The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-06
TOn OF srCn Is TnE KINGDOM

d TOR or sCCH Is THE KINGDOM
q "BUt Jesus called them unto him ana ald
sufer lthc children TO como unto me ana FOR
bid thcm net. Tor of such ls the Kingdom OF
God"
Little children arc welcomed TO the palace ot
God. but they aro barred from tho palaces OF
mani The tender loving Master Of mankind
iikcnod a little child 20 tho Kingdom OF Heaven
and he told his disciples excepting that they
became like a little child, they could not sec
God
How strange. then, that children should bs
more ana more ostracized among n people who
denominate themselves Christian! 90 out upon
The boulevards and fashionable residential
streets OF Tulsa. or any other city. and you viii
find many OF tho richly adorned ana fashion
Able apartment houses. even residences. closed
to these emblems of the Kingdom Of God
young man and woman Joined In holy we'd
lock and expecting visitation shortly from the
re-crooting causist. make application for an
apartment They are above rcproach They
are able In all things to meet tho terms Of tho
landlord. In their eyes is light OF holiness In
anticipation of the great event which ls to come
20 them.
< "ITavo you any babes?" asks the landlord
mo" replies the man. But the pride Of
N"'H'hh iNNHtiiopu HHlnfs III ms eye as ne nom
esty adds: But expecting one in a few
weeks"
sorry" replies the landlord, but babies are
not allowed In the house"
suffer little children to coma unto me and
forbid them mot, for OF such Is the Kingdom of
God" said tho Good shepherd 900 years ago.
j. We worry at the fast departing shades OF that
great institution the American home which
Was wont TO blesa our land; we fret that the
childless couple is increasing by tens OF thou
sands each pnaslng year, and that the birth rate
"a ever falling; and we say harsh things about
men and women sitting the great urge OF ma
ture about their cowardlce IN refusing to make
the sacrifice which their designer intended.
But there Is another eide. What shall we
say of commercalsm n lust for dividends
for ease and comfort, which has closed so many
places to fho child and the parent alike, and
made both decidedly unwcicome in others? In
fixing responsibility for tho national menace
which Is growing how shah we avoid writing a
heavy debit there?
Nature has not changed since the dawn Of
history, under great eompulslon; and then
only seemingly. The fundamentals OF human
existence remain tho same today as in tho days
OF Jesus. 1t Is only the abnormal husband and
.wlfo who approach tho privilege of setting up
stances that hope dominates the porapeet.ye.
= Yet In this day what must he considered?
Babies are clearly not wanted anywhere outside
the immediate home, They are barred from
che theat barred from the apartment houses
barred even from church. The harshncsr OF
Billy sunday towards these enrblems OF the
Kngdom OF God has been caught up by the
fashionable preachers and the slightest cry OF
distress from helpless babe in It's mothers
arms is the sgnal for an insult from the good
man IN tho pulpit.
Children, tho splendid young animals which
are the hope OF the future, are reprobstcd IN
the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, until they have
money to spend, Then greedy commercialism
draws no limo either as to color. religion axe
~ previous condition OF servitude
mo children admitted" Is the sign which
Mammon has omhiasoned upon the llntels OF
the public house In the cities OF our land The
bride and groom who enter these places are In
directly ordered 10 violate both the laws Of ma
ture and man pain OF being dispossessed
should they fan 10 do so.
oh yes, there is much to be said on the other
side ot the case. Childish fingers do leave
marks upon tho decorations, and plantive baby
voices making known hunger or suffering dis
tnrb the slumbers Of men and women who have
come In at o'clock iu tho morning from an
orgy ana want to sleep late. But Jesus said:
Forbid them not for OF such is the kingdom
OF God"