The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-04-30
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We reckon fooshy wien vc observe nn
effect then dory the existence Of a cause In
his prlmcyaI state man set about seeking effect
for by that uncrugg Instinct bo know that
cause was 10 be discovered. Tho hunter saw
tho track OF gamo and knew that hard by
would be discovered suhs.Hnuco. or discover
ing tho spoor Of nm enemy prepared himself
for defense.
Men search out tho secrets or tho pnst today
Thcy uucarh buried cities. nnd by the manner
Of their construction and ndorumcut determine
with certainty tho mouul state OF those who
have long pcrlshcd from the earth. Cnvcrua are
discovered ever and anon. then explored. In somo
secret recess figured date or symhol Is dis
covered cut upon tho walls. And It Is known
that another man has passed that way
Every effect has IT'S author. For every effect
there Is q cnusatyc. This We know with
motlculous ccrtalnty-tho certainty Of exact
science. Thus we find ourselves inhabitng n
planet filled with life and love and beauty;
filled also with passions and hate ana uglincss
and death.
Tho trees wax luxurIaut when the wnds aro
In tho south ana tho rains fall and the sun
shines From tho earth there springs n vcrdnre
precisely fitted TO our needs. From thence wo
secure subsistence, clothing and adornmcnts for
our bodies heat wealth luxury. From out tho
great space above and around there comes light
both day and night Tho recurring seasons and
the arriving and departing divides our time
and forces us TO respect and follow laws whose
very existence is ignored or lightly referred to.
All this IL effect and bohlnd It all there ls n
cause We call this cause nature, But what
caused nature2
Then we come to the contemplation OF the
most wonderful effect OF altman himself
with his fecund mind, his ambitions his spirit
ual reactions and longings. and thus we reach
tho conclusion that there IL a God. for none
less than verltabo God could have created
such a sublime effect
This begins the eternal speculation. From
whence cometh man and whittier docs no go?
The cradle and the tomb are alike dumb. Above
each stands n question mark which nerplexcs
alike the savaM and the savage yet engages
the earnest thought OF each. Is It unanswer-
able?
Every raco that ever trod the earth has
atod an answer to each. Every race has created
n heaven and sat upon It's throne God. And
all the countless multitudcs which have trod the
earth stll questioned ana question stll Yet
those qualities OF mind which enrich human
existence and glorify the being who possesses
them have an author ana that author a pre-
else purpose in euch creation. That you may
well believe.
1t is not by chance that men carefully. and
bit by bit put together a satisfactory being and
call him their author. Just as men seek tho
highest craftsmanship OF races which have
perlshed and therofrom sklfully weave their
theory Of those other peoples. so men also turn
10 the qualities Of their own mind and there
from take certain and accurate instruction con-
cerning the author OF their being, Jesus said
''The kingdom OF God is within you"
Nothing in all the history OF the human
race, or through the ages OF the planets, Just
merely happened. 1t Is n scientific impoSi-
bllity for anything to merely happen. Dld we
not say for every effect there Is n cause? Back
there in the very morning OF created things,
when all tho world was new, when the sun had
tust been FURNISHED and hung in the heavens,
when the stars had first been lighted, not n
flower dropped from fits stem nor a troo fell to
the earth, nor zephyr stirred the leaves OF vogo-
tation but there was a certain and dscornable
cause for the phenomena. And so today.
ours s the task to ascertain these causes.
Thus we construct scientific theories which
later become scientific facts, And thus at
last roach a satisfactory theory concerning our
own bcng--our vcritablo cmperorship IN this
world OF created things. And thus from tho
qualities we possess We construct theory OF
the author OF our beinG--the one great, primary
caus7tlyo and his purpose, That we do not seek
20 20 oven further back aud clamor at the
gates of silence for some truth concerning his
creation a duo solely to the fact that nevor yet
haro wc been able 10 prove his form and sub
stance Aud yet We know there. IS a causist.
supreme omniponent omnlpresent ana fun OF
grandour and graciousness,
For are not here, surrounded by unHmlte "a
opportunities for happiness and love and pleas
ant associations7 OF one thing We may rest as
sured: Our eausative no more created us to
be viciously destroyed or rendered impotent
by fear than we would reereate OF our kline
for such base purpose
So let us yield ourselves to those finer i'm
pulses of our nature which We have demon