The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-14

both watch anStlpray Temptation ca cannot ct
some moments fIaught WITH IN, peril III
others are gracious A its9 tw w,
Main street, In . this city, OF 4 lne. IVY
general agents Of g greet I've spra anf
eqmoa,I y; aa ssen then Sere Sp
5pron ching middle age, Il They were excep-
$tlonally5 Intelligent. energetic and success.
31ua business mem. 3 y,$ were s, !. no
canvassers and customers. II u ven tlircd 70 70
say to them: Gentlemen.fI am truly con-
cerned for your moral and spiritual vel =
aaaSe En- ays aeys pu
TER u moment S silence and serious thougiit
5one Of them said: Sir there may never E.
sGIe 3 T s,He lerKs
and customers retired ]. and tho.
doors We're closed and ocked: We sat
down. face 10 ice, and n began my mes s,
&tha temptations of business ] 10 without
God for their j elper and refuge told
Them that out OF Christ they could not
withstand the Sadyersaries OF their souls.
II besough hit them TO bow in penit ence he;
fore God I, for t heir sins and Il to accept
Jesus Christ ia q heir$ edeen,er8an Ere:
We're 1ns tears and rose and gave heir
lands, saying: Will. We here now
cast ourselves on y he ms rcy Of God end 2
promise do abide In His service to = no,
end or our Mortal Ives. ;s rs u
;j3s"A little less tina n a. year q go one Of
them fell victim to diseas sc. hut ne
went lls crave and
vowsSin d lousiness ca resr "a another Roity;3
oh! how pre- nant we re 4 the IN oments We
3communed @ With each other and "a with
&c cd on&t that memorable morning. Those
were pivotal moments moments on which
destiny turned. Wv
To the y Dung Man.
Young man, q brief season spent In
IS our clio set with God can work miracles
for you. When fort :ie froWns and. dan
gers fblaysem II tera
will be rainbow tints in he clouds $; and
tho morning star On tho hem Of night:
Go often to that secret chamber. and
Father aud speak to Him as friend TO-
friend. Do g9 this and there will never
como a time of temptation when you will
Rs sa h he support IS his aaa
.It would be unbecoming in me TO- OK:
press publicly any opinion as TO tho final
lottesYilIe murderer. J cannot. deny that
II have hope for him.. i know that G Cd is
good and read y to forgive the very chief
3vlous has said: Him that cometl unto
Mo + will In no wise cast t.''f;.I lkno W
that llo pltied pllblicans. harlots
has sGss aa has sd .rstensa Ms
ana Il Mi gve os you In sS 0 Know hat
TIE forgaye Saul a. T,arsus who had ear az
for the men who had nailed Him to the
cross lie prayed Father, forgive thcm.""3
7 know that He .pitIGd q I malefac tor who
gates. Of Paradise to his departing spirit.
from all SIM Isl # "a VI ~ $sS s{i. az
dying thief rejo'ced 70 see So
Wash all our sins away "a (. q
MS he approached :liis ,untimely end Sans
alel N Cue vas enlightened BY tho mercl-3
tho Cleansing blood Of Christ? NJ n
u.s.. When John Bunyan saw a condemned
criminal ,nnss!eendlng the scaffold no ex.
for tic grace Of God. it,is With a feeling linz;
akin this tliat5I think Of tho sad fate
5of 81 N ssue,} Il. But, for tho keeping and
guiding siaco OF my Heavenly Father, my
tmercies and for the blessed hope that
cheers me as Il approach the end OF LIES
Journey. . q. DEF F 4.
Through man dangers, tolls and cares
u have already come. sst#
Ills grace has brought mo safo thus far
IS And grace will take mo homo. t VI 5
God IS mercy. to me begets In my heart
a. tender compassion forfmy sinful fellow
men everywhere under tho sun.
ON Inst Friday Samuel M cCue ssu ffered
the extreme penalty Of the law for tho
crime Of murder, and left Ito his four chil-
idren a legacy OF inellrnble grief, II we
could have seen his little daughter att
the feet Of our. noble Governor cnlptylng
every emotion of her bleeding heart into
her last petition for mercy to her father,
.We might have an adequate conception
of the depth and bitterness of that grief
lIhere5is nothing moro pathetic, In tile hisr
cd that scene in the Executive Mansion
there were tears An heavon, Walter
SCOTS picture IN The Heart OF Mid
lothian, of jennie Deans pleading for
tho life Of her condemned Rlstor, is aI-
imost tame in conlpa rlson with It, T said
tho criminal left to- his children q lego cy OF
perpetual grief, let It not also be a. legacy
OF slRmc, for they are in no degree res
sponslble for hls crime. Let none Of us
tieatstllem With Pllarisaic scorn, but lat
all greet them with generous sympathy.
and speak to them Words Of hope and
cheer, In their sad condition God gives
MS u rare ppportunity to illustrate that
icIarlty which gives 10 Christian charac-s
ter It's eliminating beauty, Tho tears
We shed In Teal r I'll ty for them will be-
,transnutet ed into SPA rkling Jewels for our
crown In llea !. h b tlb deth faith,
hone charitY, but the greatest or These