The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-12

I stand and listen aud lhtcn and
listen and no sound romcs back OF
the rock striking below. mako up
my mind 1t is fathomless
stand ON the verge OF eternity
ana I cry out, "Etcrnity' How long
art thou '' and back comes the
nusweus
How long sometimes day appears
aud weeks, how long are
they2
They move ~ N the months and
years would mover pass away,
But months and years are pussing
by and soon must all ho gone.
Day 10y day, a. the moments tly
Etcrnity comes on,
All these must have Un uud. Etvra
nifty has none,
II VIII always have az long to run
as whom FIRST begun"
What shall the oud be- uf thom
that unry not The guapal uC Gud H"
There are two ends 90 everything
the apparent aud tho real ~ ta
apparent that motion produces heat
ana thpt heat produces light That
ts apparent ! know that Aud ON
and uu pud ou 30 ro,1 ! stand ON
the shoro of a lake ur river. and I
hurl IL STONE out BOO tho middle. ur tu
the edge. The waves Htuli Thcy
VIII break upon the urthrst shore
ut that lalto ur river. That is up.
parent. vo know that when that
stone hits the water 10 stlrH up VI
htauuus and they mako waves that
travel to the Wthost shore
What about the veal gudr You
perform au act Nou think that Is
tho end. Somebody rNy yuu thry
will take 10 up and do the same
sI
YOU make Humr ono ID christian. YOU
will never know the effect uJ 10 m.
ul the judgment then COD viii tyu
you how many were blessed &c.. yum
act.
what shall the end o., ur tncm
that obey not the gospel OF God
on what is the use W Uncle sam
erecting lighthouses and having COX
horns my friends, 70 blow nud bel.
low, II the captains and the nhtu7
crews are going To sleep and allow
the vcsscls to drift upon the rocks
OH men and women, II I am to
be lost At last, II | am TO he ship
wrecked Mt last, I would rather go
down to destruction without the
warning ringing In my cars than
would to drift to destruction to the
mockiug cadence of an alarm l
would not heed, but which II | had
lfccdcd would have eaved me.
Eternity Always Young.
70 go down 20 holI with the
mcmory of tho atruoUi;i0n ringing
In my oars-oh, God, that would
bc the hardest kind OF dying for
met To know that I needn't have
been there, but am there aud
can't get out, because I was fool
and wouldn't listen and wouldn't
heed what was said to int that
would be the hardest death I can
imagine Tor met
And so the flowers fade and the
heart woHkcnai man grows old and
hios Tho world lies down In the
scpulchro Of the ages, hut time
writes 40 wrinkles upon the brow
OF eternity. II IL always aa young
AZ whom II starts.
"What shall the end be Of them
that obey not the gospel OF God ?"
II has been said 10y a certain man
that Moses made mistakes Moses
may have made some mistakes. but
ho never made n mistake when he
wrote these words:
Their rock In not our rock, our
enemies themBclNcs being the
judges"
when Voltairc. tho famous inf
del or France lay dying. he said to
his doctor, How long can I live 20
lic said 20 him, six hours"
NoltHlro sald, ~ win give you all
I hnvo II you viii spare my llfo six
months"
Then the doctor said, "Tou can't
live six hours"
Voltairo said. "Thon I'll go to hell.
and you will go with me"
There KNUH "A shrink NJ aHpUu "a ma
tho life Of the famous French lnndol
was 40 more
when Hobbs. the famous English
lnfldeL lay dying, Nc said ~ am
taking leap into tho night"
When King Charles ~, who gave
the oTdcr for the maFhacro OF -
Bartholomew day, whom blood ran
like water-whcn King Charles lay.
dying, he said, "Oh. God. how Will
II cnd2 Blood. blood. rivers OF
blod, I am lost"
And Win a shrek the life Of King
Charles was no more.
when King Phillip ~ Of Spain
lay dying he said. II wish to God
had never lvcd," then In sober
moment ne said, ~ would to GOD !
had lived and roigucd and taught
the people 10 fear God"
with n Fhrich Of agony his life
went out
Years ago. on The protcnsc Of cs-
te"m and love. they would bring
the prisoner and show him u hole
through the prison floor. Through
II could be seen the river Gr the
Lake Of Geneva They would say
to IN" prisoner, Don't say that 1
told you how 20 escape
And the prisoner would step with
glec through the hole. not knowing
that just underneath tho surface
was a sharp, rHZor-liko knife. and
hc would be cut to pieces and his
mutilatcd body would drift out into
the waters
on. infidclity has nothing my
friends TO offer you absolutely
nOthlngl the greatest the world
can give you through H. VIII be
crushed IN the end.
Wesley enid. when he lay dying.
~ shall Dee satisfied when awaken
in His likeness"
Ncaudcr said. - am tired now
and must go 20 sleep, good night
Frances T.. Willard said How
beautiful 10 be with God.
Florence A Foster said "phC
hllltupa are Gov red with angels
they hcaEoued me homcward--I bid
you good by"
whom Moody lay dying. hc said
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