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

You're assistant superintendent OF the
Methodist Sunday school," said, Il
should hope you are, but IL you are
Just a church member. you'll get con-
verified nrst and then you'n do some
thing"
I, could see her chest bulge and her
neck swell, and she said, TN not
going to speak to anybody"
Few Days Later.
One night WAS preaching and ]
sass. 1arsa WY. sSA Is~s>eS Se'sA
in prayer 2s.,
She sat there and never said any
thing. and said, Harriet, will you
please lead in prayerr'
On. she sat there stiff az a poker
and cold as dogs nose. ( saw her
muscles and neck bulge over and
turn white and she gasped. and said,
Harriet will you please lead In
prayer?"
She was game. asked her seven
times. l didn't know whether she'd
call me or not, but finally she got up.
dropped on her knees and began to
pray. She forgot who she was or
where, and could see scores OF peo-
pie wiping their eyes.
That night when we got home we
had little lunch and l never men,
toned 1t, never said boo to her. And
the next night saw her get up and
a kind Of roughneckcd young fellow
that stood leaning mp against the
radiator. and I knew she was talking
religion to him because / knew It
wasn't one Of her bunch: I never said
boo to her but noticed It. and the
next night I saw her get up and rub
Der and go around and find that same
young fellow. and bring him to the
front. That was the frst soul she
ever won.
saw her start out, and she'd 90
downtown, go into billiard halls and
law offices. in the banks, the stores,
and I have seen eight young men
come home with her at noon from
school, talking religion. I've seen
seven or eight standing out in front
of the house in the snow waiting for
her to come out. to talk religion. and
she won every member Of that high
school to Christ but three. che won
the assistant principal. Miss ID. to
God: she won the superfntendent OF
schools to Christ, Professor II: and
four OF the young men that she won
to Jesus Christ are preaching the
Gospel OF God, and one is a mission
airy in India today.
II she had had her way she
wouldn't have done thing!
One more. ] was in town one
time in Iowa. being entertained In the
home of man, and he was the bank
er for that part OF the country. He
had brilliant wife. She's gone
home to glory. This woman I'm talk
ing about was a Congregationalist
and che was brilliant women. She
started a little literary society that
developed into one of the biggest
Chautauquas in the country. J said
to her one day, We'll. Mrs l.. the
Lord's going tn do great things
Through you"
"oh." she said. Tn not going to
do personal work"
why not?' I said.
She said: You know we Congre-
gationalists don't believe In that
said: THE Lord does"
We'll" she said. that's for the
Methodists and the Salvation Army"
I said: Show me where God Al
mighty lets you Congreyationalists all
sit around like knots on log and
expect somebody else TO do your
work"
well" she said, IT have never
lone it
Never Did Gods Work.
l said: We'll. that may be true
| Then you've never done Gods work
until you do It."
She'd been in the Congre nationalist
Church for twenty-seven years: shed
walked In and repeated the Lords
Prayer; she'd sing Jesus, Lover OF
My Soul" and II was a lie, Jesus was
no lover of her soui---he was formal
acquaintance she bowed to when she
went into her pew. That's all
Thy kingdom COME" Nc. sic
didn't want Gods Kingdom to come
for she wasn't lifting her little finger
to bring IT. She didn't want H. No,
sir
finally kept nagging at her TIL she
promised me she'd go out and speak
to people about Christ. and / watched
her az | preached and could see her