Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-04

now, that YOU may rejoice and be glad
hereafter.
Now. while I am not inclined to be
lteye that tho doctrine Of self-renunci-
alton has been made too much Of my
point Is this-aud I submit II to your
most serious Considerauop-that the
construction put upon denying ones
self and taking up Christs cross has
been misintCrprcted TO a large extent
in the past Jesus never taught, nor
desired, that men and women should
be taken out of the business and So
clal and physical world; but that they
should be kept from the evil in the
world, and SO he prayed I'm that great
interCessory prayer, the night of his
betrayal If relSion is something for
the. emotional nature only, and has a
single mission to make men happy,
then we must all agree that religion iS
dying; for there Is far less apparent
jubilauon and rejoicing than I'm former
times. But we must face the fact that
religion is a more vital and persuasive
thing than the mere inspirer of our
emotions.
our religion is not to be confined TO
some watcr-tlEht compartment of our
emotional or moral natures, and
wholly separated from the practical
duties and irudgcries Of daily doings.
| IL has TO do with the perfect develop
mcnt OF tho whole life lifted 20 tho
/ highest level and It IS the business OF
/ the Christian church, OF the Christian
minister of this day and age to show
| this plan OF life and mans relation
/ thereto. II is our supreme business TO
| eNpound and illuminate as best we
[ may, the innormost genius of the di-
/ vine human personality which has
| transformed the ideals OF the world
and heaped rcproach and shame upon
| It's fcvcred usts and ambitions. Nor
, can we achieve this specific task at
| little cost. IL onlists every faculty OF
| the best equipped heart and brain. II
/ forhids us to assume that the Creator
land his WAYS inherit nothing moro I'm
us than an emotional strip, scanty
array OF scntimentalism. Secsaw
/ phrases and wcll-worn Catch-wordS Of
/ iufantlo piCty cannot transmit the
truth of an iuvciling Deity This ma
/ icstic divinity taxed 20 tho utmost the
calihcr of St Paul St Augustine. 81.
/ Chrysostom, Calvin Knox, BeeCher,
/ brooks and a host Of othcrs-laborcrs
lin the vineyard of the Lord They
/ know that they had come 90 the Mount
/ OF ltght and Holiness. They beheld
/ cntrlutcd and awe stricken the God
/ head mantlCd in one nature, They
/ realized tho moral sovereignty behind
] the manifestation. lneN 0uNrCd lue
I eternal love which was there dis
PLAYED. the riches for our poverty, the
( healing OF our hurt. And these spir-
| itual gains cannot be nlchcd by such
Ia yhantom OF rationslism as that pre-
! esnted by Mr.. Fielding Hall. who
/ thinks of the divine immanCncc--a
cornerstone both OF Biblical and OF
distinctly modern thoology- the
materiallst who. ignoring the gospel
/ teaching that God "ls above and
| through and I'm ALL" and that "in him
we live and move and have our be
ms" regarded him as outside Nthe
universe.
We have lost much We thought Sc
cure. Ills true. but the incarnation Is
not wrecked 10 has its sanctuary. red
ripe for sacrifice and realms OF help
I cCspitp its seeming distance and
genuine despair. The mAnger which
united man and God outrides the
! hurricane Its physical inslgui1canco
masks unlimited means 1t can
/ bring TO the support Of faith and civil
i7ation reserves OF spiritual force
which eventually will destroy the de-
stroycr and give back TO heaven the
heritage he'll has for a moment
usurped.
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