Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-02

no you remember how you took me
into your own house that night and
spent all the next day trying to ind
me q job and how. when you succeeded
IN getting me place In warehouse
~ foreman. I promised to quit drink
ing because you asked me tor
II remember IL now" the bishop re-
piled gently. II hope you have kept
your promise"
The man laughed savagcly. Then he
struck his hand against the fence with
such sudden passion that he drew
blood
Kept ~ I was drunk inaide OF n
week. I've been drinking ever since.
but I've never forgotten you or your
prayer. DO you remember. the morning
after ! came TO your house and after
: A>.a1ssni sus,S- bud prnyera and asked
me 20 come in ini M ~lr,i-tnr r--tr
That got me. Hut my mother used TO
pray. can see her now knecllng down
by my bed when I was n lad. Fatrsr
came In one night drunk and Kicked
her while she was knccling there by
me. but ! never forgot that prayer OF
yours that morning. You prayed for
me just rs mother used to. and you did
not seem To take count OF the fact that
I was ragged and tough looking and
more than half drunk when rung your
doorboll. My God, what a life I've
liycd' The saloon has housed me and
HNIAfI ulN AHN nflt WI W
me. liut that prayer stuck to me all the
time My promise not to drink was
broken In n thousand pieces inside OF
two Sundays. and l lost the Job you
found for me and landed In a police
station two days aftcrwnrd, but !
never forgot you or your prayer. don't
know what good It's done me. but
never forgot II. and I won't do any
harm 20 you nor let any one else. SO
yuu'fc free to go. That's why"
The bishop did not stir. Somewhere
q church clock struck I. The man had
put on his hat and rome back TO his
scat on the stone. The bishop was
thinking hard.
How long IL II since you had work."
he asked, and the man standing up
answered for the other.
"Morc'n six months since either Of
US did anything 10 tell Of unless you
count holding up work. ! call II pretty
wearing kind ~ u job myself. especially
when We put In "A night like this one
and don't make nothing"
Suppose I found good Jobs for both
OF you. Would you quit this and begin
all oVcrf'
What's the use7" The man on tho
stone spoke sullenly. i've reformed n
hundred times. Every time | 40 down
deeper, The dcviis begun to forcclosc
ON me already. It's too late"
moi" said the bishop. and never be-
fore the most entranced audience had
he felt the desire for souls burn up In
him W Htronsly. All the time he sat
there during the remarkable scene he
prnyed 20 Lord Jesus. give me the
souls Of these two Tor Theei | am hun
cry Tor thcml Give them to mel"
moi" the bishop repeated. what
does God want " you two mem IL
doesn't ~ much matter what I want.
but lie wants lust what I do In this
case, You two men are Of inflnltc value
tn Him" Ana then the bishops won
dorful memory came 10 his ala In an
appeal such aa no one else on earth
among mon could make under such cir
cumstnnccs. Ne had remembered the
mans name In spite OF the wonderfully
busy years that lay between his coming
Ia the house aud the present moment
Burns" he said. and he ycarned
over the men with an unspcnkablc
longing for them both. III you and
your friend here viii 20 home with me
tonight ! viii ind you both places Of
honorable employment. I will believe
In you and trust you. You are both
comparatively young mon. Why should
win the love OF the great Father. IL Il
small thing that I should love you.
but n you need TO feel again that there
II love In the world you viii believe
me when say. my brothers. that l love
you. and In the name of Him who was
cruclhed Tor our sins | cannot bear to
see you miss the glory OF the human
life. Comet he menl Make another