The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-16

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Iie said, "Td liRo 10 have you
I come. You are the first stranger
that ] have invited In ~ years" lie
said. ~ am not proud. am not
naughty nor arrogant, that's not IL,
but we have an lmhecile son and we
never thought II would be pleasant 10
have strangers. so mother and I
have forcgono the pleasure and de-
light 1t would have given us and Civ
en- ourselves TO the care Of our boy.
Something you said in your sermon
leh me 10 conclude you wouldn't
mind VIII you Gomez"
My friend said, II will"
Tho next day he was there. Dim
nor was announced and they led the
boy In. lie was 20 years old. They
ied MIN In and put a napkin around
hiF neck and cut his food lie was
almost AZ helpless ms n child.
When Tho meal was finished. they
stopped into tho pRrlor and my
friend said 10 the father:
was your child born that way ?
~ II hereditary or was II the result
OF nffliction7"
No. not taint OF insanity I'm any
OF the ancestors He was as bright
us any boy have ever seen until ne
was a little over n year old. and he
was afflicted with a maiady OF the
brain, which left him I'm this coma
toSe state, and many "A night we
would go to bed, thinking that when
we got up In the morning he would
bc gone. lie was 30 sick that moth
er and I despalrcd OF his living"
NV fTiQUH gaIH rIf Ia.a E.,.,. . -
me IL would have been a blessing for
God 10 have taken him away when
he was young"
The old man looked nt my friend
Just minute and the tears rolled
down his checks and blinded by
thon and shaking with grief. he
walked over and said
II know you didn't mean Il. but
you couldn't have said anything that
hurt me worse than that. / know
he's an imbeclle. and mother and |
have said II his mind would only
come back and stay long enough for
him TO put his arms around my neck
and kiss me and say, Well, father.
j am sorry Tor any trouble I have
caused you. for the sleepiess nights
or expense. but ! couldn't help it.
/ loNo YOU would be perfectly
I'd feel repaid. And mother said
if he could Just put his arms around
her neck. we would feel repaid n
thousandfold sir"
OH II some OF you people were
onlSe decent enough to say to Jesus
Christ. II am sorry, Lord. that |
have lived In sin and served the dew
Ill am sorry I ever did IT," Jesus
Christ would feel repaid n thousand
fold for all the spittle that ever hit
His face from that God forsaken
mob. or for ali the rocks.
Listen to me--you needn't TO talk
.-yeu are throwing rocks at Jesus
Chist evey day you live without Je-
sus Christ. the same as the other
crowd. and you are taking your
stand with the same crowd.
He'd feel repaid Il thousandfold II
you'd walk down this aisle and by
that act say you are ready to do His
will.
He maketh mo to lie down In
green pastures; He leadeth me be-
side the still waters"
Hungry sheep viii not lie down.
A ungry animal OF any kind Will
not lie down. and the fact that ~
does, is evidence of It's satisfaction
and contentment.
preached out In Colorado Springs
One of the prettlest towns on earth
Colorado Springs. ! preached out
there. think there are more things
20 see within the radius OF Pixies
Peak region than any like section OF
the country, and l went nearly every
where there. Wen, there was one
place did not go--that was out to
the grave of Helen Hunt Jackson
~ \ nj ia n
wanted 20 go up there whore they
had buried her, for this incident had
always been a help To me:
One day she waS walking down
tho streets of Colorado Springs. II
was cold day IN the fall and there
were Gurries of snow and gusts OF
rain coming from old Pixies Peak.
She felt chilled and she bad on
heavy wool garments, then her
heavy outer dress and over that a
gossnmer, and she carried an UNI
brella and even with all that cloth
ing she felt herself chilled.
She was going down the street and
she turned the corner, and there In
front of n window where there was
a millinery display OF ribbons OF all
colors. she saw little girl about
seven or eight years of age. on her
ehi III nuns q Hsh1hRN AhN ~ Nhae 'N''
ket were broken pieces of pie, cake.
doughnuts and bread and meat, evil
dences that she had been the recip-
lent of the hand OF charity at some
restaurant or hotel. where. they had
given away the scraps after the meal,
She had fascinator on her head
and she had on calico dress, and
she was barofooted and her llps~vere
blue,
Loved Pretty Things.
Entirely needless of the passersby,
she was looking into the window and
talking to herself, and she said:
81 choose that color, and 1 choose
that color. choose that color"
She turned and saw Miss Jackson.
and abe kind OF shied bashfully
away, and Miss Jackson said to her:
rHoney, don't you be afraid. Stay
and look at the pretty things--they
are as much yours as mine
And she dropped "a dollar into her
hand and turned and went away. She
couldn't get the picture of that little
girl out OF her mind. She couldn't
have gone over three blocks until
she said 10 herself:
"rm going back and see II that
little girl is still there"
She peeked around the corner ana
there, standing in the water up to
her ankles, stood the little girl. with
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