The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-18

hearth and sobbcd and sobbed. lie X
seized n chair and dragged II acrosH &
the floor under a picture ~ his.
father Reaching up he touched
tho reproduced llps: "Fathcr. do
not deserve % dollar. I'd give IL all
II you could come back long enough
tor me TO thank you and ask your
forgiveness, you could then pull tho
coffin over you and I think | could
I've happy"
The evidences OF his fathers love
broke his heart.
Near the Kingdom.
Great cod II you cant bc stirred
by oil God has dOnc for YOU, you
must have n stone pounding IN your
breast which yoL have wrongly i
named heart. That you are not
far from tho kingdom OF God--it Is
dangerous place aud Il w u very en-
COurnging place. n Is dangerous
because | am afraid you will be sat
isfied with yourself and stay where
YOU are II H. dangerous because
YOU are not having far 20 20 ana you
win he content with your ncarncssy
want to encourage you md
want to warn you. / beg OF you
hear mo now, and whatever you do
remember this will Influence others.
Years ago some men were climb
Ing tho Mntterhorn, and II Il done
always with danger. a strong Al
pine guide with u wide leather belt
around his body. In that great bull
ring fastened TO n half-inch manila
rope several feet long goes IN front
and another IN bnck. Sa~dwished
IN between they will put from two
30 four tourists between the eNpe-,
rienoed Alpine guides.
The man I'm front has great Ice
axe with a hook and stuhby hau-r
dc. and the one In the rear has nm
Alpine stock with an equally strong
handle and a great steel hook. .
In climbing Matterhorn, tho man
Immediately behind the first man
foil on the instant tho man fell.
and swinging his Alpine axe off his
shoulder. he drove Il 10 the very hilt
into tho Ice and gripped Il with all
his might Tho man In the rear
drove his prong into tho glacier and
hraciug himself. held while the man
slowly clambered TO his feet. Had
tho bold Of the man IN th" front
given way those six mon would have
tumhlod $500 feet down Into tho
crcvice
The men and women hcre tonight p
are Ike that, with every ounce OF
your political and your social ana
financial and intellectual influence
you are driven against God, but you
stand tied. If You give way thore
would he an avalanche OF souls in
the Kingdom OF God.
Listen, CortOz had conquered
Mexico and Plzarro hoped to accorns
plish similar results In Peru, lie
met with reverses and his band had
dwindled down TO a handful His
friends In Cuba heard OF their hard
ships and their privations and pow
erty, and they came TO the vessel
on the Isthmus OF Panama and they I
summoned pi2arro. whose band was
ragged and diseased. and they said
| TO him; Come on deck. we brought
you clothes. we brought you food.
we brought you comfort, Yonder
walt your friends In Cuba and In
| Spain Come home. give UP your
hnrdshlps and your Struggles lN
And Pizarro drew his sword and
with II he made n line In tho sandnl
In the IGthmus of Panama, and
standing he said Soldiers. behind
you lie Cuba, Spain. wife. children. y,
home, wealth. clothes. comfort. ease,
but eternal disgrace; yonder lies
Peru with her fabulous wealth.
hardships, triumphs. sufferlngs, pri-t
vations, perhaps death for every
man, but as for me, go to Peru or
He sheathcd his sword with his
| back to home, arms folded. face to-
| the southland. His trusted lleuten4'
ant leaped 10 hla side. another. ans
other, until every one of that llttle.
struggling band of 10 men turned
| their back on Cuba, on spain. on
| home with their faces TO Peru. ti'
DO you know the resuit2 Pres
colt Will tell YOU In his History OF
the Conquest OF Peru by Pizarro." ar
There are a good many things 4
that divide this audience tonight!
Some are rich, some are poor, some
| are learned. sonne arc illiterate--in Z
reality there In only one thing, tha.
cross of Jesus Christ. that divides
the world, | could put all humane
ity on one side or tho other. Whai ~
ever you do will influence others
TO do likewise and stand with Jet
sus Christ, but don't allow the
sneers OF those that don't believei \
keep you out OF heaven. Don't al
low that TO hinder you.
Death Is Mcrciiess. pf
Men and women, don't allow tho
sneers and biasphemy of some Cod
| foraken, red-harded. black heart
| ed anarchist or some blatant. blus4
,erlng old infidel, Vomiting and
spowing oct his unbelief, 70 keep
you out. Some day the infidei has
got to die. Some day his head will
lie cold ON mis- pillow. Some day
his eyes viii set. the pupils will al
late. Some day his lips will be
ashes. Some day he win hear a
rap at the door.
Come in. Who are your"
TN Death"
II didn't send for you" n
Nobody sends for me- I take
my own initiative. IL | waited un-
III | was sent for ! never would
come"
But, Death. Death. I'm not
ready Oh, God, must I der
'1ia, ha," sneeH Death. You
said there was no God In your days
OF health. You said there was nos.
, God whom you drank and got
} drunk. You had no use for God
3 then. had a mortgage on your :
soul from the day your mother gave Z
you birth You have never prayed =
and [ have come TO foreclose il,
Death, Death. take my clothes:
open the drawer and you VIII find
my Jewels. You are welcome 10 h
them. Death. here's the key to my \
safety deposit vault and ] VIII giyo 4
YOU mower OF attorney--but, Death, 4
/ am not ready 70 80. Please don't