The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-28
g%llIRTslrEvE RELIGION.
Seemed Ia Get sntisfnc,or, n..,,,.
IN Oklahoma,

At Holdcny1llc. okla, I SOL, o..
Baptist prayer meeting. writ. 80,
respondent Of the ConUr,gr, ,enl.,
The pastor was out IN the ,Yu-.-y o.,
IA revival campaign aud a your. wa,
was leading the meeting. IT, Ma
his shirtslceyes or. more propcrlv ,,,st.
ing. In a shirtwaist. hut wore 70 l..fbo.
girdle. after the manner OF the OIL sr,,
John h Baptist. lie loohc,l coo, ,rI
talked warmly. Let Us try 20 mako
our lives worthy of our chr.t.,r r,o
fe~ssion," no remarked.
He could not have put. ,hg. bats,
IL he had been arrayed in n black -,
and a white necktie. A man In a hr,s
shirt followed the leader with soma A.
hortations earnest In Spiri, and MIN
to the point. Then "a sister prayed .cd
IL was n OF those prayers with wins,
and the breath OF III" which VA, -
h~eavenward. And then a man with ~,
old fashioned pair of "gallusc," .,i,
Of the REVEALS which were going M, n
the surrounding country. Their r,..or
was having good success nj Pecan ,;roy,
and at half a dozen other placcf sl:uer,
wero repenting and confcss!rg CHRIS,
every night.
BY this time l was beginning 70 l,,
the coatless, shirtsleoye prayer inca.i,,
NVls ihu'ts ~ "db dlA'I tlN FtAfF o.
of the Gospel In tone ard after th, .r.,
ner of tho business end os tho ,ov,
In dress. For the business mon lev,
their coats at home when they 90 .,
business. The exceptions arc teH and
mostly confined to the tcudcrfoo. from
tho North or the MAJ who thinks tina,
he is "A pillar In tho temple q. dignity
! saw "A man who had such "a srnsr,
keen look In his face tina. 7 asked a
gentleman who he was. That ir M
Blank he replied. 'the prestd,u, q,
one Of our banks" ~ thought .o." |
said. for no has Il coat OIL. and I .pp
pose you draw the limo at bank r-c.i.
dents"
II Is tho soutl's way OF setting oyea
with the weather. and II WORKS u.il f.
the market place and ia the prayer meet.
ing. believe In tho regulation d-csr
In tho pulpit, but I. must be admitted
that the more clothes ministers vca,
the longer the vacations they seem %
require. Collars wilt. ard then tho m,--
lister willis. Big black coats are heavy
TO carry when the mercury Is cllnhl-c
the weather ladder. II makes tho minis.
ter want to pull out OF them along In
June and como back in Scptemis-. r.,
these Oklahoma ministers take of theft
coats. roll up their sleeves and tackle
IL TeN1Ndi u1eetIUB III midsummer, IleN
perspire and inspire and 4 lot us rood
Is done.
Tho shirtsleevc religion of Oklahors
has its practical effect or results. Y.
would be hard to find a town in New
England where there is moro Sai.lu'h
stiffness than in the little city which 7
have mentioned. The Id "a on tl-A..
and II Is on vices throughout II. wcc,.
Saturday Is II holiday for the farmers
and the town Is full OF people. Irary Z
them Indians. but ther. are 10 dru, ser
men and there is uo disorder.
In many respects there is 10 mr..
p%uritanical State in the Union IA
oklahoma n no Stat. Wh.jv iuo'a
arms OF the law are getting under 20
uplift Of humanity. That a !uuA- state
1T Is less thar ten years uid-G,-rei
out Of III Indian reservation. o.t. q
hiding place for outlaws and ,.ou.el
with a rush OF all kinds and r,i-~-.
could so soon enact SO much i'gu q" =
legislation and establish such $3.50.
order is n remarkable tribute 20 ~.
power of the religious influence " 4
have gone into it.