The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-01-09

treatment of their prica,hood which 10 al
ways represented ON the stage ana ,'e'-
,h,ro hi , most favorable way ana whose
religion ia treated with confederation, IN"
Catholics are to be commended ne un'v I
ms come also when prOtestants shuuld nov
,oIkr,tc any other than courteous treatment
ui ihcir religion and ministry
the complaint is Just, the movement timely'
H,t 90, are forced to wonder II the board real
IL approaches us problem in the right spirit
OF with clear understanding Of h' fund"-
ucntas?
II IN true that the Catholic church suffers no
m,ch ndgnites but II Is less true that that iS
40 because OF any fixed opposition to such
practice on tho part OF the Catholic chufeh'
we should say II is true because the Catholic
church does not permit its ministers to con-
duct themselves In a way to earn inc cha'ac'
tcrizaton complained Of
Can as much be said for the ruling boards
OF Professionalism? We think not When min
litcrs of Pro,estantsm intriduce jaIz into the"
church, when they appeal to the poht'oa' "o'i"
for laws to mako men good rather than re"
on the spirit OF their cause to bring about inc
reformution, when thcy mix themselves III
secular matters and become militant OUTSIDE
The church. they are making OF themselves sueh
aplendid studies for the "cartoonists' writer's
and aotors' that those gentlemen must he per-
mitted To make use Of.
II IL not a matter OF record We believe, that
any Protestant minister has over been chara'-
terizcd or cartooncd or ridicucd because "r ms
ur,aching and living the gospel of Jesus ChrHl'
Nor viii It ever he. We proudly hold briet Tor
the 'cattoonis,s. writer's and actors,' wheh we
assert that such gentlemen In the mass and az
individuals have "a tremendous ana an "o'a'ns
,,sns,, for the church and lts offcen, no mat
ter whnt the creed may be that governs tha'
church,
Hut When the representatives of the church,
aud again We make noI exceptions as to the
creed, deliberately go outside the church Tor
aid in saving humanity; when theS become p"li-
tcians or when they turn Naudcvill"ns In or
der To attract the crowds that their cause should
draw. that respect does degenerate into con-
,empt and an unbelievable faction OF the pun
lie IL 40 kccnly sympathetic with the viewpoint
that It becomes rich material Tor the cartoon
,sts the writer's and the actors"
Tha, we think is the explanation, more than
any lack Of digniticd opposition to the practice
by the governing boards OF tho Protestant
churches Probably not one man In hundred
who has been guilty of the crime complained
of. but Is from Protestant parentagc and prcju-
diced against Catholicism But Catholicism does
earn his respect when It sticks to it's las, like
the shoemaker, and doos not permit its min
listers to undertake the reformation Of the world
along political and secular lines.
There is but ono cNcuso for any church. lie
lived suffered and died FOR code that mas
grown stronger and clearer with the passing
years, Nowhere in that code can bc discovered
justification for somc Of the activities Of rrotcs-
tantsm, while blazing boldly across its pages
was written, Render unto Caesar the things
that Caesar" Mijiancy breeds rdculo and
criticism. Mnltaucy nuds mo justification i'm tho
life OF Jesus.