The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-01-29

there is naught but disaster and
final failure ahead.
CD For the world. SAYS So.
John "passeth away" And that is
the second reason why the love OF
the world is forbidden-the transit
tOrlness of all earthly things. 1t ~
the common observation Of all those
who have become satiated with life,
from omar Khayyan down to Der.
nard Shaw. that earthly things de-
cay and perish and that u life which
clings to those things is not worth
living, We are but Rnats in the
sunshine. born TO live but a day. and
then millions Of others come to take
our place. Solomon In all his glory
and the slave who waited upon him,
Dives with all his wealth and Lag
arus the beggar at his gate are laid
alike in the dust and returned to
clay.
They died, ay. they died, and we
thinks that are now
Who walk on the turf that lies
owe their brow,
Who make In their dwelling a
transient abode,
Meet the things that they met on
their pilgrimage road"
go But not only do earthly
things pass away but the desire for
them as well. The world passoth
away and the lust thereof. After
repeated excitement ones appetite
becomes faded. The nervous sys-
TEN is so constituted that every
thrill tends to break II down. That
In the reason we see the wrecks and
physical debris OF society. They
have drunk OF the dregs Of life and
found them bitter. Go into the gay
resorts or tho gambling houses, or
ven the clubs Of today. and see the
the haggard faces scanned over with
the marks of dissipation, men young
In years but old in spirit, their pes
simism masked under the cloak Of
gaiety. These walk in and out
among us as living warnings to all
who make pleasure and sense and
things the end of all striving.
II may be on the other hand that
ones desire for the world passes
not 80 much because his appetite
Is faded MS because he realizes the
emptiness, the hollowness OF il all.
No every one that clings on to life
desires to live. 1t may he rather
fear OF the stepping out into the un-
known hat makes him struggle 20
continue his. existence here. And
yet II he were taken now. what a
blessed JOY! Life's fitful fever over,
TO rest In peace. TO lie down in quiet
slumber.
l say that this Is the experience
Of those who love the world and
the things that are in the world.
But not so the Christian. The
wording contemplates the transit o.
oriness OF earthly things, the ennui
Of continued pleasures, the hollow
ness OF the selfish life and he be.
comes dcspairing Or ne may seek
10 forget these truths by drowning
them or crowding them out-and
he is gay. Christian men and WON
en-, think Of these things and be
glad. HE that doeth the will OF
God, abldeth forever" Rejoice I'm
that truth. All earthly things mas
melt away. this body may return
to the dust from whence II came.
but the soul, the character. that
which we have done in accordance
with the will of God, endures for
ever. The purpose Of life 10 not "a
force our win upon God but to brlng
u wills into line with the divine
will. 10 become channels through
which the divine will may work IN
the world, to become one with God
And as we thus become one with
God. we become immortal for God
is immortal. He that doeth the
will OF God abideth forever"
The will OF God In symbolized In
the cross. Dc you desire personal
comforts? The cross tells of self
denial. Do you desire pleasures ?
The cross tells OF pain. Do you de-
sire fame? The cross tells OF hu-
mility. Do you desire all things
done for you? The cross tells OF
sacrifice for others. Whose de-
sireth to dN the will OF God. let him
take up hts cross and follow the
Master"