The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-11-28
The Pot OF Gold At The Foot OF The Rainbow

he sends for me to administer spirit
ual comfort. lie wants me TO talk
about faith and trust aud gets out the
bible to show me the text for his
funeral sermon. IL usually is The
Lord gave n the Lord taketh away"
The next time l am going to take u
TOOK pERUNA AND PERUNA
TOOK HIM AWAY.
The principal ingredients of many Of
these advertised corrections are OPT
UNI. morphine, cocaine and the coal
tar products that act upon the human
body like you would jar your automo-
bile ii you would throw on the reverse
while going at fun speed. 1t has been
my fortune. or misfortune, to have
min.stered in large cities for a good
many years. | can show you any
night in the slums Of any large city.
droves OF dope fiends and the pitiable
thing about it all is that many of then.
were started on the road to "a con-
Stunning passion while they We're but
children, started By their mothers sat
urat'ng them with soothing syrups.'
You can depend on it that Il soothing
syrup will stir them up sometime.
When that statement was made in
Bassett, Neb.. a druggist arose in the
audience and said, Let us applaude
that. | know that is the truth. I am
ashamed OF you when YOU buy patent
medicines and ! am ashamed Of my
self when / sell then to- you for |
know the deyilish drugs they contain"
Both druggists and doctors viii adj
wise you never to take any medicine
unless it is prescribed by It reputable
physician.
You can be well il you will lie rea-
sonable and natural and you will find
the pot OF gold ~ your feet.
Religion is the only certain thing in
this world. The banker doesn't al
safely loan money. The lawyer cannot
always cite the right court decision.
But with religion there is never any
doubt. | am talking about religion,
RELIGION, not about your theory nor
my hobby regarding religion. If we go
TO chasing off into the darkness after
theological rainbows OF course We will
get divided and go to Building up a
dozen struggling. warning churches
where one or two are needed. There
isn't an old tramp, an old bum, in
this country who can point the finger
% cnnrp az INV man Nhn claims 10
he religious who steps aside just one
step. Everybody knows what it is to
be religious. There has never been
any quarrel as to whether u man
should pay his grocery bill, tell the
truth, love his home and be decent,
Just and upright. Here is a divine
definition: Pure and undefiled re-
ligion is to visit the fatherless and the
widows in their affliction and to keep
%unspotted from the world" Religion
is to walk in the light as lie was in
the light. 1t is to love justice, seek
mercy and to walk uprightly. 1t is
to sink selfishness in love for God
and man. No doubt about this. Nobody
will deny it. I'll never spend five min
utes OF my time on any subject, no
difference how religious il is labelled,
that does not have TO do with con
duct and character, duty and destiny.
But will people be content with the
pure gold of religion scattered at their
own door steps? Not often. 1t seems
a deal p%leasanter to chase off into
the darkness of speculation after fads
and fancies than to toll and sacrifice
for the imperishable riches in our
own community.
One of the most astonishing things
in the world is the multitudes Of peo-
pie who go running off after every
strange thing that they cannot under
stand, leaving undone the duties they
do understand. If they cannot see the
bottom OF a mudpuddle they think that
there is no bottom, to it. While hold
ing heart and mind open to all the
contributions of our age, giving un-
fettered sympathy to all the good
that the morning brings US, it still re-
mains true that much hat is labelled
modern" and new thought" is as old
as the race and has had people CROP