The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-05-23

Of Ardmore high school. Sunday morn
ing at Convention Hall DR.. j. c.
Cranberry Of Southwestern University,
Georgetown, Texas, who was sched-
uled to deliver the address was unavoid-
ably detained. Aside from the
change, the program was carried out
in detail as arranged. There was q
large attendance.
DR.. Chappell delivered forceful
message on the power Of spiritual life,
He said in part;
ITO be spiritually minded is life, but
to be earnally minded is death. There
are two conditions, one is life and one
is death. Now to be spiritually minded
Is life. and life is the thing that we
are interested in. No man or woman
can get along without life. We must
have life and the one problem that
confronts US is how 10 have more
life. 1t is the one thing that Jesus came
into the world for. He said: l am
come that ye might have life. Every
book that is written, every school,
every college. every church that has
been builded, every cloud that floats in
the sky, every mountain that lifts its
peak, every star that shines, every
river that flows, every sea that thun-
ders is but trying to bring men and
women into the full-orbed splendor Of
larger hfe
Now TO be spiritually minded is to
have life. 1t is the spirit Of God that
harmonizes the attributes Of the soul
that they might not work against
themselves. Human life is matter in
yaded by spirit. Divine life Is the
human spirit invaded by the Divine
Spirit. How can | bring myself and
the social world into harmony? Is that
problem that looks the social order
OF the world In the face. 1t Is the
spiritually minded men and women
who have made the world fit to live
in, We must be spiritually minded
il We are to have life. For one to try
to live by bread alone is to spend a
life time digging his own grave.
Every enterprise, every profession
must have at its heart spiritual sig
nificance. The spirit Of the times in
vites US to dwell upon the surface of
things, We cannot build vast sky.
scrapers upon mushrooms, "A sparrow
has as many wings as an eagle but he
is not able to dip them in the same
burning glory John Sharp Williams,
in q great campaign for an Episcopal
university OF the south. said: All edu-
cation that Is not religious education
is dangerous. One of the great men
Of the day. commenting on this state
ment, said: Anything that Is not reli-
glous Is dangerous TO the social order
Of the world II life is to become be-
wilderingly fair we must be spirit
ually minded.
Now. / do not brand every scien.
tific experiment that we make with
the name Of religion, nor would un- |
dertake TO write upon II some creed. |
Indeed there may be keen sense
Of pleasure in discovering the secrets
in the chambers Of the earth I'VE may |
walk the serene and shining pathway
Of the stars, but not TO know Him
who shines in the fire stars is but for |
you and me to sit down 10 Bacchan-
allan feast.
"Oh! That We might be like the SOL
der in FLINDERS field who said: To-
night no doubt | die, but while stand |
under the splendor Of sky / feel my
self 10 be a part of the universe and |
in harmony with the mighty sun that
shines. ] am harmonious part Of q |
harmonious whole.
We have been trying to harmonize
st,a at.lt . ek Ls
feve in refinement but to try refine
ment alone is but to varnlsh the strings
OF harp. Yonder stands Vesuyius
In hoary grandeur. II must be that |
the heart Of Vesuyius is heralded as
some verdure Is growing upon II. but |
Vesuvus has ever the heart Of fire |
which may mean destruction at any |
moment. So with human nature. The |
old heart must be taken away and a
new heart given.
Literature teaches the same. Haw-
thorne tells US how that Robert Ellis
ton carried in his bosom the icy length |
Of serpent, and every time he thought |
goodness in others II stung him. II
would be bad enough TO be a serpent. |
pHA W'bh'b w AiitN stFptHN MuS NNNtN |
love, which meant TO writhe In the
agony Of contention. The same lesson !
Is taught In DIR. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde. |
DR., Jekyl Is Mr.. Hyde with his hide |
off. In far more wonderful way does |
Edgar Allen Poe portray the dual
nature in william Wilson. william
Wilson was followed everywhere by u |
more gentle William Wilson. When
the first William Wilson would drink !
the other would knock the glass from
his lips until at last he turned upon |
his antagonist and thrust him through !
with his sword. The other William
Wilson, who was none other than his
better self. fell exclaiming as he did
so, 10 his baser self: Thou art dead,
dead to hope. dead TO love and dead
10 all that IL worth while.
Some European scientist conceived
the idea Of creating dlabollcal fad
BY graftiny together insects Of differ
ont instincts. Dh Wilkinson con-
celves the idea Of u spider. butterfly
Think, says he, Of an insect with an
instinct both for the upper sky and
for the dingy corners OF darkness II
would be bad enough 20 be q spider
but 10 be both is to be fighting against
ourselves. Man becomes both the de,
vourer and the devoured, There must
be some power that can bring this war
ring nature into harmony.
This discord expressed itself in
wars, wars not only In the trenches
but all the discord between capital
and labor. There can be- no redemp'
tion for the Individual nor for society
until We realize that to be spiritually
minded Is life and harmony. No man
nor nation can come into their own un-
I'll they reach IL In the realm Of the
spiritual. We can never be at home