The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-05
After Death Judgment"
Copyright 1917, by William Ashley sunday.

~ 20 '.ei O. -" utaIlg hs SNe lONeU
,hat Goddess, wayward. drunken
loafer OF a bum, she couldn't
answer Tor him in the judgment
~ is personal question. Also
nave chosen IL for another rca-
son Jhat it viii mako you stop and
INNS, pray God that you hear
my text above the tick OF the clock,
| pray Him you may hear lt above
the roar of business ! pray YOU
may near 70 above the voice of your
'hlid en- pray az you walk the
streets your steps may echo and
IcSouhd back the words of iudg-
ncnt. I pray 70 may ring through
your ears long after my voice has
ceased tts pleadiugs. long after my
!ace has been forgotten and / have
turned 10 other parts Of the country
to hold up the bleeding form OF
Jesus Christ.
And / stand with the old book OF
God lcucath my feet and behind my
back as authority and / cry out to
every unslNcd men And after
Aeaih, the Judgment"
lhe most sartllug question ever
ASKED wa. III a man die, shall he
I've again."
Next ,p -iifc, the most universal
ming Is uoath--doad cities. dead
nations, dead republics, dead ambi-
tons, dead cOnscicuCcs. dead loved
ones, Oh how short is lifc'
spencer said, 1T seems that all
that a man can do is 20 make his
mark ana then put on his shroud. D"
George Eliot said How swiftly
thc years rush by
Pope Leo Nllis when he was 90
years old, suid, Il feel that / nccd
tuur years more in which to com
p.ct' my Hos plans
And queen Elizabeth cried, "AU
my possessions Tor one moment Of
time"
Carnegie said. Il will give $500
vOo,O0O for a new lease on life, yes,
or 10 years"
Fine. can live. so / take my
stand and cry out, The Judgment"
\ Hopeless Last Hour.
Years ago friend OF mine who
worked up In the north and lived IN
,ho south returned 20 the town, and
they said to him. "Thc old sheriff,
Mr.. Sackey, is dying. lie has never
allowed preacher in his home.
Maybe he win let you come and
my friend went and raped on the
door, and when they saw who was
there they went In TO ask him. and.
10 their surprise and delight. the
Did infidcl sheriff said, Bring him
in"
My friend stepped to the bed
side and said to him, Mr.. Sackcy.
the doctors tell me you are very
ick man and that you haven't long
10 live"
lie looked at my friend a moment.
lie struggled, raised up, and said;
Well, sir | have walked into the
Cannon's mouth in rs battles and
skirmishes. | have seen and faced
death In 1ll forms and phases on
the battlefield. am not afraid to
meet the enemy you call doath,"
and he fell back with a look Of
triumph over his face.
My friend bent over him and said.
What about the judgment? The
Bible says, II is appointed unto men
once to die. and you admit that
death isn't fcr away; but what
about the judgment after you are
through 2"
The old man looked up and the
tears glistened in his eyes and
tricklcd down his cheeks. lie said,
81 hadn't thought about the judg-
ment. | am not prepared for that
and II there is judgment when |
am gone, l am not ready. l have
persuaded myself that death was an
eternal Sleep
4
hope II will make you honest and
true. Most men out of Christ are
not honest ] don't mean you'd
steal or cheat In business. don't
mean you d he false to your wife or
to your husband. ! mean you are
not honest about spiritual things
that Is what ! mean.
You say We'll, I don't feel
like it,"
Oh, religion Is not a product Of
emotions. Religion is obedience to
a command OF God. Don't put re-
ligion on a low basis of pure feel
ing alone the feeling is the result
of your faith.
Faith Essential.
A man believes to be saved. Now
he feels happy that he did believe.
But hear ne! II I had no thoughts
on religion, Ia be alarmed. II ]
had no feeling IN that arm, or that
side, or that limb, do you know what
ia do? Ia hire the best doctors In
this City--and you've got some
cracker. Jacks. II they couldn't do il,
IA wire to Baltimore for my friends
Finney and Howard Kelley II they
couldn't help me, I'd rush to my
friends In Minnesota, and I'd say.
Boys, there is something wrong
ABOUT me mere.
II would be Ia me and TO you an
unmistakable evidence Of my dc
plorable condition. and II l had no
thoughts, no desire about religion,
Great God! ! wouldn't sit there and
compliment myself. You are in
horrible state. and ia get up and
cry, mo" on my hands and knees.
Id do anything under Heaven that
| might create within you desire
to know God and forsake your sins
and be right with the Lordl
God holds you responsible for your
will not your feelings, exercising
your will upon Christ through faith.
Some men are honest in their
doubts, some people are honestly
aud truthfully seeking the light. And
do YOU know, I'd do anything on
earth TO help an honest skeptic, but
for the man who sneers at religion,
and then tries to get others to dis
believe In God because he isn't man
enough to believe--oh, I think that's
the work Of Hell on the face of the
earth.
Years ago when I was secretary
OF the Y. VI. e. A. Of Chicago. Bob
lngersOll came TO Chicago to dcliver
three lectures IN McNiCkers theater,
sent to Boston TO II. l.. Hastings
and bought 3. 500 copies OF his little
pamphlet, "Will the Old Book