The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-04-27
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THO desire to do good, to render worthy. nm.
solflsh service 10 others, is inherent In tho
human brcas, and mover no apparent ns in this
day ot movements. organizations and socletIcs,
all directed 10 aome such end
Tho rcgrcttablo feature OF this commcninhlo
deposition is found ln the proncnea OF rooplo
to 30 about exercising u In a way thnt Is de-
e,ructIvc Of tho spirit q Tho thing. Practically
every such movement is cocrclye IN its nature.
people want to reform Other people or rather
force other people TO conform TO the vIows ana
habits ot those seeldng to do good. THAT Is
neither morality nor charity
No coercivo movement is over acceptable to
those ngalnst whom II is directed oll such
movements do vastly more harm than good.
They arouso a truculcnt opposition from their
objects and breed fanntlcnl hystoria in their
proponents rho result is that both nro mado
worse ana moro unhappy rather than bettcrcd,
ana thus the means defeats tho end
An appeal to tho better nature or mon, tho
forcc Of example an argument directed to the
mental procosscs--t these nrc incapable Of doing
ausht but good. Tho progress OF such means
may not be as rapid os that backed by rifles
ana poison gas or a voting power sufficient to
set up defiance to what men had hitherto con-
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made Is steadily and continuously in tho right
direction
A story of the true Christian service which
not only makes better and happier both par
ties to tho incident. but Is charity at It's best.
comes from Hatboro. Pa, JIatboro Is small
village. some 100 people residing there Re-
Gently resident OF Hatboro died. leaving
widow and nine children with no resources
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citizen OF the place. was respected by all. but.
In the very nature OF things. had not been
signal success success is measured by Mann
mon However, he lost his life In service for
another.
within 10 days an organization was formed
70 take that family under It's wing. A cash
fund OF nearly 81 900 had been raised, a years
rent had been guaranteed by two citizens
fixed income was arranged for the widow. and
other citizens pledged that the children should
all be kept in school All the immediate neces-
stiles of the stricken family were attended to,
but the town organization will continue until
the children nre of age to supper: their
household without outside Interference
1t appears that all natlonallties. crceds and
lodges functIoncd In this affair, but none OF
them az such. 1t was case Of Just folks re-
SLondlnR IN the only aCceptaple way 10 tnc iu-
herent urge to do good and render service,
The coercivcs will come along later. we have
no doubt. They'll scek TO make" the widow
raise the children right. try TO "forcc" her TO
instruct them In n certain creed, or Influence"
her to bring them up in some society or other
and intrigue TO get them into n political or
ganlzation. All that is yet to come. OF course
But for the time being the action OF IIatboro
stands forth NJ an object lesson OF the real
Christian spirit and service, In every COM
munity there are numerous opportunities for
Just this sort OF Christian actvlty-practlcal
effective service. These opportunities can never
be embraced by mere formal organization.
Whenever men and womep organize to do any
thing the soul OF the thing IA lost and the
movement becomes an abomlnatlon. It is the
spontaneous service Of tho individual that
reaches the heart and the point aimed nt.
Social Justice will never he attained by or
ganizaton; never. Nor will any other good
and acceptable accomplishment along Chris
tan lines. Because all organizations are CO.
ercive 1t is the individual living the life OF
Christ---rendering intimate service himself, al
ways leaving to another the delicate task Of
rendering Judgment, that sets the world in tune
and touches the better nature OF men and
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