Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-10-15
BUSINESS l|FE'S
NEED OF PRAYER
Being the First Of a Series OF
Sermons on Prayer by
Pastor Massey.

mornings sermon at the Lutheran
church by Pastor Massey. II was q
continuation OF the series or specihl
sermons on prayer by the pastor ana
his subject was chosen from the text,
Jesus says. zone thing In needfnl
what shall be the dominant note
OF your life?" asked the pastor.
am sure you will agree that this IL
big question. The one supreme bus'-
ness of living is 10 get the deciding
emphasis on the thing that belongs
first: and there is never more than
one such thing.
"There are strong lives that stagger
md sink because they have missed
tho course. For the supreme Tragedy
comes TO the man or woman VINO puts
the emphasis on something secondary.
All IL then out OF proportion; all ex-
perience becomes n tanglc; all tasks
are brought to confusion.
Ignore Nccdfui Thing.
There have been, indeed, mon OF
genius whose lives went out early ana
in despair because they ignored the
'one thing needfui.' Poo. Byron. De-
Quincy, Napoleon, Nero and Saul ana
many lesser minds twisted the empha-
sis and brought their splendid lives
10 ruin.
mo company OI tcuIpio'b WV"''
spend all their effort providing pedcs-
tails while none thot to carve a statue
TO set thereon. No group OF painters
would consume all their time finding
and stretching canvasscs and not one
paint picture.
$50 of old Jesus warned Martha.
and this morning he warns you ana
me. Take thot OF the secondary. but
not too much. The most meager liv-
ing upon which n life OF human ser
vice with spiritual meaning Ii built IN
infinitely worthier than the most ac-
complished existence which but cum
bers the ground with its purposeless
occupancy OF space and time. one
thing is needful.
"Philip Brooks says. L want to live
such life that II all men In the world
were living II the world would be
saved DO you want your life multi
piled by the thousand million no that
all men shall be like you? You say:
This great world, II In too big. Then
bring Il home This city Of ours.
whose very streets we love because
they come close to everything we do
and are. cannot we contribute some
thing that II has not tOday-put In II.
some little corner Of II. life which
others shall see and say. All. that our
sh.,, -" o,,. iaw ~ lie, what one
srs I'll 80 c.u .sde,,,, p"
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MOI NoureSe-Not MONEY
II h not courage. nor money, said
the minister. and he related story OF
Presiden. Martin Van Buren,, VINO,
upon hearing that his son had become
engaged to lady OF wealth. SAID:
We'll. poor boy. he is ruined; ne WI"
a. - n(t N xa FOR w hiNh he
has such talent, and become the least
useful OF human beinEs-a rich man.
In II work? Is not the worlds work
the hope Of the world asked Pastor
Massey. II embraces noble pleasures
calls for high courage. uses wealth. IN
tellect, and enables one TO learn ana
to teach human Fellowship ana
brotherhood to the full. surely TINS IL
tho zone needful thtng. MODERN
speech calls II business.
''Is II possible for man TO ne en-
gagged In the activities OF our modern
life and yet be Christian?' asked the
pastor. II am sure do not know. ~
II for you to say how much n child oi
God must remodel the aflairs IN whiSn
he IL daily engaged, In order Tor the
Divine to stay dwelling within you
But business itself cannot De the one
thing needful that the Master Man
planned for you TO ma.
lie was certain that When tne
Maker commanded man 10 repiehish
the earth and subdue IL ne issued
royal charter to business Business.
he said, In necessary as means OF
livelihood and as a debt tn society ana
az school FOR character IN energy
and knowledge and patience ana hon
or. But 1t was not all