The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-13
Home
copyriah, 1917, by William Ashley Sunday

Ecrmon on the home. preacher SIS.
urday night follows lu part
In Genesis, the cirhtHnu.h char
ter, tho nineteenth worse, j know
MIN" Csponkiur of Abraham COO
said 81 know him. ana be- VII com
mand his children and r.a house
hold after him"
Ana I viii he perfectly satiH'Ind
~ they IRE ag good urd ON lh'
squire likc Abraham. II know nl
for he viii command hlH chIldfw
ana hi7 household after niw
nm going 10 throw mysnlf upon
the pr8yorful FywUatuv uf fui7 '1u
groEouon, Wlfy 90 prfyorW bop.
That what ] have f0 cay may ofI
your attention auI grip your h'l'.
Somebody has wla thot The aw .''N
words lu tNr i5H~uaf" Wni'h we
rpcuk, no matter what cline. WHrIH
or whore 'ne rlun'1 uH dancing
SUM" IN belle Franco OF upon COY
Ions pHri1w'd scores or lld'H
corbl Strand, 1r Whore lnr fln
King holds anoy iu tic Elpn'l!"
of the north, fuH t"c'ir" word
fhC language i7 Homo Wl. 'hcr Ut
means that the Eglu.mo IN hIg iFl'"
or whcthrr 70 means u 60 the mara"
in hig icpon ou ih" I.ninH or TO- ,h'
millionaire 500 hlH palace on fli.u
avenue.
want Won tn rn with mo Tor %
brlef time ~ 'h. most sacred spot
in nll mo world. tho ono around
which clusters moro sweet nHsDcio-
tong nnd precious memories than
euv other n tha universe ana tAp
ia home. Tho longer ! Ivc and the
moro [ vl.I' up md down tho land
aud see the Joys and thc sorrows and
tho aurcrrHp. aud the failures uf mon
and women, the moro / become con-
viucod that tho home is one Of tho
greatest problomH we have.
Tho homes are Ike streams pour
inF forth their current into the great
world. and they should be the center
~ everything thht Ia noble ana IN
Hpirinr Nothing should over bn
permitted to wrigglc It's Infamous
dcstroyinR carcass across your
tnrvsHuiu to uS7usS natc virtue -
20 murder any thought thHt might
lead that boy or girl toward God, or
on their knees 10 develop Chris
tian character
what Homo is' 49,
You walk mp ana ASK 10 diiter-
ent men Tor definition or nome
you getiU different dlfinitlons' TO
one II is love or hearth. TO an
other it is plenty to wear. 10 an
other II IL warmth. To another u !
comfort, To onothor ~ IL Ihtclh-
gence. To another II IN devotion
To another ils ie rogrottul goouby'
when you go away and greoung'
WIN HhlIe ana h'9h "heh YOU y"
tuIn. ,.,.t
= TO another u 10 wnh,' iooNthB @ @nu'
or cheeriesh Ilre' ana ~ ~ nui'g9,
IN an empty tray, ana the camp az
ehiverlng with curses no bihle' NJ
sabbath wave rolls over tho tnIeb'
hold the children are donpers IN enl'
bryo. obscene Honbs' iheiT iuHSvS
Every race is picture OF sQuhlol
ana OF want ~ IL NeHllpu'e tp wv
pit ana II ~ furnace tofgihg chail
l think the proper or inptopel
settlement OF the nome qucstlon u
the most important quesuoh N wv
world. and you never can settle
right, my friend, unlcsa YOU settl
arE. Of all that YOU as a tathet hW
mother Will be a Christian ana s,rV
Jesus Christ. ~ VIII mean the 10
ana sorrow or the wear ana woe y
more boys ana girls thhn any sihhih
question that comes up.
OH you may huiId your palace
You may amaSs your fortunes 20
may pile your Injuries around yv'
Your lardor may be filled with W
most delicate yiands. th:. .se .!eie
and markets OF this old world ca
produce and by your wealth 70
may be enabled to put them on you
table until II groans ana ntaEEef
with tlw weight OF the lux,ples' No
can spread the carpets or fabulou
wealth. or Persian rugs on you
floors. You can eat your Too
from hand painted china You ca
have priceless tapestry hanging O
your walls. Paintings from m
easles OF the famous masters of nl
may gaze upon you from tho wall
But nothing will ever mako happ
the father or the mother VINO wal
Tor the coming footsteps OF some ~
who has become careless ana ttiNl
ous ana coquettish. and II won't |
long until, perhaps she VIII help
feed the brothcl or she wlll beoon
tho mother OF an illeWtlmate chi
because Of her indiference. or son
whisky soaked boy VINO beRrS yol
name II putting stain upon u
family tHcutchoon that wealth ~
culture can roNor U inc unlNef
be able to erase.
Not only does happiness cent
about tho home but tne s9aiel a.
the moral and the 'lN'l ana ,he
ligious power centers anouL
nome Ihe uoWntail ol ihuSl ~ W
and women can 30 traced 20 hHi