The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-08-27


Were ! asked TO pronounce the
most difficult word in language 10
would not be some Latin or Greek
dcrivitive. nor would it he one of
tho atrocious guttralB and infections
81 the oriental Tongues Practice
may and does--cnablo men i1 hc-
quire them The word would at
tempt to pronounce b. our simple
English term. obedience It,
yowols and roasonants blend very
nicely on the iips and slide vcry
smoothly or the tongue, but when
one attempts 10 pronounce them IN
he heart he Immediately gets into
difficulty. The will refusea and the
syiia bies viii not form. Mru rp-~
his way stubborn and defiant, often
10 the end. foolishly sLpposlng that
in barring the door and dcfying the
Holy spirit he " showing HIS indie
pcndcnuC-aud ne is.-bui he also
elbows that he is posse osscd boy some
one else. that he is by ul means
master OF himself lie supposcs that
some one Is his friend. when In real
10y he IN HE bagcst enemy. because
under the gIlgo OF friendship he lays
the foundation Tor the deatruction Of
he soul when tho proper moment
arrlves--wlth hcllish laughtcr--he
pulls open the flood-Eates and
browns the soul In pcrdluon.
There Is nothing easier than de-
struction. any kind of tools ham
mcr. pickaN. crowblr, and a streak
uf insanity. Hrc sufficient. In very
few houpa the German artillery de-
stroyed that magnificent cathedral
OF Rheims, a building which had
taken years OF artistic skin, both in
architect and builder. TO cunsum-
mate. Even the natural forces as
slst In destruction, Every plant
wriggles itself upward with gravita-
tion hanging on its flanks--a dead
weight Let the tree shift the cen-
ter OF gravity little too far and
the trunk goes crashing to the earth.
While on the one hand Nature is
constructive, II is truo that she is
equally Rtructive. Yet out Of the
destroyed" material she raises an
other temple more glorious than the
former. In the human heart the
battle RACES, and there II win be
decided. Obedience to Christ means
victory. liberty. the highest liberty:
It means the fun measure OF being a
new creature"
Taking stock Of the soul.
Men take Journeys through switz-
crland, the Alps, the Canadian
Rockies to enjoy the magnificent
scenery the creative hand of God
has piled high and splendid Man
has constructed huge telescopes with
which to tell the starsFas they jour
ney through the blue fields Of space.
lie has built his microscopes of great
power that he may examine the
atom and tho cell: yet with all his
wide travel and inventive genius. few
have taken the trouble 10 make n
serious study OF the soul. He may
he regular In his church attendance.
and he may be "A very apprcclativc
listener, yc; when asked to do any
constructive thinking he is at a loss
to know where 30 begin. The first
thing every man discovers when he
Cxam mines himself In that something
- wrong The machinery is not
running smoothly. some of 1t has
stopped, some OF IL is broken. P0r-
haps one OF the plant Is not rum
ming at all, and being idle II affects
all other sections. There are plenty
Of men who have dropped the splr'
itual out Of their livos entirely and
are wondering what In the matter
with their mental and social life.
Externally they may not show II. for
men do not carry their internal life
on their coat sleeves for public In
spection Hut occasionally man.
In his earnest and frank convcrsa
tion. will reveal the hidden longings
OF his heart lie will toll YOU he
feels that something Is gone. that
life is not complete. at least that
everything Is not going smoothly. II
pastor Ia fortunate enough 10 ap-
prpach him as n man and not Rs an
fnln nj 90 l,..
have Just such revelations as these.
Non-Christian men who think real
ize that their life IL not full. A man
may get about with wooden leg
but he Us a cripple nevertheless.
This Is not a theoloEical discussion.
but the fact IL that sin attackR the
souls of mon. There is that subtle.
yet very deadly virus which spread de-
quickly through the spiritual life
and destroys II; and man Of himself
can neither check nor head 1t. No
pastor would set himself up as "A
Judge, and yet every day he meets
men and women whose spiritual litc
has never been called Into existence;
or having been called into existence.
has been left Ia starye, How does
that pastor know? "By their fruits
ye shall know them" said Jesus. and
as the apostle Catalogued the fruits
OF the Spirit. the conclusion is reas-
vr-;,iy v-ttutr,. -in ~ urtuuoniStIc
TO every righteous impulse. and with
out the divine Interference and as
sistauce the soul will never override
the opposition and accomplish It's
purpose in the world,
Another characteristic OF ain ls
that II blinds the eve to It's progress
II eats away the life at the same
time giving the Impression that II is
tonic, a builder of energy, un in
vlgorator Then when the dcstruc-
tlon Is complete, II tears away the
scab and unCovers the putrid ulcer.
and who can save? Ask the average
man of tie street n he feels the cf-
feet Of sin and he viii answer; mo-"
very positively certainly not!" To
confess Fin il to confess weakness
and therefore the need Of God; and
most mon are avcrse TO any such
confession. But mans idea OF sin.
and Gods differ most widely. we
estimate the value OF things by their
cost II j. the only rule we have,
and a good one Measured hv this
standard sin is the most costly thing
In the universe. Men by their laws
say so; and God, by the cross has
declared II. Sin has not blinded
Gods eye.
ThL Pnthos OF Despair.
There Is no pathos like that of the
soul when, perChaucc. IL gets a
glimpse OF the horrible destruction