Gilpin observer., 1912-01-11

uOly llTS that Snail never 30 OUT,
but will burst into a flamee and be-
come a great light to guide the 8
come q great light to guide the null
titudes to the Christ. The chief at
traction to draw men into the king
dom is tho Gospel itself. A great
many things in the world are used
by the Lord to arouse men to their
need Of salvation. Every man has
somewhere in his heart tender
chord. 1t is our business to reach 1t
for the purpose Of bringing to him
the music Of heaven. ao -.
There are some who will never
turn to God until they look death
in the face awhile. went one time
to new charge. One of the first
questions asked was. Are there
any sick people here?" l was told
of man whom they said could not
4recoYer. but the man who told me
said, 1T Is Of no use to try to do
anything with him. He will not listen
to us he Is SO hardened in SIM"
went to see him. Stayed few mo-
ments, expressed my sympathy for
him and went away. In two or three
days 1 went back again. This time
talked more with him and he be-
gan to feel that we were not strang
ers. Then l talked plainly to him
about the necessity for getting ready
for heaven. l expressed a hope for
his recovery, notwithstanding had
been told that he could not recover
Then he said. II know that l can
never get WELL" and he went on to
say. 81 know that a man who knows
he must die. ought to get ready to
die" The spirit of God had reached
his heart. We talked then about his
soul and about heaven. / prayed with
him before l went. When l met the
brother who had told me about him.
said, THAT man is not so hard
as you thought" l took him and an
other brother and we went over to
the house and held a prayer meet
he gave his heart to the Lord. He
lived a number of months and his
wife used to tell me how in the
night when he couldn't sleep. she
would hear him praising God and
praying. By and by he died in the
faith, and | hope to meet in heaven,
that man whom a brother said was
50 hardened in sin that there was
no hope for him.
l mention this to say that when
men look death in the face and know
they must die, life itself puts on
different appearance. Men who have
been hard in sin become interested
in their souls. l am not sure that
the means used to attract men to
Christ Is essential. but am sure
that the most important event in all
OF life is that which brings men to
the Lord. Some study the question
over carefully ard long, and others
como suddenly to a decision for God.
DIR. Wharton tells this story of one
suddenly arrested and turned to God.
When Mr.. Moody was holding meet
ings in Baltimore some years ago.
Todd Hall, detective, was detail
ed to arrest a certain man. Some
one said to him, "Mr. Hall. the man
has gone down to the Moody meet
ing" So Mr.. Hall went to the meet
ing. The usher said. Yes, he is
here but he is away down in front"
So he started down the center aisle
with Mr.. Hall. AS they were walking
down the aisle, something the preach
er said went like an arrow to Mr..
Halls heart He sat down and listen
ed. He seemed to forget his purpose
in coming there. When the service
was over. the crowd departed and
the man he came to arrest went with
them. He had come to arrest man
and had himself been arrested. A
brother came up to him and said.
"What do you think of Mr.. Moody"
"Oh," he said, 81 wish l could be
a Christian" They talked together a
little while and the man said let us
kneel down and pray together. Mr..
Hall gave his heart to the Lord and
became a Christian. He went home
and told his wife and she said she
would go with him and she too be-
came q Christian. and their little
girl came with them and the family
went into the church together. Mr..
Hall was given local preachers IL
cense, and became preacher as
we'll as detective. DR.. Wharton had
been away from the city good
while. and on his return friend
said to him, "Mr. Halls little girl is
dead" And he asked, How did 1t
effect Mr. Hall did N pffect him