The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-19

'N''N a'HA Gum
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He Had Excuses,
Moody was preaching one night IN
tarwCll hall. lie said: who is
there here tonight anxious for our
prayers and who wants 90 be a
Christian 2"
The hand Of a man shot up. lie
/ took him by the hand. "Glad TO see
you!" lie tried to get him to prom
ise he'd live for Jesus Christ. but he
said: NO, Moody, not now"
But they took his name and ad-
dress. The next time Moody heard
| OF him. he was sick. Moody hurried
/ up on the north side In Chicago to
see him. The fellow said; We'll,
now, Moody, | appreciate your in
| terest In me, but | wouldn't think or
doing It now. / wouldn't DO when
/ l am III what I wouldn't do when
| / was well. Wait until | am well,
| Convalesclng.
The next Moody heard OF the fell
| low he was getting along very well.
| He said to him: "Now you are get
ting wen, settle It now"
"Well, l declare" he said. 81
| dread TO say no, but will tell you,
/ Moody, | bought a fruit farm in
/ Michigan, and when 1 get moved
and settled then I'll make new
I friends, and II ! want to Join the
church then. | can do 50"
The next Moody heard of tho fell
/ low he had suffered a relapse He
went TO the fellows ranch and asked
to sec him, and when he saw Moody
/ he said You're too late. This Is
/ the twelfth hour and the clock has
begun to strike"
/ lie said: MAY I pray?'
yes, you may pray" he said
Moody got down on his knees and
prayed with him. when he arose
he looked into his face and he was
trying TO speak. lie finally said:
The harvest is passed, the summer
/ is ended, and | am not saved
Moody said: I'VE put him in a
Christless coffin and bore him to
| Christless grave. He went to
| Christless eternity"
You ought to choose now and lay
| up treasures in heaven. Many have
much here but they will be paupers
over yonder.
William Reynolds G. wonder II
any OF YOU ever heard of him) lived
| in Peoria, Illinois. A friend OF his
/ invited him out to his homo. He
! owned thousands OF acres out in the
| famous corn belt. | have seem the
| house And his friend asked him
! to come out and take little vaca y
/ ton and rest. lie said: III you will
come out here and say nothing about
religion you'n have the time OF your
! life but don't come out here ard
! begin talking about religion. lie
doesn't care about 1t, he's making
monev-iust forget religion" My
| friend didn't say whether he would
or not.
The second day they were there
] he took my friend up on top OF the
/ house IL was an old fashioned sum
mer house, wide halls and rooms on
| either side. cupola on top. He said:
Now, look away off yonder in the
! east; do you see the cattle on the
! hill? Look away up here to the
north: do you see that town? The
| cattle and the land where the town
| stands are mine. | can build a-rail-
| road right through there; l own
| those three tall buildings. Look
away off here TO the south; do you
see where the sea and the air seem
| TO meet? That is the southern boun-
| dry. DO you sec that water In the
west: that's the west boundary
| came here years ago without a
cent" he said, "and it's all paid for
1t is cut up into 160 plots and there
is a house and barn on each. | am
very rich"
And my friend put his hand on
! his shoulder and asked: How muoh
| have you got up yonderY
Il have been so busy pilins 1t up
here that / haven't thought about
that" he said. -
Three months later they laid his
body beneath the sod in Illinois and
for 20 years the heirs quarreled over
I the estate. Some years ago II was
settled by a decision Of the Appel
late court.
No treasure beyond: no thought
about God or His truth. Three great
! men all died on the same day. ]
am not going to tell you this to sug-
gest anything relative 10 the char
actcr of the men, but to show you
| that when death knocks you VIII 60
no matter how rich you may be.
One was the king Of Spain, one
was the vice president of tho United
! States and the other william *
Vanderbilt. The newspapers said:
"The king of Spain IL no more,
"The vice president has passed
away" william X. Vanderbilt !.
dead"
on the day of the Vanderbilt IN.
neral thousands OF people assembled
down Fifth avenue to watch the iu-
neral procession. At the church iheS
carried the body down the steps
Across the street stood worki'''
! man.
well, well, well. pal, 30 that's
| Vanderbilt in that coffin they are
carrying down the steps,
"Yes. sir"
MANY n time ] have stood right
about here and / have watched him
come down, get into his carrias and
drive away to wall street with mil
lions and millions and | didn't have
cent. Today he Is coming down
without a cent in his pocket, ana. by
gosh, I've got two dollars
No matter who you are, when
death knocks, we have got to go
Gods giving us our chance IN the
world now. The most wealthy have
to go. A day, an hour, an snslan'
may be fatal.
Centuries ago Charlemagne d.ei
and Europe as you see II today Il
the broken fragments Of his king
dom-whcn Charlemagne died they
carried him into his sepulchre and
placed him on his throne of ivory
and gold and precious stones on
his head scintlllatcd a crown with