Muskogee Cimeter

The Muskogee Cimeter. Eloquent Sermon Delivered by Dr. A. Barbour, Galveston, Tex., July 18, at First Baptist Church, Second Anniversary Service of the Pastorate of E. Arlington Wilson, Ph. B., D. D. 'And I sought for a man among them that should make up the hedge stand in the gap before me for the land." Subject: The power of personality. Before I shall begin to discuss this text and subject, permit me to say this as I have observed the life and character and the power of Pastor Wilson, as a preacher and a pastor; I want to congratulate these who are responsible for having the foresight and the willingness of spirit to respond to the guidance of the Holy Spirit when He gave this man of God to this field. Today, as in that bygone time of which my text is a reminiscence God Almighty sitting high upon His Throne and lifted up above all human rule and authority and above the rise and progress, the decadence and downfall of nations: God Almighty, I say, seeks, is ever seeking man to catch His thought, to set forward His Kingdom to interprit His Will, to do His bidding and to set forward His Kingdom on the earth, that Kingdom which, first and above all, is righteousness. Personal character, after all, is the supreme factor in the evolution of human history, whether you look at the particular or the general, whether you are thinking of the individual, the community, the nation or the race. Back of all lies human character, and when we say human character we mean the separate and distinct character which constitutes the moral personality of individual men. This virtue your pastor is the embodiment. There is ground for congratulation and encouragement as regards to our advancement along this line of late. There has been a very marked increase of public interest in this matter of personality. The Negroes have become awakened to the importance of knowing what manner of men they shall put in places of trust and power. And upon you I heap congratulations for having secured the services of this distinguished minister and pastor. The success of my beloved Dr. Wilson that has come to you during your pastorate here, has been because you have a personality of purpose in the presentation of the truth that you have received from Him who has sent you. Like the apostle of old who possesses the same thrilling purpose, when he said "I determined not to know anything save Jesus Christ and Him Crucified." That one thing covered the whole range of his being; thoughts, words, acts and that, is the sacrifice of Jesus. The great truth that you have preached the truth of the Cross, has filled not only this proud consecrated church, but it has permeated and thrilled the whole city of Muskogee, with a Christian consciousness that has stirred the very depths of the inmost souls of men, constrains them, and drives them to proclaim the most marvellous facts in all Divine and human history. God in Christ reconciling the world unto Himself. Not through a strange mysterious incarnation, though Christ was God manifested in the flesh; nor through the illumination of a matchless doctrine, though of Christ it was said, "Never a Man Snake Like This Man." My text shows that it is God Almighty that gives to any church or community, or race or nation the man that must sway the hearts of the people. We have many characteristics portrayed in men. Your learned pastor does not possess the temperament of a Roosevelt whose war-like characteristics swayed not only the commonwealth of America, but the whole civilized nations of the world, but like the beloved of Our Blessed Lord that leaned upon His bosom lovable in disposition, and meek in his presentation of the truth, and learned in his exegesis. So when God Almighty looked upon this field some two years ago, I imagine that He said what is expressed in this our text: "And I sought for a man among them that should make up the hedge and stand in the gap before for the Land. Oh, my beloved, there never was an age in the history of the world that we stand so much in need of men and women as we do now, especially in our pulpits. Why do we name specifically the pulpit for the reason the gospel deals with that part of the human being that is the most vital. Nohing concerns man more than the mighty thought as to "Where he shall spend eternity." Therefore all the deductions of science and philosophy, etc., shall not concern man more than eternity. So men or women who shall build up a high way and stand in the gap as our text suggests, must be placed there by God Almighty. Not only do I call upon you to be proud that through the Providence of the Almighty God was this great man given to you that he might sway his wonderful personality for the magnification of the cross, but I speak in behalf of all the Baptists in Oklahoma when I say that you have added to your ranks a distinguished personage that has been our highest delight to appreciate. As a presiding officer of two distinguished bodies that your honored pastor has the high privilege of being a member, I confess to you that we have indeed as well as yourselves been wonderfully blessed, by having his wonderful counsel and learned experience. My text says: "God Sought for a Man." God has always sought for men, and he still is seeking for men, and indeed no man can fill the place this honored man has filled with credit to himself, with most distinguished honor to his parish. It is the Almighty that must seek men. Dr. Arlington Wilson, I am sure that you are familiar with the thought that I am going to advance now: There is in every life the period of silence. There are no convictions; there are no responses for the reason that there is no speaking universe for that life. Then follows the period in which voices ring out in in the twilight and the awakened spirit rushes on into mistaken interpretations. But for the true man the process does not stop here. The great hour comes in which the voice of God is heard in an understanding heart. So when God spake to you, with an understanding heart, you said like Samuel, "Speak Lord, thy servant heareth Thee." Why? The will of God was the moremost thought in your mind. The gospel tools God had given you were given as a golden opportunity for a well rendered service; your personality presents a wonderful mastery; self development; and truly it should be, to be God's true servant requires a life of self devotion, of putting your best self at the point of need, striving in all sacred and sacrificial uses of life to bless, the world, to To Joplin, Miami, Fairland, Wagoner. 7:30 A. M. 3:00 P. M. To Henryetta - Dustin, 6;30 5.00 To Duraut - Denison 6:30 A. M. Ten Cents a Pound for Your Cotton IN TRADE For Close-in Muskogee Property. Improved or Vacant; near M. O. & G. R. R. Shops. Now building, close to car lines. Cotton Taken in Full or Part Payment. Lots 50-10 Call or write Room 1-2 209 1-2 South uplift and redeem, and fill up your body with that which is lacking of the affections of Christ. So I repeat that I feel myself highly honored to be chosen to speak these words of praise at this anniversary in honor to this distinguished preacher and pastor. And I close with these words: There is no touch of servility in Christian discipleship. It is dignified and exalted. We are to reign in life, that is, in this life; to reiga over sin and temptation, over the flesh with the affections and iust, over the prince of the power of the air. We get the necessary equipment through the grace of Christ. In our Father's house on high there shall also be the blending of loyalty, Lordship shall merge with servantship, rulership with allegiance, dominion with helpfulness. The throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and His servants shall serve Him. An eternity of loving service was to Thomas Kempis the favorite thought of the ageless life. And it is the life of service to which we are called in this world. The Savior of men wrought out His career along this line. He interpreted life in terms of service. This is the law for His followers, and in the whole hearted application of this law do they procure for themselves and others a rich installment of the blessedness to be fully known in the halls of Zion. In the matchless beauty, wonderous wealth, and intimate sweetness. does the Divine approach the human, even as a bride adorned for her husband; and if in one aspect, life is a battle field in which we must face the stern and wrestle with the strong, it should also be greeted and used by the children of a thrilling destiny as a constant marriage ceremony between Heaven and Earth. Amen. THE MINISTERIAL VOICE. FRISCO LINES LOW FARES TO CALIFORNIA ACCOUNT Panama-Pacific at San Francisco, and Panama-California Exposition at San Diego Now is the time to make that long-planned trip to the West. You will never get a lower rate than we are now quoting, and California, with its two Expositions, offers greater attractions this year than ever before. 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Co. dule, Effective . 28, 1915 Muskogee and Tul Wichita 8:40 a. 5:10 p. 6:00 p. 10:35 a. DAILY 2 E AND FT. SMITH and pts. beyond 7:50 a. 6:10 p. 7:45 p. 12:15 p. --- ```markdown ``` benefits of a modern society should be the things to receive our consid- eration, as the societies go hand in hand with all other institutions of learning to moralize and elevate the race. We should seize the opportun- ity that comes within our grasp for advancement along moral, intellect- ual and financial lines. The Improved Industrial Order of Wise Men was established and or- ganized tor the purpose of drawing out and developing these latent prin- ciples and virtues in our people which are fundamentai in civic and Christian advancement; yea, they are indeed the very foundation upon which the structure of the Nation is built, the very life-blood of any Commonwealth, race or institution. Out of this order the founders there- of Rope to see the Negroes through- out the expanse of this country con- centrated and consecrated upon and to the principles of unity, for it cannot be too oft repeated that “in unity there is strength.” The foun- ders have dreamed of a collosal force and power, the constituent parts of which are the Negroes of our land possessing itself of every possible advantage; storming every citadel occupied by any and every kind of legitimate enterprise, indutry or commercial attainment and capturing each and all of these in the nome of a race yet thirsting and longing for them and for all of their untainted attributes as parts of its life and activities; cautiously and yet per- sistently moving on and on until in every nook and cranny of the race full fruition of the conquest may be seen in numberless enter- prises, complete in every detail: thousands of artisans trained and apprenticed in these enterprises; countless boys and girls with honor- eblo and profitable employment, and the heart and soul of the race ded- jeated to the God of the Universe and to the never dying truth: and principles of the lowly Christ. This society does not seek to rise and wax strong at the expense of the church and the Christian relis- jon, It does not aim to become so arrogant as to frown down those basic truths upon which every good and ennobling thing must necessariiy rost—the truths upon which the Christian faith is founded; the truths upon which any civilized nation would endure; must certainly be founded. We do not for a moment gay to the race of which we are a part; be more fervent in-~pport of this order than you ar¥ Wot the church, We are not of at prop- aganda who say that the (are too many churches and not er gh bus- iness enterprises, because — realize that good, honest, and 1 ing en- terprise is composed of ako1 and honest Christian people, ads that the church is the great’ fM@ory ia which the raw material is «(verted into the finished and ‘stro, 4 fabric {nat finally goes into the mab be and development of those Inga ps of lite, business enterprises, whith are parts of the higher life in the great scheme of national and racial growth, Tet it be understood, however, thet business activities and completeness are but parts of the essentials of Hite, while the chureh which repre- ents the great One who preached the salvation of the soul and the preservation of life for all time is the source at which life is made, rather than a mere incident to life. Our society would be a mere com- plement to the church, And while there is nothing in the rules ane the regulations of the society pro- nibiling the sinner from becoming a member; yet the society knowing the ideals of the God-fearmg man snd conscious of the vigor and riuhteoug efforts that will pervade anv movement with which he is alligned would certainly exult in a membership roll showing a major- ity of ifs members followers of the lowly ope of Nazareth, hose who are classed as sinners Principles of the society will, we trust, prove an effective means in assisting the church in drawing ‘all men to Christ. The Improved Industrial O:der of Wise Men maintains its principal office in the city of Muskogee, Okla- homa. It expects to go hand in hand with the others among ovr people in so far as those others contribute their part towards the uplift of the unfortunate and the maintenance and the well-being of the members of the rece. We pro- pose to place our people upon high- er ground by instilling in them thrift, frugality, intelligence and a reverence of God and His institu- tions. We cannot rise above the stand- ard placed upon us by the critical cye of our neighbors, If we would be respected, we must first respect ourselves. No nation can rise in the estimation the civilized world over a disregard of the principles of morality and honesty. As with na- tions, so with their constituent parts. If we, as a-race, wouid be a race in deed and in truth. we must stand up for truth, morality, Virtue and Christianity. The mission of the Impreved In- dustrial Order of Wise Men is to furnish a medium through which the members of ovr race may ind those essentials that go to make up a +worthy and respected cit'zen- ship. No race of people can amount to anything that docs not practice tru- gality, and which does not build up something from a material and in- felligent point of view. It is so sad that ©o many of our people dis- regard the substance for the shad- ow. We must fasten ourse!ves se- eurely to the real and quit the image of thing before we can be of any great weight in this common- weslth. We must seize every op- portunity for development and growth that we possibly can. The Wise Men is a fraternal or- der extending such opportunities as have never before been proffered the gallant sons and daughters of our race, We have banded ourselves together for fraternal assistance of eich other, A plan has been forn- ulated t oassist members wher their needs press sorely upon them DUR ING THEIR LIVES. When the yinech of poverty comes into the home; when the very sou! of the head of that family is in pawn for the things that the family must have; when dire disastes like a aevil unbidden stalks into the howe; when the humble yet honorable lit- tle home is about to be taken to satisfy the mortgage that depressed financial conditions forced upon it, it is during these hours of heart- aches that beggar description, it is curing these weary nights and for- lorn days that the order cares: that it comes to your reiief. It brings the influence of united mon- ey and organized @ffort to you while you are yet alive. It comes with bread for the hungry, with clothes for the naked and with fuel ° or those that be co'?, Like the Sa- vior, it tries at least to temper the wines to the shorn lamb. This society has four improved features namely: the endowment that issues policies upon the lives of (ts members from one hundred to ene thousand dollars, and which brings returns to the member in life ag well as after death; the relief de- partment which comes to the aid and assistance of the member when- ever and wherever his condition warrants it; the industrial, or sup- ply department, which will engage in manufacturing and numerous commercial enterprises, thus giving employment to numerous men and women, and boys and girls of the race. The world moves forward to new ideals; establishes new enterprises in a new-way; new things of every sort and kind result from new acting nothing fess than the vest, it is indeed harsh and cruel in its exactions. It seratinizes and if the object of that security measures up, it takes that object over and pays the price. If it does not measure up, it is rudely thrown into the trash heap, and the world goes mer- rily on. it has no tears for the unfortunate and no sympathy for those who have failed with good intentions. The world is moving and cannot stop to console or to admire because of age alone. We must keep step to the music of its progress if we would be petied and favored child of the world. If we would tap her treasure-trove, we must meet her every require- ment and specification,—-her speci- fications and requirements of today, not of yesterday. The stage coach has given way to steam and electricity; the cour- jer to the telephone and the tele graph; the tallow candle and the kerosene lamp to the gas and elee- tric lights. And so with fraternal organizations, the worl@ demands 1 return on its investment during life. It wants to live well and die bappy: it demands an exchange of material benefits to him and his “amily for his money; it is not satisfied with the big funeral display, which the subject neither sees nor feels, «nd which helps not his soul into neav- en by one whit, but it exacts a smooth, a rovy and an easy path in life. It wents its children we'l fed. well housed, well clothed and wee educated. Anything that “alls short in giving these things, whether fra- ternal society or what not, it brush- es aside as shadow and not sub- stance. We strive in our order to supply these demands. We know that the investment will prove satisfactory and that once tried we will have a permanent and enthusiastic mem- ber. We are trying to keep step with the world’s march. We are trying to build a monument in deeds end achievements to a living and stalwart race. The society is sevk- ing nothing more, and will be sat- isfied with nothing less. Much has been said by white men and black men anent the rights of the Negro in this country, and the press has devoted considerable editorial space to the discussion of rights should and should not be given or granted to the Colored man, Civil and political rights have been the hope of the Negro for some time past. But after all has been said by friend and foe of the Negro, the issues involved in the great subject must finally be set- aled by public sentiment, which is, by the way, the highest law in this land.. The Negro ‘!s a part of the public, therefore, has something to do with the moulding of that sen- timent. Whether wittingly or un- wittingly, we are daily contributing our share to this sentiment. Cer- tainly we would not knowingly con- tribute anything to that sentiment which may have deterrent infinence and effect upon us as a race. Just in so far as we contribute substan- tial, healthy, moral, Christian prop- erties toward making of this senti- ment, in the exact proportion to such properties as go into the great melting pot, we receive back as a people, and in our favor, substantial healthy, moral and Christian senti- ment. What are you placing in the melting pot? If you put in any of the properties that I have just mentioned, you must get in return more rights, for the community and the nation will surely.be more right- eos as a result. Our society would have you con- tribute the properties just mentioned in the form of economy, industry, commercial enterprise, together with the salt wherewith they are all sa- ‘vored, Christian fervor, Pp As a result respect will come to us from our neighbors, and in no small measure will self consclous- Pe ee We eek 6 eee ie. ee every right there is a duty. We have a right to life,—it is our duty to society to preserve that life by right living and by diligently fol- lowing the laws of health. We have a right to enjoy the public utilities of the community and na- tion,—it is our duty to accumulate taxable property for the support and maintenance of these utilities; we have a right to vote fer the men and measures by which we are to be governed,—it is our duty to prepare ourselves for the intelligent use of the ballot. / We aim in our order to emphasize the duties of the Negro, without counselling him to waive any of his rights. But we want you to be deserving of those rights, The German and the Jew are respected in this country and accorded every favored privilege and right largely because of their unity. and because of commercial and business acu- men, There rights have come to them in no small measure as a re- sult of their industry, economy and skill. They have accumulated wealth as a result of these qualities, Men everywhere will hesitate in denying their fellows rights and privileges, when those fellows furnish them their daily wage, or the means of earning it. | We cannot reasonably insist upon the white man permitting us and our children to share equally with him and his in the earning of a livlihood in or through the private enterprise and agencies of his skill industry and economy. We cannot hope to ride the white man’s hobby of com- merce, industry and finance as our own, because he will at least de- mand to ride with us, and in the language of Col. Harvey; “When ‘two men ride a horse, one must ‘ride behind.” And to know who is the owner of the steed note the riding in the nice, soft seat, one has only to observe who is riding in front. The Improved Industrial Order of Wise Men seek to have you ride your own horse, and thereby pos- sess you of the right to ride in front, __ There is more urgent demand to- day for the skilled in every voca- tion than ever before in the world's history. The un-skilled must at all times and everywhere give way to the trained artisan and take bis place among the menials. We want to build institutions,—-commercial, industrial, financial, in which our boys and x'rls may be schooled to become the last word in proficiency along their several lines. We would have them efficient also,—a great ac- tive, working force to a great and needed end, developing at last into captains of industry and finance. We want you to enlist in the battle that is being waged for the things by joining our order. We want your hearts as well as your financial support. Without your hearts in the movement we care naught for your money. This is a constructive movement and with- out your enthusiastic moral support. ‘money will do us little good. We want the tenets and aims of the order to pervade your beings to the extent that you will be as unrelent- ing in your sweep for the objects sought as the famous torch of Omar. Let us stand with the principles of our God written in our hearts and fight for these things and for a better day and a new order of things for ourselves and for our posterity. We can find in the prin- ciples of the order the teachings of our Savior, and following those prin- ciples, we will have happy bomes: bountiful resources and clean hearts and hands. It cannot be then said of us; ‘His children are far from safety and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any one to deliver them.” ‘‘At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh, neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth. For thou shalt be in tae whe anteae ek. eee oll ae ake mee Men Admire Women with Beautiful Hair! 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