The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-10
BACKSLIDERS
Copyright 1917, by William Ashley Sunday


Ieavc something more than an
opitaph on n Tombstone. You leave
regrets In the hearts Of people
whom you have leftcd toward God
because you, yourself had known
something of the Lord.
a little girl, was asked why ahc
Zen out OF bed and she said, - went
GO sleep TOO close TO where / craWlod
in"
We don't get far enough away
from tho things OF tho world.
out IN y western fiatc -hey had "a
strike ON the railroad. They filled
the er.kors places with any Kind OF
au engineer whether locomotive or
HtHtiouary Thcy put an lrirhmpn
up lu the cab Of "a locomotive and ho
did very we'll. Ito brought thO en-
gino ON the turn table nud fr saw
Fho was going through, go hc started
back ou tho tjtrs taUlO and repeated
this Hovcrai times,
"Pat. why don't you shut her OF
ana keep her in horoi" said a fol-
low workman.
why don't you shut the door ana
keep her ln?" he replied.
A friend or mine WIS preaching In
southern city and IN the middle of
the sermon he asked; "How many u
Hou people once knew God, had any
experience, and now don't pray aud
have grown CATHlCss IN your liDI
Arc you willing to admit ~"
Forty or 30 people uroHc and In
that mute way acknowledge thcir
neglect and their curclo~ncei. and
As they sat down hc said
Sow a,o yod Wiling to 80 "a riep
further? WIN you tell us what
caused you to loose your touch with
God and why you let the gosGl
train 90
One man said. well I thought
could kecp my HIoyc open on sun
day morning TO accommodate a few
struggling customers and thon close
Il IN time To got around TO the
church.
Nothing doingl You can't cut tho
week up into seven partg and spirit
uaiizc tho secular ~ trotting out to
church on Sunday morning and
hooking little more plous than you
did on Saturday. Not on your lie,
/ say n man that will keep his 6toro
upen on Sunday. In my opinion lis an
anarchist ana he can't have u dollar
OF my money. Not q dollar,.
lie mightn't go into bankruptcy IL
lac didn't havo my trade but he cant
have It, he trampled Gods law
'noath his feet.
'Wby She BIackslldcd.
Presently young lady arose and
sine said. "Wcll, u young lady
friends of mine gave a card party
and thought I Ind to give q bridge
In return and among those invited
was young man / didn't know ana
when no arrived at my house, he
felt chagrincd aud Mortified to
imagine that I thought he'd stoop
To do that and lie took hts coat and
hat and left the house and I made
min thut lAnl IA | nin
that | WAS not worthy az be d nv IN
bef OF the church. That w why
drirted away. trying to ape other
people"
Another fellow said i backslld
when voted whisky ticket"
You bet your life ho backslid be
fore he voted or he never would
have voted for that dirty, lowdown
business, and In my upinion, man
can't stand sponsor To that dirty
business tnd keep his manhood 10
minutes. Make up your mind! The
saloon Is the biitcreJ enemy TO
virtue, to home. to education, to
childhood there is on God Almighty =
dlul Don't you lit your hand aud
look decent man In the lace when
YOU stand sponsor for the most
damnablo lntltution that ever wirg-
gled it's carcass out OF hell--tho
liquor trafficl
IL is one thing TO be member
OF n church, another 10 be "A member
OF the body OF Jesus Christ; al
though they ought 10 be synony-
nous. but they are not They arc
thousands OF members OF the Nis-
ible church the Methodist. Luth-
Gran. Presbyterian, Conversations
liss-tiey arc members OF the
church, hut not members OF tho body
of Jesus Christ for they have never
been born again. There will be lots
OF church members In hell. Lots OF
protcStans In hell. lots OF Catholics
ip Acl--- they never were converted,
they never had a change OF libc,
noYcr born 0galn
You can't beat the dcvll. sister
hc has been prcying ON this old
world fDr 5000 years. he never has
4 rheuIuatlsm or appendicitis OF
pcritunius. II you get 10 playing
; tag with the devil In his door yard
L ne viii hit you on the back and Say
Tag, ycsi are it, You can't put II
over him.
Some church members have The
hoOf and mouth disease they rui
around the ncighhorhood and wlud
Jam about their neighbors and tall
about them.
| preach against certain amuso
montR YOU will be aware OF this fac
before / leave this city. | don
do II 20 arouse your antagoulsm.
am not crank. You can como her,
and sit and listen TO mo, and ] an
not afcrank about anything, and IN!
warfare SIS FOR the interest and vir
tue and morals OF men and women
don't care three hoops who
have 20 antagonize or what institu
tAn or corporation | have'to figh
To make u cAsior for men TO get I,
heaven and harder for mon 20 sc
10 hell!
l find more people in the churcl
that are kept out from communion
with God. and moro people KEEP
outside than are coming ma. II 20,
live wrong you can't die right -
make up your mind what you wan
70 do. Emerson said,
Folks Don't FINISH Things.
what you are, speaks 80 louui
cannot hear what you say.
tell you life ia chuck fun OF hal
done things. started and neve
finished; trades begun, the
abandoned; education started, the
stopped, until eight mdllion boy
drop out OF school In this countr
at the end OF the eighth grad,