The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-17

and o'clock before go to sleep
any night.
You say Napoleon could do with
| four hours' sleep. | have got him
backed off the boards.
do not know who will die first,
| but know this much: IL she goes
lirst, after she would meet Jesus she
would kind Of hans around ihe door
to be the first to give me the glad
hand when | cross the threshold.
| But | know IL she and the chill
dren went first 1 would forget that l
am a man. / would forget religion,
and would cry and cry, BECAUSE ]
am their daddy. That is why
would cry.
don't know who will go first. but
IL | so first | have got Il doped out
| like this: @
The first Thing L viii do is rush
up and grab Jesus by the hand and
say, Jesus. ] want to thank you
for coming down to that old sim
cursed world and bathing it in blood
and tears. Men hurled stones at
You and put You on the cross.
want to thank you for my salvation.
| am glad You honored me with the
privilege of preaching Your gospel
up anu uONn tiic ldiiu'
And / would say, Jesus. I left
| Nell and the kids down there and IL
you don't care l would like to be
hanging around the gate. I would
like to be the first to welcome them
when they come"
And he would say. "Sit right down
there and wait for them"
And IL Nell went first, would
say, Nell. where are the children ?"
She would say: why, they are
playing on the banks OF the river"
And then | would call, Hey, sis!
Hey. Georgel Hey. Bill and PAUL"
and they would all come romping
and jumping into my arms and they
would say, When did you get here.
daddy?"
And then would say, Have we
got nice placer
"Yes. we live on Fifth avenue"
Then | would tell them that man.
ma and | had not seen each other for
good while and we have a lot of
things to talk about. SO they run
away and play and 1 put my head
| In Nell's lap, like / do now when my
head Is tired. and | would say:
Wife, a whole lot OF folks down
there In our old neighborhood have
died. have they come to heaven?"
'Well, l don't know. Who has
dledg"
MIR, p. is dead. Is he here7"
"He is not here"
We'll. Mrs. N. has died"
mo"
"She used TO talk about the house
they had on River street. Her hus-
band paid $4,000 for lot and $60,-
900 for the house. lie paid $4,000
for a bathroom mosaic floor and the
finest OF fixtures. She always came
to church late and she would drive
up in her limousine, electric lighted
and heated, with her chauffeur and
footman and she would sweep down
the aisle, diamonds in her ears as big
as cocoanuts. Isn't she hereP"
81 haven't seen her.
''Is Aunty Griffin here"
Yes. Aunty lives right next door"
To Sing I'm Heaven.
II knew she would be here. She
had two big, lazy. drunken louts of
| boys that didn't care for her, and the
church supported her in the home
/ for old people. Hello, yonder she
.comes. How are you. Aunty?"
We'll, well, While. Ye look nat
urai. JUST the same"
where's mother, wife ?"
"She Is here"
Il know she is here. There she is
coming down the hill"
''Is Rody here? Has he got n
house near us? Wen line up
Brewster and Bob and let's get Rody
and we will sing some OF the songs
we used TO sing down in the old tab
ernaoie where we had that, revival
n hundred thousand years ago. Here
is my calendar and 1t was just $4,000
years ago since we held that revival.
Let's sing Since Jesus Came Into
My Heart, and 'All Hail the Power
of Jesus Name and those songs win
ring through the corridors Of
| heaven.
In heaven they never mar the
hillsides with spades, for they dig
no grayes, In heaven nobody car
ries handkerchlefs, for nobody cries.
In heaven there "a no hunger or suf-
down the street.
And | will say, "Jesus. whose
house is that?" For there Is "For
Rent" sign In the window.
And he will say, THAT Is for one
of the bankers but he would not go
to the tabernacle"
"Who Is that one for?"
THAT is for one OF the professors
but he didn't care for 1t. He didn't
! believe in Divinity"
1 And who is that one for7'
"Ohl That was for slaahlng fine
woman but the devil turned her
Say, don't let God hang a FOR
Rent" sign In the window OF a man
sion He has prepared for you and
IL there Is one there now, send word
up to Him tonight and tell Him to