The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-05-21
Condemn the Sin but
Persuade The Sinner


We say we try 90 ha like him. In T.
whose heart and lite there "a not
one tiuge Of Vlndtctlvcness, and who
wept whom he louk,d forward to the
calamltics That were 20 hetdll those
who remained iu wlCkcdncss and
declined 90 take up The ways OF
rlghtUousut Too much Of our re-
huke FOR WrpuF doing h. not calcu-
! lated 90 cure tho slu, hut to gct
| even with tho simmer What pitt
able surcasm % is upon our boosted
Christianity and progress that we
| lean more toward vengeance upon
/ those whom We esteem sinners than
| upou winning them 10 better things.
/ The most OF us take n fiendish de-
! light In iustitNIur ourselves ny
/ showing how sinful somebody else
| Is; aud many uf the rest Of us take
/ the position that We are sole posses
sors of tho truth and that hc who
/ differs from us tiR worthy " death.
| or ut least accommodation We
/ take 10 upon ourselves TO hc tho
moral ccnsors Of humanity and n
any refuse to fan In with our We've.
any kind Of unholy means IL good 10
/ It compols them To give an outward
1 loyalty TO our Ideals Then there
are those too, and thcv are not
| few. who like the officials of lerc-
| miah's time, find II convenient 20
/ compromise with the evils that be
| rather than he accused OF disloyaly
/ to our uoighhorE
Courage for the Right
We ARE sometlmca Eorcly puzzled
as to what course Christian should
/ pursue. There ~ no need OF doubt.
| jeremiah was right IN his conduct
an Christ even more plainly laid
down our example. sin must be re-
. buked ana we must have the cour-
age to do 30. We are towards IN
we pass H. up az somebody else .
business, yet at that We are NOT JUS
titled IN being a trouble seeker or
in going around az SORT ot moral
detective, God has not made any
man with the qualifications or the
authority to Judge his fellow men,
but there lis no doubt about many
things that we endure out Of fear
or la2inoss which II n our duty to
protest. Most OF us are fond OF
passing tho buck" when II comes
to rebuking iniquity and many more
think our duty IL 70 turn the Of
fender over to punishment rather
than give him a start to doing bet
ter. No Christian is justified In
keeping quiet when he secs people
going to pordltion and everyone Civ
Il Ing them n shove to hasten them on
their descent. The true position Il
to protest against wrong-doinR and
seek TO convince tho sinner that ho
Is doing himself injustice. Forcng
an obedience to forms and ceremon-
ies IL not the road to conversion
Neither ~ seeking punishment for
the wrorg-doer aiding In reform,
Ing the world.
Wisdom and Fact.
aFf L.. -.
notorious, the rebuke should b,
given In private. not administered
through the usual method OF Sian
derous gossip. Jesus knew humai
l mature when he said, And II tn
brother sin against thee, go shoN
| him his fault between thee and mir
i aone." Instead OF that. the MOI
II fraud and put him down as an er
emy whom the law ought to hsndl
q To pcrsecute or reprove In publ
n VIII only put the wrong -doer on n
defensive, awaken his desire to T.,
turn evil for evil and do his accus,
harm, or at least to Justify III
n fault. All reproof must be given
a the spirit of love. with the desl
q TO win the brother. not with an
/, wish TO soofe victory over IN
offender or return him grudg,
The truth must he told, but told i
love. Great wisdom and tact ar
, required that one may hold up tn
truth. yet present II In such a msu
a ner as to win its way. And abov
= all, we must beware OF putting foi
D ward personal matter and nj
y tempting to CamouflaRe IL az a mat
y ter OF right and wrong. You ma
" be tho one who is In the wronI
Like Nathan the prophet when h
Z A Il Al
= his sin; had he abruptly called hiI
Q murderer and adultcrer. whic
u the facts would have Justified. n
rebuke would probably have faile
In It's purpose and wakened III
J. kings anger, but he tactfully tol
e him story that enlisted his syn
Ir pathy and brought the monarch I
his knees.
Daring for the Right.
~ But IL takes courage to stand u
Is ana condemn habits and practiC,
that are sinful when the bulk OF q,
clety viii resent tho rebuke and sec
TO injure the rebuker. Too mar
OF the sinners will be Interested
Keeping these things dark and Wi
T. IKE the Jews with Jeremiah, fc
l. ike killing him. The prevailing SIT
or society, corruption In polite
" dishonesty In business. must be M,
N and overcome by those who al
% content TO stand for tho right an
l. endure Misunderstanding. Keeplr
n silence only makes every one OF |
"A participants in the iniuuity. acco
sories after the fact. IL takes INC
who have the courage TO risk bus
st ness standing. social favor and eve
re personal safety, in order TO uphO
"a, the right ana rebuke the wToong,
is really uplift tho world. The poll,