The Washington herald., 1918-01-16
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them to go up to the Methodist
church to hear the preacher.
Many a time have 1 walked by that
little store and have counted as
high as forty-five men loafing around
this old guy, and II he gave his con-
sent they could come up to hear me
preach. There was enc old brush
rat, who was the right-hand bower OF
this fellow. He had long gray whisk-
ers and a yellow streak right down
the middle from tobacco juice. His
old frowzy hair looked like a cows
tail full of cookie burrs, and he look
ed to me as though he'd never had
but one bath in his life and that was
the day he was born. And that old
cod could spit thirty feet and hit a
fly. He. used to shoot 1t out be-
tween his teeth like that. He looked
like a rattle snake splitting venom,
and he never wore a coat, never wore
a vest, never wore galluses. He had
a rope tied around his waist, his old
overalls STUFFED In his boot-tops and
he used to come Gathering down the
aisle, always sat near the front and
he would Ha! Ha! and pull his old
whiskers. f.. -
Here He Was.
And here was a fellow leading that
Infamous gang, who used to pray.
There he was. an old apostate, there
he was an old black-hearted infidel,
blaspheming God Almighty and
damning the preacher or the church
and everybody that wanted to make
people decent and serve God.
In business life there are unfore-
seen hard times. the war has gotten
all business out of joint. many a man
has found it hard work to weather
the blast. There are Unforeseen hard
times. You may be able to overdraw
your account at the bank. You may
not. The banks may know you toe
well.
But no draft has ever been made
from an honest heart on the banl
window of heaven that God Almighty
ever refused to honor, and don't care
who you are or what your condition
is now, II. out of a sinners heart you
ask God for Christ's sake to forgive
and forget the past. God Almighty
will blot it out as a cloud, and IL yor
will shove in at the bank window Of
heaven a confession of the fact thai
You are a sinner. God will pass you
back salvation in exchange for your
sins. In other words. He will give you
good money for counterfeit. Come
on
Somebody asked me, why is II &c
heinous to sin?"
1 will tell you. It is to be untrue
There is no man or woman that / sc
delight to honor as a true man or a
true woman; there is no one / so de.
spise and abhor as a contemplate
snake in the grass, an untrue man ol
an untrue woman. o. one whose word
is as weak as a rope Of sand anC
whose honor is as unenduring as a
cloud of smoke or OF yapor.
VIII Convince of Errors.
You may differ from me in politics.
in business, you may differ from me
in religion; If know that your ideals
are wrong, I will work hard TO con-
vince you of your errors, clarity your
vision, let you catch a glimpse OF
Jesus Christ, but all the time 1 will
admire you and respect you IL you
are living up to your highest idea
of what you believe to be true. But
if / know what you believe to be true
is erroneous l will work hard TO lead
you into the light but all the time
am doing It'll say I will admire you
although 1 may differ from you. II
you are living up to your highest
ideal.
At the beginning Of the civil war
pnhert said Cen Win
field Scott:
Il am Union man at heart. and
the thoughts of the possibility of the
dissolution of this Union fill me with
chagrin. horror and dread; but my
native State. Virginia. has seeded
and l consider it my duty to cast my
lot as a faithful son with my mother
State, and must bid, you, Gen. Scott
and the Union, FAREWELL"
And Robert Z. Lee followed that
cause which at last became a lost
cause. He saw the phantoms of his
dreams dissolve and disappear in the
red. white and blue of the old flag
He saw those principles for which he
fought, for which he suffered the loss
of all things. broken. dismantled
overthrown and irretrievably ruined
lying at his feet His property in
Arlington was confiscated by the gov
ernment, and he. a prematurely ole
man, was broken in health. broken ir
spirit.
Lottery Makes Offer.
In that hour of loss and trial
that Internal, damnable, contempt
bic, octopus of hell that used tC
disgrace our shores, the Louisiana
State lottery, offered him the presi-
dency of the institution. Old Beau
regard, who fired on Fort Sumter
had been president. They offered
Robert E. Lee the presidency of it
he said:
Gentlemen, L don't understand
that business"
They said: 1--WE understand the
and the influence it will command
We will give you a salary Of
$4,000 a year and we will run the
business. All we want is. youl
name. That is ALL"
And Robert Z. Lee arose, he put
on that gray coat, buttoned il
across his shriveled breast, looked
out from beneath gray shaggy eye
brows. and said:
Gentlemen, my good name ant
my reputation as a Christian ar,
all that are left to me out of the
wreck. but you can't buy Rober
E. Lee"
For $1,000 a year he taught tn,
young men of the South higher
principles. mathematics, and nat,
ural science, and as my frient
Walker NJ. Ellis says, speaking o.
him refusing the honors anC
emoluments. that he might stoop t.
serve:
He accepted the presidency O.
the then impoverished Washing
ton College. which today has tn,
honor of bearing the name o.
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