The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-14

yoars ~ | have you will learn some
things that have learued.
ff that dirty bunch said anything
good about me then ID know ] was
wrong. sure.
Dcathbcd Rcpcntanccs scored.
! have never said here or any
where that all unbolievers are In
agony. ordinarily a man dies as ne
has lived I don't so very much on
so-callod deathbcd repentances.
think It's moan, dirty. sinking.
low down, contemplate, unmanly.
unwomanly thing to keep the con
troll OF your life In your own hands.
indnlging IN your pleasures and your
desires dlamctrically opposed 10
your conscience and tho word OF
God. when Gods Spirit begs ana
pleads with you to forsako sin, then
when you arc lying on your death
bed whine like n sick cat and whine
for the preacher To save your car
cass After you've drained tho cup
~ lIfo. then you throw the dregs into
the face of God after you've burned
the candle OF lifo In the service Of
tho doyil. have the audacity 30 blow
the smoke IN Gods face.
presume there are men and
women who have never stopped TO
who may take time to consider and
yield on their deathbed. ~ you new
er had chance before aud never
had another. you'd go out and
squeeze this old world like YOU
would lemon. But. by the eternal
God, men and women, while ! am
~ possession OF the very apex OF my
physical ani intellectual develop.
mont and power. I want to- give that
TO God and to jesus Christ and lu-
manity, sG when I drift out with tho
tide ! won't have 10 spend my tlfne
whining and snuffllng to God and
confcsainc my sins. when | ought
To have done n ana been getting
ready years ago.
No ono glnring act. but constant
repetition of the same thing until
the Spirit ~ God leaves you!
\ friend ~ mlnc was called upon
ono time 90 read the burial service
OF tho church over the remains OF
ono OF the rodlicst women he'd ever
known. Thsro we're three children
m the family, two boys and a girl
Tho mother was taken Ill and ehc
constantly called the name OF the
I hoy vino nu,i gone smay :r5s; some
and was n prodigal.
ThpN nHUCtu nlUi tfl'Elhli ~ ~
! gambling hell and Il said, Hurry
I homo. mother - very sick " nut
I no reached home n day too late HIS
mother was doad and the day OF
tho funeral. when my friend road
tho burial service the immediate
members Of the family were present
and fow friends Tho undertaken
said All that desire to look. como
I this way"
Tho friends went by and then the
/ husband came. Looking IN he sald'
"Well. goodbye. mother. You MADE
/ life happy. We will uiiss YOU
Thcn tho sister cnmc aud she said
/ Farewell mother" She turned
away aud then she went back ana
she slipped the glass back, not salts
/ fled with the look but she kissed
{ her checks again and again. She
said Goodbye. mamma. but we VIII
1 all meet In the resurrection"
And then the boy that remained
at home came Ho said, Farewell,
marpma. We win all meet In the
morning"
Then this young fellow stood lean
/ Ing against the wall. His eyes were
as dry as the desert of Sahara Ills
sister put her arms about him and
led him To the coffin and she said,
Edward, don't you want to lcok at
mother?"
lie looked at her moment aud
sobbcd as though his heart would
break. She said 10 him. Edward,