The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-20
The Moral Leper
Copyright 1917, by William Ashley Sunday


sermon, THE Moral Lopor" preached
Saturday night follows.
II have sometimes tried TO imagine
myself In Damascus on review day.
ana navo Bccn H man riding. some
what apart from hts troops, upon 20
horse richly chpariHoncd with trap
pings Of silver and gold. and he him.
self clothed Ia garments of the finest
texture and yet with O. face no sad
ana melancholy ns to be- ropulsivc.
and win your sympathy and cause
the bc..3ldcr TO turn and look sec.
ond time. a man unspcuRtomod
10 such scenes ana events might have
been heard, ns he stood ON the curb.
stone 10 have made a remark similar
TO this.
How uncqualy God scoms 10 d.
. vide hla favorH, There Be- De- man that
rides ana the others walk ho ig o.
friend of the Kings aud the others
,ar" forgotten hc BE- clothed in tho
finest garment and they are almost
rnakcd and dospisod
q con. IL We only know the secrets
I Ia tho hearts and lives of great
many people we envy today. we'd
pity them from the depths of our
souls
Years ago. was being driven
through a beautiful suburb of Chi
caEo by "A man who wanted 20 0oll
me q lot and who was pointing out
here ana there. how highly could
consider myself uuWu'iWontcd n
felt myself able tu purchase u homo
and live in that uclEhborhuod or this
one. Finally w' went past "a boauti-
ful home. % pdla'iIl homo and no
said tu me.
That belongs go Mr. SO and so
and So, and named them. and hc
said to me. They have been known
ato live for months Ono that home and
never speak to ono another Each
have their separate apartments, each
their own cquipIEc'
Thoughts Turn Rack to Home"
My thoughts hurried back 20 the
little flat, We called our home and
whore we'd lived for 20 years aud
Ia paid rent enough 10 have bought
the whole thing There wasn't very
much IN &C. | could have loaded all
the furniture In two furniture vans
and said
Well. Lord. ic l had 20 give a
littlo flat with the peace and happl-
ness and love that goes with II and
have tho palati6l home and troubled
insomnia and tear stained checks
and the worry why. I wouldn't do
H. and from that day 20 this have
had n new vision OF things and have
been moro contcnted and satisfied
thnn ever.
"'But he was a lcpor.' That dis
case, peculiar to the orient, is ex-
ccedlngly loathsome. and as study
it's pathology ! am not surprised that
God ssed Il aa type OF sin. a man
accustomed 20 understand the begin
uinEs OF the tayages of that disease
might have said to one thus af-
flicted.
do Kou SEQ that Hpot7 You'd
better 80 show yourself TO the priest
forN the cleansing. according TO the
Mosaic ceremonial law
"'oh,' says the man thus address
cd You are unduly excited and
alarmed and agitated for my welfare.
That's nothing but "a water blister;
nothing but "A plmple, Tester. no
larger than tbs head of "a pin. and at
first the sorea we're few, then there
were many
AT first the hand. then tho arm
and then tho body Is covered and II
lays hold with It's slimy coils upon
every nerve and vein and Joint and
marrow and cutlcle and as the dayB
go by the ecums are large and then
the sores. until the entire body be-
comes mass or putrefnction and
80 It Is with sin. and I am not
surprised that God used Il as a type
OF sin In It's development and
growth. SO l say to tho boy. be
carefull Don't You go with that gang
that sneerB and mocks at the Lord
and makes comments upon every
body that passes them ON the street
and condemns virtue. Why. | heard
YOU swear Just now, and take the
name OF God In vain. Why | smell
liquor on your breath, you are going
down the line that will end in ruin.
Why do you laueh at a smutty story
that somebody told as though that
was witty instead OF being devilish,
lle said I never expect to 40 down
and further than that
said 20 that girl. he careful. my
Eirll Don't you go with that crowd
or goddess young men. Don't choose
those young men for your compan-
IONS. Don't you so down thore TO
that ballroom. Three-fourths OF all
the gtrls in this country have been
ruined by the excitement OF their
passions down on the ballroom
floor, l am Interested In ,welfare,
I've got to assault aomo popular In
Htitutions and | don't care three
Whoof5 this side pordition what
may be said about me doing It.
am trying to protect you against
the enemy OF your soul.
II say, don't you allow these llh-
crtincs 10 do Il. Don't you laugh
at that story with "A double moan
ing when tho boys tell Il. TO simply
find out II they could get an entry
into your mind and see N they
could disarm your prejudice.
Years ago. Henry Clay was
publisher, and / don't know Of any
better periodical publisher. lie told
that years ago when he was In Lon
don, he went To a theater 20 see an
exhibition OF animals and every
body was astounded by tho marvel
ous power that the man had over
them. They went through their va
rious performances and there was
one animal In the crowd that he
never took his eyes from. and II Is
one species OF animal that has
never been known 10 submit TO man
either through brutality or kindness
that IL the black panther.
"And tho most difficult horse of
all upon earth To tame Is the black
stallion, and the one snake that
has never been tanned IL the black
,obra. The black horse has never
an bunfttpl ~ the ant hOritv NJ a hu-