The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-09-18

| ing by. And we shall he the loving subjects
OF His reign, or the yicrims of our own obdu-
racy. So, urge you to precipitancy, rather
than slow deliberation. and ( write all over
your soul the words of Christ saw inscribed
on the monument of Princess Elizabeth in the
| Isle of Wight, the words to which her index
! finger pointed in the open Bible when she was
found dead IN her bed alter a lifetime Of
| trouble: Come INTO Me, all We who are
weary and heavy laden, and l will give
you rest" Is there q drunkard here? You
may, by the Sayour's grace, have that fire OF
! thirst utterly eNtingu.shed. Is there de-
! trauder here? You may be made q saint. Is
! there iibertine here? You may be made as
| pure as the light. When a minister, in an
| outdoor meeting in Scotland, was eulogizing
goodness, there were hanging around the edge
| Of the audience some of the most depraved
| men and women, and the minister said moth
ing about mercy fer prodigals. And a depraved
! woman cried out: "Your rope is not long
enough for the like of rs" Blessed be God,
! our gospel can fatlom tho deepest depths and
| reach to fartnest wanderings, and here is a
fopo that Is long enough to rescue the worst
! whatsoever will"
But why take extreme cases, when we all
| nave been, or are now, the captiyes
! OF sin and death? And we may,
| through the great Emancipation, drop our
shacllles and take a throne. You have looked
at your hand and arm only rs being useful
| now, and curious piece of anatomy, but there
Is something albert your hand and arm that
makes me think they are an undeveloped
| wing. And if you would know what possible
| tiles are suggested by that, ask the eagle that
| has looked close into the eye of the MONDAY
sun; or ask the albatross that has struck its
| claw into the black locks of the tempest; or
| ask the condor that this morning is descend
| ing to the highest peak of ChimboraZo. Your
| right hand and arm and your left hand and
arm, two undeveloped wings, better get ready
for the empyrean.
''Rise. nv soul md stretch thy IrfpC
Thy better portion trace"
worlds history, such as the chain which fas-
tened the prisoner of Chilon to the pillar, into
the staple of which have thrust my hand
on the isolated rock of the lake of Geneva
such as the chain which the Russian exile
cianks on his way to the mines of Siberia
such as the chain which Zenobia, the captive
queen, wore when brought into the presence of
Aurelian. Aye, there have been races in
chains. and nations in chains, and there
has been a world in chains; but, thank
God, the last one of them shall be
broken and under the llberating power
of the omnipotent Gospel the shackles
shall fall from the last necez and the last arm
and the last foot. But these shattered letters
shall all be gathered up again from the dun
geons and the warehouses and the mines and
the rivers and the fields, and they shall again
be welded and again strung link to link and
polished and transformed until this world
which has wandered off and been recreant
world and q lost world, shall by that chain be
lifted and hung to the throne of God, no longer
the iron chain of oppression but the golden
chain of redeeming love. There let this old
ransomed world swing forever! Roll on. We
| years. roll on, We days, roll on, ye hours, and
| hasten the glorious consummationi
Frank Micklejohn.
Over year ago Mickleiohn left Macon to
avoid the consequences of crime against the
SnhcaCnpnflu ba II ~,
| Jacksonville, Fla, and there he was detected
| in crime also and was sent to the Florida pen
itentiary. He had just served his sentence in
| Florida when an officer from Georgia appeared
! upon the scene and arrested him to answer the
law for his crime at Macon. The following ex-
| plains itself:
Macon, September 10.-[Specia]- LIVE OAK,
| Florida, September 8, 198S-To whom it may con.
eern: This is to certify that Mr. f. Mickeljohn who
has been inmate of the Florida state prison for
the past ten months, has been model prisoner. His
| conduct has been perfect, and 1 take pleasure in
! certifying to the fact and recommend him to the
favorable consideration OF those with whom he
may come in contact. Very respectfully,
A. NJ. WOOD, for Lessee
Such is the letter that was given to Deputy
| Sheriff Moseley in Florida, and which he
| brought back with him yesterday afternoon
along with Frank Mickeljohn, the forger.
| Mickeljohn was sentenced to the penlten-
| tiary for one year for forgery on a furniture
| Oobief III JdCRSOOVllie. Ills sentence would
| not have expired before about November LIST,
! but Mickeljohn behaved so well in prison that
| he was allowed five days in every month for
| good behavior and good work, which cut down
| his sentence fifty days, making his sentence
| ten months and ten days He was in Camp four
| miles from McAlpin and twelve miles from
| Live Oak. The last five months of his term
| he was q trusty and did not wear the chains
during that time. Being machinistF by trade,
Mickeljohn was employed making machinery
tctpr ta1,
| the camp now is. just as the works got in
operation and asample of the starch was ready
| to be sent to New York, the factory burned
| down. Mickeljohn says he was well
treated by Mr.. W. j. Hillman, captain
Of the camp, and by Mr.. Wood,
the representative of lessee Dutton. They
regretted to have him leave, and would have
hired him when his sentence was out If he could
| have staid. His time would have expired to-
day, but Mr.. Moseley got the officials consent to
day interviewed and Mickelohn would not
have worked on that day anyhow When
Moseley appeared at the camp, Mickeliohn APP
| peared little excited at seeing him,
but soon became all right, and said that there
was no need of an officer coming for him as he
| intended going straight to Macon when his
| sentence expired, and had no expectation of
| Jumping his bond. But since an officer had
come he said he preferred his being Charlie
Moseley than anyone else he knew. The cap
tain Of the camp told Moseley that Mickeljohn
a few days previous had asked him did he
think officials in Macon would send
for him, but the captain gave no definite
answer, for he had read in the papers
about requisition documents being prepared,
and he would not let Mickeljohn see that
paper
Deputy Sheriff Moseley and Mickeljohn left
the camp on Saturday afternoon in buggy
and rode to Live Oak, where they took train
and went to Tallahassee. They then went by
private conveyance in pouring rain Saturday
night from Tallahassee to Townsville, a dis
lance Of 38 miles. brownsville was reached
about 3 o'clock Sunday morning, and, as
Officer Moseley had lost considerable sleep
| since leaving Macon, he desired to take nap,
but what to do with Mickeljohn was the ques-
ton. He solved the conundrum by fastening
one handcuf to his own wrist and locked the
other handcuff to Mickeiohn's wrist, and
thus bound together they laid down in the
same bed, side by side. and slept soundly until
about seven o'clock Sunday morning.
Mickeljohn is looking very well indeed.
Prison life docs not seem TO have disagreed
with him. He is wearing nice suit of dark
clothes and his entire appearance is quite re-
| spectacle. This suit is the same one he wore
lx1rke go IL.