The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-17
No Man Cared for Nv
Soul
Copyright 1917, by William Ashley Sunday

0
dcnnmiuHtlonal churches ln THIS
country told me that lu that church
was a man aud woman neither ot
whom were fnombcrH 10 Co. and thry
contributed ns libcrally for the cur
rcnt expenses a. any member mat b."
had He became burdcncd for thcir
aalvation and he tried tO argue by
Hayiug that u would br zeal before
/ knowledge n he would Eu and speak
10 them ana they might puit coming
20 church
II anybody liz 40 ruicly and
| touchy and contemplate that you'd
/ get mad n somebody asked you 20 be
/ n Christian. got up and go out and
30 TO tho dcvil 80 you want 20,
have no patience with them. Abso-
/ lutoly none, I have no patience with
a man that becomes Fnippish ana
mad because somebody shows intor-
est enough Ia him and wants him 10
go 20 heaven inHtcal OF hell II ~
no compliment 10 you, / want 10 tell
you.
And this man tried 20 argue with
Tho Lord and the Lord said. who
knows more about this. you or 2'
and finally DO enid. "Wcil ! will ask
him tho next tino ! see him"
II proved 10 be Sunday morning
and no went down ana took him by
tho hand and said, ~ have come 20
aHlS you 90 be Christians. You have
been coming here to hear me preach
regularly, bat have never asked you
personally"
lie told mo that the toars tricklcd
down their checks and he said, we
have been coming 10 hear you preach
regularly for three years We are
not members OF your church, but we
have attended tho social functions Of
your members and we have con-
tributed TO every cause. as the books
OF the treasurer viii show. but not
ono OF your members has ever asked
us 10 be Christians"
: Certainly they could say of that
church. NO one cnrcH for our souls,
only contributions 60 the current cx-
pcrscH"
Indifferent 90 Souls.
Perhaps thoro may be IN your own
homo-perhaps you may have your
, own husband whom you have never
, spoken 20, or your own children or
, your friends. aud they could use the
, words OF my text and say OF that
, you don't care for their souls.
I viii never forget. years' ago out
, In "A town Of Illinois. | was leaving
, tho tent one night at the close Of the
service ana among the number that
, left last was "A young man OF about
(, II, 20 whom | wna attracted by his
bright. snappy, keen ut-looking toa.
lures and his mnnncrisms, and
3 walked down tho street with him and
engaged him In conversation, and
presently I put 10 him the inevitabl,
! question | said;
"Are you n ChriAtinn2'
/, lie said, mo"
y said. "You ought 10 be"
= Ho said. "Yes, I know II. II Il
~ right and Il In the thing TO do"
:, said 20 him, Are your father an'
- mother alive?"
u He said, "Both Of them"
y EITHER OF them Christians7"
n eyes, both members Of the Meth
u My friend. pr. Taylor. was the,
pastor. said, you have famil
. prayer at homef"
d lie said. NO"
y 'Do they ask a blessing nt IN
: table2"
a No"
o Have YOU got brother or sis
. teri"
I "I have q sister"
@ said, "ts she a Christian2"
d. lie said, ~ don't know. Sh
A teaches tho primary department n
L Sunday school I'm the same church
A said, Has your father or mothe
o or your sister ever asked you to he
10 Christian ?"
/. We stood under tho electric ligh
@ In front Of the courthouse. II ha
It been 10 years ago. and the tear
rolled down his cheeks and he sat
d to me, Mr.. Sunday. as long as cal
l. remember, my father nor my motho
n nor my sister have mover said on
word to me about being a Christian
10 DO you believe they think | ~
Ne lost?"
ID can SOC his sad face and I ca
De hear the tones OF his voice rim
AZ through my ears. Certainly he had
NS right to pick up the words OF m
he text and look hia own parents sQuar
u in tho face and say to them, "Yo
10 don't care about my soul. whether
nd am saved or lost"
10, Perhaps tho text needs a little c'
en- planatiou before | go any turthe
ma You may think you are unworthy an
Il may be true, and that In tho fir
OK thought toward getting worthy wit
rsl God Almighty to realize that you nj
ge unworthy You know people est
M mate religion by what they s''e In q
20 lives OF those who profess 60
10 Christians Your lie may be 4
EN- from what II should be. but your M
TO- my friend, h what you want Il
sly be, for | believe II YOU want II
ma be different God Almighty gives Y,
ne every incentive IN order to chan
'ro it, TO have It the way God wants
to be.
laI You know sermon given TO
SCI audience will do It's work, God say
~ "Niy words shall not return unto
W, void
lel Nobody ever preached a truth
~" an audience, my friend, that "
~ wasted God said, 1T win not :
~. turn To Ne void" but II this woJ
Wy IL ever TO be won to Jesus Christ
,as will not bc done by an uuaidod clcr
va va or ministry, and II any preacher
Ia- evangelist thinks that his preachi
W w Is going TO win the world God
~ mighty VIII call on another Mart
Luther 20 start another rcformau
-, and bring the old world on her kn,
"a in repentance And perhaps th'
nJ are those OF you who will use In
w present tense what David used
cir the past and say, mo man cares
on my soul"
80 Silence Is Guilty.
I.atta NOT hptray Jesus Christ VI