Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-02-14
CHRIST The REAL
TRUTHINTERPRETER
THE Genius of Christianity
Is to Impart
Itself.
WORLDWIDE IDEALS
Scli'ishncss, Greed, Ven
gence Carry Seeds of
Death, Says Preacher.

That Jesus himself 3s the outstands
Sns appeal made by The gospel Of the
New Testament ana has been prolific
Of gracious results because of this
fact is beyond disputations and DR..
Stursis' sermon this week viii be wei
coined as a valuable contribution TO q
larger aud fuller comprehension Of
ahe gospels intrinsic value, because Of
its consistent testimony TO the suftle
cheney Of Christ as the Interpreter or
truth. Taking as his teXtual thought,
"For we can do nothing against the
truth, but for the TRUTH" III CorinthLe
ans Nil. S, the speaker said:
oNhat is truth" said jesting Plate
and the world has been asking the
same question ever since, as II asked
" long before Some OF our philosophe
zeal friends hold that truth Is somee
thing Independent OF the mind OF man,
and that II goes on being true just the
same whether we believe II or not II
Is there and all we have to do is so
open our eyes and see It. Others say
not so; truth that nobody thinks IS
nothing; truth must make its appeal
to somebody's thought before 1t has
reality as truth: to me or anybody,
un% or TO him. Not az ALL says a thig8
Seasoner: truth Is not outside u.s. nor IS
N wholly within US: truth Is the great
onward tendency of the universe OF
which we are a part: we cannot get
away from IL because we are IN ~ az
we are In the atmosphere: we do noH
nave HO guess az TRUTH we are living
~ SO thar the great Fundamental an
stinCtS OF mankind we can 9Eusto
Al . rtl0 VI
h@ did not mean any OF these thyee
conceptions az it: though being
trained scholar, and IA keen thinker
aS well, it Is not likely that any Ot
these ways Ot thinking had utterly ese
raped him. For one of the striking
things about Paul vs. the essential mod
eVnity that hides under his obviously
VabbiniCal way OF expressing himself.
EuS the truth 10 him meant always
Jesus Christ and all that centered Ia
Vim. And SOU will note how his idea
0f truth strangely falls into the three
methods of Conceiying H. which have
named, For the TRUTH as il Is in
Jesus Christ, Paul would have saido OF
course, was quite independent Of his
belief in II. Christ kept on being what
He was Just the same, whether Paul
0ssented to his claims or not, ~ the
same time. Paul would also have ad-
mitted that Jesus Christi as the truth,
WAS true tO him. because he had SURE
rendered heart and life to His divine
control Paul Knew tD whom he had
believed. But also he would have as
sentcd to- the third conception OF
truth as the essential VeTacity Of the
universe. and human life and mans
thinking within il: for Paul alS things
sum themselves UP in Christi who liz
some sense was before all the worlds
.auI saw them into being To him
dhrist woS not merely historical
VhcNomenOp OF certain century and
pac,: lie was the sum and substance
Of H'i being all movement Onwardo the
good Of all that is.
So Paul's idea Of Christ simple as
81 seems in some ways, Is seen to be
very profound in others. and to some
contact with the thinking Of those
who have worked along lines Cf strict
philosophy ON one side PauTs think
Ing seems supertatively transcendental
and mistyV Vet he came TO II from a
personal experience from his Cons
version to Christ. There was no brittle
fbers in Pauvs nearest association
with the Master. In his own heart he
knew that Christ Is the truth, in eve
cry broad or narrow sense: and as he
looked out on the world he could see
that Christ was truth also for the
world He Is our assurance today. No
strain OF mortal weakness was ever
revealed In His nature He Vindi-
Gated his fidelity on the cross. And
in these hours of disaster and trial,
when Christian civilization Is passing
through Geshemane of reproach and
suffering. we must attach our souls
afresh to Him If we would rise SUPER
ior to our surroundings in purity. love
and endurance. His personal word to
your own spirit. His self-communi-
Gated life. His continual presence
without any Intervention, even by
Paul, or Apollo or Cephas-must be
your pillar of cloud and Of fire. II you
would have a religion that connot be
lowered by controversy, nor chilled by
infidelity, nor disturbed by passion.
nor shocked by intellectual changes,
nor paralzyed by the fearful convuls-