The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-27
THE Poor Mans Cry
Copyright 1917, by william Ashley sunday

and the trouble that other people
bring on us, and ~ everybody would
mind their own business, we
wouldn't have al much trouble as
We do
So Just take a tip from me and
} keep your darn nose out of other
I ptoulch affairs But much OF the
trouble is due to our own improvi-
dcnyt. When you are getting along.
making % little money you go ahead
and spend every dollar you have got
and you lay nothing by for the
rainy dnv that VIII come 20 ovory.
body Thorc win como time In
every mans lfC when hr viii want
work Thcrn win come a time when
his money earning capacity dee
crcaspa. and u You knew you'd al
vays De able 10 find work. aud n
you knew you'd outlive all that dc
pend upon you Tor something 20 cat
ana lothca tp wear, SIN YOU'D need
10 lay aside n little bit out of your
surplus 10 prepare for the day, that
Will come TO everybody
Much OF the trouble that's
brought upon people Is due TO tholf
own improvidonce and due To thor
tWprudonCo and their neglect
Everybody that's In Hell tonight
wont there because they neglected
rnl,auon. FOR all the trouble that
Hcll brings on them forever thoy
brought on themselves because OF
neglect
Sin Cnuscs Trouble
Lots of people are goiug to prr-
mature graves because Of neglect Of
their health. and they violated the
laws OF health and they brought
some disease upon themselves that
. "a Ns - - a 10.
Trouble Trouble! Much OF Il
through grave mistakes OF our own,
and much of 1t through lndecisiona
/ Ia matters % great importance.
But q greater part Of all our
/ trouble is the result of sin, either
our own Sins or the Gins OF som ,
one else. for whoroyer there IL sin
/ there ls trouble.
We all believe In the transmission
/ Of certain diseases, and so We all
know that II a certain person has n
certain disease. they had TO commit
sin TO get that, and although you
| didn't see them commit the Hln, you
| knew they'd done Il or they
/ wouldn't have had g.
Now NIL the trouble comes from
] the devil, please remember II didn't
| coma, from above. but II Crawlet
out OF the pit. Just remember that
Now the man In my text IL called
n poor man This poor man cried
The Lord heard him. and delivered
him out OF all his troubles. what
II true OF him IL true OF every man
that's In trouble. Whoever is in
trouble II "A poor man whether he
livea In hovel or II he Is "A multi
millionaire and lives In a palace.
Jairus was n wealthy ruler. and
how poor and hclplcEa he was when
his daughter was dead. aud he would
gladly have given his w-aiti, II IA,
could have had the little daughter
In his arms alive.
Trouble makes us all poor be.
cause we are all so helpless In tn,
presence OF trouble. That's tn,
reason he was called "A poor man
This poor man cried. He was i
king. but he was poor because h'
was helpless.
Look az Marshall Field. the mer
chant prince of Chicago, worti
100000. Look AZ hlm--flyini
on special train, from Los Angelo
to Chicago Rs fast as<thc Santa T.,
could roll him. and they put every
thing In on the side track He pnil
tl6OO for a special train 10 rust
him from Los Angeles to Chicago
TO see II he couidnts arrive there
before the death OF his son, whs
had accidentally shot himself, clean.
ing his guns preparatory 20 trlI
for hunting eEpadltiun---and dust.
covered and wet. the Santa Pc
reached Fort Madison. Ia There
they put on two OF the best and
fastest locomotives, and thoy whirled
across the pralilos Of Illinois eighty
miles and ninety milcs an hour Oh
-tr went like meteor through tins
al al. l.N
in Chicago, with tear stained
checks and Undiscovered clothes, hi
said. How is Marshall2'
They said YOU are twenty
minutes too late"
lie was poor because he was hclp
less, helplcFs
And all his millons-thel
couldn't obtain for him the booI
which his heart craved that was I,
: look Into the face of his hoy befor,
? he died No, MOI
And the man who fen anon,
, thieves, where they stripped him
, he must have been the son. of a ricl
y man. Thieves Wouldn't stick mp
hobo, SO ! am sure he must hav
n been a rich fellow. Going dow
\ there TO Jericho. they bounced upo
n him How helpless he was
!. 'ThiA poor man cried, and IA
4 lsuIu l'Alu MN, ana saved nm pu
, OF all his troubles"
n Ob, the poor people meet In thi
q old world, how my heart aches as
" look upon them as I go 10 and fr
A whore my dutios call mo Man
faces into which you cannot loo
7, and not see the tragic MARKS of 81
y and sorrwo and of misery Poop
y whose faces boar the footmfpts
" the devil and marks OF sin, helplcs
=, rroaning, CRYING, moaning ones thl
y do not want 10 do wrong oh b,
they serve a master. the devil. wh
y drives them with whip lnshes. N
y friends. like scorpions and there a.
times that | feel my heart tndn VIII
n sorrow; people that don't want
o. do wrong hut they are driven by q
power OF the devil.
~ Sometimes, ! think | ur| erstar
n little bit how Jesus fclt when !
e stood one day looking over Jerusi
= lem and cried. 20. Jerusalem Je
O usalcml thou that killest n
a prophets and stonest them whic
a are sent unto theo. how often wou
e have gathered thy children {,
O gether, even as a hen gathercth h'
chickens under her wings. and )
. would mott"