The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-10

near tho front and hc would ha hal
and phil his whiskors.
God IiOnors Drnft.
Ana here was fellow leading
that Infamous gang, who used 10
pray There he was, an oh amos
tate. there he was an old black
hearted infideL blasphcming God
Almighty and damning the preacher
or the church and anybody that
wanted 10 make people decent and
serve God.
Ia business lie there are unforc-
rocn hard times, the war has gotten
all business out ~ lOiuf, many a
| man has found it had work to
weather the blast. There are I'M
forcsccn hard times. You may be
ablo 20 uverdraw your account at
| the bank. YOU may not The
| banks may know you too we'll
But no dram has ever been made
from an honest, heart on the BANK
window of heaven that God Al
mighty over refused tu honor aud
/ | don't care who you are or what
your condition rs now. ~, ont OF q
Hlnner's heart YOU ask God FOR
Chtists sake TO forgive ana forget
the past God Almighty viii blot
IL out Hs 10 cloud. ana ~ you win
ghovo I'm at the bank window Of
heaven confession or the fact that
YOU are o sinner. God will pass you
back shlvat,"n iu exchange. tur your
slas. Ia other words, he Will give
you good money for counterfeit
Come on
Somebody asked me, why is II
80 hoinous 20 SIM"
I VIII tell you ST h. to bc untrue.
There IN no man or woman that
80 dellghN tu honor az a true man
or "a true woman. there is no one
80 dcspisr ana abhor as a CON
tcmptiblc snake iu tho grass an
untrue man or an untrue woman.
! .. one whose word is weak as 70
| rope OF sand and whose honor is
AS uncnduring as "a cloud Of smoke
or OF vapor.
You may differ from me IN poll
| ties, In business, YOU may dlGfor
| from me In religion, II | know that
your ideals are wrong, ! will work
hard 10 convince you OF yo& errors,
clarity your vision. let you catch a
glimpse OF Jesus Chriat, but an the
| time I viii admire you and respect
| you n you are living up to your
| highest ideal Of what you believe
to bc true. But ~ I know what
| YOU believe TO be true IL erroneous
I viii work hard TO lead you into
! the light but all the time am do
ing 1T say I viii admire you
| although | may differ from YOU,
II YOU are living up TO your highest
Ideal,
At the beginning Of the civil war,
Gen. Robert n. Lee said TO Gen.
Winfield Scott:
~ am a union man at heart, uud
| tho thoughts of the possibility Of the
dissolution OF this union an me with
ChaRrin, horror and dread; Dut my
nntlvc state. virginia. has seeded
| and l consider II my duty to cast
| my lot ~ a faithful son with my
mother state, and I must bid, you.
General Scott. and the union, fare
well!"
And Robert II. Lee followed that
| cause which at last became a lost
cause. He saw the phantoms OF hts
dreams dissolve and disappear in
the red. white and blue of, the old
flag lie saw those principles FOR
which hc fought, for which he suf-
Tered the loss OF all things, broken,
dismantled. oVCrthrowu and irre-
trievably ruined, lying at his feet
Ills nropertY In Arlington was CON
fiscated by the government, and he
a prematurely old man, was broken
In health. broken In spirit.
In that hour OF loss an trial
that Internal. damnahlc, contempt
ihle, octupus of hell that used T.
disgrace our shores. the Louisiana
state lottery. offered HIM the presi-
dcncy OF the Institution old Beau
regard, who fired on Fort sumter,
had been president. They offered
Robert ~ Lee the presidency OF ~,
he said.
/ "Gcntlemcn, | don't understand
that business"
They said I'VE understand tho
thusiness, Hii VIC want is your naWc
and the influence It viii command.
, We will give you n salary Of $4,000
a year and we will run the business
| An we want Is your name. That Is
! ALI"
And Robert T. Lee arose he put
on that gray coat buttoncd y across
his shriveled breast. ooked out iron,
hcncath gray shaggy eyebrows ana
said:
Gentlemen, my good name and
/ my reputation as a Christian are all
that are left to mo- out OF the wreck.
but you cant buy Robert u. Lee"
For a thousand dollars "A wear he
taught the young ucn OF the South
higher principles, mathe mattcs, and
natural science, and as my friend.
I W ulkfi W iflllN says NlfbNlllk w
him refusing tho honors ana emolu-
mcnts that he might stoop to serve
lie accepted the presidency OF
the then impoverished Washington
College, which today has the honor
of bearing the name OF Washington
and Lee and he gave the slogan Of a
new era To the south lie said. I
have led the young men of the south
in battle, | have seen thousands oi
them die on the battlcnelds and
shah devote the remainder Of m.
years 20 teaching them the duty OF
life %
ICo u Christian.
lilo passed the brief evening OF his
life striving by example and by pre-
cept to train the young men uf the
southland as Christians. tie was as
( Eentln Hs mother in his dcal'ngs
he was as stcadfast to duty as yes
tai hc was az obcdient TO law "a,
Socrates he was as grand I'm battlf
as Hector and he possessed th'
virtues of mary OF the great com
maudcra without arrogance, a soldier
without cruelty he was "A victor
without oppression, ne was "A tricud
without trcachery he was foe
, without hate. Christian without
I hNnOCrigv "A man without guile. ht