The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-17


you must have eyes ia the back or I
your head n you can't see tnat I
Gods spirit In moving upon thls /
city What would bring you mere |
night after night, great throngs OF |
mon and women, turned from the
implements and tho instruments 'ot
your toll, and hurrying up here, |
only that you are Interested IN the
salvation OF souls, knowing that this
world isn't all2
And in time of great awakening
Oh. thousands upon thousands VIII
press into the kingdom OF Coo.
Perhaps your own wife and children
are in there now. your mother may
be In glory now; and tho old snip
of Zion will go CarCcnlng It's way
down the streets and they Will /
beckon you TO come on deck Thcy
will cali at your home, your office,
your store, and the Spirit OF COO
will speak to YOU In tho quiet OF
your room and ask you to yicld 70
Him. 90 10 Him when God calls.
Years ago a friend of mine was
preaching out I'm a town In Illinois.
lie met Dr. MacFarland, who was
thon pastor Of the Baptist church,
and Dr. MacFarland said to him,
Something tells me I ought TO go
and see Frank FalkenberB"
Waited for His Friend.
Frank was one of the Leading
business men Of that town, Jackson
vile, Ul.--a 32d degree Mason and
a cracking good fellow. The doc
tor said. Something tells me. !
ought TO go and speak to Frank.
He used TO como TO church but ne
wasn't a regular member OF tne
church-as fine a man as you would
ever meet outside OF II, but he had
never made a confession.
My friend said, GO
Dr. MacFarland said, II will go IL
you will pray
lie said, II will pray every min
ute"
lie walked out to that beautiful
home and there Frank sat upon the
| veranda, and Or, MacFarland said
| 81 have come up to ask you TO pe
| a Christian. MIR faiKgnberg.'
Frank said. Il have been Wishing
all the morning that you'd come. l
| awakened my wife at 2 o'clock thls
| morning and said I would like to
/ see Or. MacFarand. that perhaps
| he could help me. | haven't been
near the store or the bank. I
! 'phoned thom I wouldn't bo down.
And he took him into the house
| and he gave his heart to Christ.
Some months later he was very III
/ and they sent for DR.. MaCFarland'
and as he stepped to the bedside
Frank said. 81 am so glad you came
! that day. II you hadn't ] should pc
dying without hope In Jesus christ
| mo man cared for my SOUL!
The world will give YOU money.
] but the world doesn't care for your
! soul. II YOU want 10 go out and sell
your virtue, go. If you want to SUCK
"A gun under mans nose, 80. II you
want to crack safe, go.
The world will give you money,
| but please remember you nave got
TO nay. my friend, the penalty that
goes with your getting 1t In a
| crooked or dishonest way.
oh, the world will give you fame
| political fame. as captain or IN
dustry. fame as an artist, fame as
LAWYER, fame as physician, fame
| i'm the innumberable walks of IRE
The world will give you money, the
world will give you fame. The world
will give you a chance TO climo the
ladder until you can distance ali
councillors in the race for fame
and money and in the battle Tor
bread; but what about when you
are through?
Many a man, whom he goes out
on the railroad. when he goes down
to his store, to the bank; many a
girl goes TO the office, to the rae
tory and their minds are perpleNeu'
They know that few brief years
viii wind up their earthly career
and we will all go to n place where
our. business. our social and our po-
htlcal ability will be a sdperfluity
They wonder II the Bible Is true
] Ia won
der IL II IL figurative, they wonder
II II is a metaphor. they wonder II II
ls a smile. There are multitude'
Of people that wonder about thos'
questions. I have no doubt but tina
there are men In this city, perhaps
In this audience tonight, that would
pull out their CheckDooHs and write
a check on the bank for thousand'
OF dollars II you could only have
proven to your satisfaction tina
there is a heaven for the saved anc
a holl for the lost and that heaVef
can only be reached by faith II
Jesus Christ
II won't cost you cent. 1t f.
true. whether YOU believe It or not
but your unbeliof doesn't alter tn,
fact that II you don't repent, YOU vii
r go TO hell whether you are hob
Z or n millionaire. Salvation IL b.
. faith In Christ. and God Ia no re
Q spector OF persons in the world
The world don't care, the mer
q chant don't care for your soul, onl,
e your trade. oh. the politician don
! care for your soul, only your vote
Vote for him today and you can ~
\ to hell tomorrow for all he cares
10 He Is not concerned. The libcrtln
! don't care for your soul, only you
y virtue. Oh. the saloons don't car
for your soul, only your money Il
Q their till and their booze In you
I stomach, to make a hog and a brut
. and a beast out of you as you stag
I ger and reel and vomit home. The
r don't care for your soul
= ON. how melancholy have bco
" the latter days OF many that tn
r world crowned as great. Caesar
4 stabbed while on his way to the Ro
man senate, and as he fell at the bas
, OF pompey's statue, muffling hi
face in his mantle. he looked up int
the face OF Brutus-Brutus was hi
e protege, Brutus owed to Caesar a
g that he was--and when he sa'
Brutus among his enemies, IL brok
q his heart and he said. Thou TO,
h Brutus," And yet he was warned
" ntpcIetian rctircs I'm disgust trOT