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

captain OF tnlS snip. we VIII saut
no s. o. s. We viii fly no sienaia
Oh, | say such a man would be
fool. And God says You msnife.,
the slightest desire 10 be a Chr,sii,s
you show YOU want to do the viii =,
God. and God Almighty will se,5
~ leglons OF angels down here -
fight the devils OF hell back"
You just show God Almighty Va,
want to do something, manifest tks
slightest inclination that vou wan,
to serve God Almighty, and Won viii
find all heaven right al your dd1
ready to help you, In spite NJ all The
devil can do In the world
Years ago a young fellow went IN
Paris to live. and his uncle cana
over from Edinburgh TO visit MINI
They passed down uue uf the Bouia,
wards. brilliantly Illuminated Win
tho women in their thin garments
more beautiful In their partially
concealed charms than iu their nud.
ity, and there they sat drinking ana
perfumed water was spoutng from
alabaster fountains, stirring the peo.
pies inclinations TO passion and the
very atmo osphere semcd my friend
laden with a perfume that only
helped to deaden the moral sensI.
billties: and over the door. blazing
liko fire, was the sign. Nothing 10
Pay"
The young man said, Come on
in, uncle"
The Devil Doesn't Care.
But the uncle grabbed him by tho
arm and said, rs your virtue moth.
ing to pay Is your reputation
nothing TO pay? is your character
nothing to pay? IL your wrecked
manhood nothing TO pay' Is your
soul nothing TO payN'
Oh, God. think what you are
when you sell out TO the loyl The
devil doesn't care for your soul This
world doesn't care Tor your soul
II will cheat you, give you a chance
TO make money give you chancs
TO win fame, II doesn't care for
your soul.
oh, tell you. Christians care. DO
you think I'd stand here and work
like 1 do IL I didn't care? As have
told YOU, you haven't got enough
money in your bank vaults 90 hire me
to do It II didn't care and II didn't
believe you were lost Doctors tell
me / will wear my life short 20
years. My soul is saved, And II
didn't care, what's the use of my
wearing my life out trying TO save
you? could be selfish and sit down
and let you 90 to hell, but [ want
YOU to get the blessing of God. that
| God has given me.
In all the ages Of the world there
have been men In the soul-Saving
business. men in the banking business,
men In the insurance business There
have been men, my friend, In all
walks of commerce, art science,
philosophy and there have been men
/ in the soul-saving business. Maxim
preached himself TO death when he
was only 80 years OF age and VIII
| liams went down under the knives Of
the canniale. In all ages Of the
worlds history men have been In the
soul-saving business.
Every board In this tabernacle tells
you we care, and every nail, tho light
that blazes above your head
the seats in which you cit and the
sawdust. my friends. the shayings be-
meath your feet; and although you
are a stranger to me and although
you are stranger to thousands, yet
their faces would glow and Their
hearts would leap with Joy II they'd
see you take your stand for Jesus
Christ, whether they know YOU or
whether they have ever seen you In
there before.
God cares. Jesus Christ cares
The angels care.
The devil don't. The world doesn't
mo man cared for my SOUL
II was only six miles from where
Jesus was born in the mauger amidst
the malodors OF unwashed beasts, oI
the Virgin Mary, six miles from
where He was born at Bethlehem 10
where He died--six miles, my friend
from Calvary, and His name is on
every banner. His name Is IN every
chorus. Oh, His name Is In eeVeTy
ton upon every heart--Jesus Christ
land your name and your face and
your sins and your troubles, and
mine and Tulsa's and the twentieth
century's and all before.
They denounced Him as drunk,
ard. They said He was wine-oiol
bier and a drunkard, and they spi :
His face. They picked uN stones ana
they buried them at Him, hurlru
them into His face as lie went down
the streets; and lie was drencA,ea
with rain, a stone for a pillow ,hs,
ground for a bed, the canopy OF u01
, LOT CONetlUBs
oh, lie came! what for? To open
up a plan OF salvation, 10 keep u'
out of hell. He cared. lie caieu'
He left the song OF the angels any
the presence Of the redeemed ang
made His way into this old Va'e O'
tears.
In 1917 there was a riot IN Lohuy.
, and the insurgents poured down 'n'
, streets and 500 OF them were odp,,
tured and hanged. Three huhulsgI
, more of them were captured aul
, they were ordered into the preseNu.
, OF Henry VIII to receive thelr ss.
, tence. and as he sat on the thIoHs
, before he could pronounce sen,ytn.. ~.
a door at the right opened ana u'.o. ~
I queens entered-Catharine OF ~
! gon, his wife: Margaret OF Seoll1ue oll-.s
his sister: and Queen Mary OF rams
q They fell on their knees anu WI,
l tears streaming down their cnter' cnl.o,
. they begged and plead ana my, =,
} ceded and prayed to Henry that ~. ~
} would grant the 500 men lnrI ~
dom. Little by little the tears rs, an,
the interCessions OF the ~,
, queens availed and at last the Iy,
! heart of Henry VIII meltsu. ,or
arose, stretching for his s'eP'"
! and said: you
% Your maiesties. arise Van
prayers and tears have aHli'oaa. i,s ,nS,
I petition is granted. Loose l'e '''1
! and let them &c" .,o me-,
And every one OF those g.l tb