The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-05-23
CHRIST. MIRACLE MAN or
HIsrosy. svsJGcr sGamov


Continued from rage -
waa master Of Mexico before he was
ihlrty~is. Schubert died at the
age et thlriyone. after having com.
posed. In some ways. one Of the
most remarkable melodies ever writ
Ten. charlehagnc wns master of
France and one Of the greatest en-.
.perors of the world At the age OF
thirty. Shelley wrote Queen Nah
when he was twenlyone aud was .
master of poetry before he was
twenty-five. Patrick Henry was en-.
ahlcd TO shape the history Of a new
country before he was thirty and had
aatonished the world with his ORA
iafy before he was twenty ak. Al
the are Of twenty.four Rnnkln had
written Modern Painters. aud nry.
ant while atm hlgh school boy had
written "rhannlonsls.' The history
Of The worlds progress IL o history
oi youth aud ihey who have accom-.
pliahed while silll young strike
hands across the centuries with th'
young man Christ who hung upon
The cross.
Where Are Future Rulers7
Friends this IL q soberlng ihougil
Where are the rulers Of our great
0.lllc today that shall direct ,he
affairs and dcsllnlcs Of onr won.
derfnl nation some thirty or more
years honceY Where to-day are our
governors and presidents and con.
rressmcn. onr diplomats. yes aud
our humble citizens without whom
the great republic must 10 The way
of The kingdoms and empires Of iha
pasig Yes. I repeat. where are
these atalwari ones ~ q generation
hcnceg will tell you'll by some
magic means our eyes might sndd
ly be opened so as to see at once
over lhis vast domain and into the
millions of homes Of our land. we
should discover that our future nl.
ers are lying In their cradles an1
that while the lennhening shadows
Of the evening come on apaco their
mothers are cr0ning over them the
love songs that lull them fast asleep. /
In some cradle future president Is
being rocked TO sleep In some era
die future diplomat is trying 70
poke his tiny fists into his eyes
In some cradle a future congress
man is crying himself TO sleep
"Ohl let me say Il with all my
power OF thought and voice, you are
young. Husband that youth, aug
ment the vigors Of your body con.
serve the powers OF mind and nour.
ish them at the fountains of wis
dom and learning. Strike hands
with the young Christ. the miracle
man of history. and you will be.
come miracle women along the walks !
OF llle winch you pursue.
Christ A Great Thinker
81 look again at the miracle man
of history and can not escape !
from the conviction that he was a
great thinker. Whatever else the |
Christ might have been, He IS pre-
eminent in the realm of intellect. /
lie is a wizard of mind. He is a I
past master in bringing forward the /
vast harvests of thought
SO far as can discover his {
youthful hands never held a paint
er's brush, yet Coryeggio and Tin.
toretto, Raphael and Angelo, Da-
Ninci and Munskassey with scores
of others have received the inspira.
tion for their wonderful paintings
from Him. He wrote no poetry, yet
he has taught men to see. the
bet that glimmers in the worst, to
taste the fruit before the blossom
falls. to hear the lark within the
songless egg And Tennyson and
Browning Milton and Wordsworth
their minds striking fire from his.
with scores of others have found
He left no record of any writing ex-
copt that which he wrote in the
sand and which the winds swept
away, yet all literature has felt the
impulse of his mighty teachings
and reaching up after Him they
discover that His head is still NOV
ing among the stars. He gave no
music to the world yet Beethoven
and Mozart, Handel and Schubert
pay tribute to his genius and claim
that the inspiration for their mas
terpieces has come from Him. He