The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-11-02

about the "Ass being in the ditch, :"
and he likened the weakness of hu-
manity in general to these. 1t has
been proven he said, that man cannot
labor so long as seven days without
one day of rest, and he who works or
causes another to work on this day has
violated one of the laws of God He
spoke of the Sunday theatre and ball
game and wished that the ministers
of each community would rise up in
their might and forbid these things
among those who had confessed their
| Lord and rid the church if need be of
many who refuse to recognize the Sab
| bath day, and forever break the fetters
of church bound to the pocketbooks
of Goddess men, The Sabbath was
made for man, not man for the Sab
bath.
Yard stick No. 8 Honor thy faith
er and thy mother" A touching ap-
peal to the little boys, wherein he told
; the little fellows it was right at home
that the first thought of lawlessness
found birth; the first time boy or
girl failed to honor their father and
mother. As the boy, so the man-the
unit of good government again he said
was in the home.
Yard stick No. 6. TThou shalt do
no murder" And here he told the
people that murder did not entirely
mean to kill human being, but that
thoughts of the heart sometimes are
black enough to be as murder and so
would be considered.
Yard stick No 4 Thou shalt not
commit adultery" He proved single
standard for the man and woman, Yet
( the man asks at the altar for purity,
while the woman accepts without ques-
ton the man she is taking into her
life Could she but brave for time
the desolation Of life without love,
without marriage, and demand of him
as he demands of her-how many
years would pass before the morality
of man would be as necessary as that
of womanl
Yard stick No. g. Thou shalt not
steal" And yet in business, in trade
every day the best of us commit this
sin against the law. Many amusing
stories were told here, for DR.. Bulgins
wit never forsakes him, and the end
less string of yarns" which found
birth in old North Carolina are ever
ready to bring smile when he comes
down too hard on the weak natures of
mankind.
Yard stick No. g. Thou shalt not
bear false witness against thy neigh
bor" But how the women will do
this in spite of all we can do to stop
them. Hhe told of the funny ways they
have Of bearing this false witness and
yet in all the fun, the force of the
argument was plainly seen, and it was
easy to see ourselves condemned.
Yard stick No. 10. Thou shalt not
coyet etc" And twas easy to show
how this sin besets us all, from the
evangelist down to the children in the
front row, and the man who thought
he was living moral, honest up
right life under the law, didn't know
where to find himself.
If written words could give but half
of his utterances it would be great in
deed to send as a message to the peo-
pie who do not hear him, but his elo-
quence and striking personality must
be ever lost unless they come and
listen for themselves.
At the end of this service there was
no singing, but the quiet benediction
and prayer He wished each one to
go forth thoughtfully unto his home.
1t is not in an outward show that the
good is oft made manifest, for often
words like these sink deep into hearts
insecure as to where they stand and
through thought and reasoning they
find at last the pathway which lead us
from darkness unto light.
DR.. Bulgin comes not it seems, to
condemn any honest belief in church
creed or form of worship. He praised
the Catholics for the hold they kept on
the little ones, for here is the place
the seed of faith is sown. In condemn
ing any of the many different religions
that are finding credence among few
followers, he only asks that they be-
lieve that Christ was the Son of the
Living God.
After he had measured man by the
ten great yard sticks of divine law, one
would feel indeed helpless, hopeless