The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-09-17

unacceptable Necessities In everyday
/ NE. Having used tho body TO per
[ form the tasks OF lie for iG hours
/ The very nature of orr makeup de.
/ mnudR as an unacceptable necessity
| that tho tatlgued and wOru-out
phyHlc be rovltallgod by sleep. with
] out sleep man would become a ner-
yoJa maniac ana die we have heard
| of those who have gone withour food
/ for a number OF days. but without
| food eventually tho body becomes
omncintcl ond then NE Is cxtu.
Rui4hcd. There ure those in Europe
today who are dying because food In
an unacceptable necessity
when soldier IA on the blazen
desert and his cauteen springs 81
leak ana hc'H All alone and crazy and
he's crawling like n snail ana his
tongue so black and swollen that II
hurts him 10 speak ana he gouRes
down Tor water ana the ravens on
HIS trail ho then learns az never bc-
fore that wator .is an unacceptable
necessity for llfo.
Some time ago girl having bo-
come mUrosc and dCspondont over
the mlstortuucs and vlclssitudes of
lifo locked herself I'm hcr room and
turning on tho gas filed the air fun
Of this death bearing, poisonous
substance and asphyNintion killed
the germ OF life and left her Fresh
air ~ nn unacceptable necessity and
without II lifo could not exist. An
arm TINT IL not used witherA away.
ana finally dies, Months OF lying up-
on our bods with n body disabled
robs us ot the strength 10 move and
should tho body never be able TO
hg tsHIf "a. a..
whole self would become useless.
Life has certain demands that Il
mnkcs upon ns which II we should
refuse 10 heed would bring death
ana decay These are tho unoscap.
able necessities OF life. Theso things
mentioned pertain to the physlcnl
side OF our life only There are basic
elements In man that make II i'm.
possible for him TO live without food.
wafer. air ana exercise. Just as real,
Just as important. aye even more So
there are certain basic elements in
man which make II impossible for
him to live without faith. Where
thcre 10 faith there is life. Destroy
falth and II there is a life that re-
mains It's but hldeous skeleton.
for you have taken from II that
which gives II form and beauty.
Faith IL inevitable II life is life. Let
me take ns my text Heb. 11:I which
reads. Now faith Is assurance OF
things hoped for "A conviction of
thiuas not seen" Put this IN more
American diction,
ana II woud read: Now faith means
we are confident in tho things we
hope for. and are convinced OF what
we do not zoe. Man can not live
without faith because he not only
lives with past that he knows and
with a present that no may see, but
with a future In whose possibilities
he must believe A man can no more
live HIS life and not look forward
than he could drive an automobile
through tho crowded streets OF city
city with his eyes not upon what ia
ahead but looking TO the rear. As In
one case, so In the other his direc-
tion is determined by the thought OF
what lies before him. Tho assur-
1nco OF things hoped for" When a
man strips himself OF all convictions
about the future " stops living al
together mn active. vigorous MN
hood exists prOportunate to the
scope ana power OF reasonable faith.
Lot me cnumerate certain deep
scared rcasona why faith is an un-
necessity
l. Man cannot live without faith
because the future deals not with
thought only but with action. II life
wore n matter of thought only then
living would be a very simple mat.
ter. II living was merely the dream
Ing OF dreams and tho creation OF
desires then all OF us could achieve
success II Christian life was essen
TALLY matter of the burning OF in
Ccnsc and tho repetition of Creeds
then the staggering. insane, drunk
cn mollycoddle upon the streets
would find II very easy to maintain
his respectability in the circle Of de-
cent folks. Then tho grocery nSn
could continue To say his rrayors
dozen times a day ana when no was
not praying could short.weight his