The Glenwood post., 1919-10-11
MANY oR1Ms Rnco1os nrp
AT aooDHRART.s MISSION

The whirlwind campaign planned by
Denver business men for Wednesday,
Oct. 8, to rsise $4,000 for Jim Good
hearts Sunshine Mission is aptIy
timed in view Of the fact that whirl-
winds are part of the autumn season.
But if the whirlwind should assume
proportions of a small tornado it will
be because the men conducting the
campaign have been inspired by the
spirit of the city chaplain.
The thought that jim Goodheart be
longs to Denver alone is all wrong.
His name is on the lips of someone
somewhere almost every minute of the
day in all parts Of the United States.
For proof Of this one has but to visit
the mission and peruse the piles of
testimony coming from those who have
passed through the fire of Jim Good
hearts teachings.
An example of the effect upon men 's
lives of the work done at Sunshine
Mission is found in the following story
of life of crime and its turning
point, written by man who was
started right but slipped:
Beginning with the early childhood
Of man the testimony declares that
all advantages were given with the
gentle care of mother, schooling and
Christian teaching He tells of the
early part Of the trip along the road
Of life that gathered many stanch
friends to his side. Then with the
beginning of the present century the
style of expression of thought changes
as the writer relates the changes that
took place i. his life.
When he speaks of his first appear
ance before a court of justice and the
many friends that gathered around
him in support of his good character,
the words used to tell the story be-
come confused with jargon of the un-
derwofld.
"That escaped conviction at my
first trial." the testimony says, "led
me to try it again. In 1904 I was
ssat to the psnitentiary for life for a
series of 'stck-ups' running over
period Of six months The sentence was
communted and in twenty-one months
i was released on good behavior.
"After . little more than a year I
was In again, this time with dozen
indictments against me, ranging from
larceny to safe blowing When 1 came
out after serving the 'five-spot' I made
it % unpleasant for the police that
they received orders from their superb
ors to give me no rest.'
The story then tells of the man Is
trips through the East, into the West,
through Yellowstone park, Montana,
and Wyoming. The criminal VS. ap-
pretended in Rawlins, wyo., and given
= fivs-year sentence. When he was re-
leased he tore his discharge papers to
bits and laughingly threw them At the
warden.
"I laughed" he narrates, "not the
laugh Of the happy man, but the laugh
Of one whose heart was filled with
hatred for the human race. I decided
then and there that nothing would stop
me In the future, and my crimes OK
tended to women and little children. I
went out into the town g main stem,
got nae few shots Of booze and blew
for Cheyenne. From Cheyenne I went
to Denver. I got room on Curtis
street and went out that night to look
the town over. The pickin' looked
easy and I framed u job.
Something broke that night that
changed my whole life. I passed the
Sunshine mission, turned back and
went in. Afterwards I went to my
room and tried to think of the job j
had planned for the next day. ] was
restless and the preaching and singing
at the mission kept coming into my
head.
"Ncxt day I was shaky and tried TO
get rid of the feeling by going to the
drifted down to the mission, thinking
I'd have a talk with Jim Goodheart.
"When l told him my name he said
it was not my right name and I admit
ted it wasn't and told him I'd lied.
That man talked to me for a while
not the mushy talk that might be I'M
agined, but good man-to man, heart
to-heart talk. ! left the mission with
all THOUGHTS about the job T had
planned gone. Jim Goodheart suggest
ed I 90 to the stockyards and get work.
did and from then on it was hard
lob for a while, but I have started