Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-04-25

weapons were false lights. So Coz
will forgive even those murderers VIII,
have destroyed their fellow men h,
false examples as we'll as he will for
give those who have murdered then
with the dagger or the gun.
What" some murderer SAYS. Par
don for my Scarlet sins? oh no, /
cannot be true. Why. you do not know
what you are saying. My sins are
worse than scarlet. They are black
with the hopelessness of despair. There
can be no pardon for me. Let me tel
you my awful story: When | went tc
college, l was a very wild boy. | had
there a roommate who was the son OF
a minister. He was a rudy faced lad
and as pure as a little child. | taught
him how to drink and how to gamble
| argued him out of his belief in the
Bible. | led him on, step by step, into
the paths of sin. One night can re.
member the time as though YESTERDAY
he sat upon the corner of his bed
and, with a strange light in his ewes
he turned and looked at me and said
Jim, do you really believe that my
mothers Bible is only pack of super.
stitions? Do you believe there is No
heIl| Yes, Harry l answered. Then
| went on to convince him of it. Then
he laughed a horrible laugh Then he
turned and said: We'll, old superstition.
goodby, goodby! May you live Ions
enough to soften the dying pillow OF
my mother and father, but as for me.
goodby, goodby. Come, Jim, let's &c
and take drink
Ready to Forgive.
From that moment, sir, that young
fellow let loose all his evil desires
He seemed to leap into a very whirl.
pool of sin. Within a few months he
was expelled from college. Within tive
years he committed suicide, and this
is the letter he wrote on the night OF
his self murder: Dear Mother-This
is the last letter you will ever receive
from me. l have broken your heart
but try to forget and forgive. II
there is no hell, as Jim says, this
world is a hell enough for me. From
your disgraced and dying boy" did
you do all that" Yes he answered
well. my friend, l know not how
God will forgive, but he can and he
will. The blood of Jesus Christ will
even cleanse you, if you will only ask
for Christ's forgiveness. 'Whosoever.'
All. that is the word whatsoever
whatsoever" That means you. Yes, il
means you. Though your sins be as
scarlet they shall be as white as snow
though they be red like crimson, they
shall be as WOOL"
Christ is ready to forgive also the
merciless thiefs sins, even as he for.
gave the thief upon the cross. He
is ready to forgive the thiefs sins.
whether you have by evil jealousy
stolen away a mans good reputation
or have rif1ed a widows pocketboOk
or a financial income.
Man, you know that was a desper
ately mean act for you to circulate
that evil report about that physicians
life You know that there never was
squarer, truer man than he, yet yoU
did it in order to ruin his practice
aye. ana you have succeeded, From
worldly standpoint you can never make
atOnement for that damage But God
will forgive you, even you, if you will
come and ask for his pardon. Woman
that was an awful statement you made
no al, o.
say that you are sorry, that you did
not look into the facts before the evil
was done. and she died of a broker
heart. 1t is now too late to bring heI
back to life. But God will forgive you
Yes, whether we are thieves who have
robbed men and women of their good
names, God will forgive us if we only
repent. Though your sins be as scar
let" That means you; that means you
AS the Divine Mercy.
But" you say, this appalling emu.
meration Of crime has no applicability
TO me. l have neither robbed nor Sian
dered nor slain, nor am l either drunk.
ard or gambler" Assuredly not; but
though by divine grace you have been
mercifully kept from such depths OF
human infamy and degradation, your
heart must still tell you that you art
q sinner in need of a pardOning God
And if he stands ready to forgive the
greatest of criminals and to wash away
their scarlet sins how much more is
he willing, 0 man, O woman, to give
to your soul pardon for penitence and
to welcome you into the gospel sheep
fold!
Paul, the greatest of the apostles, il
his abasement called himself the chiel
of sinners. Like him, by Gods grace
you may become more hOnored spiritu
ally than ever you have been in al
your past life. After Marshal Lannes
on account of INSTRUMENTATION ha6
been deprived Of his command Napo |