The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-24

Will never walk. Begin with the
feet you have and learn to use them.
A man heard Of the beauties OF
a certain river ana he said II am
going u sec for myself" lie &c
cured uaphtha launch and he
sailed all the dnv and all tho night
and in the morning he met a voy-
ager and he halted him and said
Il have heard of the sights dntting
here and there but have seen
nothing"
The voyagcr snid. "Saii on"
He sailed all the day and night
He met another Voyagcr and said,
Il have heard of the beauties Of this
river ana / have heard OF where the
water leaps out Of the creviccs and
the river is Kissed by the sun, but
have sailed two days and nights
snd there is the muddy, sluggish
water"
/ The voyager said, sail on,
lie sailed all the day and then he
met the water rushing over the
government dams. clear and blue;
h" sailed on and reached the foot NJ
| Saint Anthony. where the water
roars and tumhlcs and his clothing
was wet from the moisture.
lie gazcd upon it and said Half
has never been told. 1 have seen
for myself
That il the position the multi
tudes OF fellows are In tonight Here
YOU are down in the muddy waters
of profanity. you lie and steal or
you are prostitute, you are a fall
ure and you play triCkcry In husi"
Ecss then wonder why YOU see no
beauty In religion, nothing In Jesus
Christ. nothing IN the church of God
Almighty. Say, "As man you
don't hit mo there, Bill"
oh, the trouble is yog arc not
| high enough up, That IL the trouble
with you.
Did you ever go home and did
| you over call your wife and chill
dren in and did you ever sit down
and read the Word OF God, and did
you ever say, Now, get down on
typur knees and say I am seeking
the way 90 life, light and salvation,
! God "
Did you ever do that and then get
up and live the way you had
| prayed
/ challenge you old infidcls, no
man ever did II and doubted Jesus
| Christ or found tho Bible false. No
man ever did 1t and said 'TAere is
nothing In religion"
Somebody says that Gods nature
and the Bible is Gods will That
is very true, but nature Is Gods viii
In force. That is equally true.
Years ago was UP in the mininp
region in Minnesota, way up In the
Carnegie interests and | met man
up thero named Captain ponduloy
he was Carnegie's representative
up there and he took me down into
the iron mines 1900 feet We went
and roamcd through those lahy-
riuths for an hour and then when
We came back upon the elevator
said to him, Captain Peuduley, you
have been mighty good and kind hut
I want to know II YOU are "A Chris
tian7"
lie looked ut me tnd said. Wi.
liam. | worship nature that is my
God, that ~ an | need, II tells me
OF love"
said, Hold on. You sit on your
vCranda at home and YOU see tn,
sun as II comes tripping over the
banks OF the horizon. and the mistle
toe hangs In clusters from IN,
branches OF the trees and the bah
bling brook sings on its way TO th'
sea. and you sit there and watch
all that And you listen to tn,
Ginning OF the distant village helh
that toll the weary world 10 sleep
YOU sit upon your verauda and Sc,
the swallow ClrCling around IN,
caves Ind gathering around thJ
barn. You hear the whippoorwill a
he sings his song way down iI
Sleepy Hollow. You listen tu IN,
village bells and then--you see IN,
b sky become blackness, and the wine
sweeps the mistletoe from the trees
it upropfS thp uiranftp pnk trapl
that have defied storms for cen
turtles, and IL takes the barn in itj
awful power and tears IL TO shred!
, and scatters II Ike toothpiCk
p through the darkcning woods,
unroofs the house over yondcT
You hear the shrieks OF the dyins
, and the wounded, Where is YOU
2 God OF smiling sunshine and hab
q bling brooks and singing birds?
Don't Read Bible.
No. you cannot read from rock