The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-06-02
SPREAD OF
TRUTH is
REVEALED
Pitfalls Of Artificial Life Pointed
Out by Minister Conquest Of
Error and Victory Of Cos
pei Love Proclaimed


The Methodist church was crowded
to its utmost capacity when the bacoa-
laureate sermon Of the class Of 1913 Of
the Oklahoma College for Women was
delivered Sunday by Rev q S. walker
The services commenced with the
marching Of tie graduates, all gowned
in white aud on their arrival an in.
vocation was given by Rev Geo W.
sherman songby the College Glee
club, led by Miss Rose Murray fol-
lowed after which Rev c. G. Thomp-
son read q scripture lesson from John.
8 a prayer by Rev. b. B Teis pre-
oeded the beautiful vocal selection
"The Ninety and Nine. exeellently
rendered BY Mrs. D. NJ. Settle, the
vocal instructor az the college.
Rev &. S. Walker chose FOR his text
the wen known S2nd verse OF the sth
chapter o. John And ye shall know
the truth and the truth shall make
you free" He said his subject might
be called, "A Silent Revolution. or the
Future Spread of Truth N boauti-
ful and vivid description Of the calm
ness and Qnietude uf the evening be-.
fore the death Of Julius Caesar then
Or the oommotion of the elements and
the vision OF Caesars wife and finally
OF the great tragedy OF the neat day.
he compared that omihous silence with
the calmnoss 81 The present day with
revolutionary forces working beneath
alt and ihe catastrophe that followed
DE compared with the bloodless Intel.
lertual war Of the future He said the
history OF civilization was "a record Of
the rse and TAN OF nations, that God S
primal plan for man and the world is
progress bun that the future revolu-
tions would not be oil fire or war put
OF truth and error that everything
that tends to depraye and defile must
be driven our and che God oi lniusti, Z
overthrow Mentioning the recent
disturbances in China and Japan as
Instances of the present feeling Of un.
rest. the speaker said the revolution
would not be national or racial but
universal
Becomirg more specific. Mr Walker
suggested that one Of the greatest er.
rofs OF tie present day was the arti
fetal and unreal taking the place Of
the natural and real Tie said that
although this is the golden age that
the seers Of old had longer for oui
mode Of living was TOO artiiieial, that
we were not content with necessities
but must have Injuries. IN other words
our main ambition 8as 20 bc rich, and
the commandment Thou shalt moi
steal' was too often forgotten @ln
stead Of being content to take life steE
by step we mus, now jump into the
golden elevator or airsbip Of specula
tion. said be-
Continuing the minister said tbs
artificial gas entering into the hom'
lie, that we tried to outdo our neigh
bors, that huslng to provide luxurie
for his wife lcit the American man n
time for uone lile and that The IN
crease in luxury and change in houar
hold conditions produced tAe IDLE ~
man. This woman and her useles
social life, he aptly compared IS
wheel broken OH from the workin
machinery, which keeps on flying bu
acoomplishes nothing He said th
women leading such butterfly exis
enees became SO morally diseased tina
the display Of furniture and gown
seemed the vital part Of the e1istenc'
and that such conditions were on
cause Of divorce
The second error Mr.. Walker mel
toned was religious error He sal
religion in appealing to mans EN-
tions had been the cause Of the grea
est uprisings, tragedies and crimes tn
the world has aver known, and thi
although the greater part OF sur
strife occurred before the time
Christ religious error was still e
tant
Speaking Of the present social 60
ditions Mr. Walker said right rel
tions must be established betwe'
men. TINT the oppressed classes mn