The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-24

he worked hard, saved his money,
went through college and there young
men begged him to accept Jesus
Christ and he refused.
He was a man OF wonderful intel
lect and he decided to go through
life without God. He was elected
assistant prosecuting attorney out in
that city and they had been in the
habit of swearing the witnesses in
court in the old-fashioned way, By
asking them to stoop and kiss the
Bible.
There it lay on the judges desk
with its leaves frayed where thou
sands of lips had reverently kissed
the sacred Word of God before they
took the oath of office. and the first
day he took the oath Of office no
picked up the Bible and threw it
across the room and said to the col
ored porter:
Rejects
The Book
Take that damned book out of
here" He said, Don't you leave it
here a minute. There will never be
another witness sworn by kissing
that book while I'm here. You might
as well use dime novel for the pro-
cess"
He rose In the world, invested In
real estate, became rich. He was
elected Judge out there Of 4 high
court. Cancer seized him, snawed at
his vltals; death with its fieshless
face came and grInned at him over
his couch; his soul quaked with fear.
He sent for a friend of mine, Chris
tlan man and very prominent Insur-
ance man In that section Of the coun-
try, one that every insurance man In
the United States knows.
He said to him, I've lived God
less life, but / can't die a Goddess
death. I'm taking that leap into the
dark and I'm afraid. l could live
without Christ, but Oh, can't die
without Christ. I've sent for you to
pray for me-"
He said. my prayers won't save
you Pray for yourself"
He said, 81 can't. I'm lost! Lost:
LOST"
And with those words ringing
through the ears of his friends he
drifted with the tide. He said
NO"
No one glazing act, but constant rep
ition of the same thing, until the spirit
of God leaves you!
| A friend of mine was called upon
| one time to read the burial service OF
| the church over the remains of one
of the COOLEST women he'd ever
known. There were three children in
/ the family, two boys and girl. The
mother was taken i'll and she con
/ stantly called the name of one boy
| who had gone away from home and
was prodigal.
They handed him a telegram in q
gambling hall and 1t said, Hurry
home. Mother is very SICK" but ht
reached home day too late. His
mother was dead, and the day of the
| funeral, when my friend read the
burial service, the immediate mem
bers of the family were present anC
few friends. The undertaken said
| "All that desire to look, come thii
way"
The friends went by and then thu
/ husband came. Looking in he said
"Well, goodbye mother You made
life happy. We will miss you"
Then the sister came and said
| Farewell, mother" She turned
away and then went back, not satisfied
with the look, but she kissed he
! cheeks again and again. She said
Goodbye, mamma, but we will al
meet in the resurrection"
And then the boy that remained
at home came. He said, Farewell
mamma. We will all meet in tn
morning."
Then this young fellow stood lean
ing against the wall. His eyes wer'
as dry as the desert of Sahara. Hi
sister put her arms about him ant
Edward. don't you want to look a
mother?"
He looked at her a moment ant
sobbed as though his heart woult
break. She said to him, Edward
don't you feel SO bad. You know
we will all see mother again"
My friend said he raised one O
the saddest faces he'd ever seen an;
said, We'll, perhaps you will, but
never expect to. I'm not going tina
way. don't believe that way"
Dies Without
Hope.
Three days later they found hi
body in the gutter back of a stall
beer joint, and he died, my friends
as he had lived, without hope in Jesu
Christ"
"AlI manner of SIM" God says, "H
will forgive"
In his days of ribaldry and Jest
Bob Ingersoll said, 'If God can
forgive sin, He's not divine"
God has right to state the term
upon which you can have salvation
and If you can have salvation an,
you are not willing to comply witt
God5s terms, then go to hell, but DON
try to throw it into the teeth of oG,
and say He is not loving.
God states the terms upon whic]
you can keep out of hell, and if 20
are not willing to comply with il
shut your mouth and go on lie
God alone. God can't stop you. bu
He's doing all that He can in this oil
world to do 1t.
"All manner of SIM" God says, H
will forgive, but it is conditioned upo
, you doing something to have His fol
giveness. Supposing you are a THE
i Will God forgive man for theft
! Didn't He say to Zacchaeus, This da
! hath salvation come to this house /?
Receives
: Letter.
When my friend, Mr.. wanamake1
was postmaster-general of the Unite
. States John said he received a latte