The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-08-28

rant was gotten out for his arrest. He
was hid in a barn by friend, and finally
escaped On another occasion he tried to
hang himself. He went upstairs in the
attic, fixed some wire around his neck. and
was about to drop when his father came
upstairs and rescued him.
He made another attempt to hang him
self and his brother George kicked him
out OF the house, and he lay in the hot
sun for two or three hours half dead On
another occasion he got a revolver and
pulled the trigger, but the bullet went
through his sleeve. He then started into
the country and met an old soldier who
advised him to join the army He finally
enlisted and was about to be sent to the
Philippines, when the order came that his
regiment was not needed After being
mustered out from the army, he took all
Of AGES home and surprised his folks
by hg home sober He gave his
mothN for a carpet, and gave a man
S. for shing machine for his mother,
Then he his brother George out, I'D
spent $40 rink, and got the ma who
sold the WASH g machine to spe' Il his So
too, so that tlA |nally ended up in sa-
loon on York 81 t in Cinci' natl, Ohio
The result Of Is debqlch was that
Dreyer got the dXlrinm tremens. He
thought he was dy ng, and said to his
mother, II am q ing" and his mother
replied in Ger tn, ever nicht hoeren
will musz fue llen'' (Who will not hear
must feeD. I >y evening he was in a ter
rible condition, and was sitting on foot
stool, when Elder Piper, Zion pastor,
came to- the house to pray for sick lady
upstairs. After the elder had finished his
ministering to the sick woman, he came
downstairs and saw Dreyer sitting in the
room crying. Dreyer said to the elder,
f Is there any hope for me?'' The elder
replied, "There is hope for you if you will
do what | tell you" Dreyer said he
would. The elder told him that he would
have to promise God from that day, that
he would be willing to surrender and give
his heart to Him, and make right every
wrong in his life. He asked Dreyer if he
would do this and Dreyer said that he
would. The elder then knelt down in the
room and cried to God to restore the man.
The elder took his departure and after he
had gone, Dreyer walked around little,
and said to his mother that he was some
better He had not slept the previous
night but said he would lie down. and very
soon fell asleep He slept for five hours,
and then told his mother that he felt
much better, for which she thanked Cod
A day or two after, he started for the
Zion Tabernacle where he was to be prayed
for again His condition was pitiful in
deed. He wore an old soldier coat with
no buttons on. His toes were sticking out
of his shoes, and when he went into the
prayer room he was about as poverty
stricken as a man could be. The elder
said to him, Are you now ready to sur
render and give your heart to God, and
make everything right that you have done
wrong in your life?" Dreyer said that he
was ready. So the elder laid his hands
on him and prayed. In relating his ex-
perience to a reporter, Dreyer said that
he Immediately felt mighty power going
through his whole system. God took a.
way the terrible appetite for drink 1t
was gone in flash. He was one Of mill
ions Of drunkards, and saved by grace
When he reached home he told his mother
what transformation had taken place in
his life, and tears Of joy came running
down her cheeks. They spent about an
hour then, together rejoicing, for sinner
had been born into the Kingdom But
Dreyer's conversation meant more than
mere sentiment He had to get down to
business and confess and restore 1t took
him three months to put things right. For
instance, at one time when he came home
drunk he told his mother that he had
spent his week IS wages on set Of dishes
for the home and that while he was car
rying them along he tripped and fell and
broke them ALL His mother believed the