Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-12-13

any man, LOT lUSldnCt,lO ne BTdttlul INA
he has Sinnedt'
A certain thrill in the tone and littl
culver OF the eyelid told Mr.. Dyer's keeI
ear and eve more than John Carte
meant TO tell.
81 think a man, sometimes ought L
be more thankful for his sin than for hi
goodness, Jack. don't mean for tn,
sin as a sin, but for its use to his mora
life, il he receives the lesson rightly
How on earth are you going TO feel an!
sympathy with sinners if you have neve
fallen? Only God incarnate could dc
that"
But think OF the suffering sin entails
on the sinner himself; could you bt
thankful TO have a dreadful wound in
ilicted on you?'
Joseph Dyer looked at his friend agaiI
with eyes pitiiul and penetrating both
"My dear fellow, I've seen a mar
heartily glad OF a wound that made hin
helpless simply because it kept him Out
of temptation; and sinner whose con
science tOrmeuts him because OF one
great sin will never commit such an
other
Here was Mr.. Carriers station, and as
he left the car he wrung his friends
hand with unnecessary fervOr.
"PoOr Jackw said Mr.. Dyer to him
self, little knowing how much he had
done TO help the weary burden-bearer
Ii CHANGED, as we fools say, that the
next week an acquaintance came into
John Carter's office; a man about ms
age; not a friend; but person whom he
constantly met as business men do meet
each other. Mr.. Pierce was ordinarily
a fiorid, prosperous man, 10 day he was
CHASTITY pale and looked twenty years
older than usual.
Carter" said he, hoarsely: "can
speak to YOU moment in private?
John Carter turned the key in his Of
flee door; his clerk had gone home tc
dinner.
Nobody will disturbe us, Pierce
what is it,
Mr.. Pierce groaned and turned HE
head away, then he resolutely faced Mr.
Carter.
Its no use, Unjust tell Carter,
want ten thousand dollars. lhave been
a rascal; have speculated with money
that didn't belong to me, and lost 1t; to-
morrow the girls guardian will send iOi
il. She is to be married. don I know
why came to you; but did. want "a
borrow this money and save my wife
and children from disgrace, and myself
from prison
you shall have 1t, said John Carter
Ii almost seemed TO him ray Of heaven
ly light, this chance TO help another
man, another sinner,
81 don't ask without security; | have
made out a mortgage on my house III
til street. Ii | borrowed anywhere
but at our bank it would be told against
me-; borrowing there would Ice worse.
You shall have it in an hour, was
Mr.. Carter's answer. Pierce sat down
i'm chair and looked at him with his
heart i'm his ewes but he could not speak
the sudden relief overpOwered him.
"Stav here till draw it, Mr.. Garter
said. and before the hour had passed
the money was in Jacob Pierce's pocket
IL can't thank you" he said.
Don't try' answered Mr.. Carter
smiling.
The year passed slowly away, and
with il went much of John Carter
misery. He felt like a man on desert
island who has suddenly found com
panionship i'm the survivor OF another
wreck. lie met Mr.. Pierce continually
and hearty hand-shake or cordial
word always passed between them; the
borrower, strange to say, felt no seryl'
tude to the lender, no dreadful weight
of debt; there was something IN Mr.
Carriers whole air and manner that SCI
Pierce at his ease; he felt as sure that
his secret was safe as ii in his own bo'
som. The unconscious atmosphere o
character is one of the influences we
make little account Of, yet it is welghty
rs yravitation, and inevitable As lille.
Ii was the dav before Thanksgiving
again, and there came 10 John Carter NJ
his office anote and Enclosure to this ei
feet:
DEAR CARTER: | have been lucky
in the recent rise in real estate, and you
will find herein 4 certificate OF deposit III
our bank 10 the amount OF your loan and
interest. want YOU to know though
never pretended to be a Christian, YOU
have preached me the best sermon
ever heard, and pretty near converted
me. God bless YOU, j. PIERCE.
John laid his head on his desk IN
strange. sweet, vet bitter amazement
Could it bel lie, the sinner, an example
for and of Christ? Suddenly ther,
swept across his mind as with a breath
of divine power the devotion and aSplra
ton of David after his fall. and the work
of Peter. who before denied his Lord
the tender forgiveness held out with
such patient love To Thomas. He seem
ed To hear the same dear gracious voice
saving To him: "Reach hither thy tingel
and behold my hand, reach hither thy
hand and thrust it into my side, and b,
not iaithle>S but believing
THE blood of Christ cleanscth iron
all sin"
And like Thomas, his whole hear
burned within him, and his white lip
whispered "Nly Lord and my God.
The next dag a. his children wert
clustering about him in the sunny par
lor, and his wife, with the baby in he
arms Growing and trying to reach the
roses in her hair. stood looking on, ia
lovclier and iairer than in her beautiful
girlhood, there was ring ut the doc
and the servant brought in a basket o
euuisite flowers directed to Mrs. Carter
and on the card was written: "A thou
sand thanks TO help your ThankSgiv
ing
Ii was 4 pleasant mystery to Sarah
John Carter knew the handwriting well
and the words Mr.. Over had saidtO lin
a wear ago flushed into his mind.
Yes; to-day he could be thankful ever
for his sin: ii was forgiven Of God, IN
grateful heart well knew, and but 10
that experience would ne ever have res
cued Jacob Pierce so willingly, so Joy
fully. from the depths where he ha'
fallen? Could 4 man who never ha'
Straved have hal such intelligent PIT
Tor another wanderer? or would he HIM
self have known through any othe
teaching the exceeding bitterness an
siniulneSs of sin; have appreciated 1t
wages: or valued It's weight OF degreds
tiOn2
Il is true his soul was SCARED, bu
scars mean warning as we'll as shame
He ielt sure now that no earthly temp
tatiOn would charm him again; that 10
all his life the taste of Marah won't
warn him from strange fountains; an,
in the inmoSt recesseS OF his heart recog
nizing the good that Divine power cal
bring out of evil, he thanked God an,
took courage in spite of his great SIM
RoSs Terry Cook IN Christian Union.
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