Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-10-03
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populations; nation against nation;
household against households; cathe-
drals destroyed; women and children
outraged; things most sacred desc
Grated; Jerusalem ovcrrun by Turks
and arrogant Germans; Calvary trans
formed into battery; target practice
On the slopes of the Mount of Olives.
1t would seem as If this were 3udg-
ment OF God upon us"
Too Matcrialistic.
1--WE have become too materialistic
too enamored with pleasure; too
rich; we have almost lost our souls.
We have almost lost the conscious
ness of God. We have sold him for
less than a mess of pottage; we have
bprtered him for less than thirty
pieces of silver. We have lost the ap-
probation of his word. And II is
when we go back to the Bible that we
shall be taught how to win this war.
I'VE have lost the proper concep-
ton of Christ and his cross, and this
Is the only thing that has ever turned
the world upside down and made
men forsake their sins.
I'VE have lost the power to pray.
! believe this war will not come as
God intended until we get back to him
and learn again the lessons of prayer
There are so many things to help
us on. We have a great cause. This
is a war without bitterness, without
desire to increase territorial pos
sessions 1t is for the overthrow Of
autocracy; IL is for righteousness
I'VE have such great soldiers fight
ing for us: and we ought to stand
again to the covenant, affirming our
faith in God and in his word, and our
determination to live for him."
Talks to Ministers.
Not less pointed was Doctor Chap
mans talk yesterday afternoon to the
ministers attending the Presbyterian
synod of Oklahoma, which is in ses-
sion at the First Presbyterian church
| for four days, and which Doctor
Chapman, as national moderator of
the general assembly, came here to
address.
THE present offers the greatest op-
portunity TO ministers the church has
ever known he said. THE church
is on trial in the estimation OF n great
many people and If it should fail to
make good during the war ii will re-
quire n generation to overcome the
failure.
but there is no possibility of the
church falling" he reassured the
clergymen. ut has already accom-
plished too much.
However. there Is n great respon-
sibility resting on every minister in
order that he may do his part well.
Sometimes n minister is handicapped
| by his surroundings. Our Lord him
self could do no mighty work because
| of the peoples unbelief. Lack Of
sympathy will sometimes hinder and
sometimes lack of preparation for
his calling, in Bible study and prayer,
will handicap him.
MY conviction, after worldwide
observation, is that II minister
breaches the truth and breaches 1t
with passion, and is himself in his
own life the confirmation of what he
teaches. he will have a hearing and
he will lead the church to victory"
Last night at G o'clock the visiting
clergymen were rendered banquet
in the basement of the First Presby-
terian church, given by the elders, Of
ficers and membership. 1t was at
tended by over a hundred At this
banquet Doctor Chapman addressed
the church authorities. taking as his
subject. 'Some Church Officers
Have Met"
Talks To Students.
NeSterday morning at ~ o CLOCK
Doctor Chapman delivered an address
to the students of Kendall college his
subject being "The Potters Wheel"
from which he evolved his theme that
IL one makes mistakes God gives him
chance OF start over again.
Delegates to the synodical conven-
ton continued TO arrive last night
from all parts of the state and IL is
expected that the attendance will be
150. The visitors are being taken
care of by the Presbyterians of the
city on the Harvard -plan"-that is,
they are given rooming accommoda-
tons and breakfast in the homes of
the members of the Presbyterian de-
nomination OF the city.
At the meeting of trustees of Ken