Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-07-25

we can buy and the most talented
singers we can secure are not too
much for the glory Of God; but rather
/ than that the poor should suffer from
/ neglect or the unSaVed have not the
gospel preached to them, we would
| better be contented to worship God
il. tent or in grove of trees.
| In Spirit and in Truth.
! The temple at Jerusalem was speci-
| fled as the particular place of worship
| for the followers Of Jehovah. This
| had a desirable effect in centralizng
and solidifying religious sentiment in
| the conservation era Of piety. a scat
tering or a multiplying of sanctuaries
would have been productive of loose
ness and corruption i'm religious OBJ
servances and teachings. But Christ
told the woman of Samaria that the
nuur was near when worship should
not be matter of locality but the
true worshippers shall worship the
Father in spirit and in truth" In the
new dispcnsatOn piety does not de-
pend on buildings or localities, but as
Pau says your body is the temple
of the Holy Ghost" II is necessary
that we have appointed places where
the people of God congregate for
worship Religious interest thriVes on
I
and gets weak when this observance
is neglected People may maintain a
high degree Of piety without attend
ance on public worship, but they do
not do so except i'm very rare instances.
The man who keeps alOOf from church
services can never be spiritually
strong, for the very fact that he viii
fully denies himself such prvil ges is
ample evidence that his heart is not
right with God, that there is some
thing standing between his soul and
ITS Maker. Yet it is the heart Of man
that God makes his holy temple and
It behoovcs MS to see that the things
unworthy and unclean are cast out 10
make room for his glorious presence,
for my house shall be called a house
Of prayer"
The Radating Center
As the religious spirit of Judaism
was conccntratye and prescrvative,
so on the other hand is the gospel of
Christ diffusivc and all-uclusive. This
house of prayer" was to be "fur all
nations II took the Jews a long
ume to learn that they were expected
10 radlate the truth TO all peoples.
rather than hold it as an exclusive
privilege. II even required a solemn
church conference to decide that pauI
Gcntiles As Judea became the radiat-
ing center of the gospel. so should
we today strive to make of our land a
laInp for the guidance of the nations.
In book entitled "The can of tho
World we find the following eloquent
ana pertinent passage: "Amcrica
America, stretching between the two
great seas, in whose heart flows the
rIch blood of many nations into whose
mountain safes God has put riches Of
iahulous amount. in whose plains the
Almighty has planted the magic
genius that blossoms into harvests
Wlth which TO feed the hungry multi
tudes Of Garth, nursed by Puritan and
/ Pllgrim. defended by patriot and mis-
sionary, guided by the pillar of cloud
by day and of fire by night, s.nctified
by faith as pure as looks up To any
land. . America, let thy Master make
thec a savior Of the nations: let thy
God flood thee with a resistless pa.
sion for conquest; let thy Father lead
thee over mountains and seas through
fire and flood, through sickness and
pam, out to that great hour when an
men shall hear the call Of Christ and
the last lonely soul shall see the nm
Fitted cross, and the whole round
world shall be bound back to the
heart Of God"