The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-03-29
BISHOP MOUZON
STATES TRUTHS
CONTINUED FROM rAGE ONE

asked Bishop Mouzon at the begin
ming OF the service yesterday morn
frg. Answering his own question.
he declared. HE is here for Moth
inng but to save YOU and your
friends and your neighbors.
what we need most are the un-
d-niable truths Of the Christian re-
iigion: that is what ! am going to
preach"
An urgent appeal was made to
business men to leave their offices
for an hour each morning from 10
TO II o'clock. TO attend tn" week
day servic,e you win not be kept
after II o'clock" the bishop said
we are living in times of tumult
politically and socially. he de-
clared, but we are living in COM
mouplace times reliGiously.
"Oh. Lord, revive thy work in
the midst of the years; in times Of
tumult remember mcrry
THE religious condition Of The
!. Methodist church, and NJ other
evangelical churches as well, calls
for concern. Methodist churches are
in the habit of reporting gains each
Nsdr. IMt listen t. these figures
Last year the Methodist church.
south. reported a loss Of from 5000
TO 10000. and tn" northern Meth
not 4 cause for deep concern p
Bisnop ;f)u,bn declared there arc
Zoo many persons who move 10
Tulsa and because they do not know
how long they will live hove do not
unite with the churches. Others
give the excuse that they went tc
church once and noone spoke &c
them.
These are poor excuses" said the
EnankGF N
most is religion. Then they wouldn't
give such excuses.
The apparent forgctfulncss oi
church duiieg wis attributed in some
measure by the bishop to an after
war rcactiol.
During the war we American,
were the most religious people or
the fate of the globe. When oul
boys went over there, our prayer
, went with them, aud remained will
them. We gave TO them UhaIaljy o
our financial means. They wer'
crusaders for tremendous cause
INC cause of RELIGIOUS fr2tdpm a,
Vel as the freedom from oppres
sion"
The great trouble IS that W
have backslidden. The people hav
returned to their former selfishnes'
In time Of great need they turne
10 God. Now that the danger is ap
parently past, they have resume
their former ways"
The bishop declared that ric
people are seldom religious. The
turn to religion whom they are pool
When they have wealth they turn I
pleasure, they have no timo for Goo
why. these women who are ricf
VINO have servants and every othe
convenience to take work from thei
shoulders. should bo the most relie
ious people in the world. Why is /
when they have so much time, tina
they could not devote 1t TO religion
As the Bible says, 1t is just q
impossible to put an actual came
through the eye OF an actual need
as It is for a rich man to enter III
kingdom OF heaven"
Touching on bolshevism, he dt
clared that the entire fabric Of r'
ligion Is being torn by the isms an
iads so popular today and whic
have made such regrettahle inroaC
into the cloth of christianity
Raids on headquarters OF vario,
ORGANIZATIONS are bringing to llgl
DOCKS attacking the sanctity of ma
rlage hooks that place the prost
tute above the wife. These nefar
Gus activities Of radicals are goir
on right now Is il any wonder thi
We pause to shudder as we think
the consequences II these radica
were allowed TO control the country
We nsad a restoration OF Il