The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-30

man. He did for every man wha'
man couldn't do for himself.
Many years ago UP in st. Paul. q
man was tending bar. One day ir
came an old sfde-kick Of his. He was
the champion middleweight prize
hghter OF the Northwest and the bar
tender said. Have a drink
The man said. mo, don't want
it,
He said, you don't want itr''
mo, don't want It."
What do you want to drink"
"a. e fr.nk." ~ - "a.
oh" said the bartender, You
mean you want to drink, but you
The man said. NO. l don't want
ANYTHING. nor do want to drink"
fAre you taking the Kelley Cure 90
better than that"
i What Is t?-
ut is a blood cure"
What do you meanT'
II have found Jesus Christ and he
saved me and has kept me sober for
seven months
us that so?" said the bartender.
Yes" he said. Come up and I
will tell YOU about it, SO they
3 "CHt up III tF1s meetings Inc Daf
tender heard the story and gave his
heart to Jesus Christ and resigned
from tending a bar.
He started out, my friends, but
the cops would get their eyes on him
and then he'd have to move on, for he
had left record behind him where
he had done time. He went straight
and lived for God for years. Then
he went to Chicago to one OF our
To
Is now dead. and he said,
viii you give me a letter to Garter
Harrison?' lie was then mayor of
Chicago)
The lawyer gave him the letter
and he went TO the mayor and said,
You have my measurements here in
the police department, am going
square and I'd like to have all the
records you have got" so they tore
ords that they had against him.
Then he went 20 nv friend BilIv
Pinkerton and said. billy, you have
got my records here and I'd like to
have them. The police denartmant
of Chicago have torn out Of the blot
ter here ali their records l have a
letter to Carter Harrison"
Then they wiped out every scratch
of the pen they had against him IN
u.
them that his picture was down at the
Joliet renitcntiary. go ne wrote
down there to get it, He said you
have got my records there and I'd
like to have my picture and BERTH
lion records from there. have
found Jesus Christ and / am going
straight
The warden wrote back, you have
got another guess coming You
may have gotten the records away
from the police of Chicago. but you
can't get them away from the state
OF illinois, "aa7~ --,.
He didn't know what TO do so he
went TO telling his story to every
body. One time he went to Battle
Creek, Mich. 10 take rest at the
sanitarlum- Three governors were
there-Aitgeid. of Illinois: Cuberrson,
OF Texas; and Johnson. of Mississippi.
Glad TO Help Anyone.
He went to Mr.. Altgeld. OF Illinois.
and asked him to help him get me
records away from Joliet. When he
got through. the governor said. That
an unusual request. l don't know
whether 1t could be done. but I'd be
glad to help anybody that wants tc
do right. il there is anything car
do. But will make no promise
Give me your address,"
About a month later. he received
a big. fat envelope. TIP in the cor
ner OF II said. Executive Mansion
Springfield. III" He broke 1t open
and it said. TT gives me great pleas
ure to comply with your request. for
l am enclosing all the records that
were In Joliet against you. There
lis not the scratch Of pen in any
institution against you. wish you
well. and may Gods blessing be upon
YOU, and may you be blessing TO
the world"
Go down to Hadley Mission and
take my friend John Callahan by the
hand. He Is one of the cleanest- cut
most upright men that walks In shoe
leather.
| have known John for twenty
years and he is as clean as a hounds
=, tooth. and ne Is ~ carats fine and
worth one hundred cents to the dol
lar. will back John to the limit
| Can you md any fault with that.
That is what this Jesus does that
am talking about to you Can YOU
! find any fault with his promises? He
said. Come unto me ali We that labor
and are heavy laden. and will give
you rest." Has He made good?
| And this Is the will OF him that
sent me, that every one which seeth
the Son, and teiieveth on Him. may
have everlasting life"
! "Whosoever therefore shall con-
/, TESS me before men. him will con-
fess also before my Father which is
in heaven"
| I'm my Fathers house are many
mansions: II It were not So would
have told you. go to prepare a
place for you"
Robert Bruce said he was king of
Scotland and the English refused to
acknowledge the claim. They came
up against Sterling Castle, Then
Bruce and his brave followers fed.
Then the English opened their
kennels and turned their bloodhounds
loose and they chased Bruce and his
brave followers over the hills and
through the valleys until they came
to the rivers. They plunged into the
water, back tracked them. climbed
up the banks, and the bloodhounds,
with their tongues lclling from their
mouths. came to the river. but the
scent was lost. and they stood bark
ing on the banks of the stream.
F, Oh, ell the bloodhounds OF He'll
my friends. can bay on your track.
but II you have plunged beneath that
stream. drawn from Immanuers
a