River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-05-20
CHAPTER XII.
JOY Graham Makes a Discovery.

Joy Graham Makes Discovery.
81 W called at the Rutledge home
w. to practice a duet with Mrs.
Rutledge.
II don't know how l will be able to.
leave the children so long this even
ing" said Mrs. Rutledge, "but Allan
wanted me to go with the rest to Augs-
ley and sing Jesus, Lover of My SOUL
to the people there. | sang it once
at shop meeting i'll Wellington be-
fore Allan and l were married. and he
has never forgotten it,"
II will be so glad to hear you sing
tonight myself" said JOY with enthu-
SiaSm, but tell me about that shop.
meeting in Wellington, Mrs. Rutledge"
The minister's wife related the Incl
dent to the girl, adding as she finished,
Some day | will tell you a sad trag-
edy that happened at Wellington.
have not time today, but some time
will tell you. 1t is about a beautiful
young Bohemian girl, Viola Antol, who
was killed by her false lover. The sad
death of Mae Mobray, one of the girls
at the Gregory factory, reminded Allan
of the tragedy in Iowa and we were
speaking of it not long ago"
what became of poor Macs moth
err" asked Joy sympathetically.
did you not know that the church is
supporting her. Poor woman. she is
utterly desolate"
Before leaving the Rutledge home
Joy Graham called up Roland Gregory
on the telephone and asked him if he
had decided to accompany her to Augs-
ley. The young man answered in the
negative, pleading a business engage
ment.
1t was a happy crowd Of crusaders
who jOurneyed that evening to Augs-
ley. The meeting was even more of
success than Allan Rutledge had hoped.
The energetic spirit Of the eX-baseball
star had permeated the entire vicinity
of Bronson, and the few church mem
bers at Augsley had taken on new life
and had widely advertised the coming
of the Bronson party. The church in
which the meeting was held was the
largest i'll the village, but it was crowd
ed to overlooking and a second meet
ing was arranged hastily at another
church. The songs of Joy Graham and
Mrs. Rutledge were listened to with
absorbing interest. and as Allan Rut-
ledge heard his wife sing the old, but
ever new hymn Of trust, Jesus, lover
Of my soul, let me to thy bosom fly"
he was carried back in imagination to
scenes in his ministry in Wellington
when be had first heard his wife sing
and first began to understand the ire
mendous power of Christian song.
Edgar Prince the manufacturer OF
Bronson, was the first speaker, and his
testimony was listened to with the
closest attention.
I'VE business men in Bronson have
seen great light" he began. IF any
one had told me two months ago that
/ would be addressing an audience at
a religious service | would have laugh
ed with ScOrn. But here | am tonight
able to bear witness that Jesus can
save even a manufacturer. Let Jesus
into your hearts, men," he exclaimed,
land he will make your whole life over,
as he has made mine in the past few
weeks
He then told how he had first been
arrested by a statement of the evan
gelist, who quoted the Bible where it
says. "The wages Of sin is DEATH"
Il couldn't get away from those
words" he declared earnestly. II felt
that l was sinner and that my only
hope of salvation was in the Saviour"
Thomas Marchmount also spoke,
telling of his conversion to Christiani-
ty years before and of his long apps
tacy.
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