The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-09-21
DARING WICKEDNESS.
4 Young Man Went Forward and
Confessed Faith" TO Win Bet.

The following strange story appeared
IN a recent issue Of the Religious Her
aid:
in a sermon recently preached 70 his
Grove Avenue flock. Or. J. {. hiden, OF
this city. told the following story. when
he heard from the lips Of Dr. william
r. Broaddus:
Or. Broaddus was once preaching IN
a meeting. IN which considerable interest
was manifested. and number Of per-
sons confessed their fa.tl 10 Christ. In
tboee davs il was common FOR candidates
for baptism 20 tell their experience.
When a number Of candidates bad tod
their experience and been received for
baptism. q Young man in thc gailery--a
wild. wicked. reckless feii0U-sald 20
companion sitting near him fshaW
that is an foolishness. j could 90 up
there % that bench. and give To as good
an experience as any Of them. NO YOU
couldn't said his companion. Wen,
III bet you five dollars mat l II 40 IL.
And the bet was taken. ~ was some
little time before another invitation was
given. and meantime the companion had
contrived note % the Preacher teiAhs
him of the bet when the Invitation was
given again. the young man went for
ward. and was at once confronted 10y
DR. Broaddus. who held the note in DIS
hand Did YOU make that bet! yes
said the young man. and that bet was
the cause of my conviction. Nnen i
began 20 think of the horrible WICKED
ness of my conduct. / was overwhelmed
with grief and ] 0m here 10 confess my
sin. and TO accept Jesus Christ as my
Saviour IIo acted an tho signs ot tNe
deepest ncu.ten,c. was received ana pap
tized. ard WON the FIVE dollars. Upon
the whole. 1 think that vas the most
daring piece of wickecncss i ever heard
Of ANA ] was not surprised Wner Brolh-
or Broaddus told me that thc youns man
died most miserable death.
We think This is the first time thal
story has ever been printed.
And from the same paper comes thi5
curious paragraph:
can anybody tell us whether there
were any lrishmen among King James
traneiators2 our reason for sprlnging
such q question may De found tn the
curious fact that some Of the verses OF
tho authorized version Of the Bible read
exactly Ike Irish bulls For instance.
the Cd verse OF the 9Th chapter OF that
strange book. Ecclesias-cs. reads thus
"Yea. better is he than both they. when
hath not yet been. VINO natn not
the evil work that is done under we
sun" The involved construction mere
makes the verse somewhat obscure. bur
little study Of the connection will make
the meaning clear enough. The preach
or I'm mourning over the evils OF Ire.
has lust said that at one period ~ nis
lie he had reached the conclusion that
a dead man was better on than lNnr
one. See % verse Of ID chapter. In the
third verse he pushes his view still fur
thor. and concludes that he who has not
lived an all is better of than either the
living or the dead, Now. if he has nan
no existence. has never lived az an no"
is IL possible 20 compare his well-heins
with that Of any one else? The tning is
quite like the bull " the lrishman
who upon being tainted for running
away I'm a battle. replied, quite serious
~. And sufe isn't IL better - be a
coward for half an hour than a corpse
the rest Of me lfe2'
Tn the o5fh verse Of the 18Th chapter of
Second KINGS and also In the t9th vels
of the 9-th chapter OF the prophecy OF
Isaiah we find the words: And wne0
they arose early I'm the morning, they
were an dead corpses.' This Is, on ih'
face of il. "a stil more palpaOle bull
The explanation. however, IS easy
enough. The first they refers 10 INC
Hebrews. and the second 'they" 70 ther
enemies. who had been smitten by th'
/ angel OF Jehovah. II you never noted u
! before. IL may be worth while 10 note nov
! that the 9Th chapter Of Isaiah IS a re-
| production Of the 18th chapter Of the
| Second Book OF Kings.