The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-25
Where There Is No Vision
Copyright 1917, by William Ashley Sunday

moved this old world Godward on
| brought beneflCioncc or blessing TO
the world has been brought about by
the TACT that somebody had a vision
no matter what. No matter whcth-
er u IL commendablc or not.
Alexander tho Great had n vision
that he'd like to conquer the. .world.
why. he won his first battle when
he was is. lie was king OF Mace
donia when he was 90 Ito sat upon
the shores OF the Aegean sea and
wept that there were not other
worlds 10 conquer. and his sword
mad drunk the blood OF the con-
quered world, and he crept into his
coffin when he was only 80 years
old. That was his vision. lie bent
every effort, my friends, to the
achieving OF that.
Caesar had "A vision. He reached
the banks OF the Rubicon which
nobody had ever dared cross with.
out the consent OF the Roman sem
ate. and Il they did II meant war.
lie stood and hcsitatcd. lie count
ed tho cost and he cried out, Tho
die IS cast" lie lcapcd In. His sol
diera followed him. and that act
changed tho history and tho gcog-
raphy OF tho world. lie had Wis
ion, whether the vision be COM
mendablc or not. A large number
Of people working for its accom-
plishmcnt will meet with results.
Columbus had a vision. lfo said
The world Is round" lie said. 81
can sail west and get east" They
laughed him TO scorn. they rldlculcd
him, they expelled him from their
institutions OF learning. and yet he
sailed west and discovered this great
I IA
honor to name our streets, our insti-
tutlons, or our cities after him. lie
had a vision, Everything you see
ls tho result OF someone's senti-
ments.
Raphael had n vision, and he
placed his immortal cartoons upon
the walls OF the labyrinth. and ne
painted tho Madonna which has
never been surpassed by any man
who has ever mixed paints.
Metaphysics First.
Angelo had vision, and az n re
suit he carved the statue OF David.
which is one of the seven wonders
Of the world.
Everything you see is tho express
sion OF thought, whether II is tho
clothes on your back, the seat upon
which you sit. the tabernacle in
which you worship. the automobile
in which you rode hero or the home
in which you live. Everything you
sec IN tho expression of thought
whether II is the watch by which
you tell time, the ship upon which
you sail, tho railway train. Every
thing you zee is the expression OF
thought. that is, the tangible. Visible
results of mans meditation in the
world. And so the electricity blaz-
Inn oil
all that is the expression OF the
thought of somebody, but where
there is no vision. the people perish"
Edison had vision that II would
be better 10 light our homes with
electricity than with tallow dip.
SO we. have the electric light.
Alexander Bell had n vision that
II would be better to talk over tho
wire than to yell to n fellow.
Morse had vision that IL is bet
ter to sit down TO an instrument and
Say tick, tick, tick. and every tick
human thought. So We have got
where there Is no vision, the poo>
pie perish"
Robert Fulton had a vision that
II was better 10 sail by steam than
TO spread the sails and let tho wind
blow against them. SO as his boat
went up the Hudson, II revolution
tied navigation.
Ell Whitney sat down and thought
and thought until he invented the
cotton gin which separates the seed
from the cotton and revolutionized
the cotton trade of the world. II II
hadn't been for that-look at tho
benefit and value OF II that we enjoy
today. All through, everything in
nh 81 nV,ft hrn nt
about because of vision.
Howe saw a woman threading
needle. lie saw n better way than
that and Invented the sewing ma
chine. All these things that VIC
havo that are benefit to humanity
are because OF a vision. God AL
mighty knew. my friends, that tlNy
world would be better with Teli-
gion. so He entered the covenant OF
Abraham. II we could have gotten
along without 1t lie wouldn't have
given It to US.
Please don't go through tho world
acting as though God Almighty
didn't understand human nature
them. He provided sound for your
ears, and food for your bodies, and
rest for your frame, when lie made
the day and night.
God knows his business. Don't sit
there like an ass as though God AL
mighty is trying to cram something
down your throat that you can get
along without. And when God wants
you 10 be Christians and serve Him
It is because, my friends, you are
hetter with It than you are with
out Il, or God never would ask you
to do II, and you are fool IL you
don't do IL. You are better off II
you will obey the Lord.
Every community has Eot 20 have
a vision, or II will go down. We
have to realize that there IL n better
way for the people. and so the
preachers and the chuych people OF
this city had n vision that IL would
be better II they had n great moral
awakening and II the people, my
friends, only had some great COM
mon meeting place where they could
come and hear of God and His truth.
so they erected this tabernacle and
men and women are pouring their
money to help pay the expenses.
What for2 oh, there was a vision
OF the fact that this old city needed
Just such an awakening as would
come through a campaign like this
and so that is why you are sitting
here listenirs to me.
Mhat are some OF the reasons why
we have 10 vision? Well. In the