The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-21

eide That waH tho end of PLATE. lie
trimmed tho proposition. 10 won't
pay for you, % didn't pay for him.
trimming Doesn't Pay.
You can DO m Judas did You
can bciray Him, you can sell Him
Juduq got 80 plccoa Of silver
tla92. what did you get2
Did you got that automobile you
drove up hero tonight
DID yOu get that suit of clothes
you trr wearing
Did you get that dress you have
on7
Did you Rct the ieyels that sclr-
tillat" from your ears? on. what
did you Eet7
Did you get a raise In your sal.
ary7
Did you got enough money to buy
that hoNaa2
YOU can do Just AZ Judas did
you can sell Him Some people sell
Him and give their virtue; home sell
their WqUhpud. their wOmanhood
their honesty. am not asking 90
do it--thry ala You may do tho
same thing ~ You wiah
WHAT shall ! do. them That is
describing some future time and be-
tween tho choice OF one or two things.
if hold something in this hand and
something I'm this hand n you re-
ioct this yuU accept that by sub
version. what shall ] DO then?
You can rcTSte His divinity II you
wont. but you have the warm, glow
Ink historical christ left with you.
co ahead what viii you dor You
cont write tho history ~ this world
ana leave Jesus out N it any more
than you can write the history OF
Rome and leave ont julius Caesar or
Marx Anthony, Or YOU can write the
history OF the United states and
leave out George Washington or
BENJAMIN Franklin or Aaron Burr
or admiral Dewey or Decatur or any
one else.
Jesus Christ was truly n historical
character. Don't you know, my
friends, that Jul'us caesar l.yed and
died ~ years before Jesus Christ
was born?
You have been In Ccntral Park.
You have noticed that great mpnu-
ment that william Vanderbilt
placed there M an expense OF 800
600? That monument stood in Egypt
when Joseph WAS "a boy. Oh. we are
not 80 FAR from the cross of Jesus
Christ And when yul look upon
that monument you look at some
thing that Mosos may have touched
ur Joseph may have touched-Nt
least they looked upon IT,
what viii Won do with the his
foricnl Christ What viii these
fools. weak minded and all those
that sneered at Jesus strong intel
lcct do7 Was Grover Cleveland n
fool7 Was benjamin Harrison a
fool Are the members Of the United
states senate and house OF repre-
ga.H ....
urcmc court--ur" they all fools ;
They are believers In Jesus Christ
as tho Son OF cod
1s william Jennings Rryan fool?
is no believer IN Jesus Christ as
: the Son Of God2 What are you go
Ing 70 do with the Christ or these
Christian men?
Was tho late william Mckinley q
fool? When theassassin's bullet
strucH him down at Buffalo, fondly
aud rcyorcntly did we pray that he
would he spared and when they
ravo him the anesthetic and the
doctors bent over him to catch what
might have been his last words
he was muttering the Lords Prayer.
We smiled and dried our tears
and we shook hands and forgot our
political differences. Then the re.
| lapse came and we were informed
/ that he was growing worse. They
I sent for his wife. lie looked up and
said TITS God will--His way, not
/ ours, be done"
And he started my friends. toIe.
peat Nearer My God 10 Thee,
Nourer to Thee" and the lamp Of
life flickered and went out forever.
Down the streets of Buffalo went
the funeral procession and the band
al "a n
The railroad track from Buffalo
to Washington was lined with peo-
ple that stood with bowed. uncov-
ored heads and tear stained cheeks,
aud they sang Nearer My God TO
Thee"
Down Pennsylvania avenue the
funeral procession, headed by ma
rine bands and they played Nearer
NV God 30 Thee
7 jcurucycd 10 Canton that 7
might be present at the funeral and
for five hours I stood on the street
corner. opposite the stark county
courthouse where Is body was To lie
IN state. The booming cannon told us
that the funeral train had arrived
Down the street came the funeral
procession and bands with mutflcd
drum playing, Nearer MY God TO
Thee
Tho hcarse stopped opposite from
where I stood and the detachment
~ sailors from the battleship In
diana and soldiers from the regular
army drew out the coffin and they
carried Il into the courthouse where
was to lie In state
Up dashed n carriage. out leaned
that giant of the west, Theodore
Roosevelt by his sidc was Elihu
Root. by his side Doctor Ritchie. !
stood and watched Admiral Groin
shield and Admiral Farquahr Then
saw General otis, just returned
from the Philippines and General
Gillespie, both Roman Catholics,
but both earnest. devout Christians
who believed in Jesus Christ, by
their side walked tho finest specl-
men OF manhood | have over looked
upon--Iieut. Gen. Nelson a. Miles.
Up the steps hobbied my friend
Gen. David b. Henderson Of Du-
huque, Iowa, then speaker Of the
house OF representatives, by his side
was William Il. Ellison. And |
stood and watched men from the
north and men from the south,
democrats and republicans OF all
classes, and gazed upon them.
Then they were given the privilege