Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-11-03

Around tAIs da', us about Chrstmuh
and Iastrr has ,rutrr,d world Of
Christian sentiment and Is. perhaps.
ar.urd % These two only lon the eslI-
nation ul The dtou oi tup historic
church,
Sect IU tl, minds uf some OF Nh
t.'r. mas Do. tNu questions concerning
If What az, Dos meanings and what
were ila occasion aud "a, tim, ui itr
,ttuI4saWcul 20 the FIRST question
,ur necessarily hrD. answer l4 r,-
turned that An saints bay rs intended
tu honor the christian character uf
AN that great host Of mon ana women.
NOT MARTYRS. whose lives have Iu-
Elected honor uuu4 the professions
they It, made. n rs intended at
the same time tu recall 10 our Tcmrm-
brauce those of our own frtlds and
relations who have died n the faith
and have gone tu their reward and TO
inspire us 10 AN emulation of their
virtues. To the second, II may bee re
piled that tho first occasion of ALI
Saints Day was the seizure by the
Emurror phoras. who turned II into
a christian church, of the hcdtNru
trmulp nf the Pantheon which. as ITS
name imulcs. was "a temple dedicated
10 all their gods alike. This event
transpirpd In the year 6lO. The fact
that Tho old tcmule was "A temple OF
all gods suggested the idea of All
saints and the first of May was set
apart as sacred to their memory.
There the daV remained I'LL the year
S84. when II was transferred TO No
vembcr the first, whore II has ever
since stood.
After SO extended preface, We
must furcgo entering into the pro-
found philosophy by which the church
mas been guided In the establishment
of special DAYS In general and Of All
Saints Day in particular except To
say that II had the same reasons for
its action as those upon which the gov
ernments of our states and nation
proceeded when they made special
holidays of the Fourth of July and
Decoration Day ana OF the birthdays
of Washington and Lincoln. As the
latter are calculated to foster the spirit
Of patriotism among the masses of the
people, SO the former succeed in brac-
ing the spirit of devotion and true re-
hgiuu among the masses OF church
men.
Now the aspects from which thG
teaching Of the day may be regarded
are many and various, but ! am going
to ask your consideration for few
moments OF two or three points OF
view which have a certain connection
with our practical every day lives. AS
a basis foT our thought, ! have chosen
ono of those statements OF sealing oc-
curing in the cpistle for the day
the seventh chapter of Revelation ana
thC sixth verse. as follows: "Of the
tribe of Asher were sealed twelve
thousand"
AT first sight. a statement Ike that
will not appcar to have very much
value except as mere statement Of
fact but as in all statements of the
great Book of God. we find, when We
como ia rive If a studiOus examination,
both I'm lis Intrinsic nature and in its
connection with what proceeds and
follows if. that inspiration has not
wasted words i'm it and that, after all,
II has its own peculiar significance.
am Impressed then, first Of all,
with the fact that, while all the state
ments regarding sealing, among which
is found that touching the tribe OF
Asher are intended to carry our
thoughts ON TO the glories of the world
to come. they are at the same time
purposed to fix our minds upon the
world that is past. In other words, II
is a good thing often to take stock
of our ancestry or in the language OF
the bible. to look upon the rock