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 10 ind
me Job aud how, when you succeeded
in getting me place In a warehouse
as foreman, promised 10 quit drink
ing because you asked me tor
Il remember 1t now the bishop re-
piled gently. II hope you have kept
your promise"
The man laughed savagely. Then he
struck his hand against the fence with
such sudden passion that he drew
blood.
Kept ~ I was drunk inside OF a
week. I've been drinking ever since,
but I've never forgotten you or your
prayer DO you remember, the morning
after / came 10 your house and after
49, lsus.--.au Ind prayers and asked
me 20 come M ln1 81 ~rrii -thc re-tf
That got me. But my mother used TO
pray | can see her now kneelng down
by my bed when | was a lad. Father
came in one night drunk and kicked
her while she was kneeling there by
me, but ] never forgot that prayer OF
yours that morning You prayed for
me Just as mother used to. and you did
not seem to take count OF the fact that
/ was ragged and tough looking and
more than half drunk when rung your
doorbell. My God, what a life I've
lived The saloon has housed me and
homed me and made hell on earth for
me. But that prayer stuck TO me all the
time. Ms promise not To drink was
broken In a thousand pieces inside OF
two Sundays, and / lost the job you
found for me and landed In q police
station two days afterward, but |
never forgot you or your prayer don't
know what good it's done me, but |
never forgot IL, and ! won't do any
harm 10 you nor let any one else. SO
you're free to 60. That's why"
The bishop did not stir. Somewhere
a church clock struck /. The man had
put on his hat and gone back TO his
seat on the stone. The bishop was
thinking hard
How long is It since you had work."
he asked and the man standing up
answered for the other
"MOre'n six months since either OF
us did anything 20 tell Of. unless you
count holding up work. call II pretty
wearing kind Of job myself. especially
when we put in a night like this one
and don't make nothing"
Suppose | found good jobs for both
Of you. Would you quit this and begin
all over?'
What's the use?" The man on the
stone spoke sullenly i've reformed
hundred times. Every time go down
deeper The devils begun TO foreelose
on me already It's too late
"No" said the bishop, and never be-
fore the most entranced audience had
he felt the desire for souls burn up In
him so strongly, All the time he sat
there during the remarkable scene he
prayed 20 Lord Jesus. give me the
souls Of these two for Thee am hun
CRY for them Give them to mel"
mol" the bishop repeated. What
does God want OF you two men? II
doesn't so much matter what ] want
but He wants Just what | do In this
case. You two men are OF Infinite value
10 Him" And then the bishops Won
derfui memory came 10 his aid In an
appeal such as no one else on earth
among men could make under such cir
cumstanccs. He had remembered the
mans name in spite Of the wonderfully
busy years that lay between his coming
to the house and the present moment.
Burns" he said. and he yearned
over the men with an unspeakable
longing for them both, III you and
your friend here viii go home with me
tonight ] win find you both places OF
honorable employment. | will believe
in you and trust you. You are both
comparatively young men. Why should
God lose you? II is great thing TO
win the love OF the great Father. II Is
a small thing that | should love you,
but II you need TO feel again that there
Is love In the world YOU VIII believe
me when say. my brothers. that | love
you, and in the name Of Him who was
cruclned for our sins | cannot bear TO
see you miss the glory OF the human
life. Come! BE menl Make another