Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1915-08-27

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life from the period Of realization M
10 death. Volumes have bees spoken
and written on Christian Ch.rscter.
but Of late IN this logical and there's
reason ase of ours. there has bees
more thar the ususi amouat c. dis
cussioa on the sahseot OF Christian
ChArscter-whst Il means Nov
fAr-reachins is ID. What does IL ~.
ally constitute. aad vho is ready ?
Chrstiaas
According 90 the statisti5sp. the
nine prineipai nations Of Europe aad
the Cniicd states range ia rercent-
axe Of Christianity Between the high
fgures Of 81 Fer ceaf aad - per
cent. OF course this does noi mean
SO large q volume Of these peoples are
communicants. bat they are Chris
tisns. either ihrough confession. or
else By inheritance. emotion. thought
and tradition. And yet thesa miil-
ions who are clsssed as Christians
are without doubt leading lives which
hardly emulate the Christ The ma
5Ority Of then are today engaged IN
the most gigantic iaternatiOnai di,-
grace ever stsCed OF this Weerg old
Earth. Certainly the original mean
inE o. Christian Vas 3 follower Of the
Christ. and one is supposed 10 iafs-
thzi Christian tries to emulate The
Christ With all his heart And yet
the Christ Of al these rarring ns-
tons hath said: Love your enc
mics Put % thy sword in:o ITS
place Tor all then that take the
sword shall perish With the sword. =
and Lay not up for yourselves tress-
ures upon ezTth-but lay % for you--
selves treasures IN Heaven
But who OF Is shall judge. and whs
shall say that these countless pei pies I
of Gods earth who bear the SAVIOR
name are not Christianss
The only exert evidence which We
have on the subject. and which now
May be called in as the acid ,es Of
Christianity. is that part Of the Ne-
Testament which recounts the activ-
titles OF those Disciples who were
called Christians first at Antioch.-
There are a number Of men. We iearn
here. who were Christians. for ChissI
accepted them as such. ard this is
surely final OF this number. the
most nearly human. that is. the one
whose frzilties and charscter.st' 'cs
we're most nearly like our own. and
Yet who WAS saved was Peter. .: we
strike an average Of those dearest
Christ taking good and bad IN con-
siceration. this man was surely Peter.
II il probably not very Christian
Ike 10 Try TO discover Just how far
we may strsggls behind the Lora ard
YET be saved. and yet il is interest
ing 10 note Peters life. Re Ess cho-
sen by Christ 10 take the ke-s OF ihe
Kingdom and yet OF the eve Of
Christ's cr1eifiuon he denied YIN.
We are shocked when We resd this
and the reason we are shocke1 is be-
cause We are human. We perhaps
deny Hin every Gay in various wsys.
but when seen ia another we are in
cllc~d 10 be very critical The most
inconsistent thinE Ia Peters life. and
Eei The most human. was th2t AFTER
MS denial ot his Lord. ana only
few weeks later be calls down .elri-
fic Vengeance % Auznlss znc Ssnhira
because they lied about their zi5r 10
ne collection basket Peter derial
II seems 10 us was far worss than
ihe-r lie. and Tst il was very fKl cur
selves 10 eXzgEerste an offense when
seen in others
Christian Life and Christian char
acter is based OF unsslfish service.
The most unselfish mar IS shc besl
Christian The only real happiness
comes from unselfish zerviot We
are all seeking happiness. ard set Ee
viii never find il II We look for IL
Il is an elusive something that comes
in Unexpectedly while Ne are ser1s NJ
Others Il i a by-pro-ust Of unset
fish service
Christian Character is the only
thing that is lasting and the only
thing that a person can be proud OF
al the grave II shoG-1 De hegun in
the home. and Is most essily attained
II the parents and espeSiallg me mo
ther. who wieldI the most snflusaee.
train the children from sa5ghood IN
This life of forgetting self aud ssTv-
ing others here in the hoIae Eiih
its sacred traditions and Influences
nOmes the first prayer and prayer in
its tine sense Is the biz sos and help
Of the Christian True prayer must
be a thoughtful communion with