The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-17

heart OF Scotland as IL never nau
been touched before and was laid 10
sleep with the dew Of youth still on
his brow--his life went out In moral
eclipse, Sir Walter Scott, In mentai
degeneracy; and Lord Byron, when
he was but 81 years OF age, and he
might have slept. my friend. with
Englaud's greatest In Westminster
Abbey. lie cried out: 49,,
"Tin Il again, the golden goblet,
for / have drunk Il dry. MY days
are gono: the world, the canker ana
the grlef are mine alone"
How melancholy and sad have
been the latter days OF many that
tho world crowned as great and ap-
plauded for their achievements.
Gained But Lost.
Did you ever read, did you ever
hear OF the story told by the late
Count Tolosty2 lie tells OF the man
TO whom the govern ment gave as
much land as he could cover In a
day. starting at one point, going a.
far as he could In one direction, ana
returning 90 the starting point DO
fore the sun would set, and the land
was to be az long as the distance
| traversod an retravorsed ana one
mile In width.
As the sun came tripping over the
| banks OF myrrh, they gave tho signal
/ and away he went. on and on ne
went. over the Hill and over the
valleys and he looked, saw what
| first he thought was a mirage. 1t
proved TO be a lake, and jumping
/ Into n canoe. he hurriedly peddled 10
! the further side. and bounding out
with smile OF triumph said 'Ha'
! hal Minol'
on ne ran, and no saw n wood -
land along the edge Of which there
trlckled a little stream, and IKE the
hart painting after the chase. from
the bank he plunged in and wadlng
and swimming and floundering, he
clambered UP the farther bank ana
said: ITS mincv"
on and on he ran, driven by ava.
rice and greed, and when he ga2eh
TO the sky, staggering back. he threw
his hands to his head and said
Great COD" The sun had passed
the meridian. lie said: 81 Will have
to retrace or / will lose II all ana my
efforts are for naught."
Back he started over the NUS and
through the valleys. He came again
to the stream In which he had been
wading and swimming and founder
ling. and he clambered up the farther
bank. on and on he ran, untn he
came TO the lake. Hurredly he
leaned into the canoe and he padded
across and on ne went. His friends
saw that he wps about TO lose ana
they came out 20 cheer and inspire
him in his struggle; and he tore OF
his coat tore off his vest. out with
his knife and cut the shoes from ms
feet, threw off his hat, and with naiI
streaming in the wind, eyes blood
shot. muscles taunt, on and on he
h. .NNf o n
down his checks like Damon Of old
And as he reached the startinl
point. the signal gun fired and ht
stumbled and cried, Il have won
have won't
But he remained still. They hur'
ried to his side. They looked into hi'
face. lie was dead. He gained II
but 1t cost him his life.
oh yes, you may gain the privi
lege OF sticking your feet undel
somebody's mahogany and hittinl
their booze at a Dutch lunch, drink
ing their champagne and cocktails
my friend, just for the privilege o
keeping your name on their callini
list; and you'd sell out to the devil
you'd spit in the face Of Jesus Chris
, Just to keep your name on some oil,
uble-chlnned DANES calling list
have seen IL the world over.
And / want to tell you. the devl
, don't care oh, the devil don't care
Some people find fault with God 70
creating the devil The devil WASH
| always n devil. The devil used Z
! live in heaven. This evil spirit wa
1 once a good spirit. God didn't max
r. the devil bad, the devil made him
self bad
= The state didn't make the crimi
r nals. They made themselves crimi
? nails because they didn't keep tn
. laws OF the state. And the devil be
-. came devil because he didn't d
. right. Angels are angels only be
. cause they obey God. When the
r cease to obey God they becom
I devils; and so the devil once live
s in heaven.
q We'll" somebody says, "couldn
: God create angels incapable OF sin ?
: II God Almighty had made tn
4 angels incapable of sin. He woul
q have turned them into mere auto
: nations or machines and lowere
: them to tho level of the beasts
; which are led by instinct and pas
I sion and not by reason. No. And thi
= free viii which God gave 70 angeu
y God gave to man. created a littl
- lower than the angels, the angel
in heaven Now they have bee
& confirmed In grace as reward q
/, their fidelity. They didn't Join m
c friend, with the angels that did re
u bel against God, and they were one
O liable to sin because of that condI
y tion.
. Up TO Individuals.
Now in spite 81 Gods omnipt
Pc tence. my friend, llsten-God couI
y not make free being incapable {
I doing wrong, as freedom carrie
E, with it. my friend the liability
O sin II you want to sin. and he onl
= il able to do right who Is also abl
g to do wrong. IL no Is fool enough
r do It. when you talk about fire.
@ agent, a free agent is one that ca
n do either right or wrong. and Go
II Almighty deorced the freedom {
e the human will. So you can choo'
+ TO do right or choose to do wroni
y as freedom carries with 1t the PRIV
lege to do either; and God tells yo
n what will happen II you do wron
ID II you want to go TO heaven, e
r, ahead; and II you want to go
}, hell go ahead. II is up to you, th'
so Is all.
ig And so the devil don't care, Ol
'o no. lie will flatter YOU. He wi
4, cheat, he will deceive, he will mocl
u l he Will lend Won on to indulge an