The Washington times., 1909-06-13
Couple, Kept Apart by the
Law, May Only Love
From Afar.
ROMANCE OF THE
SALVATION ARMY
Two Active in Religious Work IN
til Wife Is Stricken, When
Trouble Begins.
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as he thinks Of those who have waited
upon him from behind the counters of
church festivals Her face. though
long from brow 10 chin, must have had
sweet and pretty seriousness then, is
now. ana her dark eyes, set deep in
shadow. may well have frightened go
ing TO church for many boy before
John Early was converted.
The man of her life came into 1t in
a soldiers uniform. He was serving in
the fort at PlattsbuIg The experience
Of a Methodist conversion was his i
might almost count myself" he said to
me, the chief of sinners like Paul
drank, I smoked. loved worldly
things" Out of this he heard the call.
Like Samuel he1 made Speak.
Lord. for thy servant heareth.' and he
has ever had from that day faith that
the Lord is strong to help him. even as
at Afizpah ne helped Samuel by thunder
3 ing with great thunder upon the
Phiiistines
Voiced His
Faith In Song,
This faith he voiced in the great
Methodist Church at Plattsburg With its
200 worshipers. He spoke it - tones
that carried to the farthermost corner
of the Sunday school room, tones that
If not musical were yet strong ana
resolute and masculine. He touched and
moved many, among them slight girl
hearer whose heart failed her at the
thought of speaking of her faith at all
and IN whose Hfe-it would seem TO the
outsider conversion would be COM
plete superhuity-
Three things happened in quick sue
cession at about this time. Early was
honorably discharged the service; the
young girls brother was forced by a
weak throat 10 give up the ministry for
a time: He opened a shoe store in Sos
ton: EAr{y -beea me a clerk in that store.
The foreshadowing Of that employment
was realized on Thanksgiving Day. 1905,
when Early and the sister of his en-
-pIover we're married ia Winchester.
Mass. s5sss.Ihss.ReE- iReent Rows,
The, eEfl asetn samuel took Eariy into
the Salyssf ION .EsrTfT at the close Of Bos-
S tons gusty spring in 1867 and the new
conner was quickly made captain At
THAT station and in the two New York
cities ofeGranville and oswego the two
worked until May, 1903. They threw
themselves into their tasks with whole
hearts. Their inherent -earnestness was
heightened by tangible harvesting
They found one family OF which the
sfather was a captive TO drink, the
mother sas low as a woman could be
IN Mrs. Earlyss- words. and one Of the
three children was given 10 jumping
into the river TO escape being sent to
sbarrooms for Whisky for his mother.
Converted
Through Couple
''They were converted. The peace Of the
Lord came INTO their hearts. went on the
wife OF the captain in telling the story.
when they were moved out of that
district the drsyman- said you could put
all their things in a Wheelbarrow. Just
now we had letter from them. and it
took three wagon loads TO move them -
This last was said In tones of wonder,
as though Mrs. Early had herself man
ufactured furniture.
"And now no one in the family drinks
Intoxicating liquor at ali, and the man
doesn't smolzei Now We never could
have gotten those people into a church.
The people had tried and tried and
tried. But they felt. somehow, that the
church people thought themselyes bet
ter than other folks
From such families came many de-
.rnands on Mrs. Early. "Of course" as
she explained, II couldn't refuse any
one. And so I went beyond my strength
many times. I had frequent weakness
and some signs OF pleUrisy. After a while
the doctor said had consumption. and