The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-09-24

AhaN ~ AlftuN Nl gain iINunItN llt
own house. lie said in part as fol-
lows.
The word. church. IL used In this
subject this morning means organ.
ICED Christianity, which iu our couu-
try especially is made MP pf many
units largely democratic in their
activities. such mugt be the case
whore we have religious liberty.
There Is In our land no one man or
set OF men who can say 10 the rec
lig!ous units In local churches or
TO the ministry, you must say this
and you must do that II we could
have one great ecclesiastlcism le-
suing It's pronouncemcnts. passing Ito
judgments. and thereby settling nlI
social, industrial and religious prob
lens, we should have an orgauiza-
ton OF which u would be difficult
TO say whether II was more feared
or hated. And yet tho church does
have a message Tor these trouble
some times. A message which lH
found In any true Interpretation OF
the cross OF Christ
Frequently the charge iE made
against our churches that they are
apitalistlc--ruled and directed by
money power. Such a statement can
not possibly be true. Onco In a
Nllllf NVu Will lIflI N01ilf E0bu tnuEft
dominated by rich men, but such
situations are rare Uusally the
hardest man 20 get to assume lead
ership In a church is the man with
the largest bank account. Let us re-
member that the founder OF Chrie-
tianity was reared in n humble home
and himself was a carpenter. The
early members OF tho church were
Injured to the task OF labor and toll
The pastors OF our churches come
out OF the homes Of tho poor. Re-
ceiving meager salaries themselves
they ought to be aud are the very
last class OF men who would be un-
just to others in the matter OF Buf-
ficient wage.
The Viewpoint of the Church.
The chuch looks upon all men who
toll az labOrers. whether they work
with mind or haud--ln the shop. Of
tce, s,cre, tac'cry or Oh the farm.
All or these enter into her member
ship and have TO do with the shap-
Ing OF her policies and tho deliver
ing OF her messages. True religion
knows no class distinctions All
men need Christ ana all in Christ are
one, Yet there are differences as to
physical conditions and necessities
Some are weak and some nre strong.
Some. bear heavier burdens than
others, and are more apt 10 be over
borne. Some by the very nature OF
the service they render are I'm danger
OF not receiving Just return for
HcrVice rendered while others VIII
reap more largely than they have
BOwn. There are those who think
that the chruch ought to outline a
program Tor society, going 80 far az
20 charge the church with cowardice
ana failure unless she 40 does such
have a program ready made for the f.
church 10 put on and usually social I
istiC I'm its character.
Suppose we had government own
ership Of the railroads. minerals. /,
oil and Eaa resources, and public I
utilities, and then take over the land Z
nnd make every citizen n renter and /
tho state one colossal landlord L. |
anybody foolish enauEh,to think that
such situation would bring iu tho
millennium II tho church should f.
undertake to put over such n pro-
gram or any other political outline, 1
she would be torn by disscnslnns and /
the days Of her spiritual ministry .
would be at an end, We need re- .
member what our Lord said when /
spiritual ministry would be at an |
end. We need remember what our I
as an arhltcr In case CJuCcr1Iug F.
the division OF properties: 'Mnn, I
who made me q diyidcr over you 90 |
"A mans iifc COnsistoth not In the !
abundance of things which he pus-
seSSes.' Let us remember that I'm
our country a man may grow Just as
big as he wants 10. hut he cannot
grow large enough To force other
people TO accept his measures Just
because he desires them. There must
be a reason with an appeal The
same thing is true Of any class or OF
any organization. The American
people are lolry OF any powerful or
ganization which seeks to dominate
our social political. or religious life
even though 1t be a church,
The Church Must Always Lift Its
Voice Against Injustice.
The oppressive use OF power is one
OF the evils against which all good
men must unite. We have had In
our country a tremendous fight
against railroads and corporations
which have sought to carry out OPP
pressive ana unjust measures Anti
trust laws, laws against comblul-
u"ns Of capital, etc, are hut ilius-
trations. There has been moro leg
islatlon I'm our country iu favor Of
labor than legislation OF any other
kind. Yet, I'm spite OF an this the
railroad situation ia bad. The greed
for gain in the past led tu tho cN-
p!oitation ot our railroads
the methods Of which were
TO increase their capitalization far
above the actual vamo. ana thus we
have the terrible incubus iu the la.l.
road situation of watgrcd stock
which creates serious uro1Jrtp.