The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-10-29
THE GREAT COMMANDMENT

ger. When we entertain the thoughts
uf God we are always safe.
TIE GREAT COMMANDMENT
In that helpful book. The Greatest
Thing tn the World, Drummond tells
us that the one universal language
,s love. on Drummond's vieits 10
tho heart % South Africa he had
come upon black men who remem-
hcrcd well the only white man they
had ever seen--David Livingstone,
the noted cNplOrcr sage Drum
mOnd. AS YOU cross his footsteps
.u mat dark continent mems faces
light up as they speak ~ this kindly
man who passed there years before
They could not understand him, but
they fOlt the love that beat IN his
heart All ~ us may bc Living
ffOucs and Leave the uuerasabl" inn
press OF sclfioss love along our path
way
Tho master Metaphyacian COM
m1uded th1. not only should We
love our friends, but also our oue-
mics. Until we see the scientific
basis FOR This command IL is a most
difficult one 20 obey Christian
Sclcpcp shows us that we never have
20 love evil iu anyone. All tnat we can
ever truly love Is the pure and the
So loving our enemies simply means
that when evil whispers that we
have uu enemy we must see through
aud beyond. no matter how vivid the
picture may seem 10 be. and realize
that in Gods creation every Crea-
ture rs the expression df good and Is
lovingly related 20 every other crca-
urc, that there * no evil power
which can overthrow God possess
man or divide him from mis- brothers.
our God-given consciousness in
Cludes . right concept OF our brother.
Let us pray that this consciousness be
more fully manifest. our true self
hood can never appear while we
hold a wrong concept of our brother.
Heaven Is not Cnen to US II we think
Of him as outside. The time to
love our fellow-man ia now. The
kingdom OF God must become to US
as it was 70 Jesus u present fact.
and every creature that livesJ must
be seen as 'l..i by God and beloved
by all his .I ws. Would that the
words Of NJ. Eddy ON page tl3 ~
Science and Health. might he ever
with us THE vital part. the heart
and soul of Christian Science, is
Love"
And so to all who are interested IN
say that the world needs your loving
cooperation and mine. II needs
more liberation and kindness one
for another right in our every day
contacts, In the church, IN the bus 70
moss and IN the home. Too often we
are drawn into fruitless contro-
versiea that only delay the realiza .
t!on Of our common ideals. Dssen-
sion IL the working OF evil. Spirit
ual unity is the order OF God. We
are brothers. God has made us so.
II Is none but the common enemy.
the evil one. that would bring among
us strife, dissens!on, hatred and war.
But We are brothers now, brothers
forever and forever. Only In
brotherhood Ia truth. only in broth
erhood is heaven and the one road
to brotherhood IL love.
said John. He that loveth not
his brother whom he hath seen, how
can he love God whom he hath not
seem" G John 4, 20).
| Twenty centuries ago there came
among men one so lowly, that he
I was born In n manEer. No persecu-
Z t.on that could be heaped upon him
/ was too severe For malice he gave
| forgiveness. for injustice he gave
| mercy. for hatred he bestowed love.
/ Why this life so hurdened with the
| hatred OF men. why the supreme
| sacrifice OF this life amid the scorn
! OF his enemies why indeed His