The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-06-15
Brands as With Hot Iron Awful
ness Of Habit, Greed and Sin,
Graphic Illustrations
are Given
SOWING AND REAPING'
Is TAKEN AS THEME
Sabbath Featured by Immense
Crowds and Many Services
Music Exceptionally Good
Juniors Join in

Big Bill Tetley branded as with a
hot iron upon the minds OF a vast con
gregation last night the relentless grip
Of habit and the insatiate greed Of sin,
with its harvest of remorse and ruin
and sorrow One illustration was so
gaspingly thrilling and was narrated
with such dramatic power as 10 almost
stunt the audience. Briefly, it follows:
A stage coach driver in the old days.
reckless, iron wristed, master Of rein
and whip and brake, used to put the
hearts Of his passengers in their
mouths as, with marvellous skill and
courage. he drove his four-horse team
madly on the very brink of a preci-
pice, careening along al top speed
while he cursed and rolled in glee over
the terror he created.
He fell III with pneumonia and how
cred at the gate OF death. A bosom
friend. watching beside the couch,
saw Jims foot shoot out from beneath
the coyeriet ard move neryonsly Oils
way and that, as though reaching for
something it could not touch The pa
lient was semi-conscious, and the
watcher whispered "What Is IT,
Jim: what the mattcr2r The repIs
came In tones OF terror. I'm speedin
down hill: I'm goIn too fast an I'm
reaching fer the brake--but, Bill.
can't find IL can't find IL" For an
instant the body relaxed. then again
the foot moved wildly outside the
covers.
"Kin | help YOU, Jim. What's the
matter. man" the watcher pleaded
Mortified by his former comrades ap
parent agony.
BIN, the horses are gittin away
from me! My God. help me, Bill!
can't stop EN-: we're goin down hill
an can't stop 'cm. Help me, Bill
for, my God. ! can't find the brake
On. God. can't find the brakel"
The steel-like frame OF Jim shud
dered. there was a last convulsiye
desperate reach Of the foot--and jim
went out
Brother, reach out for the brake o
habit, desire, appetite; for Gods sake
man. find it and put your foot on it
DO II now, do ii before II is too lat'
and you cant stop" cried Teucy will
passionate fervor Jesus asks yol
10 quit. just quit, He'll forgive tn
pastls
Tetley preached an extraordinar.
sermon on Sowing and Reaping, t
congregation so large that hundred
could not find accommodations insid
the tabernacle, SO remained outside
And notwithstanding an attention-d
verting and anxiety-producing fir
alarm just as the preacher issued a
invitation for converts. twenty-five
responded to the Christian cali. mai
ing a total OF seyenty-seyen convel
s.ons to date.
Bitingly caustic. the evangelist hea
edly rebuked drinking of intoxicant
gambling, card playing, dancing, Sun
day moving picture shows, promisc'
GUS theater going.
Cody pity you If, to please your ca
nal nature, you become so indulger
that you will induce brother TO g
to helll" Tetley exclaimed, Chick
sha will reap what's she's sowing, an
don't you forget it, And just as SUI
as there's God in heaven she WI
reap a harvest of woe and sorrow aD
torment il she sows to the fleshl
Gods word be true, we'd better
careful what community seed we SOW
We can't dodge the reaping!"
He insisted that nobody could
successful in practicing deceit on hli
SELF his neighbors, the devil. or Go
If you're good you and God know
he said; IL you're not right with q
you and God know It, You mig
think you we're putting over deceit
your neighbors, he declared but
you knew what they knew and thoug
you'd leave town. Don't think evel
body thinks you're sheep cecau
you've got little patch of wool