The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-09-03


We admire paul us ho stands on
shiubonrd in tho Ncditorrnuoan eye
Iunr cool and collected, while tho
RailorF are afraid of the storm We
admire the ApostI, Pau wnndiuc In
tho marbl, pnla.o OF Moro. whose
borgca y.orr standing In stalls ~
aolid gold. whose Measure was ~
500 Tho prlsonrrs OF Christ dnIbod
,,tp Tar and mitch ma sof ou tr,
around mo pals,r .-thl& Paul rar-
loss b,for, Zero We admir-, luui
making hn.rrIoth and preaching
N.. .Ifri.e pDuf able 10 receive, 80
i,slss Zach nu, bringing In, blood
and ..f p,,p,Iiup the pusprl vs.,
uluIa pam standing before dtuut-
,r rrfy and urcn,hue. . a.rmuu
paul mad ii friend who ,,us "a IIt,.
yrr iIis uumo vus Lpua. raul
,pUt,d to .r, him. rhI. my t.Nt
griUr L.un4 tnr l.y.rH LtuIa
LaIorr,d to , profpa4,uu I'm which
Won sometime rud d. Christian.
lllarEetou,. the grtlt puum,ufn. uI.
was "A LAWYER aud % Chri. ham G.u.
Iauir r.. Butler. hitoru"y. .g,u,riI %
Christian Charles Dhauuocy ui
pH.murIhlu was u Christian Sir
Tlomus Moor who died fur the
frutb. and who sold t1 the cxryu-
t8ur. standing pale and trembling.
'Inpk up courage. man and DO
sous work we'll My neck is shar,s
br careful when you strike" ll"
wac a Christian.
The greatest plea that over man
mad, Was boo behalf of th, Bible.
Daniel Webster standing .lu the
court room a. Washington, pleading
for tho word OF God Samuel b..
~uutharl stood on th" platform nt
Princeton college iu b,half ut the
Bible. Edmund Burke, pleading in
H,HaIf 90 the English government.
standing i'm Westminster hall cried,
u impcach Warren Hastings In the
name Of the house OF commons. !
iutp,ach him ia the name of the
troDlo OF India, whose rights and
l.ncites he has subvcrtod. | Inn
peach him IN the name Of human
nature. which hc has disgraccd. |
impcaCh him In the name of both
sexes. OF every rank, OF every sta
tipn. | impCaCh Warren Hastings
Edmund Burke was a Christian.
And yet there has come down to US,
Notwithstanding pll this evidence In
favor Of the lawyer Tor the gospel
IA prciudicc against lawyers.
In oliver Cromwolrs time II was
decided not 10 allow lawyers To en-
tor the house ut-parliamCut as mem
hrrs. Doctor johnson wrote
God works wonders now and
then
Here licH "a lawyer AN honest
man"
one man wrote; There l. a so
Cicty ~ men, educated to prov" as
they are paid. that black is whitc,'
Allow me 20 illustrate, said the man.
\ ucighhrr has "A horse; another
neigh, pr wants that horse, they sc-
cure lawyers to prove tie horse N
theirs. The evidence is not based on
facts. Neither lawyer asks for proof
OF ownership one lawyer under
takes TO prove II Is pacing horse.
The clients have no part In the TRIAL
After 10 years In the courts, the
case is set aside and another case
called This only shows the prcju-
dice against lawyers.
1 have como iu contact with many
lawyers in many states. and al.
ways have found them to he
straightforwnrd class of men. |
have met real estate lawyers, In
surance lawyers, criminal lawyers,
and In ali varieties have round
them to bo sociable class aud
Kind. There are in all professions
utterly obnoxious men. II ] wanted
Justice In court. would rather
have IL lawyers ON the jury than
have ~ ministers, | should Nwut
mon who are ready 10 sly yes Or
"nu"-meu not afraid TO decide.
There is no class of mon which
has greater temptations than law
yers.
There are lawyers who seem
brave enough before a court of law.
who on the Judgment day viii trem-
BILE as they stand before God to give
an account OF their Stewardship ON
earth. No other profession needs
God I'm II as does the legal probes
sion. The merchant should be a
Christian. tho doctor should be-
Christian: the mechanic should be
a Christian; the farmer huuld be
Christian. But the Apostle Paul says,
"Bring Zcnas the lawyer"
The lawyer is the maker ot law,
and ia supposed 10 he the upholder
nf that law. The lawyer. therefore,
needs Jesus Christ to help him, To
help stimulate and saloguNd the
law. The lawyer may sly. 'rho in
nocencc or guilt OF my client mat
trrs ntgr or nothing to the, ! must
safeguard my client" But what of
the law cicero said, "You must
never plcad the cause of bad
man, forgctful OF the fact that the
greatest villain on earth should have
"A fair trial, and that the attorney
cannot he the Judge ana advocate at
the Same time. Lawyers must have
Christ to help thom, Tho supreme