The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-07-30

church everywhere stands for law
and order, the security OF society.
the moral well-beins OF community
life. we boast OF the solldlty OF our
stocks and bonds ard mort cages and
farm lands as IL they were real
value. In themselves they have no
value at all. Their worth depends
finally upon the righteousness of
the community which depends in
turn upon the religion taught in the
meeting house. In the words OF
BUSINESS man, Il call upon my as
sociatcs to get behind the churches
with all the power they have and
thus save the day for loved ones and
friends for time and eternity. Tho
need ot the hour Is religion" The
meeting house stands for the main
tcnancc OF public worship that lifts
mems thoughts TO God and points
lost men TO the Savior. The church
has always been in the vanguard of
the worlds educational movements
and from the beginning Of history Il
has led In the worlds charitable
movements. IL haa been a leader in
social. ECONOMIC and political prog
ross. But above all II works on the
higher plane OF morals. OF trans
formed lives, and right ideals for
national thinking.
Ccntcrs Of Influence.
The Jews built to meet the needs
OF their day. They gathered funds,
planned. struggled and saved in or
der to build a house that was suited
10 their peculiar style OF worship.
We would be foolish to build a house
today after the samo model as the
temple, for, while we Worship the
same God. our type OF Worship the
n gbnrph 1ifa ia yaut1y tUo
must build for the present and fu-
turo II our church building Is TO be
OF the greatest and most extended
value. Let us lay aside our sec
tartan prejudices. our love OF over
doing cur rival. our pride in display.
What we need TO have are perma-
nent ccnters OF Christian fellowship
and influence.
Church Attendance important.
Another important point Is that
we should attend church services.
Not as a perfunctory rntter. a mat
ter OF duty. a love OF rivalry or dis
play, but to seek to earn the bless
lngs Of Almighty God to our souls.
We have as people growing
tendency 70 approve OF things religi-
Gus for the community but 10 neglect
them In our own individual case.
We all believe that religion ia n
good thing for everybody except our
selves. We feel secure when religion
Is dominant In the community and
we believe everybody ought TO 20 TO
the church on Sunday and live on
pious motives all through the week
that IL we believe others should
do that, but we neglect those duties
ourselves and fail to set n good ex-
ample. Some claim that n man
might bo Just as good a Christian
and not see the inside OF church
building or hear a sermon. Surely,
cas,away in the wilderness on the
high seas might foster the greatest
pure piety all by himself. You can
be good Christian and never go
10 the church, but you are not going
to. II your piety Is real. you will
long for the fellowship of the breth-
rem and the indescribable warming
or the heart that comes to those who
seek that fellowship. For Jesus has
| promised that wherever two or three
are gathered together in his name
/ there will he he also. You may
retain your faith without this fellow
ship, but II Is pleasant to renew and
strengthen that faith by contact with
others, and to stay away means al
most surely a cooling OF your re-
l!gious zeal and forming the habit
Of religious laziness and Indifference.
/ MY soul longeth, yea. fainteth for
the courts of Jehovah"