Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-01-07
BLINDNESS or BIGoTRy

F" a. recent moving picture relates tho
adventures Of "A little girl who. be-
cause Of war conditiaba. was thrown
into the care OF n Quaker grandfather
OF the old school The girl had been
raised mp In twentieth century sur.
roundings. while her grandfather was
OF eihe old notion that everything
savorIng OF presept day idcns was an.
Invention Qf the devil. lilo lubored
strenuously to bring the little one to
conformity with his uusterc religion.
but IN tho end tho sweet persuasive
Influence Of the child woke him nm TO
the wicked absurdty OF that faith
which he had esteemed as the essence
OF religion. Ito had TO Yield to reason
and confess that he had been an In.
mtferable higot.
This was all drawn for the sake OF
making n good story, but the fact Is
that there Is really too much OF the
same spirit In actual life for tho best
progress OF humanity and for the ulti-
mate triumph OF genuine religion. Too
many people yet strain at gnatA, and
some OF them are adopts at swallow.
Ing camels, Is much easter to put
on a plous air R.severo austerlty than
IT Is TO practice genuine pfety, espe-
cially when II comes 10 making lust
application OF religious principles to
the everyday events OF life. This
world Ia moving too fast for people
who have gotten into rut.
They have to climb out of that rut
before they can DO OF real service to
humanity or TO their God. II II easier
TO condemn the things we cannot un.
derstand than It is to make "A, Just esti-
mate OF their real worth. 1t is easier
to set up reputation for plety on a
platform OF thou shalt nots" than to
formulate II sensible program OF gen.
uine piety and TO apply the teachings
OF the holy word to events as we meet
them. 1t Is easy to assert that old
things only nrc good, and that every
new wrinkle must necessarily loo a
snare Of the evil one. It is easier to
believe that everything that makes
life good and sweet and more worth
living is forbidden pleasure to the
son Of God
W&h due apology to the Quakcrs.
than whom thcro>is hardly more
consistently pious people full Of good
woEks. II must bo said that the dcci-
hions on moral questions OF two cen
turtles ago can hardly be useful to a
righteous man living IN the present
We have too many things that were
unknown TO the founders OF that.
creed We have 10 meet many condl-
tions and solve many problems that
they never contemplated True aerv-
lee TO AlhIghty God therefore. con
sists not I'm raving against feminine
fashions. against picture shows. or a
number Of other things that make life
brighter aud more livnble. but In so
living as Go scatter sunshine and pur-
lty around us wherever We go. taking
pattern from the Great Example who|
came iuto this world not TO cast a
gloom over an things human, but toI
hft humanity up TO higher enjoy
mcnt than can ever be the part oil
the man who spends his time hunting
up things to condemn and presagtng
me degeneration OF the race.
Since man has LEFT record, every
age has hod~tt--people who claimed
TO think that tho present time was
desperately wicked and that 9aIy thei
o.u days were pleasing 10 God The
prcsar. time Is really the best thel
world las yet soou, and those who
wish to serve the Lord will do well to
accept that fuct and labor 60 achieve
greater Improvement, instead OF In
menting the imagined evil OF the good
thiugs a kind Father has given us.
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