Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-12-20

| forts TO stop warfare will be as fruit
| less as trying to plug the crater of a
volcano As long as men are sWayed
! by selfish desires and instincts, un-
controlled by the grace Of God, there
will continue TO be wars, and a bcne-
| fiCent Providence will continue TO
| overrule the designs Of the wicked
| for the ultimate triumph OF good.
The Lesson of War.
The church, which should be the
! bride Of the Lamb, has too largely
| become merely theological society,
| and has abetted the conflict Of races
| instead OF teaching the universal
brotherhood Of man. In many lands
ecclesiasticism has eaten the bread Of
governments, and hence became their
tool, and even where free has
been largely concerned in the out
ward forms Of religion and quarrellng
over dead issues The war Itself has
caused It TO rouse from its dOze and
rub its aStonished Cyes The church
must awaken TO the fact that, next TO
reverence for and obedience TO the
divine, the fundamental teaching or
the Master was human brotherhood,
or, i'm modern phrase, the square deal.
The golden rule must be urged as the
DlOD0E
cause Of its failure to realize this great
truth in such a way that kings would
fear and tremble. we have this Carni-
val of bloOdshed and this waste Of life
and treasure. IN short, we may rea-
sonably believe that this war is the
voice of the Eternal reminding us of
our failure 10 adopt and put into
practice the most essential teachings
Of Jesus Christ II is high time for
the church 10 drop It's worldiness and
its childish chickering's and address
itself to the task Of teaching peace
and good will TO all mo" on the face
of the globe and that %. men are one
family in the sight Of God. Tho les
son Of this war Is .NDltcly and dis
tinctly the cssDr Brotherhood OF
man.
The DCCadCut Church.
The Christianity Of the warning ma
tions is different thing from the
Christianity Of Christ. The churches
of these nations do not take their re-
ligion seriously. They are satisfied
to be a nero item in the social and
political organization and TO defend
their countries and rulers, whether
lust or unjust The result is that
Christianity means one thing here, an
archy it's throne by divine right, 10
the quaker his drab garb and silent
meetings to the rcyiVahst his shout
ings, to the rtualst his candles and
music. The debt to God is still too
often paid IN bodily posturcs, the
services are still TO largely limited 10
ceremonies and soulless fOrmality.
Such a religion has made It possible
for the armies Of Europe TO mark
their cannon with the cross Of the
Prince Of Peace The car and
cZarina. the emperor and empress,
are head of the church Of him iho
had not where 10 lay his head. Chris F.
tian countries have slain the heather
in the name OF Him who said, "BoVc
your enemies" Now they are
ughterlng each other and invoking
the blessing Of the same God on their
bloody work. Christianity means In
these nations everything that is pleas .
ant, that is convenient that is lucras /.
tiye-and It's conception Of virtue ana |
is to be I'm accord with the .
osta blshed order OF society. II is n .
general scheme Of convenience,
rather than u living God, that is wor-
SHIPPED Until this method Is changed,
until the men of all nations bend the
knee to Christ Jesus as the king above
all kings, tha author of peace and
human brotherhood. there will never
be peace on earth. Until men learn
Christ's way Of subordnating your
own selfish interests to the general
good Of mankind, there will continue
10 lie wars and rumors OF wars
Christ's Religion
To Jesus religion meant TO people
the mind and soul with ideals that
inspire TO higher ana holler living;
It meant TO obey the law of God IN
Bn enlightened conscience and to make
the spirit that was in the life Of Jesus
the model, the guide the handspring
u our conduct. 1t meant TO look on
the things which are unseen and eter-
nal, as well as at the things which
are seen and temporal; TO use charity
so that we shall be cOnsldcrate
toward others; TO ragard the welfare
Of our neighbor as we regard our
own. II means that the worshiper In
a church. like the citizen In democ-
racy will he free 10 stand upon his