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

houS, 30 every minute. Oue-ha1f tho
human race die before they are 49,
years old, onc-quartcr before they
are 3. The average length of "A hu-
man life iS 33 years. Not 10 persons
In million live to be 100 years old.
suppose could come back here
five years from tonight, how many
OF YOU would respond? suppose /
should come back % years from to-
night, how many would greet me9
suppose | could como back 90 years
from tonight, you will all have gone
You all go. Here and there would
sit one who Is now Il child and thcy'd
be old and decrppit, uud | would
think | was standing In a scpulchre.
Years ago a friend of mine was
preaching in New Jersey. That was
when they had the great snow storm
I'm New York, In March. 1SSS. Snow
piled up ~ feet high ON level
ground thore. A friend OF mine was
conducting meeting. A young fell
low there. cashier in bank, made
an excuse to come No New York TO
get away from the meeting. lie
knew II he stayed he would yield to
Christ. lie was hours and hours go-
ing from Union square down to the
old Astor House opposite the post1
offiCe.--he was hours and hours get
ting down there. when he reached
there he was trembling, cold aud
wet to the skin. They sent for the
doctor. lie took look at him, felt
his pulse. Are your father ana
mother alive" he asked.
Mother U.s. fathers dead"
Married."
Yes"
wife alive?" lie said; IN send
FOR them"
lie looked at tho doctor and said:
"ls IL that bad2"/
He said: Yes. It's pneumonia.
don't think can help you
He said: II have missed IT,
When pressed for an answer he
said; ~ had nothing TO bring me.
simply did Il to get away. and /
lied to do that. Now you tell mo
| have not even a fighting chance.
l have missed IL"
And his wife and mother hurried
as soon as they could and went to
his side. and when he looked into
their faces he family said: Il have
missed it! | have missed III"
with, tears running down their
checks they urged and pleaded for
him to tell what he had missed, but
to every appeal he only family re-
piled: II have missed 1t! / have"
lie never finished the sentence,
Never!
Meeting to Close.
When the sun rises you come out
here, you look at the tabernacle,
and you viii say: There's whore
they held the meetings"
We are still In your presence we
are holding the meetings. but IL
won't be long until these ventilators
will he closed and locked. the key
turned over TO the executive DOM
mittce and the doors locked and this
great campaign will be history. 1t
won't be long!
And he said tomorrow"
l am afraid OF this for some Of
you, that you win close the door
OF hope. II is not necessary to
commit great sin, just neglect
salvation. Let the sick man neglect
1t and ne will so 10 a premature
grave. The man in the boat COM
ing to the falls neglected TO use his
oars and he plunged to his death
| Caesar had a letter warning him
| against the plot against his litt,
which he didn't read but went heed
| lessly on, and they rained their
/ deadly strokes upon him. lie fell a.
| the base of Pompeys statue. lie
/ gazed through the blood and he saw
/ WIN AhN sans ~ tA"''''''''' 49,
! Brutus owed TO Caesar all that he
| was i'm the kingdom, Looking up,
/ he said: what! Thou too, Brutus?"
II broke his heart. lie was warned,
he didn't heed.
Every man in hell was warned,
but he didn't heed And for weeks
have been going the limit of my
strength trying to help yan. You
have not got money in your bank
vaults to hire me to work as hard
/ as l have,--nOt on your life And
! when / think that this IL the last
service in this great effort on the
[ part Of God to win you, / don't
| know. ! can't explain how | feel.
/ Think of the s,rmons--not simply
/ the ones ! have preached; they don't
amount TO muCh-thiuk of the songs,
/ think OF the pleadings of your wife,
| Of your sister OF your mother Of
/ the entreaties OF your children and
/ the beseechings OF your friends-to
I all of which you have turned deaf
I ear and said, mo-" by your act
/ you have used the words Of my
/ text, and you have said, Tomorrow. ="
Think of the ministers. think Of
| the evangelists that have pleaded
and pattcd and fondled, and yet
written on your poor soul are the
words Not saved
My friend, Frank smith, you've
heard me tell of him. lie was one
Of the few that got out of the war
and he became preacher and Is
! one YETI was preaching in a town,
and there was a very wealthy man
whom h was trying TO get 10 give
his heart 70 God, and he wouldn't
do 1t, Eight months later my friend
went back TO the town. He inquired
about the man and was told that he
was very sick and would not i've
long. Some one said "Go see him.
He always had great respect for
you."
My friend went and he raped on
/ the door. Tho mans wife answered.
I "Oh, is It you, Mr.. Smith? Wen, !
am glad to see YOU" she said, and
/ ! know Charlie viii be. Please don't
/ talk to him about dying. ! don't
| think he Is as sick as the doctors
/ imagine"
/ My friend stepped to the bedside.
| He said: Charlie. you are very sick.
| I am not going to talk religion to
/ YOU. But before ! go, ! want tho
/ privilege of praying, and in my
, prayhr / viii make the way of sal
. vation as plain as II talking. And