, 1876-08-20
MAI. COLE.
INCIDENTS OF His WORK,

lne thF75ttdH OF q recent date mas the follow
| ing anecdotes illustrative OF the work accom-
plished by Maj. Cole, Of this city, who has fol
some time been doing evangelical work in En-
gland and Scotland:
Passing house one day, the Major noticed a
pretty little boy running and Jumping about, much
to the delight Of his parents, who were watching
him from tile porch. Maj Cole held out his hand
him. Then going up to bis parents he said, ..You
kave sweet child here; you would hate to part
with hin"
.*Wo should part with everything cl-e," the
father answered, before could part with him. -
''He seems 10 b fed well."
.'1Ie gets all he wants. and the best in the
house.
HAS he ever heard you pray:"
.sAnd If he should die, would you have the hope
OF meeting him in l1easen!"
land would it not be sad If he grew up to be d
man and lived and died in sin. and in eternity
might say, Father. mother, you never told me
about Jesus YOU took good care OF my body but
you lost my soul ::
The LORI blessed the timely warning.
Again, coming across two 1aborers who are re-
pairing thu pavement OF j street, Maj. Cole re-
marks, I'VE heard of place where they pave
.:Wh here's that:-ths gold -digginss, maybe"
''No: it is in the Heavenly City,"
''Ah," says the other laborer, ''1m going
'.I'm glad to hear you say so, my friend. Now
couldn't SOU try to get your friend here to go along
with you
concern tue King and His Kingdom.
4 brend van is standing ut the door OF house.
and its driver is just llins his basket from its con-
:. Nice bread you have therev'
- Yes. sir: good bread.
- Not the best bread, is it.'
- No better bread in Scotland"
*4Oh, yes / have eaten better. I don't know
whether you have seen notice Of it or not, but
it will only take ME a minute or Two to show you
Maj Cole opens hi. pocket. Bible at John Vi: 4s-
5S-'.I nm the bread Of life" etc. - Dear
don't think it was by chance that We met Just now,
and before you carry that basket Of bread into the
house will you tell me II you have eaten OF the
bread ol i4fe:
~ have not. ;"
'4Will you take it now?''
And tue mans heart is open to receive the mes
sage brought TO him in such simple form
nun lies on the sidewalk, drunk.
My friend, the devil is hard master; isn't heF
The poor man stammers out, ..as M Is that.
''But know how you can beat him"
t.Ycs. know a person who can give you some
thing that wiz j; keep you from drink"
By this time quite crowd gathers round the
Major, aud while he addresses his remarks to the
liverer. and tcndcrly urges the poor man TO let
Two or three men employed on the line are seat
ed by the roadside.
4.Good evening"
..Good evening. they answer.
.tYou are railroad menu
.tIes"
..Do you meet many nccidcntss''
$40; not many"
Cpou this Maj Cole begins to tell them OF
railway accident that occurred In America; how
over u hundred men were buried under the cars,
how the tried to get out and could not: and
how the lever WAS brought and one end put under
the cars but the ground being soft It SUNK into It,
Here and there the railroad men would supply
word whe1, the Major paused as If in forgettu!Hess
and suon they had forgotten the stranger IN their
stones were procured aud large rock on which to
rest the lever, and then the men who were free
went on une end :of it, and how the cars were
lifted one after the other, and the men who were
stCrnwied OUT" they shouted.
..Would sou have crawled out ii you had been
there:"
..Ycs." ..---...--,-
..Well go did they. But there i: worse wreck,
and you and al the world are under It. ihcre was
brought from Heavcn-the Rock Christ Ihc
men listen eagerly while Maj Cole tells them the
1told old story" in simple words, aud uncover
their heads while he .prays. Each one IL taken oy
before the of Cnrist bids them goud-by Till
he meets them again III eternity.
on tile evening before he left Perth. Mai Cole
met youn. man out walking to whom he felt
drawn to speak lie found that thoasa Inc ya} yoen}S
moral and weil-instrncted, he did not Know What
hand now, said Maj Cole at the sumo time con,
cculing his hands, do you believe me: 10;
answeTed the young nan. - You believe me who
an ouite stranger to you. and yet you do not be-
1eye Cod The light broke upon the young man;
md before they parted the Holy Spirit had c'lnbeQ
him 10 see by Mai. Coles words how Christ had
suffered in his stead.