The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-05-11

ing press ana LHe PLATFORM on lle 6luo
Of Christianity but we overlook the
engravers knife and the painters
pencil The antiquarian goes and
looks at pictured ruins or examines
the chiseled pillars Of Thebes and
Nineyeh and Pompen and then comes
back to tell us Of the beastliness Of
ancient art. and il is a fact now that
many Of the finest specimens merely
artistically considered-Of sculpture
and painting that are to be found amid
those ruins are not IT to be looked
at. and they are locked up How Paul
must have felt when. standing amid
those impurities that stared on him
from the walls and pavements and ba-
zaars Of Corinth. he preached OF the
pure and holy Jesus. The art OF the
world on the side Of obseenity and
crime and death.
Much OF the art OF the world has
been in the possession Of the vicious
What to unclean Henry VIII was q
beautiful picture OF the Madonna?
What TO Lord Jenreys. the unjust
judge. the picture Of the Last Judg-
ment?' What to Nero the unwashad
picture OF the baptism in the Jor-
dan7 The art OF the world on the
wrong side. But that is being changed
now. The Christian artist goes over
to Rome. looks at the pictures and
brings back to his American studio
much Of the power Of these old mas
ters. The Christian minister goes over
to Venice looks at the rcrucihxion Of
Christ and comes bacif to the Ameri-
can pulpit to talk as never before Of
the sufferings Of the Savior. The pri-
yate tourist goes to Rome and looks
at Raphael's picture Of the Last Judg-
ments The tears start. and he goes
back 90 bis room in the hotel and
prays God for preparation for that day
when
ShriTeling like a parched scroll.
The flaming heavens together roll.
Chrlsfs Social Position.
So ] remark Il Is with business
acumen aud tact. When Christ was
upon earth. the people that followed
him for the most part had no social
position There was but one man
naturally brilliant IN an the apostle
ship Joseph Of Arimathea. the rich
man. sisked nothing when he offered
hole In the rock for the dead Christ.
How many of the merchants IN Asia
Minor befriended Jesus2 ! think Of
only one-Lydia How many Of the
castles on the beach al Galilee enter
tained Christ? Not one when Peter
came 10 Joppa. he stopped with one
simon a tanner What power had
Chriats name on the Roman exchange
or IN the bazaars Of Corinth? None
The prominent men OF the day did not
want % risk their reputation for sanity
by pretending to be one Of his follow
ers. Now that Is an changed Among
the mightiest men in our great cities
today are the Christian merchants and
the Christian bankers. and II tOmor-
row at The board OF trade any man
should get up and malign the name OF
HtENe AN mNNtA Ne NNANNAr HAiNnAfA 0l
put out In the front rank OF an our
Christian workers today are the Chris
tian merchants. and the enterprises Of
the world are coming on the right side
There was a farm willed away some
years ago, an the proceeds Of that farm
10 90 for spreading inhdel books
Somehow matters have changed and
now an the proceeds OF that farm go
toward the missionary cause One Of
the finest printing presses ever built
was built for the express purpose OF
publishing inddel tracts and books
Now IL does nothing but print Holy
Bibles. believe that the time will
come when IN commercial circles the
voice OF Christ Will be the mighuest
of all voices and the ships OF Tarshish
viii bring presents and the queen OF
sheba her glory and the wise men OF
the east their myrrh and frankincense
j look OF upon the business men OF
this land and rejoice at the pros
pect that their tact and ingenuity and
talent are being brought into the serv-
ice Of Christ II Is one Of the mightiest
Of weapons There Is none Ike that.
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