El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-13

com Darat7Vely young men why SHouio
God lose you? 1t is a great thing to
win the love of the great Father 1t is
a small thing that l should love you.
but if you need to feel again that there
is love in the world you Will believe
me when | say. my brothers. that love
you. and in the name of him who was
cruciied for our sins I cannot bear to
see you miss the glory of the human
life Comet Be meni Make another try
for it, God helping you No one but
God and you and myself need ever
know anything of this tonight. He has
forgiven it. The minute you ask him to
you will find that true. Comet Well
fight it out together. you two and l.
It's worth fighting for. Everlasting lie
is 1t was the sinner that Christ came
to help. I'll do what can for you. y
God. give me the souls of these two
men,
The bishop broke into a prayer to
God that was a continuation of his ap-
peal to the men. His pent up feeling
had no other outlet. Before he had
prayed many moments Burns was sit
ting with his face buried in his hands,
sobbing Where were his mothers
prayers now2 They were adding to the
power of the bishops And the other
man, harder. less moved, without
previous knowledge of the bishop. leaned
back against the fence, stolid at first.
but as the prayer went on he was moved
by it What force of the Holy Spirit
swept over his dulled. brutal. coarsened
life nothing but the eternal records of
the recording angel can ever disclose,
L. - hot
smote Paul on the road to Damascus
and poured through Henry Maxwells
church the morning he asked disciples
to follow in Jesus steps and had again
broken irresistibly over the Nazareth
Avenue congregation now manifested
himself in this foul corner of the mighty
city and over the natures of these two
sinful. sunken men, apparently lost to
all the pleadings of conscience and
of God. The bishops prayer
seemed to break open the crust that had
for years surrounded these two men and
shut them off from divine communica-
ton, and they themselves were thor
oughly startled by the event.
The bishop ceased, and at first he
himself did not realize what had hap
pened. Neither did the two men, Burns
still sat with his head bowed between
his hands The man leaning against the
fence looked at the bishop with face
in which new emotions of awes repent
ance, establishment and broken CLEAN
of joy struggled for expression
The bishop rose.
Come, my brothersi God is good
You shall stay at the settlement tonight.
and l will make good my promise as to
the work -
The two men followed the bishop in
silence. When they reached the settle
ment. it was after 2 o'clock The bishop
Let them in and led them to room. At
figure stood in the door
way. and his pale face, worn with his
recent experiences. was Illuminated
with the divine glory
God bless you. my. brothers, he
said, and. leaving them his benedlction,
he went away
face the men. but the impression of the
night had not worn away. True to his
promise, the bishop secured work for
them. The janitor at the settlement
needed an assistant. owing to the growth
Of the work here. So Burns was given
the place. The bishop succeeded III get
ting his companion position as driver
for firm of warehouse dray manufslc-
tnrers not far from the settlement
And the Holy Spirit. struggling in
these two darkened, sin 'ul men, began
his marvellous work of regeneration
1t was the afternoon following that
when Burns was installed in
mis- new position as assistant janitor
that he was cleaning off the front steps
Of the settlement when he paused a
moment and stood up to look about him.
The first thing he noticed was beer
,ign just across the alley. He could al
most touch it with his broom from
where he stood. Over the street imme-
lately opposite were two large saloons.
md little farther down were three
more
Suddenly the door of the nearest sa-
Don opened, and a man came out At
he same time two more went in A
trong odor of beer hoated up to Burns
nent He clutched his broom handle /;
light and began to sweep again He |
lad one foot on the porch and another !
N the step just below. He took another |
tep down. still sweeping. The sweat
TODD out on his forehead, although the !
lay was frosty and the air chill The
aloon door opened again. and three or
our men came out A child went in
With pail and came out a moment
ater with quart of beer. The child
vent by on the sidewalk just below him.
nd the odor of the beer came up to
i'm He took another step down. still
desperately His fingers were
urple as he clutched the handle of the
room.
Then suddenly he pulled himself up
ne step and sWept over the snot he had