The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1909-05-21
jim IS A JOB
OR A JOSEPH.
Rev. Fred Hale Says Lord
Imprisoned Parrish.
Spent the Night in Cell Admits
That Even His Faith Tot
tered at Times.


ity for his utterance and announcing
that no member of the Third Baptist
church or other person on the face of
the earth should be held accountable
for what he said Rev. Fred D. HAZE
while in Owensboro last week at the
8 Third Baptist church characterized
James H. Parrish as one Of the Lords
annointed now in bondage for some
special purpose just as other Biblical
heroes have been tried by afflictions.
According to his Interpretation, Broth
er Jim Parrish" is the job or tie Jo-
seph of modern times and there SEEM
ed to be some assurance in the
speakers mind that the angels from
Heaven will perform some new miracle
as soon as they can get the Halves
willie Jail located.
Rev.H ale seems to have reached
the conclusions exressed in his SER
mon only after spending night in
the cell and also in the bed Of James
II. Parrish for he admitted that dur
ing the last IL months his days had
been darken by doubts and preplex-
tiles with reference to Mr.. Parrish,
However he returned to Greensboro
with the horizon completely cleared
and q halo respondent still visible
in the direction of the Hancock coun-
ty court house hill.
Il come to sesk of a friend" be-
gan Rev. Hale after the scripture read
ing. What some of you exclcim
with a sheer, are you still the friend
Of Jim PARRISH. l ann proud to say
that l ann. / slept with Jim Parrish
in his cell and l ate with him in his
jail. If you want TO send me to jail
for what l say all / ask is that you
send me to the Jail where Jim Par
IRISH is
Il have no fault to find with any
man for what he has done, no com
plant to make ageinst the course
of anyone, just believe that the time
has come for me to speak cut my con-
viction. AS l have come and gone
Ground here / have found the great
public sentiment 10 be against my
friend. i have taken one of the pa
peTs and read every line about Jim
PorviSh and it looked as if only one
side was given. He was made 10 ap-
pear the vilest, wickedest and most
Goddess criminal who ever escaped
uneung. l have not read where any
one he's come out and expressed pub
licly a faith in him. Therefore / want
to say for myself that my feith in
James H. Parrtsha S a man, as
Christian, and as q citizen Of up
rightness and integrity has not been
shaken one into and | believe that
some day he wild march forth as great
a Christian man as We have ever had.
20, some OF you excieim but you
didn't lose anything. Myself my
wife and my boys lost something like
$4,000 and have felt TIE loss as
keenly as any either vito lost in thds
great catastrophe. During the times
these things fave been going on /
have been in great dSTkress, Utmost
in DESPAIR.
The last ~ months have been the
hardest CT my life and / have been
almost swept off my feet by such
questions as these: How can these
things be? If there he any Gcd and
this is His book how can these ex-
periences come to enc who is trying
to serve God? Is it possible that
James H. Parrish a true, honest,
faithful follower of Christ, would be
entrusted with the savings OF $500
people and then the Lord would allow
the greet bank TO fail ard adj these
people to lose? Is 1t possible that ID
James H. Parrish Is a good man God
would have permitted him to have
the savings OF all these in his hands
WIN o-CA NC AOols IL
prima facie evidence that lie Is a
thief, a deceiver, liar and cid the
ether things they Gnve called him?
i state to you truly, brethern, that
these questions and ones like them
kept me awake many night In almost
despair.
But We, as children CT God, eave
been told that when we are in dark
ness 1t is our duty TO go TO the word
OF God. Lets lock at the Bible and
see ID God ever let one of his chosen
ones be thrown into prison. Joseph
was as pure devoted and Goarservirg
a man as the world ever heard OF
and yet he was thrown into prison
and kept there IA years. For two
years he was without q friend, and
alone, but God was with him. Ard
Joseph was guiitless of the charge
made against him. job wcs also q
good man, O perfect man who wor-
ftdpped and served God and hated
evil. Yet ibis greet wealth and his