The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-12-05

NNN iNttNAt ItsHa NN@t fIN"f NIW*
my elll- of your plll- must be
pat ds~n and Kept down II oar
prayer. Thy klnFdom come. Thy
slll ho done" u ever 10 avail. Tho
Masters prayer must become ours.
"Noi ny viii bat Thine ba done
solomun pnfs u nus. In all Thy
uays Acknowledge Him snd lie shall
direct Thy pasAs-
INoRATtTunE Az Eyii.
Another stumbling block Ia the
say heatcnaafd Il lnEFailinde. This
a. a flpfe1. fflEld. mental state Nalrh
"a q phase of seif.shHess. u Npuli
cut o. off ff1n The pFsa6ase and
i1,o ~ God. 70 iha ralent that 80
are Ffaitful fuF The good 40 have
Nc do recognize The pfeseace ~
God, Who IL good Hos can We hops
20 zee mere ~ good naUl Ne feonK'
nise shat n already before uaf an
~ ua rave 20 much t1 be- grateful
Zoe. our country aud lls Institutions,
our homes. oar churches. and
schools. the heaallcs uf nature. and
our friends There Il no end 10 tho
scod near al hand. While Nc rejoice
10 The nfescncr of good No deny
most effectively the rfrsncc ot evil.
80 shadoa cf sYll can live In = con.
srlonsnrss filled with tme lny and
genuine gratitude. And our sense ~
gratitude shunli not be- inieFmli'
Zen o. spadmod., bot continuous.
The man ~ Ccd IA pefpeiniliy crate.
lal. alwaya rejoicing In the presence
II good. We enter heas,n through
the door II gratitude
Jesus llfo eaA raalm of grail.
inir. We must make Ours TIE name.
Father. iihank Thee was his
thought always. Tho wholesome Pol.
lvnnn nminda ~ that the Lurd nays
some 500 times IN the Iilhlc that
wc should be- glad. and that since
lie sald Il ~ many times. Ito must
have meant a. Cladneas and graft.
tndo 30 hand In hand. Let ua al
got on the bright aide of life aud
stay there. let ua be- Intelligent op.
tlmisis. And Il II well 10 remember
tfai a normal sense of humor n
sncd shock absnrber for some 0f tho
rough spots on the road Of human
experience.
APATHY ~ A DEVILPlT
Apathy or mental Htagnntlun "
another u the desll.plia We need a.
look out Tor. We cannot stand ntlll.
aud 10 Keep roing forSird We have
Ia be- ever awake. aird and on
guard. To nton our efforts to pro.
60. f.....a.. So. ...rl. r......a d. l.ls
steep IA To stall our mental engine.
as " eere. and before long we be-
ein Ia deicrloratc. Better far 20 60
into second or low speed for a lii.
tie space. than 90 stop and ntagnatc.
Too often Il SENS az tlough We arn
iuiled BY the silent arguments OF
evil into state Of mental indlffcr-
ence Of complacency.
Often evil suggests that We are
too busy 10 study. too busy 10 pray.
too busy 10 express our true man.
hood at all. Or sometimes our social
interests crowd In and before we
know II God Is In nearly the last
place when lie must be first II We
wish 10 make ai.y progress heaven
ward. Apathy TO spiritual things
quickly follows when we make too
much of human things.
You will remember the parable
Jesus told Of the feast and the In.
vited guests and their excuses for
not coming. One had n business. an
other relatives. another some oxen,
today II is tho flivyer OF automo-
bile. You see evil hasn't changed
one bit. Look out then for the ar
OF human responsibility.
human ease. worldly pleasure and po-
sltion. These are just the alurlns
sidoshows OF evil arranged along
the road heavcnword and we do not
belong in any of them. II there we
soon stagnate and become dead to
spiritual things.
Claims live their lives In quiet
along the ocean shore,
only as some overwhelm.
Ing current or wave moves them.
Who wants TO be mental clam
WORLDS NEED is MORE LOVE.
The world today torn with dlssen-
sion, strife, and ill.will, is hungry In
ts heart Of hearts for love, for the
owe this Is genuine, good and pure.
he love that destroys late, unites
men. and expresses God The idea
1f cooperation IS being born, Among
'tates, nations. churches, employers.
Employees, farmers and individuals
We see this right idea of human bro
.herhood slowly but surely emerg-
ng. not without conflict, but with
/ definiteness that Is cause for en-
Slowly men are COM
ng to see that in the final analy
ies self-interest is to he found only
n the common interest, and that we
'annot have any enduring selfhood
part from our brother. SO momen-
GUS IS the step forward which man
iind is now taking that the break
ng up of old beliefs of pride. self
shness, jealousy, hate, and so on
eems at times to cause an icejam
in the stream of progress, but un-
ler the moral force of love the
tream moves on.
And so to everyone interested in
Iuman betterment let me say that
he world needs your cooperation
nd mine. 1t needs brotherly con-
liberation one for another, tolera-
ion and kindness We need to be
yer ready to recognize and to re-
oice in the good in those about
S and to minimize the evil. we
eed to guard against going to the
nat over questions secondary in
titus retardng our own
nd others progress heavenward. In
he transition through which we
re passing We see too often good
Zen condemn good men, Those striv-
ng for the samn ideals nnliticallv