The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-16
'HRFE HaRl ASs sS, Mercies of God
e. "'HOI H''lh 1917 by William Ashley Sunday

play; thlt YOU can drink .u the mel
ouy wit which God has filled this
whole world hour tho WORD
preach Hud honr fhom uuR ~
tdi cuu hear tho vo.co of your
mother Hr your child. stop 10 r.
telephrr. hear your loved ones IN
ChicagH San Francisco.
on, hat am awful calamity to be-
deaf, and tp lose all the good tult
comes through being nDlo tp h'Hr
Ana you can think OF such great
hlessir9 coming 10 you through ouch
a wofd.,.ul privilege and NOT have
your h'1r' quicken with gratitude 60
Ood3 IHsn never hear U sound
again Without thanking Bud thHf YOU
can I.Ht ~ the iUeFolrH ~ God
Dit rpu ever thank cod FOR the
bfrs Ntf of NsicF You know there
are r 1plD that cannot ten by taste
WI iher thcy are eating uruwber-
ri' ana cream or bulod rhnvinga.
There arc people thut have such vi.
cious tI1toH lt is almost impossible 10
cat, and YOU ought 10 thank God
FOR nHUIug 20 many good things
tqhte good God might have made
our Tod taste like quinino or gar
bsge, lf ITO didn't.
Tai about the disaRrconblo things
>
Abou tun good things Ia the world
and 'N'n thank God that you don't
nave ' hold yuur nose and make a.
faro very time you Ft down Gt tho
tab There are people that don't
kno what That means, mo-. Hlr.
1'1 You ever. thank God that you
car breathe. breathe without pain.
thi you have good lungs? or ali
thy people who die In this country,
or out uf eleven die from cunsump-
ton, and Of all tho women y@ho 81.
o." out OF eight die from cancer.
'flt the time viii come whom thp
'ihFslcians, by their marvellous skin.
.wIll defcat tho white plague and beat
back that dread scourgc which
uushes ono out OF eleven into the
''lin, Ever thank God that you
.3n breathe2
Did you ever thank God that you
"an slcep2 II not. n was tne Lord.
IA keep you awake every night for
about month, until you appreciated
70. Thero are a lot of people that
don't hnVw what II is 10 sleep unless
they take an 0piatc, and then they
work pNer IN their mind what has
been their calllrs through the day.
Did you ever thank God tor tho
hoapitnls2 bli you ever thank God
for the dncturs7 Ever thank God
for tho nurs.s7 Oh. how many of
us here ton ght would he in our
graves n I; wasn't for the skill Of
the men who come with their scalpcl
ana trocar TO remove the putrcfyiuR
ahcesscs that bore their way towards
our vitnls ana threaten 20 put us IN
the grave7
Did YOU ever thank God for an the
wondorful blessings in the world, by
the morcios uf Godr For the bread
you ato for your supper, while other
people lust as good IA Won viii go
to bed hungry YOU live above the
hunger line and they live below tho
hunger line.
Did you over thank God for the
drought that never came. Tor the
fact that America has never scrapcd
the bottom Of her meal barrel, new
or; for the cattle On n thousand hills.
for the green OF spring. which is n
hnrbinger OF what God will do for
us, and our granarica will be fuli In
the fall. for the lie that somebody
uttrrrd nhuut YOU dprpgatory TO
your character, and that became a
boomerang ~ tho fsce cf the repro
bate thai dared alrw It out to nasas-
sinato your character for the health
that enables you TO sit here and lis
ten while others Just as good are
writhpg in pain ana sur rrlng I'm
some hospital or home?
| preached in town in Illinois
and they Hgld 70 me whHu got
through, "will you 30 10 see "A
mOnf'
I. ] said rs he wei or hct2"
They SAID "He uek"
said, Well. . oW not going 60
chase around and see these well
ones, bot aiol, m1n-ycs, I will go.
-I,'ycnt and | found the man lying
IN rcl. and h'1 limbs were no larger
than my wgists. This man hadn't
hadn't told me a thing about It. l
said " How long have you been In
He aid. ct have been in bed for
S4 years"
Il was Wy ia Elgin. III A friend
OF mine had been TO see him and ne
sald 20 him, 'nout you suffer hero
Doesn't It go agoinst the grain to lie
hore and suffer"
lie Knew Jesus.
lie said. Il feet so sorry Tor we'll
people that can walk hut don't
know Jesus Christ. and ia rather
. lie here, knowing Jesus christ. than
| 20 b. able to walk and not know
H!@.'
/ what a lesson,
BY the morcics of God"-by. the
i baby tutt VIII wait for you when
/ YOU come home tonight, while some
body p,lo7 six feet OF dirt ON top OF
theirs this afternoon, by the wife,
while some man burics his. and he
has TO Doe father and mother Co the
little brood lott behind; by the sal.
walton that YOU enjoy, with your
name written In the Lambs Book of
Life, whilo the fellow that sits next
TO you. II he died. hcd bo lu hcl
before midnight ana Il is now TWEEN,
y-fiye minutes past eight
by the mercics OF God liz you,
heart isn't a piece OF adamnnt
hunk OF stone, It will melt with graf
itude TO the Giyer OF all good.
81 bGseech you, brethren" No or
| derH from n swaggoring martinez, n,
delivery down TO the rank aud file
no speaking down for some LOFTY
superior eminenoe OF wealth or 90
learning or social position,
A friend OF mire won't TO Englan,
years ago 90 deliver some aadresse
on the labor question and one dal
the chairman OF the day was IN,