The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-09

man is not discovered. He hides his
sin. He stands In public place. He
teaches the people He thinks to
overcome his sin by doing good.
But his conscience is alive.
The woman confesses her sin and
goes to Him who said woman go
and sin no more She is given a
little cottage in the outskirts of the
village and ever with the little child
at her heels and the scarlet letter
upon her breast she is seen going
about as miEistering angel. But
the mans sin remains hid The bells
OF his conscience ring by day and
| night. His days are haunted with a
/ fearful dread, his nights are but
awful Nightmares. His soul is being
eaten out. his body is wrecked, his
mind yields to the awful strain ana
at last broken in body and mind and
soul he staggers onto the scaffold
where the woman confessed her sin
and made known her crime. He was
! in hell
Hell VIII be a place where all hope
Is gone and where memory never
dies. See that picture as saw 1t
the other day of the insane men
brought out of the hospital for eyer.
else and being driven around a ring
worse than dumb brutes. One Is
/ staring straight ahead, another ia
crawling on all tours, another is tear
Ing his hair and moaning Oh. poor
souls with no hope. Their sins or
their parents sins have doomed them.
They are lost to life. What pic.
ture OF lost souls in hell without
/ hope
All people. hear Jesus as He says,
Son, remember. He'll would not be
so terrible If only memory could be
blotted out. But Jesus clearly teach
es us that memory shall continue. In
hell men will remember these ser
mons, these invitations. these songs,
these opportunities and with anguish
shall cry out, "1f only he'd, II only
had" Al bridge keeper was told not
to allow the bridge to turn to admit
any vessels until certain train had
passed. The train was reported late
prominent merchant vessel sough,
entrance to the city. A bride was Of
hfered for the opening of the bridge
The bridge swung around, but when
half way round the shrill shrek of the
locomotive told the man the awful
consequences Of disobedence 1t was
too late. His brain reeled, he was
carried away and up and down the
asylum he paced crying out, IF
only had, If only had" MAY Coo
spare you from such a doom.
VIII you pardon a personal illus
tration as ] close? Three years aef
when in Council Bluffs, Iowa. while
In the midst of promising meetins
when already 1863 people had come II
Christ, | was suddenly stricken Wit,
the fever felt 1t coming on.
fought against 1t and tried not I,
yield but those of you who have eve,
mad the fever know that like demon
the dread disease begins to grip yo,
with Its power. BY four o'clock II
the afternoon preceived was goins
70 pass under the influence ard lose
my power to think or to will. hat
enough presence of mind left to ste,
70 the telephone and call for phy
slcian. He came and said. Doctor
tell me the truth. He said your feye,
is lo4 Ny head was getting ligh
and felt darkness coming on.
sad, Doctor, | trust you, and want t.
Put my case in your hands. / wan
you to spare no care nor money Ge
nurse II needed. Do al, you can
My wife is Sick at home; don't tel
her unless It is necessary; do you
'i'pest for me doctor. And the last