The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-02

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striking You down. You can't read
an impure book. Won can't listen a.
an impure story that you don't SUI
| fer for a.
You can't visit place where th'
| yilc pud the iewd are pictured To-
| appeal tn your passions and make
/ It's subtle appeal to the lower bdsef
nature In YOU oh 1t will brocd
moral distcmpcr in your own nature.
out IN q western city lived a.
! friend Tie was what we called
/ high Eyer. lic spent his money on
| fast horses and wine, and women
and he went down the line. The poor
] people dumped their money In his
bank by the millions.
ono dav they found out that he
/ had guttcd the bank and there as
| 'othing there but u shell. They be
gan 20 search and they looked cv
| erywhcrc. They tracked him across
I the Atlantic ocean. they tracked hiW
/ him into Africa. into Algicrs To Mo-
rocco whore he'd hired or pug
| chased camcls He'd laden them
with provisions and with utensils
/ for a home. lie was getting ready
| to rrokc a journey OF 200 miles out
/ IN tho desert to an oasis, there 90
bury himself and live upon his NJ
gotten gains
when they put their hands upon
him arrested him--thcrr were no
/ eNtraditiou papers. my friends from
| hat country and 80 n was optional
with him whether he'd come back
ot not.
tie agreed TO return lie aid. aud
| he got AN indetcrminato sentence ~
the pcnitoutiary OF from one to lu|
years. And friend OF mine. who
was governor. Just before ne went
ont of office parolod the man. IT.
| Is, now free or was, but In tn duv
udrwent walk up and ask him
/ n II paid. Oh. he wrecked HE rep
utation for money! Ask him 10 II
| paid' II it paldi n IL paidl
/ Come with mo. my friends, to u
/ great city. Como with the TO IA
/ nous hotel There ON the eighth
/ nr tcuth floor lios man. sick. Tn"
] hest physicians stand around hi
! bedside; a rctiuuc OF servants 1'tiu
! pntc his every want, tanks OF oXy-
gen are there In order to Keep away
death. llis son and his sons wife
| como In. but he is Tn "A CON at pso
state and he decent arouse and roe
ngnl1o them. They stand wniic
and then turn and go.
when ne opens his eyes his mind
returns ana hc asks for them. Thcv
| come--l read Il IN the papers years
ago. ! think ! have got Il abput
right as | remember g. lie asks
| for his wife. but she refuses to come
and sec him, Maybe the sequel viii
tell you why. Then he gasps and
Is gone.
They say. we will call the un
dertaker.'
The proprietor SAYS. NO. you
can't bring a coffin In horo. There
would be an exodus OF Rucsts.r
They waited until twilight and
then put him In n wicker basket
and covered Il with soiled linen.
and Couplo pulling and pushing
they dragged It around the hallway
into the freight elevator loaded with
dress cases and trunks. They low.
cred It to the street and put II into
an undertalter's wagon, and drove
him 10 home that cost millions or
dollars. on the walls hung tapcs-
try and there were pictures worth
their weight in gold. There were
brlc-a br0c and everything OF arr
which the Connoiseurs had ran
sacked the market to find and put
under that roof \ fountain spur.
ed pcrfumed water. when they
brought him IN HIS wife WIRING her
hands and cried and said. 80 God.
Id give II all. II could have him
back and we could be lovers like we
once werc!"
oh. in the day OF Judgment walk
up and ask that multimillionaire
II II paid
Did you go 10 Chicago, TO the
worlds fair? Did you go into Tif-
fany's exhibit? Did you gee that
magnificent diamond on the top of
the cone-shaped stand covered with
plush? lie bought that and gave II
tu her for a wedding present. Ask
n Il paid Ask II It paid. Sure they
will find you out
don't believe rotten body Is
nalt ag bnd as rotten CharaIcr.
land sfn viii rot vour body and
character and blight you from every
langle.
It will find you out in your con
Sc .cncc. From whatever else you
may hide that you can't hide II
from yourself.
We are so constituted that we are
sinners and that means sclf-cOu-
domination.
on, how many people suffer un-
told agony. oh. and the bitter con-
sciousncss Of sins which no one
seems TO know! There Is no physi-
cal suffering that can equal the tor
ment OF an accusing conscience.
And all the accusing consciences.
my friends, that are on this earth!
no prosperity no love, no mFtnt no
JOY, no music, no reyclry, no fun. no
iptoNicotion can diapol the cloud or
assuage the anguish which comes AZ
"A result ~ knowing that you have
s.uned. Sinned. God has SO con
situated us that we know We are s.n-
ncrs and that means sclf-condem-
nation. that leads To Christ.
I | preached I'm town IN Iowa.
There was a young fellow thore,
German lie had married girl
over In Berlin, and borrowed money
from a friend, 20 come 10 America 20
his new home to win "A fortune. They
had saved out Of their meager earn
ings Ettle bit which they put in
a chamois skin bag until they could
get the amount to send Il back 10
lhcir bcuefactor who made 4 possi-
HE for them to come to their new
chosen home.
They had s63 saved 50 that cham.
OILS skin bag in a drawer. lie came
down 10 the tabernacle ono night
with his wife, and some one who
evidently knew about n, went into
the house and took nothing but that
chRmois skin bag, showing that
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