The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-30
is 1t Well With Thee?'
Copyright isi7 by william Ashley SUNDAY.

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tho faith OF the mother was not
misplaced In tho prophet Of God.
Prayer Is Answered
Now then. why do you suppose
that God gives Ms that beautiful
Ia'ory2 II We simply an Old Toatn-
mcnt incident. that Is all. but ]
think there ia "A lesson iu % peoul-
Ilariy applicable to this meeting ana
NJ particularly tonight that after pray
cr I bring you this message, and I
believe that God wants 10 teach ua
Importantly IN prayer. determine
ton tp accomplish the thing upon
which your heart is ret, no matter
how many ohHuclcs hell may pile lu
the way or how hard tho devil may
work 90 discourage you.
Years ago IN cincinnati, ono niEht
a. rich, fashionable church the
. minister had made hts appeal ana
as he came 20 the close ~ the scr
mon the Spirit ~ God seemed to
say 10 him. Make your appeal
personal Ask N there iEpt some
body here tonight who wants "a
have II settled"
lie never had done Il but the
Spirit seemed 90 say again. MAX"
your appeal personal Ask N there
Isn't somebody now that is Hick Of
sim
And when they concluded the
song, the minister said, is there
any one tired of sin ana want 10 be
Ia Chrlsti8n2 I feel constrained ana
drawn 20 ask you, VIII you lift
your hauds7"
lie waited. and thcro was no re-
sponse. lie made the appeal again
and the door opened and n young
man entered and dropped into the
rear seat.
lie made the appeal again. and
this young fellow jumped 90 hie
feet, lifted his hand and than cricd
out, 80 that the audience was start
led: pray for me. am sick and
tired Of sin. and ! have made n
wreck OF my lifc," and thon he
dropped. weeping. into the pew.
Tho minister advised him TO re-
main in hla seat after the meeting
wGs dismissed. Nobody spoke to
tho young man M he went out. The
minister came down the aisle and
talked with him, learned q sad story
OF prodignlity and wandering.
learned that hts father and mother
, lived I'm Brooklyn and he hadn't
heard from home for seven years.
and he didn't know whether they
were living or dead,
The minister advised him to write
home and tell them where nc was
and what he had done. lie ddnt
expect an answer back for four
days. but when the fourth day came,
thero was no answer. Tho nfth
day there was no answer aud ho
was worried; tho sixth day there
was no answer, aud he was troub.
led. the seventh day there was no
answer and he was In dlstrcss; the
eighth day no answer, and he was
In agony
The ninth day and the nnswor
came, but tho envelope was bor-
dered In black. with tear -dimmcd d
eyes, and trembling hands he broke
the seal. and he read something
, like this: MY precious boy; The
Joy which your letter brought 10
l. our home and hearts was only ex.
coeded hy the sadness which reignei
there at the same time. for as near
ly as we can conclude, the same day
/, and tho same hour that you say you
+, found Jesus Christ na your Savior
. In the church at Cincinnati, your
old father was going out Into tn,
= skies.
IAN day long he tossed and rolled
upon his bed. and his mind wou'f
I roam and wander and ho would cry
out n. God. save my poor way
ward. wandering boy
I'VE would rttempt to turn his
mind from your prodlgality and
drunkenness and wandering but no
would como back to II and cry out,
oh, God, save my poor, wandering,
wayward boy
Just before he passed on. he
cried, oh, God, save and he fin
lshed the prayer In the presence OF
Jesus"
Down at the bottom Of tho lettec,
the mother added this postscript,
edward YOU are Christian to-
night because your old father would
not let God 30 nor take No for an
answer"
oh, for men and women who
know how TO pray like that! Great
. God, for wives that could lay hold
, upon the Lord for husbands parents
' Tor children; friends for friends 80
, that they would be swept into the
, Kingdom OF God and yield for Jesus
4 Christ.
! would like to make my message
. tonight brief and make II pcrnunnl
r 80 that not man or woman could
!. leave this tabernacle and honestly
a say, lie didn't mean me. That did
~ not apply 20 me"
- First. "Is It well wit hthoe9" and
N | Will answer that much ~ II toi
IN every unsuVcd man or woman ~
"a this tabernacle. bow could u hi
40 wen with your II you were to dc
~ you would be In hell before mid
night How can u be we'll with yot
A when the wrath OF God is upon you
M when Gods hand Is against you
"A How can It be well when you are
a rebel to God and Gods Kingdom
ana living in rebellion, and nothiu,
IN but mercy OF God prevent Ills wFatl
al trom falling upon you?
4 | know men, | know their trials
Va know their temptations, and ther
"a la many man who Is Influence,
ar by the momentum OF tho crowd tina
p. no is with to DO things and say
ir things at the time he Ia with ther
n that he hates and despises himsel
m to think that he did and when h
40 Is alone he thinks, "Oh, how coul
"A have stopped TO do such thlul
IN that would put a blush on my moth
er's cheeks. mako my wife ashame
10 that sho ever married mo. or IN
10 children ashamed to call m
~ father?"
a Influenced by Crowd.
is There are men in he'll toniEh
N that were Influenced by the crow
u they went with. There are men /
k heaven tonight because they wer