Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-11-01

| been held aloft, aided by Luther ana
many another. Luther's followers
have never been prosecutors and, due
much to him, freedom Of conscience
and the right Of private Judgment are
counted sacred. Liberty-personal.
political national. and religious lib
erty-is the real essence of American
ism and of Lutheranism alike
The open Bible held in his hand
shows, above all, a picture OF Luther.
For the placing OF the Bible in the
hands of the people made the refor-
nations success; and IT was by study
of the Scriptures that Luther discov-
cred these errors which, denouncing,
he made our anniversary today worth
while. On Scripture he stood at
| Worms when, solitary against state
and hierarchy. he spoke the world
echoing words Here I stand; I can
not do otherwise God help me.
Amen l have stood in the Wart-
| burg in that room where he trans
lated the Holy Bible into "A tongue
understanded of the people and felt
and known for sure that this gift to
! the world was great Luther's crown
ing work. BY this work he created, II !
! is true, the German language In n
real sense. BY his literary labors.
then begun. mighty impulse was given
to the mental progress of mankind
! compulsory education: and next to the
! Bible itself Luther's small catechsm
! has the largest clrculat ton of the books
of the world. Yet greater than all
other fruits today in our recalling OF
| Luther Is his thot our thot, Holy
Scripture must be the reigning queen
/ And here in America. this country
nineteen years old when he chal |
/ lenged Tetzel. Luthers labors bear
.t,I,1 NJ I,,, ,,,l,rr
| the voice of the living Luther rang
has lost some of its heritage, there
the Holy Scriptures and personal lib |
erty both having been assailed. But |
1 here among us love and desire for
| knowledge of that Pook which he
counted the only infallible rule for
faith and practice grows. and shall
grow from more to more.
Living by Faith.
classification by faith - Christ !
alone-that cardinal tenet of Luth- |
er's reforms at work today. In the
beauty Of humility and of charity, in
efforts for missions and for every en-
| largement of brotherhood. we see its
impress. In the growing sense in us
that display of work and the parading
| OF philanthrOpies are vain, without the |
inner quality of character: we are
hearing again the truth that Luther
heard in voice of thunder on Pilates |,
stairs: The just shall live by faith.
our hero sprang from the common |
| people. 1T is Gods way, of beggars to
make men of power, as he made the
world out Of nothing And the ref |
| formation doctrine of the universal
! priesthood of believers, we fancy. is
oufgrowth Of that circumstance. Au-
| tocracy must go, and class tyranny OF
every sort-whether priestly, social or
/ .f,.I
claimed that the highest dignity that /!
possibly can be conferred on man is
| common to laymen and clergy: that
of belonging to the body of Christ and |
being everyone members one of an |
other
THE gospel. and not science or
politics, is for the pulpit to teach, this |
! is another thot to be Impressed today |
| by a faithful observance of the Luther |
quadricentennial For the dramatic
first act of this 34-year- professor
was the telling stroke that separated
| state and church A Lutheran prince. |
Luther held and declared, had no
right to prohibit the Roman Catholic
mass in his realm. Civil magistrates
must not interfere with anybody's
teaching or believing what he chooses,
! be it gospel or falsehood-it is suf
! ficient for them to interfere with
| teaching rebellion or dissension.' How
plainly true to us that sounds today;
| yet how novel and startling ii was four
centuries ago! What nations have
made progress in material things
| those clnging to the old fashion of
state church relation, or those totally !
or in essence free from it? Tho |
answer needs not to be spoken.
Lutheran Picty."
Most precious to ourselves of all |
forms of impress by A. ID. 1917 is what
mas been termed Lutheran piety'-
Christian modesty, cheerfulness, hos
pitality. the love of music and other
arts, and the love of labor. In church
life, too the childlike faith, readiness
/! to suffer for the truth, culture of the
inward life and dislike of sensation
falism; all these have been said to be
qualities of our best adherents. But
let another praise thee, and not thine
I own mouth We keep today an an
niversary that belongs not to Luther
ans, but to the world. AS followers of
/ Luther, the humble follower of Jesus,
! our weaknesses, shortcomings, neg
| lects and mistakes have been many;
and if to us really belong the sub
| limest memories of Christianity since
! the age when the apostles fell asleep
it is for us to count them only that we
may strengthen ourselves for today's
and tomorrow's stern duties"
!
Alleged SmuggIcrs Convicted.