The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-03-13
CONVERTS GIVE TESTIMONY.
MN. HADLEY GETS TEN MINUTES 10
TELL now HE WAS ShTED.


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hauley OF the OF baI.hoIoine" hss'on. nsu
ten minutes. anu MS nearers Were W ln.'i
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except 10 say hmeh now ana tnen'
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Hadley' by an eultor o. Chtlsuan paper.
snu ne sa'u tnat man W"o was ~ N' nv
drupkard should never SPEAK etceps amonH
people OF MS own cIass' " ne eVer "eh' nv
chureh among nice reep'ctaole' Ienneu poo.
Die ne ought JUST TO keep quiet auu not s''se'
attention.
now I'm relormeu urunkhu. Ii'iSe
God I'm awful glad itsso' ana Ut DIXON
doesn agree win tha' eu'or. he wsn's m'
10 speak 10 you to-day ana 'sh you no.
came converted 1t was by the love OF God.
Down IN tho wafer stIeet mission We nsno aiI
sorts OF mon, nrincipaIly the worst sort. ihey
come to us for everything meal ueke. ior
alodging house. a pair OF SHOES. clean snirt
or any KIND OF shirt Tor tnat matter. Anu we
give them what we can. ana 'heh We.iytoR give
them the gospel 100 IL We snouIu prsach
hell IRE and damnatlon to those men, why.
thsy,d lust go 10 sleep on ,ne pehcnes' nheI
don't thlnk anltning cou'u DO worse 'han tneir
condition. But. ! tell You the love OF Jesus
breaks them All uown. InHt whs. s,'teu ms
Ihets WHAT'S Slned several sec iieht nero Ia
this audience. 1t breaks one leht down.
Ana we nsod IL. utunkTo heeus sAncti-
hcation II anybody does IL isn't easy 10 get
no out OF the gutter ana When man uoes'
and stays out. item you His miracle why
know OF plenty OF men that 10 SEQ .hem
Walking along rark row Win . cieah sh'rt On
10 sermohln tseh'
Now. I've only ten minutes IN which 20 teii
yoq %s S.sa sS .nd si in the
U 40 tn. mo.t
which I ever heard. II happened because
Christ was seeking me- 1 wasn't seeking
on q whiskey barrel. whore had been sitting
for hours: where l had been sitting most Of
the time Tor weeks
i had lost every oonsciOu'ness except the
snoonaue,so,e ae ,n,s .o ,, ns.t.u u.n Una
wanted it with a wild craving. But as sat
there ON that barrel God in the nost mys.
terious m.nnsr showed me my sin. 1t wa.
the strangest vision any man ever received.
except perhaps st. Paul NV sins appeared
before me In letters Of IRE. The most awfui
feeling accompanied that sight The saloon
whore sat appeared TO me horrible place.
Before 1t had seemed the prince OF palaces.
station mouse ,
IN I've quit drinking
q was actually afraid I would die that
night. but didn't In the morning went to
my brothers The was then unconvertedl and
told him about 1T. He frod me up with clothes
and had phyaician see me- and Sunday
morning went to church. got down on my
10 ,n
though, that { had gone there ten years be.
lS5s .Soss s h' they 's SshsrsG
and / sat down. was ysry weak. NY knees
lace:
Jerry MeAuley.bless him Up and
IN nth the IsEE Sa Sd t9ath w1Td
But he said, Jesus got a-holt @ me an TUX
the rum out o me! les. an all the tsrbaccer.
toe
Well. that was something new to me: and
whom they asked US to come forward and kneel
for prayers. went knelt beside woman:
that IL. II proved to be q woman. though she
was such . looking object then rou could
hardly have told what she was Her hair
hadn't been eombed Tor weeks and her face.
guess. hadp't been washed for the same length
Of time. She drew her rags around her trying
10 CONCEAL her nakedness and one OF the first
signs had that Gods spirit was working in
me was that pitied her. 1 knelt beside her
on the same block with her. drunkard though
was
Pretty soon Jerry came along. Will never
forget that room; could hear the Christians
IN the room talking under their breath.
gould see the nick erlng gas lights and the half
hidden face OF the woman beside mo Jerry
prayed for her, and then he told her she must
pray for herself She did. she said Oh,
Lord! I've lost my place and I'm afraid I'll
never get another That was her prayer. but
God heard her, and Maggie Parker found =
place In Gods Kingdom which she has never
lost