Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-10-04
THE Church AND
OUR NATIONAL LIFE
THE IDEALS OF A NATION
ARE FoSTERED BY
CHRISTIANITY,
\ PART 0F Gods KINGDOM
Patriotism Needs Vision or 1t De
terioriates Into Selfish Par
tisan Politics,

lon and uuuft IN one an moro ut l'r
r..J.,s. eturai.' sermons WIl find
..,,,.., This u.o,l-
h'N' '"''' DIV '''
which hc has pat Hl"V'I "I ,"'"
mon b.lDl .up precise ana "u'h'l
,atlVc statement lu place 'l ?, "'t 81"
nrIosslou more or less Iu' ''"''''
pgaIdiug the church ana cur "|
ioua life. Ana in WhlcI me- G'i'
h. luprIu+ NosuHcs on ln' "I"- ''''
conception oi the rhur'h hH H',t 'N
frHp'-D Dated pNIN'A"I 'I
bcHoIs.' An ahsolul' Splii '||l 49,
h. substance OF an ''.u'''
oundatlon ana lta apes 'n'"I'' ''5 ,'i' ~, 49,
b. lie of humanity 'a 'vN'i ''..,''l
)r StWeis AS me 'aN,7 oi '.' ,4..'..
bought auu NIr l'u"2t anu W.
Who are Norkn- lh'lI way ~
a. ger stronger ana H"l' 'I' ''''.'''' '.',.
ype il is ulf,Dult To- o\tI-'-ll llii''''
be value of such teachIh., I'NI,iN
Rs mic ,cNtJdl thoutAL Sho" lnN
erNunts thy work and iher cliI'''H
,,y glory Mr.. StulSls says
As an cpresslon oi ihe tno"SI'
hat J wish TO bring before you
WrdmE "The Church ana 'uI M
ional life, l would I"t"Ii /" H",'I
minds the ConcludlnE WoruS OF W.,
lno .ieth ! aim, Whl'h h'tihS
God, thou hast pccn our u" 'Hl"I
llarc from generation 90 s'hVI"''o"'
I forms tie great hdcksiouhu "l o"i
Inheritance, the strength OF inc p"u
If our fathers, the talth IN "hl'h lnoN
he'd, their work Tor tneIr 'uuHtIH'
Then, after celebrating thls Wulh' lne
2salmist looking out at the d'hl'hds
and problems Of his time, or0ahs
forth with the prayer Sn"" Try S,I
luts Thy work ana lhoW g."
Thy glory IT IS prayer ''a' H,S
generation may joe SHOWN lls worn
~ God, aud do II so spI'HululN anu
faithfully that ne next t'HcI"'i""
nay behold the glory OF Fou i'll wv
midst of life II Is prayer l"r
ision and for service An" we u"
whose hearts purh tHe desIt' ~ s1'
)ur country-netd 'icdI NlSl"H ",
our national rcspohslplHlicS anu
prob ms, then to pc so inspired 'i"'
with joV we VIII glrd ourselves l." thr
God assigned task ana serve H"I
hat fame ana success may crown our
lcads but that through OUT service
NIr children the coming Reneiauoh'
may behold GODS glory, ana our
country enter into its promise ana
ulfill the purpose for when II mas
p,cn called into existence by God.
Jet ne state the facts nst here, 4
yn may which represent the relation
tho chuycn Il. modern society, a;.l
"A socictv mean our country our
,ntional life. That these facts Ilay
/, drawn from unpremdiced SOURCES,
ouote fro mthe last federal CH.aus
religions bodies "Thirty-ninr uCr
emf of the population is withln ~
,auized christianity, s,Xty-one per
emf outside the organization. Be
ween the census Of 1900 and that ~
91O fine percentage was increased
rom 3C por cent to 80 per cent and
the rreseut the same onward prog
ese is being registered. While the
mmbo, of peoplc in this country
I,finitelv identified with organized
hristionitv may. numerically speak
nr seom small an analysis of what
hls "a ner cent is contributing to
hat which constitutes and strength
,ns the foundations If national life
extremely significant The flip
,ant statement that there is more
rood done outside the church than
oi,hin is NOT borne out by facts. and
hv rnod I mean those forces that
n.l,, for character. good citizenship
-huTth, aru a" ason+ vlu' do, oyu,