The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-02-06
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Editor World In your editorial ecstacv Of
the 27th over Judge Pollock's ant-evorythng-
except liquur and hcensc--sermOn, YOU trans
figure him into Christ likeness and defy his.
doctrine in dignity and elevation 20 an equality
your editorial homage OF the now Christ, and
his modern substitute for the beatitudes, and
since, praisng your eulogy OF the judge, there
came from It all the expectation that in the
fitness OF things YOU would soon be- defensivey.
as tull OF explanations and apologies for him
and his recent moral output az the proverhial
egg is OF meat or the Dead sea of salt And,
sure enough in the very first word OF your last
sundays issue the expectation found its COM
plete fulfiment
II Judge Pollock or his apostles have offered
anything new in opposition to the worlds moral
and religious advancement we have failed to
SEQ H. The old iades-of sumptuarv law of
interference with sacred domestic rights and
personal liberty OF the state ohtruding it's Of
tensive nose into the citizens castle" and more
OF like ilk, have been trottcd back and forth and
in and out until their wire joints have worn
through and they have fallen into a heap Of
helpless bones
The elimination OF hundreds ot years OF
temperance work into national prohibition, IL
has marked the trend OF human conscience and
conduct through all history, sacred and profanc,
II is an historical fact that within tn" last hun
drcd and my years, liquor was SO universally
used that II was served at funerals and, on ono
occasion, AZ funeral being conducted under
the auspices of A church I'm Phiadei iphia. the
hcurse driycr, undertaken. pallbcarcrs and at
tCndIDts were all intoxicated on the liquor
Srrycd 10 them I'm the church, and on the way
20 the cemetery the cas'Jot was lost ana when
recovered ana being lowered into the graFe,
70 was dropped and the corpse spilled out, 10
th" adherence and great scandal of all the be
holders. The very next sunday Il was announced
from the pulpit OF that church, that more
liquor would be served or suffered 20 bc drunk
az funerals conducted i'm The church We call
attention TO This incident one OF the endless
multitude that might bc cited 20 show the con-
tras, between thosn times and these, and that We
may remind you OF the fact, that the difference
is due 10 the t.relcss cndeHvors Of tn" temperanc
rcformors whom YOU allude to the deep
hro1'rd pack. We presume that when the
minister made the announcement mentioned,
his congregation regarded Il az bold and
tanttiCal slap at thir personal liberty,
Gradually the lcIvcn OF the sense of self
preservation, against spiritual As we'll bodily
harm, has worked its way into and through the
mind and heart OF the world, until it has all
bat thrust out " itself and into outer darkness
the mammoth evil Of strong drink and the
awful curse of IL to humanity, just natur-
ally and inevitably the world passed from
the religious and moral stages that land-markcd
and mile posted The human way from Adam to
Moses, and then To Christ IN the flesh, and
finally 90 Him translated to man, in pure and
beautiful spirit 20 has its transition been from
the old 10 a new and ever better and higher
order OF thiugs-from thc material sensual
world ot the flesh and licensed sin, 10 the hrigh,
and beautiful Hocr'y 10 Go ugHt and bee Ius,.