The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-23

! turn pale and then red and then
sne'd grasp and fan herself. She was
thinking about the promise she'd
made. I knew It was going to be
hard, and saw her get up when
asked, Go out and speak to your
friends and neighbors and strangers"
and saw her 60 back and speak TO
a fellow that sat on the end OF the
seat and he shook his head and 1t
scared her She walked back and sat
down. she thought ahe was going
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ard pretty soon she got up the cour-
age to try again---sfIe was game. bless
her heart She went back and put
her hand on his arm and spoke to
him. and he recognized her. He felt
honored to think that q rich, brilliant
society woman would take an interest
in his soul. a kind of q roughneck. /
saw him reach up and wipe his eyes
with his sleeve Che didn't have any
handkerchief) and wipe his nose with
his hand. That was the best he had.
He commenced to cry and he follow
ed her down the aisle. That was the
ffrst soul she had ever won for Jesus
Chrfst---the first one.
On the way home we saw . man
leaning up against a lamp post. rock
ing back and forth. This woman was
cousin of Marshall Field in Chicago.
she had carte blanche whenever she
went to the store. She dressed fine
in silks and diamonds---and we saw
this fellow leaning under the lamp
post. She said. There's fellow
drunk" She took a look at him and
man that's done my washing for eight
years"
! said: Have you ever talked to
him about Christi
Never did"
Well, here's a good chance
''On the street,"
SURE
she said: He's come to my home
every Monday morning with q little
wagon and took away my soiled linen
and brought 1t back on Friday. and
I've paid him and he's taken the
money and drank IL up"
Neglected Eight Years.
He had staggered up to her door
for eight years. She had had her
name on the Congregationalist church
records all this time and had never
said a word to this man.
Let's talk to him
She put one arm on his shoulder and
told him who she WAS and he burst
into tears, and she got down on her
knees with her silk skirts. and prayed
for that fellow. Ec gave his heart to
Christ l have been back to that town
within the last year. He owns hts own
home. paid thirty-hve hundred dollars
for II: he's got 1t paid for. he told ms
he had sixteen hundred dollars In tho
bank. She won him to Jesus On I've
seen her gather up her skirts, etsp
over the back of seats like that to get
In the middle to talk to somebody
about Jesus Christ
She went home to heaven not long
ago. She spent her winters out in
California. In Pasadena. was out
there and the phone rang--l was Mt
Los Angeles, NJ the Hotel Alexander
I was over at the Alexander hotel
when the phone rang and she said.
I'm going TO send the car over for
you. ] want you to come over to lunch
in Pasadena"
So we went over ard when va got
through she said. Tive invited some
friends to come into the perior and
want you to talk to them about
Jesus / stepped In. and L did, and
there sat tho governors from three
states; there sat four members Of the
supreme court Of the states back tn
the East; there sat college presidents
and professors: there sat brilliant men
and women--and wealthy--she used her
influence and got them into the par
Tor and asked mo to talk religion Of
Jesus Christ to them.
Somebody said to her, Wont you
come and Join our bridge party
She said. NOT Tn too nrtstocratie 90
play cards"
She was one ct Gofs aristccrats
Lincoln said. stay with ANY mas
rs long as he Ia right: part company
with him when he is wrong"
Therefore, You speak tho right WORD
and ycn Do ths r&xat 6nmA ut sAa s-syh@
time and you'll make II easier for the
one next TO you In this little world in
which we live. And when you and I.
you In your small corner and i In mine,
are on the watch to do this. this world
will We better that we lived IN II and
made our corner 30 FIJI that II spilled
over---to the rest Of them.