Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-04
THE LESSON OF IT ALL.

A man walked into courtroom the
other day and confessed to a crime
which had puzzled the detectives for
years. During the interim between
the commission of the crime and the
confession 1t Is said Of him that he
devoted his time to the service of hu-
manity, that he gave to the hungry
and comforted the afflicted, that he
nursed the sick and assisted in the
burial of the dead, that not a day that
closed but witnessed something of
sweetness and of light which ema-
mated from his presence.
There are many such. examples of
repentance in the world. Those of
us who have been driven by the lash
Of adverse fortune from pillar to post
who have trod the weary way from
Dan to Beorsheba, who have at times
found our resting places in the tents
| of sorrow and been pursued by the
demons of despair and dlsappoint-
ment, we know what those who are
trying to come back must suffer and
have suffered. We know the thorns
that pierce their ill-shod feet we
/ know the terrors which come with the
darkness, We know the heartache and
the torture Of mind and soul which
ever tread upon the footsteps Of the
weak and the unfortunate.
Sometimes we are inclined to the
/ belief that there is more or less of the
Pharisee in each and every one of us,
For We know that in moments of self
| graduation we are all inclined to
thank God that we are better than
other folks But are we? We have
been miles down underground where
the supposedly vilest ana meanest OF
mankind We're at labor. We have
been through the sweatshops in the
great cities. We have been through
the slums, down the dark alleys, in
the sailors boarding houses lining tn,
feud water fronts OF many OF the great
seaports and we have yet TO find q
locality in this world where there did
not shine some Of the nobler traits OF
manhood and womanhood. Submerged
though they may be. crushed beneath
weight which was greater than theh
fragile bodies could sustain, somehow
or other there are still glints Of sun.
shine piercing the darkest habitation,
OF the world which. to those Of US who
hope and pray for the eventual re.
generation Of all the races and thC
eventual salvation OF every human, are
like the shadow Of great rock in g
. WEARY land.
Not With the idea Of gliding vice OF
giving crime the refreshing aroma oI
chastity or commentator we merely
desire to record in furtherance Of
proof Of the statements just made thai
some Of the real heroes we hav,
known were not those whose past live
constituted pass words TO the domain.
OF so-ealled respectable society w,
remember in the long ago that It wa,
gambler who. in the great epidemic
which devastated the city Of Ch6tta.
nooga, Tenn, that Harry Savage q
notorious gambler. tended the siol
and buried the dead and instead Of the
{ regular conduct Of his business opened
three great warehouses as quarters for
!, those who were unable TO provide foi
themselves. And he furnished food
! and clothing for. such as those who
! were down and out. And he stayed
, right at his post till he died And
the people Of an classes erected q
, monument to him. We also remember
I the case Of woman who was CON
| sidered an outcast. whose reputation
5 was not Of such a character az would
: admit her TO the salons OF the elect
/ Yet when death brought her his mes