The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-22

oUN-IhLEGkAN1, RICt1MOND
The sentence is eternal damnation, {
and there is only one that can pardon /
you and that is God. He can only do
1t through your faith in Jesus Christ. |
So, therefore, there is no question |
about that! We are all sinners; the
question is not whether you are sim |
ner, but what are you going to do to
escape hell. You are sinner, God |
says so. You've had your trial. He
that believeth not is condemned" How !
are you going to get out?
There is only one way, and that Is to
be pardoned. There Is only one in the
universe that has that power-God Al
mighty alone has the power Of pardon,
and that is only through your faith In
Jesus Christ.
Can you ever hope to escape the
judgment which is to come? General
Cullen Battle was president of the
court martial at Round Oaks church in
1868 and 1864, and one day the case OF
the Confederate States of America
against Edward Cooper, charged with
desertion was called for trial.
Letter Is
introduced.
A1etter which Cooper had received
from his wife was permitted to be in
| troduced as evidence and it went on
something like this, because orders
had been issued that no man should
receive furlough for a certain period,
no matter what the emergency.
| Cooper got letter from his wife
begging him to come home saying that
she was i'll and their little girl was
! sick.
General Battle said What did you
do, Mr.. Cooper, when you received this
letter."
| Il made application to my officer for
a furlough. I was refused. Three
times made my application for fur
Tough, and each time was refused One
night / was summoned on picket duty,
and | was walking back and forth in
! the dark and I could see the hungry
face of my wife and little girl. l could
look into their sick, pale cheeks, and
| could hear their voices ringing in my
ears: Edward, come home! Papa,
come hime!' And, General Battle, |
couldn't stand it. 1 threw down my
musket and deserted and went home.
Il would have gone home to Mary
and Lucy If every gun in the Confed-
crate army had been pointed at my
heart! / couldn't have stopped! My
wife was out at the gate. She saw me
coming and ran down to meet me and
kissed me and said oh, Edward, am
so glad you've got furlough! How
tlong can you remain? She must have
seen me turn pale and heard my heart
beat and she urged me, and ! said to
her, Mary, | didn't get furlough, l
deserted. couldn't stand it. / had to
lcome to you and Lucy
'She took her arms from about my
meek, General Battle, and she said to
me, Edward, you go back. The name
Iof Cooper has never been disgraced;
tits never been stained with dishonor
inor ignomy or reproach. Go back and
jif you fall on the firing line, and we
die, the separation won't be for long;
we will meet again around the throne
Describes His
Stand.
General Battle, l am here, not be-
cause you sent for me, not because
was brought by force; I am here be-
cause Mary and Lucy urged me to
come"
The men on that courtmartia1 were
trained to their duty, and they brought
in their verdict Guilty" and Edward
Cooper was sentenced to be shot
Robert E. Lee heard of the case and
he asked to review the evidence. He
looked it all over carefully and turned
and wrote on the back of it these
words: THE verdict of the Confed-
crate States of America against Ed
ward Cooper charged with desertion,
whereby he is sentenced to be shot, is
hereby approved. but the prisoner is
discharged and he will report to his
officer and take his place. in the
!. ranks"
What the day of Judgment dawns;
and Jesus Christ will say, "Bill Sun
day, from Iowa." and the Lord will
say, Bill, your record doesn't look
good, shows you are a bad egg, (that
is right, Lord (shows you used to lie,
(yes) shows you used to do a lot of
things, (yes) but the record shows
that one dark stormy night in Chi
cago, you came forward, fell on your
knees, accepted of the salvation which
| provided by the death of my only
begotten Son, Jesus, on the cross: you
accepted Him as your Saviour, where
as you were doomed to hell, the YER
dict was reversed to go to Heaven"
Hallelujah!
So that is how we escape the judg-
ment, so don't fear the judgment for
myself, but my heart goes out to you
who don't know Jesus.