was
well rid OF the man who would not
accept tho false prophet. IL does
not look well in those who claim
allegiance 70 tho Prince of Peace to
belle their professions by attempting
10 enforce Il logalizcd piety on free
agents. But Just now the main need
seems to he TO get tho Christians
walked up to do their part Consci-
entiously in forwarding tho coming
OF the Kingdom they pray for. Pray
ers arc good but we are taught &c
work as well as pray. Never has oui
nation stood more iunced OF upstonC
A., ing Christian people who have the
, courage OF n Daniel 70 condemn sir
, and to lead in real moral reform
, Drowsy Christians can never kill out
wldeawnke wickedness.
Rcmorsc Is Not Reform.
Thou, O Belshaz2ar, knewest al
this" Tho prophet faces the trcmb
> ling monarch with a clear statement
. OF his personal guilt. In his excess
. OF drunken debaChery he had showr
! his contempt for sacred things by
, drinking out OF the vessels taker
2 from the Lords house. He possibly
thought he was doing that which
would humiliate the Jewish people
z who had grown altoEetcr too rict
T. and Influential in Babylon, but n
J.. doing so he had spit in the face o
r., the God OF the Hebrews. the God o
q the universe. Right then, in tn
IS height OF his boastful egotism, thl
o hand began TO write on the wall
/. and the naughty monarch was smlt
ten with a belated remOrse and fear
@ the fear Of desperation. His conscl
- cnce was touchcd--but too late, tn
= condemnation had gone forth an,
u, the enemy was even then poundinl
. nj tho gates Of the doomed city
Gods handwriting stands. Tn
wicked kingdom is doomed 4
crumble and the drunken king mus
Z pay his penalty That very night
+, before the king had time TO 'sobe
II off" he was slain and every evi
= dence OF his magnificence was pu
e TO the torch,
The Rewards Of Sin.
sinful FratifiCation like Bclshaz
I zar's drunken orgy, hurries its vic
y Tins to torture. II offers a delight
fully good time" TO all who yield (
>, it's tempting voice hut sin IL a lial
" The best that It has 70 offer is righ
at the first IN tho stirring ot physica
>, appotitcs and the tickling Of IN
- animal senses; but all the while
o IL weakening the physical function
.s and destroying tho higher spirItua
# faculties by which We come Int
n lire's richest Joy. when thes
n faculties are gone there Is left n
# uneatisfiod yearning and n sense c
II irreparable loss with It's accompany
ing rcmOrse, Some professedl
Is |pious people have their doubts abou
N hell fire, and try 20 soften the ide
~ by thinking the Bible language
"a flgurative. There is no room 10
N any consolation in that TO the ev
T. door Whatever else may happe
10 we know that remorse follows III
r.. end OF misspent life, and n
Ie amount OF physical torture can equ'
10 an eternity Of rcmCrse. The debt
q. OF This life must no paid in cternit
~ and no amount NJ RgnostlCism ca
k. avoid the payment.
e. Must give mn Accounting.