Omaha daily bee., 1915-09-30
"Ls it Well uUith Thee?" Asks
Sunday of His Many Hearers

teach Us importantly IN prayer deter
mination 10 accomplish the thing upon
which our heart Is set no matter what
difficulties may be In the way.
Years ago IN Cincinnati a minlNter had
preached as best human wisdom could
depict the life OF God to a sln-cursed
world. and as he was drawing to the
close OF his sermon the Lord seemed 20
say;
Make the application Of your message
personal. Ask If there IL not one here
that would like to DO Christian
And he did what he hadn't done In
that rich and fashionable church for
years. He said to the people:
Let us bow our heads in prayer II
there Is some one here that Is sick and
tired OF sin and wants us TO pray for
you. lift your hand"
And as all we're still, just then the
door opened and young man walked in.
dropped in the rear seat. leaped 10 his
feet. raised his hand and then cried out:
Pray for me, sir; am sick and tired
OF sin."
! And the minister prayed. Then he hur-
ried down the aisle and took the young
man by the hand. He learned from him
a sad story OF prodigslity and wandering.
He learned that for eight years no had
been n wanderer on earth; had heard
nothing from home: knew not whether
his parents we're living or dead.
Dying Father wOuIdn't Let God Go.
The minister advised him to write home
and tell his parents what he had done.
! Ho didn't expect a reply from Brooklyn
! for four days. The fourth day no answer
I -.
was worried.
The sixth day no answer and he vas
troubled. The seventh day and no answer
and he was In distress. The eighth day
and no answer and he was In agony.
The ninth day and the letter came. but
the envelope was bordered with black.
with tear-dimmed eyes and trembling
hand he broke the seal and read some
thing like this:
My Dear Son: The Joy which your
letter brought to our home and hearts
was only exceeded by the sadness which
was there at the same time. for nearly
M We can conclude. tho same day and
the Same hour that you found Jesus
Christ as your Saviour. your poor old
father was going into the skies.
IAN day long he rolled and tossed Upon
hts bed: his mind wandered up and down
the earth, no knew not where, and ever
and anon he would cry out in misery
" 'oh, God, save my poor wandering
drunken boy today.
I'VE would turn his mind from you
and divert his attention from your prodl.
Eality and your sin. but ever and anon
his mind would roam from place to place
and he would cry out in sorrow;
oh. God. save my poor maynard,
wandering. drunken boy today
And just as he passed into the skies
he cried:
"'Oh, God, save
And he finished the prayer In the
presence OF Jesus"
Do you know the resultr Down at the
bottom Of the letter the mother eddcd
this footnote. She said:
you are Christian tonight because
your old father would not let God TO-"
on, for men and women that could pray
like that. or mothers that would forget,
or husbands that would forget.
Oh, for business men that would forget
their mad. wild rush after money ana 70
back and pay their clerks. Oh, for school
teachers that would stop their misera bic.
good-for-nothinE whining, swapping and
fanlt-findiaG with my vocabulary and get
on your knees and pray. II you could
DO better than !. come up and do Il.
am getting tired OF some OF you rattle
Drained school teachers growing about
my preaching. You quit card playing,
dancing. wine and beer drinking and you
won't have time to find fault with me.
would like 20 make the application of
my message tonight 80 personal that not
man. woman or child can 20 out Of
here and say:
He didn't mean me, Il didn't touch
me, Il didn't apply to me-"
/ Now
rs 1t we'll with theer'
Women Better Than Men,
viii answer that much Of Il for every
unsaved man. woman and child in this
building tonight.
l know. men. there are trials. know