The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-17
RACE RIOT AND THE
TEACHINGS OF JESUS
rv BISHOP E. II. MoUzoN

'Nlu Wiz hlh Nl''
r.ai Of the world; he that fol-
rt,.h me shall not walk in
4Ireuess. but shall have the
.enf Of hfc.'
rn's race riot and the teach
.... .t frsus'--thls Is startling as
s...,-.un Of phrases. And yet if VIC
.r. rrIstians, we must dare TO put
,u. phrases down sido by side. and
t.... ... the riot which has disgraccd
..r ...ty in the light Of the teachings
.. ..r who is tho Master of our
..... .e and the Lord of our lives,
81 ... christian preacher has any
,....,.. at all, he must not hcsi'
,... r.v 10 speak out his deepest
...... .,.uus touching the application
.,s |. ethics OF Jesus to such con-
iat..rs as these in the midst OF
y,ttu N, find ourselves.
|.. the teachings Of Jesus are OF
sur-.uo authority. Never man
a.... Ike this man" Concerning
God and mans duty 70 man, Jesus
a..lE the final word. He is The
sIur.ua Judge Of mon. lie Is the
rra' IDEAL incarnate. Before his
i.r v dll must stand, not in the
l., great day only but now and
H.v.H- This very day we stand be-
fura ,he Judgment bar of Christ
st.r1.r-. then, bcfore tho Judgment
li- MP Christ. what have we to say
about .uc things which have hap
n..gl hero In Tulsa. and which have
l,.. written about in every news
r...- in the civilized world.
Dr. should be known that the re-
laror between white people and coli
urnI people In Tulsa has not been
different from what one will find in
other towns and cities where there
ar, large numbers OF Colorod people.
Tho majority of tho colored people
iu Tulsa are just Ike colorcd people
els,v ,vhorc-ncither hettcr nor worse
TIL majority Of white people living
hr~r are iust No fine people as can
be found anywhere In America. Tul-
An IS q typical American city. There
arc very few foreigners here. one
seldom. II ever, hears any language
other than English spoken here.
Tulsa Is neither a northern city nor
q southern city. Vigorous. entorpris-
inV mon are here from Pennsylvania,
ohio and Kansas, as we'll as from
Missouri and Texas and the old
south This is not a city where one
would expect to find prejudice
against the colored man az such.
And there has been az little race
prejudice here as one will find al
most anywhere In America.
Just this IL is that makes the sit =
uatIon all the more serious. For II
this thing happened in Tulsa, 1t may
happen anywhere else. The Tulsa
riot rs tragedy Of more than local
concern II Is an affair of national
interest. II is indicative Of CON
d.Non which calls for careful study
by all patriotic and Christ loving
people. What happened here has
happened elscwhere--in Chicago. in
Springfield. in East st. Louis. in
Washington. If this thing had hap
rerod in savannah. Georgia. or in
Houston, Texas, it might he charged
up 10 southern prejudice against the
negro. But happening in Tulsa. Il
calls for some other explanation.
And II will happen IN other cities,
and again and again, unless we got
NJ tho root Of the matter and cure
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