The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-13

see sitting before me down there, a gentle man from the city of BrooKlyn-Mr. Par sons He will doubtless recall some meet ings in that city, and how men stood and testified for Christ I remember on one occasion. a young fellow who could hard ly speak English. stood up and said Jesus Christ has been the best friend have ever had" That was all he said but that was enough.
 He Stopped Swearing.
 In Kansas City one of the men at the cattle yards went to MT. Richardson, who Is secretary and treasurer of that institu- tion-there were hundreds of men every day at the noon meetings there-and one of them went to Mir. Richardson and said' Mir Richardson, do you believe what that preacher said, that Jesus Christ can help a man quit swearingY Mir hicn- ardson said "Yes. l believe It firmly A few days after that, this mans wife went to the preacher and said My husband Is converted" The preacher said HOW do you know that he Is convertedY' | Well" she said, "He has been going down to the meetings at the armory, ana l he came up to the house the other msh' | o'clock and said. ''Wife, lets nave an early supper and go down to the meet Ing" He drove a young horse that ne had home, and tied the horse in front or the house. While he was in the house a man came along with little cart selllns rags and bones and old iron, and this frightened the young horse so that ne broke away and ran away down the street His wife said 1T had to tell my husband, but dreaded 1t, because l knew | what an awful swearer he was, and Knew he would curse. but I went In the mousse | and said, MT. Larrimer, the horse mas 1 broken away and Is running down the street Well, my dear he said, I nope | he won't hurt anybody; come on, iets se. supper and go to meeting She sald' know he is converted" I would like to l ask If there Is a man here today who can testify that Jesus Christ helped nm l to quit swearing, drinking, gambling or helped him be better man? He wants us to tell what He has been to us. IS ! there a man here who can testify that Jesus Christ has been help to him II so, let him just stand up and say so'
 Other Witnesses.
 l One man got up and stated that he had been the worst swearer in the army but that through the grace of Christ ne iia' l been able to conquer the habit'
 Another man testified to having been a drunkard when he came to Birmingham four years ago, but having become con verted at the Munhall meetings, he had lost all desire for strong drink.
 Another man stated that he was never swearer but that Christ had helped him to quit other things that possibly some people would think as bad or worse.
 | Another one testified that when young man he drifted into evil ways. but got l to thinking one night, up in the Winnie Davis wigwam while Sam Jones and MT.
 Wharton were speaking. He accepted Jesus Christ as his Savior and since that date he has been a good and clean man. l At this point MT. Wharton called on l MT. Parsons of Brooklyn N. Y, to say a few words. MT. Parsons said:
 T have to be very thankful, because
 I was converted when l was but l2 years of age The Lord has kept me all these years, and I am 65 years old. All my children have been converted and my home is a Christian home
 "All Hail the Power of Jesus Name
 was then sung. MT. Wharton then said;
 Offering Defined.
 l I asked MT, Jackson just now how
 much money he wanted and he said a l little over a hundred dollars l am going to ask you gentlemen to give him that money. We will take an offering. I sup l pose you know the difference between an offering and collection. Some time ago preacher was preaching upon the sub | ject of giving, and upon making sacrifices, and that day lady and her husband and children went home to dinner, and as they sat at the dinner table when they had finished, the little boy said to his mother: Mamma. will you please cut off ! a little piece of that roast lamb?' She said: Why, my child, what do you want with that? You have had your dinner. and you have had your desert."
 He said: ''I want 10 make an offering 10 Fido." You want to make an offering to l Fido?" ''Yes, mama, you remember the minister said whenever we want to give anything nice 1t is an offering" Well" 1 she said, ..Fido can't have piece of this
 nice roast lamb, but here are some crnsts, crumbs, bones, etc.. will fix up for him.. She gathered up about a plateful of scraps and she gave them to the little fellow,