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if?"' The Poor Coprtlgllt, 1017, Ity WllliMn AMiloy Holiday. Tin, text of the rrimmi. Th I'oor 1 too There are nil kinds of trouble. Man' Cry," prr-ai'ln-d by Iti-ieiend Tlia trouble we htliig on ourselves, HlindHy Hnturdny n gut, follows I nnd the trouble Hint other people In the Ihlrly-fuutth Psalm, the bring " - d If veryboily would nlxth verse, 'Thin pour miin rled. i mind their own l.ttslne, we nmt the Lord hntil him, and saved wouldn't have ns much Iroubln as lilin out of nil his ti.inlil.a " j ' ''" The thirty-fourth I'mlm In nim of Bo Just Uke ft tip from inn and my fnvorlU psalms,. You l..y w Ikeep your darn now out of other tun sign my iiAtne sometimes nnrt I j people's ntfnlts. Hut murh of Ihe put Psalm SI. IxcmiH" 'hi. I in my I troubl U du to our own Imprnvl favorite psalm, dene. Whan you nrs crottlriK nlong, i Thnt tmt wan nui the llll le to mnklnir a Utile money, you bo aliend ": , , ., pt.r i.. r.iu ,.. m i i:ri. That text was pin i' the llll-le to l.ri.. h..in. Li,, l and atierid nvarv dollar von hnvu uut , ' . . i . " V '."..."' . .. . .. .... ,lf,ihiinr i.v for iti ""II, limit ytiu aee now the ter- m ooi m am huh um njr hkiiii.hu lie mid. "Mr. Kinney, lam the t ine ao t muat 1...;. ore,, pt I In W,! "P, By , L "v ' 1 .uld ho In u rould awent Now that wfta nailed to the rroaa, Jeaua. wom mnn n thla acetlon of t o then, to help a it I ''j''P'n"; 22 11 .1 ,1 1 11"11'''" n,l" """ ' ''- 1 "m,in ,'"nd..U"'', hHp. country, you are n a very den of ; for everybody at otne nme In their hofl tt7Ptf,ntf; n," " ,Y' tr out of your own life but ou , they rouM. Oh, If I could, l',1 ante thieve," and thUKa. air. Itut." he life haa a hard Urn... ThVr. will come a tlm" win n 1 h' r n' r7y .".mn "r"1 mn ."1 rtU "nll,J 1"lVe''' brought you hero to ( What the Lord dirt f.n lhat poor I Vjr" '"7, TnVnV Lpa -v de" I Mo a fellow nut In Iowa a before the aun would rli tomorrow, harm you." man He do to, . If ..II will do j irwWM f.f Un?w J&a funiier Mvlw In Hi.ln.-v yoked him- 'an han.la wouh hiyU Jin reached down and pulled Up what lyil por mm. did W(ly, ,, u', flm, worh, ,, "elf I P Willi aleer fie. wna ry nit , iey cmild. J your mi '" pu'; a revolver nnd .aid, "That revolver "Thla poor ma., cried, arid the ,. kn,w .,, , , ,, to hrenk It "nd the ateer atarted i t ' rf'i" haa kllr,l five men while I have : l,..rd heard him nr.d .4vod him om upon you for anmethlni? to eat 'lown the road and the fellow had to t olilKht ln ' Vi.riJlr,, held''lt my hnnd." Then ho anld, - (if all hla ttoublea ' nni to wenr, atlll vou d n 1 l"wn 1" '' mtllton to do hla Inner ou be ' 'l;,'"n' lp "Do y.ou think Ihcro la any hopu for There never waa cnae known o to l.iv naldn a llttln Mt nut of your i 'j1 .j"'' f,",m. '!M?f .c,,?,!l .lo I i. -AnV 7 - hei rnvera eou.rtll""' Vhoi, han,,,, "re W1 with a m . .on u. in l o.ible who Ht.rpl.ia to prepare for the day. thai l1."' He i nuldn't hold back. If he i ran t. If her fiiyrn cou a blood) who tent five of hU fellow- t When Jeaua wna herr on earth, ; lie helped everybody that anunht , Hla help, and H b. iped a nood many i that didn't acek Ilia help, and ll never aent anybody awny with n ' heavy heart. Tli dlaclplee oft.)?, j wanted lllm lo l H. but II" nlwaya 1 replied, ' They nee.t not depart " I i The only one we have uny record 5 of that Wfiii away with a heavy I heart waa the rich oitn ruler. Me had ao mm h nmnev nnd lie wna ' noch a prominent yoiitm fellow that '. lie thought be could K't nlnnt; with- oil! temia CbrUI, Nod one of the lll- terifllnc thltiRM when 1 ct to 1 l.caven and look around upon the i-liciuily and fli! (hat that younc fe. low lan't there, will be to ne whnt n fool he wna and whnt he mlaevd by points nny from Jeaua, nnd to ace what Jeaua wnntcd him to nomo to when He wanted him to foranko hla alno, Hi., It will hi nmnzliiK to think thnt anybody could tnrti awny, and thn Isn't all. (Ind told him It wne all there, a he didn't bo nwny In-, nnrant. Ho, If you turn ynur back on Ood, you aro not koIiiic awny In nornnt. Tho Lord telle yi'li. that "you have not neon nor henrd, nHlh er hnth It entered Into tho heart ot mnn the tllltiKa that (Jod hnth pre pared for them that love lllm." Bo If you turn your hitck oh Heaven, you know whnt ynu nr ro Inir to, you ar Holnir to Itell, nnd you know nil about that Kjbody la left In the dark about It. AVhnt i fatnlllnr nound thla word "trouble" haa. That's one word every body known the meanlnc f- "Vut never need to look Into a dlrtlounry to find out whnt "trouble" nicann. It meeta ua nil nt tho rfntllo ntiir It a Went mlnthtv close to everybody from ! that-minute Until now. j his daUKhtcr wnH dead, nnd he would Job said, "Mnn thnt ! horn or Kindly hnvo Rlvcn-litn wi-nliii if hi woman Ih of few days nnd full of could hnvo hnd tho lltjlo dauuhter trouble." "Yot man la , born uiho trouble, mi the sparks fly upward." Thero la no back upon eartn mm doe.in't have Its burden, no lirnrt on earth that' doesn't hnvo U sorrow. Trouble la the i-ommon lot ot Ua nil. Wo nre not all rich. Wo aro pot all wise; we nre pot alUlKnorant. "We aro not all sick; wo aro not all well, but, we all of us hnvo, our trouble That Is ono thine thnt everybody's All Know Trouble You may hnvo some thlnirs 1 linvcn't. 1 tuny hnvo some thlni?" yoU don't possess, hut we nil have troubles, They know It everywhere. They know It from the pnlaro of tho. inllllonalro down to tho hovel. They know It from the boulevard down to tlia festerlne nlley. They know it fros- the hnlls qf teglsln. Hon down"l thn iBiiorliut people who don't know tho A. ti, C.. They know sumelhlnK P( trouble everywhere. Thu inllllonalro enn Imlld a home Hint will keep out the "cnts. h'.tlns winter winds, hut ho can't build n home that will keep out trouble. He can't do that. This woWd uud the one tit which tho wicked nre koIiik nre the only worlds where they over have nny trouble. They have no trouble In heaven, .nd tho reason you have trouble hero Is tHH-nuso you follow the devil. And then when you leave hero nfler you servo tlio devil nnd go to hell, ynu will have more trouhlo thnn over, bccniinu you were a fool. So this world, and the one to which the wlrjcd nro koIiik nre the only worlds where they liuvn any trouble, and It Is because of thn devil Now, 1 have been cntertatlned In homes In all purls ot the land, and I wouldn't be there lone until I'd learn that It was n, homo of trouble. .And I have been In homes where vsrythliiB wns beautiful, whore 1 wnlkcd over I'ersinn rims and with tnpcstrlcs of fabulous prices -lntnn on llie walls, sat beneath tho flush ing cnndlelebrn of wealth: shoved mv feet beneath niahoKany. at'H from hund pnlnted china, nun f fed ...i.. ,-i.t l-Iiikh. hnd the bt-st thnt tho mnrket could afford and a ,,r aervimtM stood by mn to nnticlpato my wants and itintlfy my '''"oh!" I said. "Hurely, there I no nkeleton haiiKliiB nround In tho clos ets In this pnlatlftl home." Hut before I had lr. I'd K-'t Uii1p the covers n llttlo bit, and I'd flnu It whs a verltnblo haunt of trouble. Sometimes I'd lenrn that there wns a4oy. wayward, godless, noini roi nothlnnr.. tlrliiKlufr, Bolnir down the ,1..' i, ., if thuirs. who de- irionetUed vlrtuo nml sneered nnd mocked at Ood Atmtshty. and he d ataBser nnd reel and Jn" sputter and spew and vomit Into the : 1 ...... it., amvkia n id hn n home nnn over wi tiii"' -reel to his room. Sometimes I'd learn that U wan a willful, frivolous, eoauotlsh Mlttlo frlxzlo-heiidcil sissy, hftt vvouldn t listen to her father and mothrr and would bo out with tho, Bans who would nssnsslnnto every hlBh, and noble ambition that over BtrURKled for birth In hor mind, or, to put It into action. j Hometlmes I'd learn that It wAy a husband who wasn't a Christian and who professed to bo, and he won t-o tle In his life that the devil would duck up an nlley to avoid inectluK him on the street, I'd learn ho was ket plnB some body on tho side. He'd look dw "lit people In tho face. And that poor -wife would be blttlnK her lip and wettlnit her, pillow with hor toarn of ankulnb, and she'd withdraw frodi society, nnd she was roIiir. to a pre mature Bravo because' she didn't want to publlollx apply for a dlyorct nnd thus brln the statu uon tho fn'mtlv and nut a stain uion tit cutrhenii thitt nothing could r vver ...ml I rule J'd Wttf'H -H U "no. nh,jBtni Man's Cry' n.nsing n nine money, you bo niirnu l.roimhl Upon peoplo la due to their own improvidence anil ilmi to then iMiprudenee nnd their nettled. Itvorvl.ml V Hiiil'M In flell In.iluli. wont there he. mine tht.v neulerle.l l aaltHllon. for nil thn trouble Unit . Hell lirlnua un them forever, ihiy hroiiKht oil theniaelvna bccn,ua Of neKlei t. Hln f'nino Trnuhle Lola of people nre koIiik to pre mntiiie Kravea becaiina of IH-Klcct of their henllh, nnd they violated the lawa of health arid they brought noma dlenee "Upon thomaelvcn that baffled the nlilll of the phyalclnna Trouble' Trouble! Much of It throtlkh Krnvn mlatakea of our own, and much of It lirough Indeclalonn In mnttera of ureal Importance, Hut a Kreater pnrt of all our trouble la tho result of aln, cither our own ulna or Ihu alna of aom t one elao, for xy'iTover thcro la aln thero la troul.te. Wo alt hellrvn lit tho trnnamlaalon of 'i-vrtaln dlaeiiHca, and ao wo all know that It a certain pnraou Iiuh a certnlrt dlacnae. they had to cominlt a aln to Ret thnt: nnd iiIIIiiikIi you didn't aen them commit Ihu aln, you know they'd done It or thoy wduldn't hnvo had II. Now nil Iho trouhlo cornea from the devil, plenau remember It didn't ennui- from abovo, but It crnwlrd out of the pit. .luat remember that! Now the man In my text la rolled n poor num. Thla poor mnn (tiled The Lord Jirnrd lilin, and delivered him out of nil hla troubles. What la trim of lilin Ik true of every man thnt'a In trouble Whoever la In trouble In n poor man whether he Uvea In a hovel or It ho la a inulll- iinla Icr; Jalrua waa n wealthy rtl and how lioor nnd helnlers he was when in his nrms alive. ' Trouhlo mnkes us nil poor bo cuusn wo are nil so helpless In tho presence of trouble. That's tho reason ho was called a poor man, This poor man cried. Ho was u kltiB, but be was poor because ha wns helpless. Look nt Marshall Field, tho mer chant prlnco of rhleiiBO, worth 1160,000,000. Look nt lilm flylnB on n special trntu. from I-oa AnBoles to Chlcnco aa fast ns'tho Hnntn Ko could roll him, nnd they put every. thlnB In on (he side track' He pnld Jt.COO for n special t rn In to rush him frijm I,os Anuflcs to ChlenBo to see If he couldn't, nrrlvo thero beforo thn ilcnth or 'his son, who hnd accidentally shot himself, clean-' Iiib hln I! u n preparatory to a trip for a hunting expedition and dust- covered and wet, the Bnnta l-'u reached l-'ort Madison, In. Thero I hoy put on two of the best nnd fastest looohiotlvcs, mid thoy whirled across tho prnhlus of Illinois t-lBhty nines nnu ninety union nil pour nn, elm went liko n meteor tnroiiB'n the nlr, and as sho rolled Into th depot In C'hlcnKo. With tenr-stnlneit cheeks nnd dust-covered clothes, he said. "How Is Marshall?" They said, "You aro twenty minutes too Inte." He was pour because ho wna help less, helpless! And all hN millions they couldn't obtain for him tho. boon which his henrt craved that was to look Into the face of his boy before no men. jo: no. And thu man who fell anions thloves, where thoy stripped him, no musi navo jiann the nun.of H rich mnn. Thieves wouldn't slick un a hobo. Mo I nm sure lis must have been a rich fellow. floliiB down there to Jericho, tliev i.ntineeil linnn him. How helpless lie was. ."This nnor mnn .tilled, nml lln Lord heard him, and wived lllm out ot alt his troubles, Oh, the poor peoplo I moot In this old world, how my heart ni-hes ns I look upon them as i go to and fro where my duties cull mn Many face Into which you cannot look and not sen tho trnglo marks of sl-j and uorrwn' and of misery I'enpln whtTse faces 'bear the tootU'lnts of the devil nnd marks of slit, hnlplesH, grouping, crying, moaning ones that do not want to do wrong, oh, but they serve iv master, the dvtl, who drives them with whip lushes, my friends, llko scmplona and thero nro times that I feel my heart todn with sorrow; people Hint il'in't wnnt to do wrong but they are driven by tho power of thu devil. Sometimes, J think I urertand a llttln bit how Jesus felt when ho stood nnu day looking over Jerusa lem nnd cried, "O, Jerusalem1 Jer Usolrinl thou thnt klllest tho prophets, and stqiiest thum which aro sent unto thou, how often would I hnve cuthored thy children to. Bethel', oven us Ii hen gntliereth her chickens under her wings, nnd yo would not! Would fall "IU-iH-nt.V lint thov would not. nnd as I wnlk.fho streets, my friends, of tho great cities, and elbow through tho hurrying crowd, tind watch tho busy throng rushing pell niell to the grave, this thought sweeps over me. "ivow- great are ina sproww nnu tho Rlns nnd tho totibles of tho poo pie." And I reel iiko jonnn om, ns ho walked down Iho streets of Nlnovnh with the seaweeiis i.uiikiiiH over bis ears nnd crying. "Jtepentl Itepenl! Ilepent! llepcnt!" Jilany Iieoplo got In tno worst trouble trying to get 'out of the trouble they nro nlrendy in, In their own w!y. It Is truo that tho man who commits n crimo tries to cover 'l uti with another crime, nml then tnoiiirr io cover up I nu omul nnu i'f.i... 1 ... h -had already committed H -'?"u..... ss'irr woum ,mvo ohoKo'M;ai.';:nTn;v;.moe nnlMn. keo!Bttlng In deeper und deeper 'wanted Oort more tnan iionnr, nnu Voor, lorl-!ghted fool, he ran'titho soul crlfd for Immediate, defl- leej-tbut yu can t conunlt una slu lhil, ..iiin-'uli.i, - i if.-; -s""-. "1 ',$?,t?ti.i man WUU u"utl t make n living by tilling people Ihnt I ho was a soldier nnd wns crippled In tin- wnr. Hurt k nround iind n handle nnd they'd ask him, "Jlon dors it happen that you nru a crip plo?" lip unlit, "f wns In the war," He walk'd up to n. fellow one day nod naked him for some money lie anld, "Wliat'a th'i trouble? How did you hi'i'otiin n cripple?" I In artld, "In the wnr." Tho innn nhl. "Tlml's ao? Wht forty.! i regiment. Whnt company?" 11b mild, "I won In tho nlrilh.' "Why." ha siild, "Thnt wns my regintnpt . Whta company?" lie snl.l, "I wna in company eight " lie anld "I wna In No. 1." "AW ,1 ."2" r V; : 1 nielli " .a roeu. ami vain hiianeii tnv izoinira. ' ?."'! ""I"."1 I!'01" A" "VP." 'f.hUwIe'H or mother'a prnycVs nre i In r r nJ ,1, ," vu r ' allll In fire nny more than ynu enn 'h alll to remcm nher tililt. And ao. fin they , A II . . In lirir, ft rt. fit HA I;--, nil i',.ut-r.A.t'jn, not. nil nitm nnu eta, nnd nil bank wrcekerni they bi'lint. by taklnit n lllttn bit, and aft er they made n stnrt, they took ft Utile more tii try nnd retrlv whnt they had tK'-tvii, nnd I lien they look it llttln mi - to try nnd retrieve that nnd they kept Kcttlnir deeper and deeper until nflnr a while you Were horrified to find thn bunk wna looted nnd your snvlfiKS had irone up In amoko. Ho It la with the man who drlnka; ho tnkea a llttln more and more and until at Inat It holda lllm In bunda atrntiKnr than -atnel and more tor rlble. , Now, wo nil know that's true. Home people nre aware of that from and nnd bitter experience. "This poor man cried, nnd the Lord henr.hlm, nnd saved hi in out of nil hi fowblea," The man of my text wna prob ,nbly IrylriB to net out of hla troubte In lla own wiiv and there will nlwayn be trouble where thorn la Hln. It la tho devil's bimlnt-n to mako trouble. You don't need to read the lllble to know that's the truth. You don't nerd to consume my oneriry or tlmo llstenlnir to me to know It Is true Wit nil know It Is (rue, nnii most everybody from cr.nerlonco, too, The child soon learns If It dis obeys the parents thero will be trouble, nnd If yoij hide ynur sins ynu will have trouble. The lllble soys, ''tin that coveretn me sms shall not p'roiiper, but who so eon- rcHsntli nnu lorsaitoui wiom soau hnve mercy." "This poor man cried." If you want' to know' what Christian ex periences Is, rend thn I'snlmn. They nro full or It and they aro authen tic. You cn-,'t nlways tell by hoar Inir a fellow talk In meeting Just what Christian experience la. The roanon Is thnt nobody has ever lived so they could clenrly express whnt they feel In their henrts, thnt'ls, to be fully understood. Hnjrltunt thing at best nro mlffhty poorly op pressed In words. k Word Inn.lciunlc. t Thero nro some things yoU k;now that you can't find Words in ex press. I love my wlfn nnd children, lull If you'd nsk mo to frame It In th words of tho Ungllsh lancuaBt-. 10,0.00,000 inoro words wouldn t cnnfnlu tho words that I'd llko to express what I mean In my Iminrda. t can't-do It, so Ihcro aro some things you can't even tell In words. Hut word" uro tfon vehicles through whleh wo convoy our thoughts nnd feejlnga to our friends, nnd even yot they am mighty poor. gomo people, when thoy talk, say too lltjle, nnd some penpto windjam ton much, but tno l'salms aro Christian experiences Irf Inspired language. When Ood Inspires It, they don't say too irtuoh or too lltle Just whnt tho I-ord snya or wants you to sav. So If you Maul to know what It la, you go nnd rend It. 'This noor man cried." That shows he Was In grent trouble. When,. a man cries ho la Kenerniiy in sor row night unto dtulh. He reached the place whero he would stop ex pecting help from others or from himself, Ho was In a place where thoro -were no pro!pe.ts that h would ever get out of It, so ho cried unto the Lord, and despair wns on 1,1. frnr-k. nmt lis was llCllECd til like Mm children of Isrnel on their L,,i,h frnm KirviA to the I'romlsod Umd. They said, "Oh, wero there nr,,v.. In Virvnl tn burv un? Why I iii.i you bring us out horn In the wilderness? Oh, our souls aro dis gusted with this light bread. ' Tho Ited ?ea rolled lu front ot them, and I'haraoh -and hla .army wero behind them. The perpendic ular rocks wero on one hand, tno mountains wero on tho othor, and they wero hedged In there. Their case, seomod absolutely hopeless, my friends, Oh, thero nro no Impos sibilities with Ood! Ood said to Moses. "Htretch out your rod." and Moses did It, and beat back tho waters of tho Ited Hen. and they walked In surety across, .When they rea'hed tno other side, nnd he reached ..ul Iih rod, tho lied Hen rolled and I'hn raoh and his hosts aro waiting for n.n imni.iet In smltld onthe resur rection morn Then theJjjwIll oomo clambering up the coral wreaths whleh were but ombtonos erected in iho i-oineteri- wlioro they lie burled Rnmi lliev were shouting hnppy. for they said. "Hcjolee. for the Lord hath overthrown the horse and tho rider In the sea." No Impossi bilities with Ood. "This poor man criod. Oh, Ood can't turn a deaf ear to a cry like that. I bellevo that Ood Almighty will make tho angels stop singing nnd the heavenly musician stop playing and Ood Almighty will stop making worlds and Iran over the battlements of glory and s.iy. "Whnt' this 1 heard down thero on earth " . , , , , "Oh, thnt follow Is sinking In sin nrtd wnntsfto bo ft Christian." ThdfJ what Ood does. Ood will hear your cry. 'This poor man cried," and the Iird heard mm. no no n.u heaven keep still to hear you when yfiu cry nnd nsk for help In this old world. He was seeking Ood with a breaking henrt, and stub a man vn. never disappointed, never' And he wfinteii uou more man rn-in-n. ir iwnited ood more innn mmn. nlto help, and the I-nrd was thero to . ... i uieiii nnii' Standing up for prayers, lifting TULSA DAILY WORLD, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 27, your hands, gnfng down on yoiflonn night and when he (tot through knees wnn't do ni.-. Bond unlor.i . prra hlng on tho tct of "The your henrt la on I'a kneri asking Ood to forlv8 Mur sins. And when you seek f r Ood. like th fiimlalilur will so. for fond, like the thlraty for wm-r, like the sick man hurita for hal'h, or like peo ple hunt for wealth and prosperity, then you will find Illrn. "If you aeek the lord thy Ood, thou alialt find film. If thou seek Itlm with nil thy heart and with nil thv aoul." (Ho Ions' na he looked nt hlmaolf. hi cno wna absolutely hopelega, David mild. "He liroimht ma 11 ti I nlao put of an horrible pit, out of the rftlry olny, arid et my ftnt upon a rncK, nnn catntiiianeu my Koinxa. Tlioro la only one way to no in .! "ihi. old world la le HehtnlnB rod above hla hend .nrt k..,, ,,, .,.,,. ,)f ,. tiUA ' " . o. they can t neip you. in fa.t Hint He took Imvld nut of a horrible pit, la aure proof that He will take us out. It the Mrd wnsn't wllllniT to help us, you can bet every dollnr you've K"t Hit forty-tlKth realm would never have been put In tho lllble. Never! Never' Imlms Am llxnrrlrncft. And whnt (toil does for one. He nre not TlBures of nnecrn, but tnov nro reality In the llfo of every un saved man or woman. No mnttor where n sinner noes, he travels In mud, nnd the looser he lives In sin, tho dtcper he will sink In situ T.iko the fclrl. out meruhnndlslnit her womanhood, sellliic for Bain. Oh, there wns a tltnn When snn lived In ft flat. There wns a tlmo when somebody, perhnps, botmht lmr clothes. Brew tired, cast her off, nnd throw her to ono side. Now she. U creeplnB nny by hersolfi she didn't start -thcro, nd, no! A fellow thatrs in tno pen'teniiary dirtn't Jnmn there nt once, he stnrt en out anil Kept Boinn ueoper ana decpor nnfl 'deepor, and f naily trie pour, . hlenr-eyed, hopeless, helplcn drunkard was lying In ft stale boor Joint. It took him a Bt'"d many year? to Rt there. Ho didn't set there quickly, he kept BettlnB deeper and deeper In sin and mnkliie It ttjuro Impriibablo that he would oVor bo saved, and the devil tlBhten- ed Ills Krlp on his throat every time ho anlil "No" to an Invitation to bo a cnriaunn. You Just tie another knot in tun nooao that's about, your neck and If you docldo to hold on to thnt rln and indulge In It 2t hours more n,i,l AlmlBhlv piny let von keep It forever. He may ray. "Well my pa- tlenco Is exhausted with you. Hy ii ....... .i.i nn.i ir tlenco Is oxhausted with you. My yoi! have, inndn tip your mind you'd rather do that thnn to bo decant all Uj,,,'! i spirit won't always strive, ann u It wasn't bacailsa ho was tho son of Jesus that Ood heard his cry. Oh, not It wasn't because he'd taken tho atone and hurled It and sluln OiiH.uli, the giant Of Oath thnt God hoard )il Vrayor. Not It wasn't because bo wns pn tlsnt and forbenrlng with old Saul, but David might hnvo chopped hla blqck ff nnd been king ft half dozon tlmra but he never long, a nair fen... Kta Vioiiil Tlmt wnoil't the rcasdn' Ood heard his cry. No! It wasn't because ho'd Hlnlil tho lion and tho Lear thnt tamo to take thn lambs from tho flock, that Ood heard his cry. No! Jt vasn't be diusu he wns a grent king thnt Ood heard hint. No, it wasn't beenuno ho wns a great general, and David never .knew defeat, nnd tho army ot lsrrtel which David led never flipped tholr colora to any nation on enrth. That wasn't tho reason (lod heard hla prayer. It isastl't becaileo ho was- tlio sweet sii.KOr of Israel. Not Jt wasn't because ho was tile harpist or old. No! Playing for old King Baiil In hi. molanchoiy moods, no! Whenever tho cry go'en up to tho throne of Ood for help, Unit neip cornea down to tho beggar Just tho same as to tho king on the throne, of tho president In tho whlto buuso. Nn man Is so humble, so sinful or so Ignorant that Ood Almighty will not hear his cry. Just as well as ha will the most gifted being on earth! And Ood win hear Uijo cry no mat ter from whoso Hps it goes up Thnt Is tho reason OOd wnnts to Help us. Now soma fellow s.lld, "I will' toll, ynu Hill, I'd bo a Christian, I d" bo tho first fellow to go down thero and take ynu by tho hand, but I am arrnld t'PAit't live up to It" Think of David preferring to stay In the pit for fear when he got out, Im'd fall again. Think of a sick man not wanting to get well for fear of getting sink agnln. Imaglno a hungry man re fusing .to eat because he d get bun' gry again. Thing of a thirsty man refusing to drink because he'd got thirsty again, or a freoilng man rq fuslng to warm himself for fear he'd get cold ngaln. Oh, listen! If you ran trust Ood tn take you out, you ran trust Ood to keop you out. If Ood Almighty Is able to do one Ho ran do tho other, and It Ho can tako a shiner out of sin, you can bet your bottom dollnr lie enn keep him out. Ood almighty reached ddwn, ono dnrk nnd stormy night In i hlcngo, JO yenrs ngo, and grabbed mc out. ynnked m out and put my feet on a rock and Ood' Almighty luw kept nm out from thnt minute to this. , tie can do thnt nil thu way through. Yes, and Its becnuse tho Lord did something for tho man In the text tlnTl He hna promised to do the same for us, nil the way through. Ho has pledged to do tor us what He aid for others. That's the ircason I am preaching to you. If He had simply dono It for Da vid. I wouldn't have any text, I couldn't prent to you If thero wasn't any hope, but l- am telling you what H did for him. There fore, that's nn example of what Ho wilt do for us, bocnuso Ho Is tho same Ood and wo have tho wmt promises after David was tnken out of the pit and put whero ho could travel In Joy. The fjrat thing that happens to a forgiven tinner Is that ho flnihj de light In doing' the will ot Ood. It Is a thousand times easier to llvu to please Ood than it is tn live to not pjeao Ood . ill- ,im mini, ,. I ChaHi-a U. I'lnney was prcachlntf 1 1 ... i.-.. ....... stnnda pledcrd to do tor till, -for lie "'V'"" "."',''' ' 1 you any. . .lo ior of planus. "Who- I ,n.,lter ,m,u! tho ,wor1" "f ' .,., wiii mflV ooriin" , r ,t tl words ot Jesus Christ. S, Wplc0p!eVoof,slder I'salms as Plh?10luffr1J,!!Ir! '"8 S" all poetry. Wromr! l'salms are ''rVillmv enl l U'llL t .n Christian exnorlencc "The hor- 1M," ftl.luw " Unney, I am Jibhl lUi mY Ihnmiry clTy"-t.. wt-J. ,av ' Idood of Jesus Christ clennaeth lie rrom nil aln." a man stepped up to htm nnd anld. "Will you go home with me tonight? It la on tho way. you won't have to go out of your way," and I'lnney looked at him and wild, "Yin." Presently n man rnmo Up and rnKIng him to one aide, wild, "That man la the worat thief, deapcradu, outlaw. vicious, dlspreutable char acter In thla neighborhood. Nobody haa any reapect for him. lour life Isn't safe," but Finney went down In (tin mini u'lttt tlin man ntt Is Intend of going to thu man's house, thay turned Into a aide atreet. Ilu put thn key In tho door nnd they neni in nnu mi iikiiicu tho lamp, better thnn rploto to you my text ot tontltht. "Tho blood of Jeaua f'l.rlat clennnnth u 'from nil aln." The man reached up and took down a pack of tarda and said, "1 am a bootlegger nnd gambler. I have robbed men of their money, I have heard the crack of the revol ver a they have tried to aivo their Uvea; I have heard tho aplash of their bodies as they'd Jump Into the river; and I have broken up their Ifonioi and their property haa been dcrtroyod. 1 llioro any hopo that God can savo a wietcli like mill" I'lnney said, "I have no other autiiorlty and I can't tell y drunknr.U; graves, I hnvo robbed their families of brend nnd butter nnd their clolhos. I Imvo sent boys homo atnggcrlryi Into their moth crs' nrms. I hnve damned their mothers to their faces when they'd romo to chldo me. I have robbed men, sir, of their honor nnd women of their womnhhood. Is thcro any hopo?" Mr. Finney said, "You picture to me as black nnd as despairing n picture ns I ever looked upon, but 1 can do nothing. I am glad to have the opportunity to tell you that 'The blood of Jesus Christ, Ills Hon, cleanselh us from nil sin.' " Ho said, "Mr. Kinney, I have out rngd womanhood. I hnvo outraged childhood. I hnvo beaten my wife. I have choked ner until sho was nearly dead, t hnvo damned nna cursed and I hnvo lied. Thcro Is not n Inw on tho stntuto books ot mnn or In tho Word of Ood that t haven't trampled beneath my feet. Is there any hope, tell mc, for a wrctClcll man llkojpe. sir?" I Me. Kinney said. "Tho nicturo Ii i,inov n frtemi h.n r,i nu.. . n,ir , , u ,', .,, .. ov- ,h- j :.'",."..,' 'f. ' nkW, Pn,' I "'',n , 1 3o?',,c,!"""ft ' " i . TA 'mi". h , 1 hands. Then he r nt thu words of my i Jesus Christ. Ills from all sin.' " . ' " "'l' ""Z""'" "'" ' "S r'TJ- "."";" the key and hrW tl door open and pointed out In the dark. Jovor 'said u word to Unney, and ho went out nnd shut tho door. The next morning, the broken bot tles, the beer kegs," whisky bar rels amnshed In, the minor behind tho counter broken, revolver broken nnd lying on thti floor, cards torn to shreds, nnd the chairs broken, told how he had spent the night. Along toward niornlng ho went to h.'s home, nnd his llttlo girl came to colt' him for breakfast. Hho snld. "Pnnii. brcnkfftst Is ready." Afld ho snld ,to her as ho smiled, "Honey, tell innmn thnt pnpa don't wnnt nrjy brenkfast." Bho went nwny frightened. She said, "Mnmn, he called mo Honey." Ilyo nnd bye the mother sent her bnck again. Ho called her to httn, mid kissing lier ea)d. "Tell mama that papa don't want nny breakfust tills morning. Slie went away frightened and tola her mother that he'd done some thing that ho'd nover "dono before, kissed her. Ilye and byo thn niothpr nnd lit tle slrl went to the room nnd naked him to come to breakfast. He told thon to como In, and he took: his wlfo op one knoo and tho llttlo girt on tho other, and nald, "Wife, It haa been years slnco you have sat q.. -d he 2ld to hi lit tle girl,""Thia isTho flrstlrnc'l ever held you on my knee." Quit tlio Saloon. Ho said, "I whn( to te'l you that I huve null the saloon business: I hnve quit my life of sin, A preacher told me the blood of Jesus Christ eleanseth me from all alns. I want to tell you that you havo a new hus bandi (l wnnt .to tell my llttlo girl, you hnvo got a new papa; this com. munlty has ft new citizen; Ood has H now friend nnd the devil has a new enemy. I wish you'd have dinner a little .bit early. I am going to get Mr, Kinney nnd ho will com up nnd toll you how' It all happened,," Whenever a man irlcs. Ood helps him. No matter who ho Is. Ood Is no respector of persons. No, sir' He will help him. No matter who. Tour men sat lp a certain place In this city two nights ngo talking about mo. They wero bartenders. They were' cursing me. that Is. threo wero und tho other Blood up for nib. Tho one stood up for me, and the other three turned to him and said, "You say what he says about this business Is tru, You stand up for him, yet you soil whisky." They said. "You are' a damn hypocrite!" Ho said, "You ani right, but I won't bo any more" -f lie untied his upron, threw It off and said, "There! I am through sell Ing whisky. Ho Is right. Ho Is right. 'Listen to me. And he said, "Hut I have gut-to havo somebody to help .inc." So ho. railed up one of tho preachers on the 'phone and said, "I want to see you." He wept up to his house and tod him what he hnd done. The preach er prayed with hlin, and ho gave hla heart to Opd, Ho Is standing for Jesus Christ tonight, and ho quit his saloon business. "Tit poor mnn cried, r.nd the I,0rd beard him, nnd delivered him out of nil his troubles." He put his feet Upon a rock nnd established his going. , Ood always makes the road' that He wnnts 111 pilgrims to walk In nnd It Is free from mire nnd from filth. It Is frco' from the things that damn othrr people In -the world.- It was mnili- for mnn. Hallelujah; nnd th" man Is mado for the way. Just the limn n - . Isamc as an engine la mado for the I UIIIIM.I. IF, , VI, IU 1921 rails and the rails were made for ftn engine. A bnnt, my friends, wan made for the wnter. the water for the boat Tliev didn't make a boat to travel on land, they didn't make n locomo tive to go through tho wnter. The wny was mado for he rails nnd the engine waa made for that, and so Ood wll mako th road he wants you to walk In nnd If you slop .... . -1 1 . T M.t trn.l Unll w.tcre nun iw.m .uu. a --! jwm . will find solid rock. That's what Iiavld found when he got out of the pit, and in the pit he was sinking deeper and so Is everybody who Is n sinner. Kvcry breath yuu draw you are getting wors nnd farther and farther from flog. liok at the two plctuen. One shows 'where the devil puts a man. The other shows whnt Ood docs for a man. We look In pity, my friend, upon n mnn down in the disgusting pit, ntnklng deeper nnd deeper Into the filthy slime. That's whnt tho devil does for humanity. Oct upl My Ood! Ont up Intel ligent peoplo, toll me why ft mnn has got to work his llfo out to get nenntn to bo dereiA. Conin on and tell mn why. When n man stands ' nnd preaches, lolls you What to do. j nnd you refuse to roiiow uou. iwi me what right you hnvo to expect anybodito call you decentj I, want to kpow. Como on! Tell me why. My friends, tell me why you can't even be n decent American, for In my opinion, tho very prlncl pies of Americanism were built on. fnlth In Ood and In the Illhln. s Anorew ja-Rs.iu ran , 1 , , lng to the lllble, ''That book, sir, Is the rock upon when trie Atnuncnn ronohlte rents, -oti enn't movo It. ' "The poor man cried." Oh, niyl nnd so your feet are tnken out of the mire and planted on the rock. Ho goes running, leaping with n song on his lips. Joy In his benrt, fiico lights up ns he thinks of tho city whoso builder nnd mnker la find.. Thero Is no question which Is best. Cry to tho lAir.I. Thorn Is no question which 1 host, to bo slrk, or well, to be blind or have good eyes, to be dent or nlit. to ln.'. tA b vlrtl.o.lM or to be Impure, -to be drunk or to bo sober, branches of the elm nnd the onk and to be ft llnr or to bo honest; thero the sycamoro thnt stood In the door la no question which Is best, lynrd. My Inndscnpo when I wns a Whether to go to Henvcn-or Hell, I boy. wasn't brick and mortnr ' and whether to hnvo Ood smile on you nsphnlt pavements. No! but the or tho devil say. "Ah. you ro n dnndv. I'm stuck on you." "Tills poo.l man crleu. .now trouble. Do what the mnn In my llli'lf uiiu nun; n., lu toxt did. Cry unto tho Lord, it wns the besh thing ho could nnd the only think ho could, do. And wherever ft mnn renche the point whero he will cry to th" Mrd, thnn sir, ho hns reached tho place whero ho Is dend sure, ho will get to Hciiv- en. and he was stopped expecting neip trnm your mummy. i.iui can't tako you out. nnrtVin mnko me your nu.irney" Vhnt wmi't ', , rtiun n nml nriunn t LToiortntrotlgrUrM from tho institution. That won't v'o.'ir Samv a.,d1'our0?..UUreCan5 'ySSrShHaK which nrn r-nnil nnd which aro com- mendnblo nnd which Ood Almighty npplnuds and loves, but.they can't Like vou nil L No! Not "This poor mnn,, cried, nnd tho Lord heard him, and delivered him out of all his troubles." When-ft man crlos to Ood tor help that's ovldonre that hn Is willing to be helped In God's way. Some of you don't want Ood to havo his wfty-J You keep your.mouth shut. . A mnth?a1"oody w'lU Vot ttTfjSS ' ,.. itim in tvhen way, as you want Him to. . When you hnvo reacneq tne pmc wnen ynu will stop rejectts." Ood'a plan of palvntlon, then I want to tell yotf God Is nearby tn help you. "The Lord enved him out of nil bis troubles" 'Whon the Lord helps He mnkes a clean sWoop. "All his troubles.''- That's ft beautiful myth, that when Ood mnde tho birds, he made them without wings. He put them on tho ground nnd they pecked nnd scretcbed hut didn't sing, npd later on ho happened to think nbjut it mid made them wings and they hp Bnn to flv nnd thoy have been fly ing nnd singing ever since. Did Ood forget to make thepl wings tho first Jack out ot thn hox? Ood don't hnvo to go back, nnd do things- over! Whon God .does It, it's done, If tho text had read, "This poor man "had n trouble," some wpuld say. "Well, that man had one. 1 hnve got many. That fellow hnd n llttlo ono, mlno Is big. His was dif ferent from mine." , Hut this man had many troubles, and tho cnun of the troubles Is not given. So that lets ua nil In. . I don't know what his trouble wan, but whatever It was, God do-' llvered him nut f , .. "This poor man cried nnd the Lord heard him nd dell"erod him out of nil hla troybles." but He didn't say what they wero nrd so Ho will do for you whnt He did for him. Never mind what yours are He will help you out of them. Hn helped him out of his, m I nm Bind the Lord didn't tell us whnt his wero bocnuso If thero woro a lot of fools, they would hnve been wondsrlntr If they could get ou of theirs If they weren't HXe thnt. ' Tho text Is good news to every body. If the Lord will help one, tho Lord will help nil. Thnt vorse wasn't put In tho Plble to fill up space. Oh, no, not nt nil! Thnt verse wns put In the Itlbln out of, which to mako a ladder to shovo down In front of the mnn or' tho """i"" " .-: , , , ',, ,, ,, clay that they might climb up ou d woman In sin, in mo pu nnu n.iry m u.rre m .-- - -""", n',i. lcavo tho subway and go up to Ood roofKarden. ' ... .. ,1 rlAlltrnt-eil mm imnnt lilm nnd delivered Tllm out of all his troubles," Oo out Into, the street and cry ynur trouble. Tho crowd will rush on, they have, got troubles of thrr own. Oo to the halls of loaritlng, they hnve theirs. Oo to tho mnrket place, cry your troubles. Oo down to tho stock exchange, qry your troubles. Oo to the homes of the rich, they have their troubles nn well as Hie poor. Wo nro upt to think I hey have no sleepless nights or troubled , Insomnia. Ah. grent Ood, they hnvo henrt nches tho-same ns you, They have tear-stained cheeks in well an you, They have pillows wet with the Uears of grief ns well as you. None nro Immunn from trouble. Nol No! , ' Henred In Country. Oo on! On on! Walk the streets, trvlng to find a willing ear Into which, to pour trnubl-a, nert thev mill hurrv a, nut wmr. tviu. -m. ti Ood I snv "i" will stop mnM ig g 0-c)ock 0r a little later, she wT.rlds, See Tlt.it' whnt thei,ot)) tne jump nnd parted up the T n.1 M-111 flol tt-Mll.u-n.-n tilru-n- In thn nllln nn. Oh. such sad faces, such yearn- Wife of youthful Mail Train Robber i , i sssiifllfl H "jiilll!!! i ' i f 3Tw. Dolly GnfcgTT Mrs. Dolly Gardner, rlfo of Iloy flnr.ln,,. .. i I f . n it - n . M vnli? rt who was captured while attempting to rob n mall car. "When nrreated I Onrdner gnvo his nnmo ns It, Nel- . Chicago, but his truo iden- ,Uy wns ,iBCOVpred later by tho au- thorltles. A short tlmo ago Oard- ner escaped from tho federal prison on McNeil's tsianu, near Taconin, Washington. ing' faces, I look Into thorn during, tho rush hours. ; I was brought up In the country, Tlfe muplc of my childhood was not tho whirling, rattling, pushing, Jam m!liB thromrs nnd wheels of num berlesn vehlcjes. Oh, the muslo of my childhood was tho crooning of Ihu .null, u-lnilw lh-nii-h -h 1 fields or 'yellow whent nnd corn, I billowing m the summer breezes. My plnyground, when I was n boy, wnsn't the hot pavement, dodglnv mulor cars nnd motor trucks, my friends, oh, It wnsn't a fire escape In n bnck nlley, It was thp shadv bank of the old mill dam where the pond lilies blossomed nnd thoy floated nrf.imily on the htm wat.-rn I where tho hlue dragon flies fluttered nboVo the creek, birds warbled from lno liranchcs and I seemed to know their names, and they seemed to know mc. And tho cotton-talled rabbits "'''.""L' ,myh '"'he ou- " "o-,e tho thorn bush In the jgjft, . SnJ on.rme 80n ,vay ostr 111 "'Py W. In ono office bulldln hero T tworkt-trh,t'!s,; 'enough " to I Rn.H work tnats enough In make a whole town In Iowa, where I lived. Oosh, but we've got lota of cracking good towns there, haven't got -but a tow hundred penpte, a courth6usc, four or flvo churches and schools, but nobody goes to bed hungry. Hundreds cf girls, going 'to bo the mothers of tho next generation, "Oh, what are you doing for them?" I In your faces i I cry nn your !.nv,our r1,,0 dolngV for i' jfe. . Wh' ng, churches? Is It possible that you havo for gotten Ood with your rich vest ments nnd nil that? Is that the renion that people stop go'ng to church, nnd their prenchei preach to varnish and stained "glass? Is that the reason? Whv are they coming to this tabernacle? Why d,o yod crowd down hero com ing by thousands and ten thou sands; I will tell you. Tho peo pie nro hungry for the gospel of Jo sua Christ, the pure, unadulterated gospel, without frills nnd fetters, caps or bells. You have been giving them Ice cream puffs nnd moynn raise .dresslmr too much. They wnnt 4ho solid nourishing food of the word bf Hod. Oh. I know what they want, i knowl I have been looking Into the faces of thousands upon thousands thnt have pressed down to tnko me byirtho hnnd, thousands upon thou sands thnt havo not, nlr, and I will tell you how I. hnvo sited this great big beating, throbbing metropolis, sir. They aro dying for simply this, hungry for better things, long ing for times when .they'd wake up and find tho wny -they have llvel has been a. mlrngo nnd n dream nnd they aro hungry to havo .lostiy Chr'st throw hla arms around thum and Itiss them. Uke ns n Fiitlier. - So I am Kind to any to you folks, What He did for this poor fellow throo thousand years ago. He will do for Us tonight, In tho tabernacle here. If I didn't bellevo It, I'd quit preaching, sir. He's promised to help us long ago, I ran tell you, no matter what your trouble, nn mat ter how hlack, no matter how you Imvt- lived, sir, oh. Ho will come quick, He will come sure If you will do what the poor mnn did qry. Don't you remember how easy rt was to get your mother to come nnd holp you when you woro n little boy or when you wero n llttlo girl, and If sho was baklng'brend or trim ming ft lint or dress, scrubbing the floor, no mntter whnt sho was dclng, If sho henrd your cry, she stopped "" ran io sco wnai mo irnuoia ..,Jko a) a ath(,r p,lI((th m cnuareii, so mo i.oru p tutn tnem tm,t fear him." r the Lord will help us If wo will i ..V "Say.. Pann. do you earn If I eo with you?" nsked n little glti of her fnther who kept tho boats up on the New 1-lnglan.l shores. "Can I go with you?" nn he started for tho Utfi tin cntboat to go out and look at' his nets. ,"Ho said, "Yes, como on, honey," and she. bounded In. And away thoy Went, and the waves wero A little heavy and the wind contrary, and the clouds bo ginning tn gather, and finally tney hoverfd ns dense as a mantle ovor them, and the storm broke tn all ts fury, nnd they were driven miles and miles out and oh, a darkness ceftled over tho sea, And ever and nnon, tho mother, fn the fathering night, would stand in the doorway with her, hands to her eyes pcorlng out nt tho shore nnd wnters. Then she'd say, "I wonder whero they aro." And darkness cnm on, nnd abnut tb0 80u wtia sttJ,6 thoro ana he SECTION a 'snld, "Mother, whero u e UngV "I nm going to put the window." , "Oh, shucks!" he said it. Tho storm Is so dm i j to- T ta rsln is beating so It wlt . lays down to tho wat. Hut she went up, put ' tho window and full on I,, pray. Way but on tho storm tossed waters, U the IHU Ing on to th6 bow of t As the storm lifted In n from tho sky, sho cam tho Jlghr nnd said, 'I'n light," and ho said, ''Ke, on it." , And ho took hold of itu the storm gathered m. . and thu light dlsappcari"! "Blip nlong, child, you 11 ,. again." fclio said, "Here It Is. tackt-r again and bacK t and bye nnd byu they t famlhar cove, Thoy mado tho boat fa they walked up tho well i. well worn pathway, cr threshold of thu home n night, the mother came d the g.irret with the lai,,,i hand and tho boy turn- 1 said, "Hello, Mis, how d.a dad get In horu tonight ' 'Oh," said sho, w s'c mother's light in tlio w.nd And ho thought befoi, to bed. "It Is timu I was d t .0 'It f e a tit M1J '1 l li . a. i i'a a m hr h ar.J i b, wti.t if. A ' ic ' .-ml . tJ in h .And he critd to tho Ird Vl.in.hu tnft.i- n mil A few ' friends hnd gallic stood weeping as ho w.u out with the tide. Ho ! nnd smiling said to tits i. sister, "You needn't weep for mc, 1 will enter the Ii , safety for 1 am steering lj ,ji'm light." LOS ANGELES SET PACEF0R TULSA Former Resident Atlvi.es the People Here to Volo Spiwinnw Bonds Erwln Covey, n former res. jrnt ol Tulsa, now lives In Los AnscK , but ho mill owns consldcrnble property here. Ho wnn formerly a '..iir, of tho tho old Commercial r lib Mr Covey hns lived long enough ,i I.- J Angck-n to nppreclate the xa i.e of .i good water supply In the hui.d at a clly. With Spavinaw wat r brought to Tulsa ho believe th -this dry has the opportunlt -o reach tlja quarter of a million Lark Itcud whnt ho snys In the fc Luin communication to Tho WorlJ South I'nsadena, Cat.. Nov 12. Tulsa Dnlly World, Tulsa. Ok .a I have followed very carefully thn discussion of the wnter probic n In Tulsa, Irf your Dally World A non-rosldent property owner In Tulsa and a resident of South rata dena, a suburb of Los Ange'es, I nm fnmlllnr with what gravity watir piped practically 250 miles Irum Owens river to Ims Angeles, In hit Is known na the nqucduct, has done for tho city of Los Angeles, built nt a cost of approximately J21.OOu.000 and tho ndvlBablllty of taxing tins city, at tho tlmo It was bu." was questioned by many. Today tie .i-y of Los Angolcs Is a unit nui imlurftii the proposition to u man and -he doubting Thonwcs hnvo an d.fnp pearcd. Without the aqucdurt water this city could not have po. slbly forged to the front as she lm, nearlng the million mark Wuhout plenty of pure water Tulsa cannot hopo to add to her prosent popula tion as she. Bhould, Iroflt by Ion Angeles. Prlflt by Los Angeles' experience and vote tho bonds for Spavtnaw water. Outlying districts and suburban towns nre compelled to annex o the city of Loj Angeles ns they inrreasu In population to tako advantage ot tho acqueduct water Flicu d I prophecy that Ited I-'ork .Bapuipj. Dawson, Colllnvllle, Ilroken Ar'on Jcnks and possibly Sand Spring! would knock at tho door -f Tulm for admission with (Spavin water i, Mv Tulsa frlerlds might ilueatK ntiV judcmcnL It will clvo nn- gre. nleasuro to tiav tho nddm n.i amount of tax on my holdings n Tulsa t .7 'secure plenty ot pure water for Tulsa. Your city honored mo in e n ig mo to tho position of secreiarv of Chamber of Commerce for 'h'ea years several years ago, and imide from my property IntertMtH 'be e I am very much Interested in " Tulsa a city of n quarter of a inn lion, nnd plenty of good purs waier will add materially in attaining that end. In my Judgment Spavinaw cavity wnter offers tho best solution t ui water problem for Tulsa, KItWIN CO r V South I'asaden. 1 ! BOY THIEVES SURRENDER A Answer Officers' Invlrtillpn to o"10 In und Olvo L'p. , WELCH, Nov. 2C- The n - Colonel Cary, wfrp lives on r. imI botwe.en hero- 'and Mlam- wuj entered recently by threo ' J youths, Oscar McKenzie, I-.ar' i ."' and Bon Andcson, all ' B county, who are alleged carried off two guns nnd i ' i; light. Officers from Miami out to arest tho boys, but f i a find them at home, und n i d for thorn to come in. Under tho direction and nd their parents, the boys l Miami Wednesday evening themselves up, and wero ' on a bond of 1600 each. of FLOCK TO REINDEER FEAST Cnfo Overrun When Club ' I'cod to the Teachers. splt to Th World. , , I'ICHKH. Nov. 26. The ' '" dinner gTven by tho richer Adw s lng club at the cato ot the f hotcT, w"lth the teachcra of i ' ' No. 16 as guests of honor - ennanlrunUB success and the sloh of great pleasure and pr Thero wero 160 guests, odd equipment had to bo Imp"' and the tables extonded Intu hotel lobby. In addition ' sumptuous repast there were -at rd 11. the ad- drosses, music unit anncm. Get Gas for llurbun!. Bpcll to The World. HUltUANK. Nov. 26--"": will aoon be supplied with go oral men nro nt work on the rroj ect and are paid cents nnd have been at work thrc J four days. The connections from n well about a mile rr ! town and will be completo in a i" ten days" The price Is rea.oi- tie. only 60 cents per 1,000