The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-07-07
went on further and further from God
until one day I gota letter saying:


every way, done everything, aud prayed
earnestly and fervently for your refor-
nation, but it seems of no avail. Since
our little Henry died, with the excep-
ton of those few happy weeks when you
remained sober, my life has been one Of
sorrow. Many of the nights have sat
by tho window with my face bathed In
tears, watching for your coming. Lam
broken hearted, lam sick. Mother and
father have been. here frequently and
begged me to come home, but my love
for you and my hope for brighter days
have always made me refuse them. That
hope seems now beyond realization, and
l have returned to them. It is hard, and
battled long before doing it. May God
bless and preserve you, and take from
you that accursed appetite and hasten
the day when we shall be again living
happily together. This will be my daily
prayer, knowing that he has said, Come
unto me all ye that labor and arc heavy
laden, and Twill give you rest.' From
your loving wife, MARY.
And SOL wandered on and wandered
on" says that man, ''until one night /
passed Methodist meeting house, and
| said to myself, .Pn 60 In and see what
they are doing and l got to the door,
and they were singing:
All may come, whoever will,
This man receives poor sinners still.
''And L dropped right there where I
was and { said, God have mercy and
he had mercy onme. My home Is res
tored, my wife sings all day long during
work, my children come out long way
to greet me home, and my household Is
little heaven. Twill tell you what did
all this for me. 1t was the truth that
this day you proclaim, 'On him the Lord
had laid the iniquity of us all.'"
THE DRUNKARD AND THE OUTCAsT. ::
YOnder Ia q woman who would say
II wandered off from my fathers house;
l heard the storm that pelts on a lost
soul; my feet were blistered on the hot
rocks. L went on-and on, thinking
that no one cared for my soul, when
one night Jesus met me and he said:
Poor thing, go home! your father is
waiting for you, your mother is waiting
sir, I was too week to pray, and 1 was
too weak to repent, but l just cried out;
l sobbed out my sins and my sorrows
on the shoulders of him of whom it is
said. the Lord hath ~ e." in
There Is ayoung man.
II had Christian bringin,
from the country to city
well; had a good posi-.
| commercial position, but o.
the theater Imet some young
did mo no good. They dragg
through the sewers of iniqulty,.
lost my morals and lost my pOsitl>
and was shabby and wretched. Twas
going down the street, thinking that no
| one cared for me, when a young man
tapped me on the shoulder and said.
George, come with me and I will do
you good.' / looked at him to see
whether he was Joking or not. / saw
he was in earnest and said. 'What do
you mean, sirr 'Well,' he replied. Il
mean If you will come to the meeting
tonight viii be very glad to intro
Will you comeY Said 1, Il will
II went to the place where I was
tarrying. l fixed myself UP as well as
could. 1 buttoned my coat over a
ragged vest and went to the door Of the
church, and the young man met me
and we went in; and as went in /
heard an Oldham praying, and he looked
so much like my father l sobbed right
out; and they were all around so kind
and sympathetic that / just gave my
heart to God, and know this morning
that what you saw is true. 7 believe II
in my own experience. 'On him the
Lord hath laid the iniuuity Of us all,,"
Oh, my brother. without stopnin0 Ito
look as to whether your. hand fremhIes
or not, without stoppinp5to look wheth-
er,yonr hand Sia bloated with sin or NOT
put 1t In my hand, let me give Won one
warm, sbrotherly,s Christian grip, and
invite You right up to the heart, to the
pardonof him iplis sshoapthe Lord had
laid the it,iqfiitR ofg lis all. Throw
away your Sins. Garry them no longer.
I proclaim efl,aneipation Chis morning
to all who ara borlfld. pardon for all ain
and eternal life for ali fhe dead. -
Some. one comes here this morning.
and 1 stand asid &. lie comes mn these
steps. He cornss to- this place. T must
stand aside. Taking that place he
spreads abroad his handsl and thew were
bruised. He pills aside the robe and
shows you his wounded heart. I saw.
"Art thou weary ?oo,, eyes" he saws.
weary with the worlds woe" I saw
"Whence comest thou?" He saws. ii
come from Calvary" / saw. :Who
comes with theeT" He says, "No one:
I have trodden the winepress alonel'
/ say, ,"Why comest thou here?" "Oh."
sins and sorrows rows f Of the % people" ea all 'ne
And he kneels and he says, "Put on
my shoulders all the sorrows and all the