Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-08-27

tor, My visits 10 Rome Impressed upon
me the fact that although the work
OF death has progressed In our race,
nevertheless, In measure the decay
Of the masses hns by Divine proyi'
dence found compensation; for al
though We have no Michael Angeles
today we have legions who are inspir-
ed by his example, and who have
copied him with wonderful success, 30
that today our treasures OF art are
not only multitudinous but grand be-
yond those OF any previous day,
The great st. Peters at Rome IL H.
self a treasury OF art such as never be
fore was known In the world. besdes
which all the great capitals Of Europe
abound with art galleries which illus
trate the power Of the human mind
aud tbe'skill OF the human hand In the
appreciation and execution Of the beau
tiful. And In this connection / must
not forget the similar treasures OF my
home land, America.
Utilities Of Our Day.
but. my dear friends, you and | are
living In a specially utilitsrian Age,
and | for one am glad OF IT, The skill
OF humanity has during the last cen
tury been turned into a new channel.
which Is making for us a new world
Instead Of the narrow streets and lanes
OF century ago, We have broad as
phalt avenues and boulevsrds Instead
OF ordinary houses OF century ago
our cities are replete with handsome
and commodious residences that IN
comparison are palaces. Beautiful.
graceful bridges span our great rivers
and serve to consolidate our interests
Wonderful tunnels pierce our noun.
tains and facilitate the movement OF
luxurious railway coaches. Pal9tial
steamers with regularity connect port
to port
Often OF late have found myself nd
mlring some Of our grand hotels and
palatial capItols and engineering fonts
Of bridge work and tunnels, saying to
myself the while, What is man? And
then | reflect. II man ia his fallen con
dltion has learned gradually to accom-
pish so much. what may we reason
ably expect would have been the ulti.
mate capacity Of perfect man had sin
not entered into the world, and had the
experience Of centuries been accumu'
lating In many brains. BY now how
wonderful Il being Father Adam might
have beenl
Times Of Restitution.
Then my mind reverted TO the great
Creator and the Message He has given
us in His wonderful Book. the Bible.
remembered the inspired Message Of
consolation. that God looked down in
pity on us as a race in our fallen con.
dition and that He planned even before
our fall for our recovery as a race from
the curse, from sin. from death.
hearkened to ST. Peters words Of en-.
couragement respecting the glorious
blessings TO be ushered in by the great
Redeemer when at His second advent
He shall take unto Himself His great
power and begin His Messianic reign
for the blessing, recovery and uplift Of
our race will remind you OF His
words. although you are familiar with
them. He said Times OF refreshing
shall come from the presence Of the
Lord, and He shall send Jesus Christ,
who before was preached unto you,
whom the heavens must retain until
the Times Of Restitution Of all things
which God hath promised by the mouth
Of all His holy Prophets since the world
began."-Acts iii, 1921.
All, God is better than all our fears!
During the Dark Ages terrible night
mare became associated with the glo
rious Gospel OF Gods love and mercy
revealed by Jesus and the Apostles
Under that nightmare we lost sight Of
all the glorious promises Of the Bible
and lost our confidence In God because
Of the terrible propositions declared to
us to be His intentions toward our race
True, all acknowledged the hope that
sanity few would attain an eternal
weight Of glory on the heavenly plane,
but all the remainder except the sanity
ones. the Elect, were consigned either
to terrible purgatorial fire or to mn
eternal holocaust Of torture. What
blasphemies against our God. the God
of Grace. we thus unwittingly, unde-
siringly entertained!
The effect Of these teachings In all
parts Of The world, in every religion.