Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1915-04-02

The same glad look we have noted
in all the others brightens his face al
the name, and then he says:
/, why. sir, it was Jesus VINO drove n
legion of devils out of me-devils so
violent that when they entered into
a herd of 1000 swine that were quiet
~ feeding nearby, they ran franti-
caliy down a steep place into the sea,
and persisted in the waters.
Before that day / had long been
known as the wild man. of whom
everybody was afraid. made INV
dwelling among the tombs, and was
SO 1lerce that no man dared to come
my way. '>
"One day when l was at the worst
and was covered with blood from new
wounds that had but just given nv
sell, L saw boat coming toward the
shore. ran charging down to meet
the men as they landed, intending to
destroy them, but when / came near.
to my wonder, the devils in me forced
me to cry out:
What have we to do with Tbee
Jesus, Thou Son of God? Art Thou
come to torment us before the time p
Wanted to be Jesus Disciple.
And then He compelled the devils
TO come out of me, and 20 into the
nerd OF swine, as have told YOU. and
when they were gone found myself
again In my right mind, and ever
since then have been kind and gem
tie, as you see me now.
Inc people who so feared me then
now have no dread of me; they hon
or me and trust me and all the chill
dren love me. My heart was full of
love and gratitude to Jesus. and I
wanted to go with Him and be His dis
clple, when he again took passage
IN the boat, for the people who had
lost their swine besought him to leave
TINS coast; but he had such pity for
them that he made me return to nv
own home. and show what great
things God had done for me.
And so have been going here
and there throughout the whole coun-
try even since, showing myself to the
people who thronged the streets to
see me, and telling them the wonder
1ul story of what Jesus had done for
me-"
And then l ask the little ones the
same question, "Who was Jesus 2"
and they stop their play and saw: ale
was the Good Man who took us in his
And so we go on, examining wit
nesses after witness, and every one
gives the same glad testimony Of the
compassion and power of Jesus.
l say to Martha and Mary: "Who
was Jesus 2" and in unison they reply:
He was the friend whose visits made
our home seem like the anti-room to
heaven, and who brought our brother
back from the grave after he had
been four days dead"
l say to Zaccheus, the Jericho pub
lican: "Who was Jesus? 2" and he turns
upon us bright face, from which the
handwriting of sin has all been re-
moved, and says: "Why, Jesus was
the one who came into my heart and
home, and made a new man of me-"
say to the woman who was about
to be stoned for her sin, "Who was
Jesus?" and she says: at was Je.
sus who wrote the charges against me
in the dust and said: Go and sin
no more
HE STEPPED in front of the crowd and
said: Hold on! He among you who
has no sin in himself throw the first
stone!" And every rock fell to the
ground. Every arm went paralyzed.
None of them could throw because he
had sin in himself
Oh, Jesus knew that dirty bunch!
Pm sick and tired of hearing Jesus
pictured as sort of dough-headed
putty-faced, puddin'-headed who al
lowed Himself to be cuspidOr and
doormat. Say, if some of you had
the punch Jesus had you'd amount to
more. Jesus was the bravest man
that ever walked the face Of the earth
Don't thing youare exemplifying Jesus
when you let everybody spit in your
face without a punch. I" wont
/ say to the timid woman who spent
all her money going from doctor to
doctor: "Who is Jesus?" and she
gladly answers: at was Jesus who
and was healed"
say to the ruler Jairus, "Who was
Jesus?" and he joyfully says: at was
Jesus who gave me back my only
child"
Then ask great multitude Of
happy souls, "Who was Jesus?" and
with glad voices they all reply:
at was Jesus who gave us sight
and hearing and healing and health"
rand others say: at was Jesus who
cast out the devils that possessed US"
And then ask another multitude /
see coming down a mountain: "Who
was Jesus?" and / hear them fairly
shout:
at was Jesus who fed us when we
were furnishing with hunger by in
creasing into great feast five little
loaves and two small fishes"
I say to Barabbas who comes tow
ard us with his happy wife and chill
dren "Who was Jesus?" and with the
same bright look that all the others
have shown he quickly replied:
He was the man who died in my
place after had been justly con.
demned to death and now sir, l am
trying to live for Him."
/ say to the wife of Pontius PLATE
"Who was Jesus?" and she answers
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