The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-08-28


saw whore he UBa hufl. The simple fact a,
when o. man has b wounded soul, nH ho has
90 DO o. 90 bold lf up before "a sympathetic
Lord and efl BE- hGnl6i. 10 doe n0t takUuuy
long prayer Just bold up the wound. Oh,
ltH boo small thing when riln BE- nervous
uud weak and exhausted. coming from his
cvl wlys.to foei that God puts tW0 omniH.
0ffai Hrns around him ana sl}a young
man. 4 VIII stand lY Xlu. Tho mountain.
mag depart. nuu the bills b1 removed, bag ]
WlI never ilIl Nuu.'
Riasapl he Goi for surA n gospel as ihls.
"Cut tho slices Thin. said the wife % tho
husband, cor there win not Do enough 90
go all around for the children; cut the slices
thin" Blessed be- God thoro o. iull loaf
for eyorY one that wants 10. Broad enough
and TO- spare. No thin slices at the Lords
table. / remember when the Master Street
Hospital Ia Philadelphia was opened during
the war, telegram came saying, "rhefe
win DO three hundred wounded men to-uighti
be ready 10 take care Of them" aud from
my church thore went In some twenty or
thirty men and women 90 look after these
poor wounded fellows. AZ they came, some
from ono part OF the land. some from an-
other. no one asked whether this man was
from Oregon or from Massachusetts, orirom
Minnesota. or from Now York. There was a
wounded soldier. aud the only question was
and put on tho bandage, ana administer tho
cordial. And when o soul comes 10 God, He
does not ask where you came from, or what
your ancestry was. Healing for gll your
wounds. Pardon for ON your guilt Com
fort for on your troubles.
Then also, counsel you'll you want 10
get back 10 quit all your bad associations.
One unholy intimacy will nU your soul with
moral distamper In oil the ages Of toe
church there has not been nn instance where
a man kept one evil associate and was re-
formed
when man deliberately chooses bad as-
ISOLATION because he likes g.. that man has
started on the road down. Oh, / DO not caro-
what You call &C., TINT association will ces-
poll your soul. After you arc destroyed,
body, mind and soul, what viii they do for
you2 what willthey DO iorYour family They
will not give one cent 10 support your chill
dren after you are dead. Thpy win not weep
one tear 1T your burial. They will chuckle
over your damnatinn
had rare friend at the West. He was
full OF welcome when / went there 10 live
He had splendid personal appearance. There
IS not % grander looking person in this house
to-day than he was; and 20 this grand per-
sOnal appearance he added all genialty aud
| all kindness Of sOul-tonder as child,
a beautiful and loving nature. aud i loved
him as a brother; but l saw evil people COM
| ing up around him, evil men coming up
from bad places OF amusement, and they
seized hold OF his social aud genial nature.
and they began to drag him down, and he
went further and further.
used to say 10 him. "Now, why don't You
| stop these bad habits and become "a Chris
| tian2" for talked with him just as l would
| talk with a brother and he understood me,
/ and understood him. 1 said, "Why don't
| you give up these things and become Chris
| tianY' ooh. ~ he said TO me one day, lean
| ing over his counter-iust after had asked
/ him for a hundred dollars to help educate
/ young man for the ministry, and he had
/ given me tho money before l had the story
half told-"if it viii do the young man any
! good, here is a hundred dollars" Right
/ after that conversation 1 said, NOW, you
| are a splendid fellow; why don't you give
/ up your bad habits and be p Christian2"
/ ooh" ne said, as the tears ran down his
! cheeks, II can't l should like to boa Chris
! tian. You see, have got these habits on me
so. sir. can't get rid Of them. have been
going wrong longer than you would think
for, and ! can't stop"
Sometimes, the moments of repentance,
he would 90 to his home aud embrace his
| little girl OF eight years convulsively 10 his
heart and he would cover her with adorn-
| ments ana strew toys aud pictures all ABOUT
| her, and then from her beautiful presence
the beautiful presence of his little child-he
would 80 to the intoxicating cup, and 70 tho
| house OF shame, as q fool to the correction
stocks; and there these bal men kept pus h.
ing him on, ship, full-winged crashing
into the breakers.
I was called to his deathbei. ] fastened,
and when / got into the room / was sur
prised to fluid him in full everyday dress, ly-
Ing on the top of the couch. 1 put out my
hand aud he greeted me very cordially. He
said: ''Now, Mr.. Talmage, sit down right
there" sat down and he said; Last
night Just where you sit now / saw my
mother though she has been dead twenty
years-yes, sir; just where you sit now she
sat- / couldn't have been mistaken. / WIS
as wide awake as | am now. She sat Just
where you sit. Wife, l wish you would take
these strings off that they are weaving
around meI / wish you would take them Off;
they annoy me very mucn in this CONVERSE
ton" 1 saw he was in delirium. His wife
said; There is nothing there, my dear; there
is nothing there"
Then he resumed the conversation, and
said: Eyes, my mother sat just where you
sit now. l knew her. She had the same
spectacles, and the same cap and the same
apron. and the same dress. 1t must have
been her, just rs she looked twenty years
ago-she has been dead now twenty ears.
ana BlltlnB tnef6 she SAID 10 me, roswell, ]
wish you would do better;' and got up out
of bed. and l knelt beside her and said
Mother, wish could wish could dc
better; would like to do better. Won't you
help me? You usedto help me. Why CAM
you help me now, mother?'' But soon
said. "Now we will pray" knet to pray
He did not realize anything said, l sup
pose Then 1 got up and said "Good-by
good-byg That night he went to God.
Arrangements for the obsequies were be-
ing made, and they said, "Oh, 1t won't do tc
bring him to the church; he has been 50 dis
solute" [ said, Bring him, bring him; HI
stood by me wnen he was alive. and III
stand by him when he is dead. Bring hin
intotbe church" The Sabbath came. AS
stood in the pulpit and saw his body coming
up the aisle, / felt as if l could weep tears o
blood. stood there that day and / said
"Ihis man had his virtues, and good man
ofthem; he had his faults, and good man!
of them but let that man in this assembl,
who is without sin cast the Arst stone on thi
coffin Id"
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