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The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-03-20

loyal and loving sonship to God
which Jesus has shown TO be poe
sible for US; Il means that We are
winning a character patterned after
his own IDEAL: 1t means that we hold
in common with Jesus the Ideal OF
making love, service and brother
hood prevail on tho earth
The highest Good.
This. then. is the greatest prize Of
life. Jesus thought so. Matthew
thought $50. Thousands of saints
have since thought go. Multiplied
millions ~ saints today think 50.
Then, Is there any way OF finding
out whether they are right or not?
What is the price which must be
paid for the great treasure? Is it
really a good bargain, a wise invest
ment, or IN tho price too high ..
Those are plain, fair. questions
which crowd upon us for answers
and we shall not seek 10 shun them.
The kingdom OF God is the high
cat good possible In any life be-
Cause---
GD II satisfies deeper needs Of
life than anything else can, Tho
possession OF Christian character
does not affect what a man has. so
much ass Il determines what a man
is We recognize that there are many
needs necessary to physical we'll
being. aud Il is only right and
proper that those should he met: but
it has heen well said that character
W the health OF the soul Deeper
than the need of things Is the need
Of self. q sclf that. is in harmony
with God. a SELF renewed after the
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-03-20

who think the highest good In lfe IL
pleasure. That is the answer Of the
Epicurcan philosophy OF Greece, and
II is the practical answer of the vast
multitudcs today who are making
pleasure the ruling passion of their
lives. To others the greatest good
in life for the individual or for the
nation is power. They offer their
dcvotions daily at the shrine OF
highest good Perhaps not many
would admit that they considered
the acquisition OF wealth the chief
end of life. But they show their real
belief by the fact that they devote
all their thought and energy TO it's
pursuit. Again, fame appears to
some to be the highest good OF all,
sometimes taking the form OF an ig-
noble desire for the attraction of
public attention; and sometimes APP
poarirg as a far higher ana more
worthy ambition. 10 make their
name or their work immortal
Jesus gives his answer to this
great question in the parallels OF the
hidden treasure and the pearl of
great price. According to Matthews
idea the phrase Kingdom Of God, +"
or Kingdom OF Heaven was one Of
large meaning TO Jesus IL meant
tho Reign OF God and the reign
of love in the life Of the individual
and Of society. That Is made clear
In the Lords prayer, whero the pc.
tltion THY kingdom come" Is eN-
panded by adding Thy will be
DONE In other words, tho kingdom
OF heaven is present wherever God =
rule is recognized, and his will is
done. This and nothing less than
this, will satisfy God. For us to have
! the reign of God in our lives means
that we have tho relationship Of
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-03-20
What Is the Highest Good 4?
BY IRA l.. CRABTREE,
Grace Methodist Church.
~ M.sthavs 1QstfAG

"The realm of heaven is like
treasure hidden in field. the man
who finds It hides 1t and In his de-
light goes and sells ali he possesses
ana buys that field.
Again the realm of heaven Is like
trader in search OF fine pearls;
when he finds single pearl OF high
price, he Is off to sell all he pos
sesses and buy It,"
In these two parallels, as In all
his other parallels. by which Jesus
taught the people, IT was his one
purpose to give them "A practical
inception of what the kingdom OF
heayen really Is. The phrase the
lirrdom of God" cannot be under
stood apart from the life and char
scter of Jesus. All that Jesus had
to say about the way men ought to
live must be included IN our idea OF
what the kingdom OF God Is. 1t Is
,hc reign OF God in the heart and
consequently in the organized life OF
men.
spetks Of the kingdom as an out
ward growth, q social ideal OF grow
ing sway, as for instance in the
rarables OF the mustard seed and
The leaven. In the parables OF the
hidden treasure and the pearl OF
great price he speaks OF the kingdom
as a personal inward possession.
when Jesus likened the kingdom
10 a hidden treasure and a pearl OF
great price he struck n theme which
has always had a romantic interest.
surely we must all admire the tact
of Jesus in his teaching as he thus
takes advantage of the fact that the
lure OF search has always exercised
a great and subtle fascination on
mems minds. No one knew better
than he that men would search and
toll on for lifetime in the hope OF
making the discovery of a jewel that
would make them forever rich. one
of the worlds famous jewels, n
diamond known as the star of
South Africa was accidently found
BY shepherd boy on "A South Afri-
can farm. A trader I'm Hopetown,
Van NiclSirk. heard OF the rare jewel
and made & hurried trip to the spot
and bought II of the boy for five
hundred sheep. ten oxen, and a
horse. 1t was found to be "A diamond
1914 carats in weight. A few weeks
later Van Niekirk sold the jewel to
Hopetown firm for $4,000. 1t was
later sold in London for several
times that amount.
search Is Universal.
AAAtNfe tA'At ~ aANN 'hNAA NpNhy
who nave not gone when a boy to
some river bank, lake snore, or sea
shore and watched men toll In the
hot sun with heavy grabhooks, held
10 that unpleasant task day after
day by the hope OF flding a pearl Of
great price. or again, who OF us has
not felt the grip of the thought of
what we would do IL we should find
a pot OF gold? Indeed, many of our
best loved stories have had the
search or finding of buried treasure
as their theme, such as Stephenson s
Treasure Island" and Poe's The
Gold Bug" But while the finding
OF buried treasure still possesses for
our time an unfailing romantic in
terest, 1t IL something which rarely
happens. But in the time of Christ
4 happened often. The reason. of
course, was that there were no banks
and one OF the common ways of Sc
curing comparative safety for ones
treasure was to bury it in n field
where its location would be un-
known. Il frequently happened that
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-03-20
Worlds Sunday Sermon

ne owner would die without reveal
ing the place in hich his property
was buried. Such treasure would he
accidentally discovered in time i'm
most cases, and It is to the ace.
dental discovery Of the trcasure that
Jesus compares the finding OF the
hihsdom OF God. But Jesus main
point was that the kingdom is rich
er treasure by far the finding OF
Whlch should bring much deeper
thrlll OF JOY than the finding OF a
hidden treasure Or "A rare jewel ever
brought,
One OF the most discussed ques-
uons OF the ancient world was this.
What Is the highest good p"
Answers to II are as eagerly sought
now as they were then, and the
answers hive bccQ many a man a
response 10 This question Is the KEY
note TO his moral system. By the
depth and insight OF his answer his
philosophy Of lite is judged, and hi.
valuation OF religion IS known TO his
Fellows, The question Is an in
tensely practical one OF personal life.
Sometimes 1t appears in this form.
What is the best thing in life which
can get, either from man or from
God. from thought or effort from
time or eternity? What Is there
which, II won, will make life a sue.
cess no matter what else | may not
have; and, II lost. will make llfe a
failure no matter what else | may
haVe?"
The Line Of Pleasure.
II is plain that there are many
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-03-20

salvation's free" but you arc never
uneasy about a mans religion, as 70
i:s health or gcnuincness, whom you
hear him singing Love 30 amazing,
90 divine, demands my aoul my lifc
my all" We fear that too many
people are willing to uso Christ only
as a convenience and are not willing
TO follow him as their Lord and
Master They are christians on their
own terms in 80 far as Il profits
them in social lifc, political life, or
business life, but not M 20 tho point
where It costs them a sacrifice. Be-
yond this point religion IL an incon-
vcnicnco and an interference But
th,ee will never own the treasure.
Tho Kingdom OF God Is not n
social club. Christs church Is not a
literary society nor N saints ever
lasting rest. II Is coda army of
brave men and faithful women who
are moving on with the great enter
prise OF making Christ known and
loved throughout tho whole world.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-03-20

hc sacrificed to tho cNtcrt OF solling
his chtdrcus school books and their
shoes that he might win his secret.
Leonardo dt Nlnci sacrificed ten
vcar9 OF his thought and lifc that
hc might give to the world that won
dcrtul painting. Tho Lnst supper"
The merchant considered The pearl
of sufficient value that he went and
sold ull his earthly possessions and
bought 10.
"Chcap" Religion.
Thesc parahlcs sound warning
that was uovor needed more, per-
haps. than it is today This IL u
timo W comfort, convenience. and
federation, and ihcro lg strong
tendency toward cheap ana cnuy re-
hgiuua with few dutios an drvuuirc-
mcut5 attached You see people
going from ono store to another
looking for something lust little
cheaper II iB not necessarily truo
that "a man eots bargain whom he
gets something cheap, nor ia it true
that cheap religion iG bargain.
The preacher or church with a
marked down religion tp Offer NJ
low cost. fow requirements. fcw
duties ana "a wide Bv0po OF worldly
things from hiCh TO choose with tho
approval nf tho church viii ho popu
lar, ana many viii buy the marked
down. article because ~ is cheap,
but lot them not think that they
have bought The pearl ~ great
price" II makes you wonder what
u man has put into hls religion ana
what q is really worth when you
hear him alWpNs singing I'm glad
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students Make s,ccord.

URBANA. III, March 19.--Twcn-
ty-oight men students at the Unl-
voraity OF Illinois were given per-
feet grades IN all their subjects.
Dean Thomas Arkle Clark an
nouncod today. The record Is be-
licved unique In American collegiate
circics this year. There are over
5000 male students enrolled at the
university.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-03-20

Miss Garden, the peer of prima donnas, has re-
quested through her manager, Geo. M Span
gler, that Westcott enclosed car be procured
for her personal use during her visit to Tulsa 1t
Westcott Sedan at the disposal of Miss Garden.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-03-20

demonstration of the will tell you something of its
unusual character but will only be after months of
ershp when has carried you through sand mud hills and
traffic sufficient to most to fail in way
another that you will really be able to appreciate how
much comfort, economy and all-around satisfaction you
have bought
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-03-20

The Westcott Sedan that
will be used exclusively
by Miss Garden during
her visit to Tulsa.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-11-22
MONTANA LOOKING FOR
 LONG LOST HIGHWAY

LIVINGSTON, Mont. Nov. PA long forgotten road of the early days of Montana is being sought by the residents of Park county to solve a pressing transportation problem.
 The present road from Livingston to thc mining camp at Cooke City follows a difficult route. which in cludes a detour through a portion of Yellowstone National Park.
 According to letter received by tra, park chamber of commerce froI W. c. Cameron, former resident of Livingston, there Is a more direct route which is also easier to nego- tiate. He said that he had crossed the route 3s years ago
 The report is being investigated by the park chamber of commerce.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-11-22
CALL FOR BIDS

Notice is hereby given that sealed proposals will be received by the com mon council of the town of COrdoya, Alaska. for the moving of the city's safe from the first floor of the city hall building to the second floor of said building and for making altera- tions on said second floor of said build ing for q town clerks office.
 Contractors to furnish all labor and material to complete the improve ments as per the plans and specified tions on file in the town clerks office in the Blum building on Second street. The council reserves the right to re. ject any and all bids.
 Bids will be received uj to o'clock D. m. Monday, November 2l, 1921. and are to be filed with the under signed.
 By order of the common council of the town of Cordova. Alaska.
 K. G. ROBINSON, Towu Clerk.
 9-1Ot.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-11-22
CALL FOR BIDS

Notice is hereby given that sealed proposals will be received by the com mon council of the town of CordoVa, Alaska, for the construction of lat eral sewer extending from B avenue to c. avenue on Second street.
 Contractors to furnish all labor and material to complete sewer as per plans and specifications to be seen at the office of A J. Adams, city engi- < neer
 The successful bidder will be re- quired to furnish bond for the proper performance of said work
 Tie council reserves the right to re- ject any and all bids.
 Bids will be received up to 6 o'clock p. m. Monday, November q. 1921. and are to be filed with the undersigned. By order of the common council of the town of Cordova. Alaska.
 K G. ROBINSON. Town Clerk.
 s-1et.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-11-22
COUNCIL WANTS DECREASE IN
 ACCIDENTS

$. LOUIS. Nov 22 X national educ. .tioum ramapatgn. designed ,o de- crease the number of accidental deaths. win na begun immediately by the Education Section of the National Safety Council. it was announced to- das , u,aImart-r, of th. section here
 A. rrrs I5.ooo chUlrcn and 5000 adn. were killed annually in the United States through accidents the majority of which are due to careless nns.. Arthur T. Mercy. chairman of the section, said the campaign would be carried on in every educational insti. tuition in the country
 II is planned to make teaching of cautiousness a part of the curriculum of every school. it was explained. and a questionnaire is to be sent every teacher in the country to get their views on the proposal The question naire follows:
 l. Do you teach accident proven tion in your schools?
 ?. Is the instruction carried on as "a regular part of the subjects taught?
 2. Do you have minimum of time each week devoted to accident proven tion?
 5. Do the children have the oppor- tunity of organizing themselves under the direction of teachers for safety work in the school and the commun- ity?
 6. If you are not teaching safety, do you expect to? !. Would you like to know more of how safety instruction may be given as part of the curriculum?
 s. Are you aware of the value of the safety motive in stimulating in- terest in school work?
The Cordova daily times., 1921-11-22
ARCHITECT AIDS IN EFFECTS

ARCH EC AUS IN EF r EC
 Some time ago Dr Guthrie conlided his scheme. to try color effects in church to Claude Bragdon the archi- tcct. It made a strong appeal. and the .rcnitrct has worked enthusiastically on the plans which have culminarod in the present device.
 Mr. Hragdon's beautifully designed Iautnrus do not conflict In design they are agreeable to consider, but they do not demand attention" Dr Guthrie stated
 The light is diffusod. not through plain glass, but by means of lenses, and finally filtered through opaInscur glass. Though We use color in the church it is not thrown on the altar. which is, pure gold and on which pure white light shines.
 This new device has been com- pared falsely to a theatrical type of venture. There is but one point of analogy between the stage and our lighting that in both theater and church attention must be centercd All minds must be carried thither, either to stage or to altar.
 The theater, on the other hand, is selling goods and must create magi- cal mis-en-sCcnc
 "I have never preached sensational sermons or tried to sway people with rhetoric These certain moods must be secured in way apart from anything that is said
 New things sometimes are strange ly received. In Scotland when organ music was introduced in churches they complained of devils whistles in boxes Now some of the churches that were most opposed to music at sermons have placed their organs at the front of the churches We put ours at the back l think. however, that music, both Occidental and Orien- tai, has gone as far as 1t can go and that for advancement we must turn to color"
The Cordova daily times., 1921-11-22

,hc audience and a stronger light over the pulpit"
The Cordova daily times., 1921-11-22
SUNLIGHT AND MOONLIGHT
 TONES

Someone had turned on the lights that now were letting down cool green and blue rays. The effect was peaceful and rather autstere.
 Our object is to saturate, to swamp the atmosphere with what I call 'moodal tones," said pr Guthrie. There is to be merely the suggestion of mood and not the lighting up of ob- jects as such This blue and green ef. feet brings d feeling of moonlight oveI the congregation"
 The light had changed mellow glow spread over the interior. Grim son, amber, then violet lights were diffused through the lamps above.
 These warmer hues produce q feel ing of sunlight" Dr. Guthrie said. The sun was worshipped in early re- ligions; in fact, by all the Aryan races, not alone the Persians, as we are so apt to believe. The dawn was wor- shipped, too. and the sunset regarded as the place of the departed.
 We are only in the experimental stage. We have fine apparatus which we scarcely know how to use properly yet.
 But in our church it must be used reverently and temperately. The entire effect must be reserved. or it would create a too intense atmosphere, and our experiments would thus defeat our purposes.
 All the lights are turned on and out gradually All consciousness is slowly let go in quiet abandonment, to envisage the glorious. The congre- gation reads its hymns by daylight or string white light. Then this Is turned off. and during the address the noon light or cool colors are switched on
The Cordova daily times., 1921-11-22
INDUCING MEDITATION

Dr. Guthrie declares it is quite .he opposite; that it is an ancient and reputable means of inducing mcdita- tion, austcrc contemplation and fer. vor
 "Thcrc are two reason for this ap. parent innovation" he said
 We walked through the church. half dim at monday. Workingmen were busy all about; at the altar where the new plaque by Beach has been installed, applying gold leaf and looking over the new lighting appa. ratu5 Although daylight conflicted somewhat with the effect of the cleo tric lights, still it was possible to sec just what changes would take place when various colors were sent out from the huge hanging lamps.
 "Our first reason" continued the rector. lis psychological one. IL is a fact that the earliest emotional rcac- tion a child experiences is brought on by color Primitive. deep down in the system there is that earliest of all re- sponses.
 "Tu a child with colors blue. pur- p'. rose or gold and you will find a fundamental feeling for these hues Objects friends or foes these do not matter to a child who reaches out to- ward colors.
 "Now, We come To the effects of light. It cheers or deprcsscs. or it may excite or bring peace
 since light produces foods it is, therefore. my object to bring all peo. pie together in one certain moods for the reception of moral and religious power.
 Tt would be foolish not to avail pie together in one certain mood for arousing and supporting our religious emotions"
The Cordova daily times., 1921-11-22
Rector Uses Light System, to
 SWdy Congregation Members

NEW YORK, Nov. 22.-In a very old church it's modern rector. a protagonst of the beautiful. is mak ing use of an interesting device for the stimulation of certain moods in his audience.
 Down at old St Mark sin the-Bow. erie, ancient edifice that has stood since 1795 staunchly amid the changes of time the Rev. Norman William Guthrie. rector of that place of worship. explained the purposes and uses of novel lighting system recently installed there.
 The colors of the spectrum are be- ing used to produce emotional states in those who come to pray and to listen.
 From the old vauted ceiling hang huge lanterns, which cast ever changing colors upon the audience From a high point over tho altar - where is placed a new altar plaque, of rcrcdos in high relief. the work of Chester Beach, the sculptor - shines down a stream of pure white light. And again, when the rector mounts his pulpit. light is concentrated on this spot, cast from devices in the balcony
 Rainbow shades over religious ser. vices, How strange and new it sounds But, upon consideration. is it as radical and unhoard of a step as one might think?
The Cordova daily times., 1921-11-22
NOTICE

The Alaska Anthracite Railway Company hereby gives notice that on the first day of November, 1921, it filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission at Washington, D. C., it's application for d certificate that pub- lie convenience and necessity require s,ne extension of it's line of railroad from its present terminus on Canyon creek, in a uorthcrly direction of one and threo-quartcr miles. (Signed)
 ALASKA ANTHRACITE RAILROAD COMPANY
 2.3w
The Cordova daily times., 1921-11-22

Kodak finishing. Scarborough.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-14
U. OF WISCONSIN
TO TRAVEL SOUTH

Madison, Wis, Dec. 1.-THE Uni
versity of Wisconsin baseball team
will enter the south this year for
the first spring training trip ever
taken by the Badger varsity nine
The trip will be taken during the
vacation period of April.
While no definite arrangements
have been completed, the Wisconsin
coach hopes to have the Badgers
meet Alabama university, Missis-
sippi university and the Mississippi
Agricultural college in two con-
tests apiece. If unable TO schedule
with these schools he plans to ar
range to play the University of Ten
nessee. Six games will be played
on the trip.
The squad loses six regular men
from the last year team, but strong
material is available to fill in the
holes. The graduation of Williams,
star pitcher, who won everyone of
his games last season, is the hard
est blow, while some difficulty will
be had in locating a catcher to step
into Davy's shoes.
Training will commence in the
cage shortly after Christmas, when
a call will be sent for the players.
The spring trip is expected to be
special inducement for material.