The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-17

ana tNDTU was 10 man. hu lnllu'h ]
worry rich man. who owned thous-
auds Of ucrrs W very rich land
which came up 90 tho corporate
limits of the town. Hg had good.
cody woman for o vito and yet hiH
succring unbDucf had almost broken
[ her heart. sho hung her head
I down. she Withdrew from Hoclcty
| because her husband was n Nom
/ hcf oi an infldol clup, and whatever
religion that ever went beneath that
/ roof. she took li iu. u i4 dis
grace. 81 your children ever walked
. the streets of heaven. g. viii ho be-
cause some stranger wns better 20
| them than you were. and ~ what
! religion is over taken across the
! threshold. the wife many tlmvs
take it and all the cusgoduoa That
is ever dragged over the threshold.
and all tho iuiuuiiy is dragged
over by the husband
So he got 10 thinking about H.
and he got up one morning early
ruEhCd the chores put tho saddle
on the horse and without telling
anybody. went 20 town. lie went
around Co the Methodist church, in
tending that N anybody ask him
no would takr his stand and Join
the church. llo went in and looked
as though thcy thought the roof
would fall They were having class
meeting and the leader OF the
Icla.r had q wooden leg, and he was
walking about-abut they never
said Boo" to him. lie got up
and out OF there and swore hc'd
never darkcn the church, my
friends, hgaln.
lie Really Cared,
IIo would walt until sunday
morning whenever he was plough
ing his field, and ne would plough
the strip on sunday morning down
near the road where all the pco-
plc were going 90 church, Just 90
show hls cumity. Whenever he
planted the fields. he planted all
the rest and then he would plant
the strip down by the road on
sunday morning whenever ne
went TO cut the oats or the whenll
or husk tho corn, he'd always wait
for sunday morning and then cut
that strip down neNt 10 the road.
lie came down 20 meeting ono
night lie gave his hcart 90 God.
lIe said to me. "Bill, l haved lived
n years I'm ain that / woultrt
have lived II they had asked me,
for went there knowing that |
wns wrong. Intending 20 do r.
They do care, and perhaps the fel-
low you think cares the least IL the
he is anxious 20 yield himself %
Jesus Christ and TO the truth
I preached out In "a town In Ne
. brayka which was originally settled
by lot OF iufidols and they gave
that cast to the rest Of the section OF
the county out there. There was one
follow out there, he was black
smith. and he had drag with the
crowd ana | asked Methodist
preacher who was afterward chap
lain Of the senate OF Nebraska
Have you been around to see him
lie said mo"
Thev were afraid to ask him 70
give hls heart to God, I went down
. and got him and he yielded his
heart TO the Lord and brought rs
men OF his type into the Kingdom
In n week.
! There was another man in that
l ( same town. He ran a flour mill
/ ana they said. There Is one mar
' here, IL we can get him, he vii
bring a hundred men at least into
this church"
4 Nobody had been near HIM an'
y | went down to the mill one morn
ing and walked In. lie was alttinI
thore with his chair back agalns
n the wall. smoking cigar
e walked In and said GOO,
= lilo said Yes
4 said my name IL Mr.. sunday
I Dan. I am up here at the Memo
l dist church trying TO preach uttl'
8 bit and people have been talkini
4 about YOU and I have come down q
ask you to be a Christian,
I He arose. took the cigar out OF hi
p, mouth and threw II into the cuHpl
q dor: he put his hand into MS MI
q pocket, walked across the nooi
4 pulled out pint flask OF GugBen
helm whisky, threw 1t out up IN
rocks, and he turned around AM
. said,
t II have lived in this town for l
q years, and you are the first ma
Y that ever asked me 20 he 'Ar'sAai
They have walked by my home go
ing 20 church and l would be lyln
there under tree, SO hcastiN drun
couldn't get into the house, an
e nobody ever stopped ana openvu II.
q gate and walked in to talk with M
q Thcv'd tell their children not 10 pla
= with my children because was
e drunkard and they wouldn't inVit
% NV vlfs TO come to their socis
functions because I was a drunkarC
p ana I saw II initiated against m
family ror what | did, not for VIVA
a they were doing, and you are IN
s. first man that ever asked me
g said, Come up to church &c
night A,
n lie said, 81 haven't been near th
Is church for scvcu years. \ mempt
OF tho lodge died and went up
al the funeral and | haven't been neo
We since. ana | wouldn't have goi
re then only I was a p9llbearer.'
sc said Now look here, Ia be
20 uueor kind OF duck to walk u
I'd and slap your wife because you kel
re a dog didn't Ike. wouldn't J. Noul
h- slapping the Lord in the face, M
ne for anything the Lord ever did. b'
ds because the Lord has somo follow
1t, ers that are not what they ought
e. be. Your wife would not be
ed blame Il didn't like your dog ar
ed ia he a fool to take my revenge OF
on her. You're fool 20 slap u
n Lord IN the face FOR something J
had nothing TO do with. Come
10 up
nd lie said, "You have been got
ed enough TO come down and see m
nd will be there tonight"
ng So hc came. They crowded hi
no down along the aisle and he s'or
there in front. because the sam
he had gotten there early and taxi