The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-08-27


shadow. but he disciplined himself
FOR the Joy that was sot before
him said the apostle. "For we
know IN part" We make a grave
mistake In b1sing our final judR-
ueui upou what from necessity No
know only In part. Follow his state
mont When thN which ls perfect
le come, then that which ~ IN part
shall be done away n IL true that
an Illness Of 10 years may effect the
lifc Of 30 years most profoundly but
10 years Will be lost In the cycle Of
Gods eternity why fret ourselves
over what We cannot holp2 Rather
look upon the Illness and death az
lncldeutH Yesterday the bread Of
today was In the solid rock, but
under the forces OF Nature the rock
disiuicgratcd into the soil and upon
its breast the wheat fields swayed
ana drew the nourishmcnt and vital
iiv which today is IN your body
Thus the lie Of man and the uni
verse moves on toward the cousum-
nation. You cannot explain yourself
much lcaa your burdens apart from
eternity. The human mind demands
10 for expansion, ana for justice.
Hence tho question arises. How ia
this TO bc attained
Freedom Through Surrender.
II is attained through obedience.
The surrender OF the viii And here
ls where we encounter trouble.
when YOU begin 10 talk TO the aver
age man about surrcndering his will
he refuses point blank, because he
cOnceivco that 10 mean "A surrender
OF his individuality. that u reduces
him 10 mental slavery Hence he ls
likely 10 assume a hostile attitude
toward Christ before making any In
quiry into what Is Included In this
surrender Of the viii Examine II
carefully The United States is
government therefore 1t In a state.
an institution. and as such II has
Will within certain territorial lim-
its that Will is absolute. An alien
wishes To become a citizen. The very
frat thing he encounters ls the sur
render OF his will to tho will OF the
state. and that surrender must take
place before he can become a Citi-
zen. lie must surrender his alle-
glance to another flag. and he must
swear fealty TO the constitution OF
tho United States. He does not con-
slider he In enslaving himself nor
does he take hostile attitude to-
ward the United states when II
makes that demand of him; ne is
OboyiBg that he may br free lie
trusts the government 10 do right,
ana In that implicit confidence he
8wcars away his old rights and
enters into the privileges Of the new.
Nothing vital 10 his life hfs been
mOlcsted, in fact. hc has been very
greatly enriched Ivy the broader OPP
portunitios given 10y his new citizen
shin. lie is Ia every way a bigger
man.
This II something similar to what
takes place when man becomes n
Christian. what God offers is 20
much better than the poor rubbish
we already hold that It is like cast
ing Oft the RAGS of a beggar and put
ting on the apparel Of the kings
court II Ia Gods will that men
como to the fulncss of their POSSIBLE
tiles lie has created them for n
more Congcniil atmosphere; he in
Vltcs them into II, but al the same
time he Insists that they bring no
poisonous or hurtful thing. If u
man finds II impossible to be a
citizen Of The United States and Eng
laud AZ one and the same time, he
VIII ALSO find It impossible to he
citizen ot Christ's kingdom and re-
tain his former allegiance. IL we
have any confidence In Gods wis
dom why not trust him with the
things which We cannot know with
our finite minds There Is nothing
eerVlle, either mentioned or Implied.
In surrenderiEg .he viii 30 Christ.
Tie soid. II am come 20 proclaim
liberty to the Cuptives." Who. are
the car'iycs? Examine yourself and
ycu may lind fetters uf which You
have never dreamed Can you look
into the open grave and not falter2
Would YOU like to have that guess
changed Into perfect confidence aud
peace? Christ has broken the bolt
to the prison house but YOU must
walk oIt,
How much of man are you? Do
YOU object 10 obedience 10 Christ?
We delight 10 obey those whom we
love and we do not consider we are
demcInlug ourselves I'm doing so II
YOU love the Lord you viii delight
10 confess his name. And when you
are baptized you will delight to
know that you are giving picture
Of the key facts of Christianity: the
death, burial and resurrection OF
our Lord. when at the border OF
the Land of Canaan Israel sent out
- spies. . OF them we're men, the
others could not stand when the
crisis came; they faltercd and
turned back The test of man IL
what he does when the crisis comes.
whether he goes forward or back
ward. II takes a man To go forward
amy ctward can retreat The voice
.of God calls, shall he call In vain?
What say you?
Plea for Divine Help.
Oh, thou Lamb OF God. we pray
for faith 10 grasp thy hand. We
hnv" wandered FAR Into the night.
and we are So cold and lonely The
fear of death chlls us. forbid-that
its pains shalt take hold OF us until
wc have had the Joy uf thv service.
W" have not been patient whom the
nttliriions of life have come. though
the paths we have walked have had
less Of thorns ana stones and dark
ness than those troddcn by many Of
thV children In the discipline OF
lifc We pray that our willis may he
submissive TO thine. and that thiA
little three -Score-Iud-tou cycle may
seem to us as tale that Is told when
we know that the great Father is
waiting to give NJ eternity IN which
10 work out our puzzles.
We thank thee that we do not
stand related To thee as slaves to n
master but Rs children to "A father;
and that thy viii concerning us is
good, always good Hclp us TO he
st.l) and know that thou art God. 10
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