The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-02-29

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"He that loveth not. knoweth no,
cod" We are apt to get n wrong
IMMERSION from the word love, for
usage In this day and time has ac-
c,istomed US to think OF love as a
sexual passion. an emotion, a purely
unspiritual thing although as near
anobling as any worldly thing can
BE-. We have TO "a large extent lost
the fuller and broader meaning or
the word, which is that we regard
others with an affection that will
prompt ua- to take concern for the
welfare and happiness of them as
conuastod with selfish concern for
ourselves or for those bound TO us
by ties of Kin or gratitude. This Is
the love spoken OF In the scriptures.
a love that makes self secondary
consideration and the good of hu
manity the prime motive. In his
great commandment, which Jesus
told US comprehends all the law and
Tho prophets, we are urged to love
God first with all our heart and our
neghbor as oursef. for if we do this
much we will voluntary and instinc.
lively 80 conduct ourselves toward
All men that restrictive laws and
punishments for crime would be
ElnNTIluOub. WOulu bb no
crime IL we loved God and man. We
would naturally, of our own initia-
tive. do those things which are right
and Just and would fulfill all the law
wtlhout urge of raward or punish
ments
II is a great mistake to conceive
that II is natural for mon to hate,
to kill, to be revengeful, to be sus-
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often urged as an excuse for wrong
doing that It is human nature. AZ
though the selfish instinct of man
were a sufficient reason to account
for wickedness This is wrong. Goo
made man in his image, and
breathed into him n portion OF his
spirit. lie has never taken away from
us this divine inspiration. Ny our
own acts we have buried bur divine
nature under a mass OF animal in
stinct. Tho animal in man Is not n
creation OF the devil, but a wisely
created function OF the human race,
so decreed for a good and holy pur-
pose. But the duplex nature Of man
IS constructed with the intent that
the spiritual side of him should be
the boss, while the animal side OF
him should remain an instrument 10
accomplish the will OF the spirit.
because we have reversed the Iisht
order of things and made the animal
man the dictator of his conduct and
maner of thinking, we have to tina,
extent suppressed in ourselves the
righteous instincts given us by the
Creator. Gods inspiration is still
with us, in the deepest nature OF
every human being, but II Is dorman,
In the majority and only awakened
when the love of Jesus takes pos
session of the heart and restores the
breath of life" to its legitimate au-
thority over the human being. Il
- natural for Nus to be
children of God and to wish nothing
but good to every creature. The seeus
Of hatred, of war, of selflshness, ol
envy of covetuousneSs, of every
thing that makes war upon our bet
ter nature have been imp p!anted in the
human heart by the enemy OF our
souls, who thus sought TO undo the
intent OF the Creator that man
should live happily, lovingly and SIN
lessly. The fall of Adam was accom-
plished by an appeal to his selfish
ambition, by making him believe
that God had whimsically withheld
from him a blessing that should be
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TO question the goodness of God, and
from that seed sprang all the Ills
which we now, wrongfully charge to
human nature
Often a great calamity levels the
artificial barriers which human SELF
ishnes.s and pride bave set up be-
tween brethren. Af you want to see
what the natural" man is like,
oh him ,.sIap to- gt,h
merged his selfishly exclusive 4habits
OF thought, and the common interes:
OF humanity inspires his conduct.
Barriers are swept away; human
brotherhood rules. The arlstocrat
marches shoulder to shoulder with
the humble. all inspired by the zeal
for common good; wives and daugh
ters OF nobility are found serving IN
hospitals and doing enial abor for
men who in less strenuous times
would not be spoken to on the street
or admitted to their homes. In the
stress of great disaster, love rules
and selfishness is at discount. Love
justifies its right to rule as the deep,
est motive of man, Just as God ~
loved the world that he sought. the
salvation OF every human creature
while those creatures were yet IN
rebellion to his authority. The con
ference at Versailles has not altered
the current of human thought an(
desire. The seeds of war and car
mage, the bacillus of hate. is ye
present in the human heart, whic1
mas perVersely refused to accept tho
principle of universal love. Tn,
league of nations. nor any other hu
man expedient, can never establish
permanent universal peace until al
men learn to love one another
then there can be no pretext for con
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