Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-07-09
lRy ALRERT MAssEYl

lBy ALERT MASSEI-D
You want home. l. keep in your
SCI. : Kind Of lie. and 20 give you
:e.lo zsh.p with Others who want a
s-lt ot life which the world cannot
satisfy tho ~e had AL 1t could give
: wish there we've 10 church or min
-s-er n ne world. and no doctors
drug stores. hospitals. 10 lawyers
co-TthO1ses or tzlis: indeed. 10
s-hoois- In Heaven there Will be none
o ;hss-- But JUS; Jet ve are no. in
Heaven the world 5 with Is late and
s-11, and the worlds WORK We have
dropped the idea that The world l.
likely 10 20 Up IN smoke and out in
cirders and ashes al any moment
People used 10 take the world as =
very remporsry affair: 70 bs immersed
n commerce or manufzc-urs. or any-
thing not strictly ecclesiastical was
looked opon as folly: and the church's
supreme Work was supposed 10 BE TO
save as many as possible before the
tilzi crash cane
But u seems now that the world IS
here for millions % years YET. And
We are here. under the Kings com
ruard % hold ths>.ort saf CONQUER
TO leave people in The world. but re-
move from u all that : foul ari "
holy. and make the Sermon on the
Mount the charter OF the e-iss- You
sssni the Church as = place whore We
can help r. that saving WORK that
Nor. of making safe TO make the
word safe tor democracy. As p-esi
cent wilson szys-z1t as Martin Lu-
;he-. too. proclaimed four hundred
years ago. And nothing less thar re
gospel and the gospel made expressiy.
IN the church. satisfies your want.
There can be little doub, hat u1o-sr-
iiy would save the world II enIy h,
could ps had But you have found
tnls trouble viii al the thousand type.
o' moral reform; they can take no sc-
count OF the enemy that builds his
nest deep down in the inward par-s
LaAe ne terrnite of the tropics. witch
"orss is way into furniture ana ea-s
tp the inside tissues so the enemy 80.
NeF,s our society into = vanished shell
that collapse 70 the touch. Yo, hsvs
been led to try TO irnproye the music
py decorating the organ pipes 70 Irr-
prove The water BY whitewashl,r thA
pump. And you do not call ;hese
Hne'nois s1ccessful. and want IL,
church's method
When Colerdire threw ~, -,
thlsleoown into the air ne criA5 !.
he tendency OF this is ,Svs-5
China. but we know II win nevs-
reacn there SO with all the NOW
ets lhat make for righteousuesss--
Ne want right. not tendencies vainiv
aiming AZ u, The tendency O, many
an amendment suggested TODAY Is to-
ward goodness. but they lack tha Az.
nSmic- Dynamic the church has
fhysieal force Is fine: moral force is
better. but both are impotent unless
hacked by those spiritual forces thar
sprihs oniy from loyalty TO rhe ever
INs'lns oilterence between right and
wrong. Don't you think that the
world has been made greatest h,- tbs
senilest Of all its forces? The force
OF a ships rudder is a gentle thing
and SO the power OF the stee-Su1an.
ei there stands at the wheel OF orr
LIE, Of our world. that unknown
steerssuan whom We call Cod And
we best get our pilot known and
ship.
on what basis does tha, fellow.
strip rest? BY what factors is the
church created,
Not 90 Scripture text however
golden Not on tradition. however
venerable. Not on scientific discoy-
cry. nor by logical Processes, how
ever important or elaborate. Indeed.
no; on prophetic message. divinely
helpful as IL is Nor by Jesus. the
masters oVn person. diyinely essen
tai as We own that.
The church rests On human need.
is created by human need and sus-
tanned by human need. The need OF
place where the produce Of the
fields and the products Of the oil
fields may be bought and sold-tha,
need created the market. and centers
OF traffic, 1t appears, will las, as long
as the race exists The need Of mans
soul for the bread of life, for oil for
heating and lighting his highest ma
tire. FOR these he must have and al
ways must, a place-io trade. You
demand the church as market. You
demand the church as court, as a
school. a hospital. a home
Tie church as a school you want.
The public schools in our great place
EteS year by year. verify month by
month. And may our generosity and
enthusiasm toward education increase