Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-03-14
THE SUPREME HOPE
OF THE GOD MARS
Spirit Of Christ, the Great
Animus of Modern
Age.
THE NEW REVELATION
Children of Men Are on the
Upward Climb Says
DR.. Sturgis.

for the life of this day, Rev. Or. Stur-
gis strikes the right cord and gives a
decided impulse to the best asplra %
uuns Of the new life in the Goldman
II is~ sermon distinguished LOT
breadth of view, Catholtclty OF spirit,
ferVcnt devotion and joyous ChrlSuah
assurance Enjoying the optimistic
outlook concerning the forward marrh
of the kingdom he points out how the
influence Of the Man Of Galilec has
ever made for the welfare OF hu-
manity.
This latest discourse of Or. Sturgis
will do much to put heart into chris
tiaN thinkers and sanity into those
who have wandered into the wilder
ness. ana help them to give to any
man who asks reason Of the tdlIh
that is in them, because 1t traces back
SO much that is vital and fundamental
10 Christian faith to the historic
Jesus, and at. the same time shows
us that the spirit is still guidin" his
kingdom, slill glOrifying him by tax
ing the things that are his and show
ing them unto his people
Using as his teXtual thought the
opening petition Of the LOrd's prayer
'"Thy kingdom come, thy will be done
upon the earth as ii as lR heaVenO' Dr.
SturglS said
That the Christian religion az our
fathers was strong IN its desire for
personal purity, and firm in fs hope
for 1t personal immortality, is Well
authenticated faCto but " had no pro-"
gram Of redemption for the 0r~
sanic Ufe Of society. Its hymns and
liturgies Called 80 include that which
moved the people ~ follow Jesus
around 4he shores OG Ghe Sea Of Gal
inre-the human race as "a Unit. Was
this following indicative OF al desire
FOR a heavenly home? Not SO much
as il was a desire for an earthly home
with better conditions. 'Thou son of
David, haYe mercy upon me-" crled
fhc blind beggar. This unfortunate
man was mot crying for a vision Of
God in heaven but for a sight of Him
8nd His works upon the earth.
our study at this time will be 20 ass
certain the meaning of that kingdom
which the Master evidently had in
miud when He prayed. "Thy kingdom
come thy will be done upon the earth
as it is in heaven" IL is here, in the
opening petition of our Lords prayer.
that we find recorded the supreme
hope of the Man of Galilee. that God
should reign upon the earth, that HIS
Kingdom should come TO man while be
was still in the flesh.
TO become a child of God Gentle
Mad TO forego and forget his own ma
zion and become a jew. and The cap
ital had 70 be removed from Rome TO
Jerusalem. Here Jesus differed with
the House OF Israel. Every time he
met a Gentle the fountains of His
heart opened and He poured over him
tides Of consecrated love. lie built
lasting monument to the Samaritan,
FOR his human kindness. In Jesus we
find that spirit which repudiates the
narrow vision and seeks a wider al
legance among the nations of earth,
for the sake of humanity His hope
was for the kingdom of brotherhood.
Another kingdom hope of the Master
was work The Pharisee might make
long prayers i'm public and the SaduCee
read the scriptures in private, but
Jesus believed the efficiency of man
could be expressed in larger terms Of
work than worship.
CmiSt's Kingdom n Mutual Common
wealth of God and Man.
Another hope for the kingdom was
democracy. The people wanted a
monarchiCal form of government a
human despotism. Jesus repudiated
the idea. He became the forerunner
of great democracy and paved the
pathway for modern Institutions for
His kingdom today is a mutual COM
mOuWcalth of God and man. He
raised the value of human life, on the
one hand. and brought God close to
Ills children, on the other, when He
said. our Father which art in
heaven" This was the birth hour of
modern democracy and its blessed in
stitutions
Another hope for the kingdom was
that of 4 supreme spiritual reality. To
the Hebrew mind the substance Of any
good time coming had to bring with
II certain economic considerations.
Religious obedience was the price to
be paid to secure this end. Jesus
never belittled the quest for daily
bread, but to Him eatir~ and drinking
were not the ends Of life. His great
admonition was, Seek ye first the
kingdom of God" and all the other
things will follow. The kingdom
which He sought was the great COM
mOnwealth of spiritual realities, hal
lowed by the glory, the goodness and
the gladness of humanity
These are the hopes which Jesus
Sought to realize in the life and
thoughts of His people, and He prayed
'Thy kingdom come, thy will be done
on earth as 1t is in heaven" And so
the sum total of these lesser hopes
constituted the supreme hope Of the
Man of Galilee. Love, brotherhood,
democracy, work and spiritual reali-
ties. These were the great agencies
by which He hoped to secure the full
redemption of the human race from
The earth. The people expected this
kingdom to come with wonder and
swftness. But Jesus taught that the
opposite was true. and that it would
only come through organic processes.
And we are beginning to realize that
the law of growth-in its application
to man and his institutions-is the
thought that Jesus had in mind when
He taught the parallels He expected
the kingdom to come b. evolution,
and not revolution. To this end He
accepted the law of vicarious death,
believing 1t was a part of the work
of redemption. His cross became a
turning point in the history of the hu-
man race. resulting in a permanent
civilization, definite in its aim. work.
Ing for the redemption of Gods chill
dren around the wide, wondrous
world
But the Christian civilization
which is the crowning glory of our
institutions in this modern age-has
been a long time in coming Cen
turios passed, great leaders appeared
and the kingdom which Jesus had in
mind came not The divine order of
tn Christian religion as we know II
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