The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-03-16

Il the manBer cIdult " i'~a"'SA4 s-'-N
worked his first miracle at Cana o
IGaIilee, where the young people hat
Ihard work to provide entertainment
Tor course there is much loughness u
all pioneer life, but the struggle II
for dear ones left behind, and Chris
tianity is the religion or the home
On the fair cornerstone Of family life
rests church and state.
From the family altar so fortn
those hallowed influences that make
good citizens in all the noble walks Of
life.
Politics become an honest patrio-
tism and the church sends forth the
holy Influences OF true religion. God
the Holy Spirit regenerates and
sanctifies human life God is in the
midst Of the city life, guiding, help
ing all to achieve the highest purpos
es. Hence the prophets Ezesrei IL !.
Daniel though they knew the ram
GUS adornments Of Babylon, the cap
| ital of the golden kingdom, with its
Adamantine walls, hanging gardens,
limpid streams, yet they ever look
ed longingly toward Jerusalem, the
city that bore the name, Jehovah
Shammah "The Lord is there.
The Jewish patriotic love which
embraced the whole country OF the.
Holy Land, was especially centered
upon Jerusalem. Here was the ma
tional temple. and the most holy
place Here all Israel gathered at
the great festivals Of Passover, Pen
tecost, and Tabernacles. And so
dear had this place become in the
heart OF every captive Jew, that they
gladly made their second exodus out
OF captivity under Ezra, Zerubbabel
and Nehemiah, Gladly they built the
walls OF city and temple in those
troublous times, tool in one hand,
and a sword in the other, and though
some OF the aged people wept that
remembered the magnificcncei OF
Solomon's temple, yet they were con-
soled with the glorious promise. "The
glory OF this latter house shall be
greater than Of the former, saith the
Lord of Hosts.
For Christ came and the feet OF the
Son OF God hallowed those courts. |
Then was fulfilled to the letter Ezek-
iel's prophecy And the home of the |
city from that day shall be, The |
Lord is there.
The teaching OF Christ in the cru
cifixion on Calvary. the resurrection
from Joseph's tomb. the ascension
from Mt. Olivet into glory, has made
Jerusalem the holy city. and Pales-
tine the holy land, for all time.
land now dear friends and mem
bers Of these civic. societies. ! would
say with Rouschenburch, 'Hail to the
formative work" The great .Teho-
yah that brought water out OF the
rock and dropped mama from theI
sky for the people cares for, tenn
poral things. May God bless the ef-
forts of these civic societies and ALL
our citizens, to beautify and makel
useful and sanitary this city oil
We can thank God and ourI
hard working committees. for our
system Of beautiful parks, our mar
BILE municipal bath house, Bethesda
OF healing waters and our two hos
pitals for the sick. the teaching the
young people to plant trees and raise
flowers believe there are great
in our Cottonwood ant
Cimarrou rivers. Then there is the
cheap fuel Of our enormous gas and
oil fields. The generous gift of the
Great Father for manufactures, there
are rich rural districts, sending into
the city noble, hardy emigration
Many of our presidents, statesmen
and inventors were country boys and
girls. ! found Savanna. No., largely
made up of retired farmers.
Then we have fine system OF ed
ucation In university. high school and
ward schools, with all the new ideas
Of the twentieth century, and then
some day soon hope. We shall have
our viaduct to save life and forming
a noble driveway from hill top TO hill
top. And then there are our beau
tiful churches caring for the highest
things in this life and education for
eternity. Filling the soul with the
sweet music of Gods love in Jesus,
putting cheer into the heart OF the
despairing through the Holy spirit,
the tender comforter OF the people |
and making all to feel that it is not
inappropriate to call even our city
with the ancient patriot. Jehovah
shammah. ''The Lord is there.
Amen.