The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-04-16
WORLDS SUNDAY SERMON

things. olcnvc to that which I
good Never turn your tack Ou u
single truth. no matter what iIs urI.
gIu. 100 matter what the clothes DO
wears. 'CHn any good thing como
out OF Nazareth 30 asks tine spirit of
. prejudice And tho spirit ~ truo
christian liberalism responds: Come
and srr'
And the other elm of C1iapha4
was the sin Of oxpcdicrcy. No doubt
fuare wcro many vices impossible Go
him. Ilo was vlytu1ug with nu .m.
/ pcr,lhlo o%Aioruai virtue Perhaps
children climbed on his knees and
] loved 10 play with his phylucirTlHF
lut here BE- where ho was guilt. -
l" substituted Tor tho words. 'If Dr.
right' the words, ~ ~ c~xUcdIput'
eft iH D%ypOdiDut that this man should
dIn rather than the whole nation
perish
iNpcdicncy T. sin BIsgu 4p1.
iu the fIoIu OF rllht and wrong
tho words, "It la ,ypDdlrut" have
r1 place. Thrrn IH 90 fold Of moral
u,uttullty ln which ,Np,dIuu,v may
Justly bp followed. ] suppose % b.
not % question of morals what rult
you wear today, 10 lH Iuthyr % uurH-
ton uf oEurdlDu,y. But where priu-
DlplH iH involved. good or OWL, right
or wrong, sclfHhurTH ur sacrifice -
then vNp,dIuury iH not To- ho con.
HIdorod. I~NuDdiUurv ls just Satan
disguised with tho WINGS OF nu uua
sci OBJ Irhl
Cilphua ruw this mlro.lr.vorErr.
jesus. ginning lu popularity. To
might H'IT uu nu l~uruII.'fIuu against
tho established utI,r OF THINGS Goo
fact. boo Nud burst into fine trwul,
and --.HH.HU ..N HN.L HLI..L .H HI.
muu,N..upur,rH aud driven them
out ttIuUhtf hud bot forgotten
that tlH might do moro. &c. was
altogether % dangerous follow. aud
tlIuuhnH could feel hls 1881 power
oNDr the puoplo slipping IRON him
uui hig W cathedral trembling uu-
steadily. ''fhu liumuuH shall como
and talo away both our TluDo ana
our nation" what mattorcd o. Co
him whether this man wo8 good or
not. " ho lost his position through
hIu7 what muttorc1 10 To- him
whothor this man spuko tho truth
or not. n the church was weakened
uud ltH income decreased. "Nu' ~
iH ]CSpodiout that this man should
die rather thuu that tho whole uu
ton should PERISH
.. II Cainphaa had only known
hts Lordl Thou might have been
written these words. and the high
priest called Jesus unto him and
asked him, saying. Ten mo moro
about this Kingdom OF God 90 which
an men should belong. Tcil me
what thoua wouldst have mo To do
10 hclp I'm g. Ana Jesus made gee.
ply, Then the high priest took tho
ophud which ho bore ana placed o.
upon Jesus head ana u scepicr in
his hand, saying. as no knolt before
him. Thou are u priest forever
after the order OF Molchizidob. Aud
he called together a great u"som-
bly, aud asked Jesus TO speak to the
multltudcs tho words Of the king
dom"
nut, alas, there Is no such scrip
turCi
Arc We not tempted many limos
oyory day to mako cNpcdlpucy take
place Of a clear cut sense OF right
and wrong And how We need to
80 to Christ Tor strength to resist
Hero Ia q business man who W.
tempted to enter a questionable
transaction, because It would be ~
pcdicut to Keep his factory going
aud the profits coming In. Here H.
"a stcuoErnphor who is tempted to
lie deliberately for her employer,
because it rs cNpcdiont 10 retain her
position. Here b. n doctor who H.
tempted to irightcu u patient into
a disease, because IL is cNpcdicnt to
procure a share ot the patients
wealth Here is "a clergyman who IN
tempted to sell his freedom of
speech IN the pulpit to curry favor
with the rich and the powerful. boz
cause IL ~ CNpCdIrnt FOR him to hold
on tO his job and its cmuluments.
Oh yes, we are all tempted 10y tho
Fiu VI Caiaphns,-tho sin OF oNpcdi-
ouCy.
Principle the Only Guide.
But suppose those same persons
choose the way OF Christ instead OF
the way Of CaiHphas. Consider the
great benefits that would he gained
in the long run, Tho business man
would become tho recognized loader
Of commercial enterprises. The sto-
"uographCr would become tho head
OF the office trusted with great re-
spousihilltlcs, Tho doctor would be-
como the reliable family physician
and his word would be- law. The
clergyman would become the cham
pon Of a great spiritual movement,
Christ.
Audr thanks be 60 God. there nrc
such scriptures written in tho faces
W. f'H'NN wv NNN'NN 'NNNN N|NN wv
clear eye. tho happy smile, tho
smooth brow.
Lot MS view the orOss of Christ as
the inevitable result Of Yielding TO
the sins OF Caiaphas,-thc sins OF
prejudice and cNpodicucy,-Rnd let
us remember that each Of MS has his
relation to that cross, Does Il speak
to us OF tho times when, in tho se-
curity OF ancient prejudice, We have
shut our minds 60 new TRUTH Docs
10 speak OF the times when. In tho
prestige Of superior authority, we
have condemned our fcllowuitn be-
cause OF our fear OF personal loss p
Does II speak to us OF tho timcs
when We have nailed our conscious
ness OF right and wrong TO the cross
of tNpodi,uoy' Then our hearts with
fairly break Tor such pltlahlc cast.
awoys az Cuiuphas, tho c@cclcsiastic.
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