The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-25

And the father reproved him but also
without effect.
One day seeing his boy IN a fit OF
anger, the father brought him box
of nails and a hammer and he said,
whenever you are angry | want you
to go drive a nail in that post
And the boy inwardiy resolved I'll
will drive mighty few nails, believe
me-"
And so, weeks after the father and
the son met at that post and he said.
"See here, my son, why the top of
this post is full of nails" And he
said, my son. that is just the way
your soul looks in the sight of God,
corresponding with every wound the
nail has made. Sin mars and makes
your image and yet God came tol
change all of that by our Faith in
Jesus Christ
Every time you perform wicked
act or utter an unhoiy word, every
time you harbor an impure thought,
you drive a nail that will disfieure
your very soul and there is nothing
but the blood of Jesus Christ that can
cleanse US from all Sin.
And there is nothing on this old
earth that4can change our guilt into
innocence and pardon US for our
transgressio1s; and there is nothing
in the universe that possesses the
| slightest power to take away guilt but
Faith In the blood of Christ Philan-I
thropy won't do it; nothing but Faith
in the blood of Jesus Christ.
Tells Story
OF Reformer.
The story Isl told of Martin Luther
that one night the devil. the King of
He'll, appeared to enter his room, and
with an air of insolent triumph. He
had a huge roal of parchment under
his arm.
what is that?" asked Martin Luz
Their?
He said. THAT is the catalog of all
the sins that You have ever commit
ted" and Luther fleaped from his bed
in mortal terror, and beads of per-
spiration stood Gun his brow, and he
was in a death-like agony. And the
devil opened the scroll, and Luther
was compelled to sit there hour after
hour and read the damning list of
sins and he groaned as he recalled
some vile sins he had committed and
forgotten.
How long the list looked! How
black the ink in which. they were writ
ten How tightly and gleefully the
, devil seemed to hold the scroll in his
! scaly fingers. Sins just as God
would set before him in the day of
Judgment.
Suddenly the devil called him by
name saying, Martin Luther. all sin,
, all sin" and LMther began to shiver
and his agony was intense and He'll
seemed to yawn and wait for him to
stumble over into the abyss. 9nd
the devil kept on screaming, "All sin,
All sim"
Luther knew something of the word
of God and he said, Where does the
word of God say All SIM" and he
leaped forward and tore the scroll
from the DEVILS hands but the devil
had, Oh! so beautifully hid the words,
"The blood of Jesus Christ cleanses
us from all sin" and he tried to hide
the fact that the blood of the Son of
God cleanses us from all sin. That
| is the DEVILS business.
| Tells Another
| Incident.
Years ago off the coast of Corn
wall ship was wrecked and in the
early morning the people came down
and straining their eyes across tho
| stormy seas they saw it pounding to
pieces and a man. clinging to the rig
! ging.
| They made comments, who Is
he?" wonder where he came from, .
How long has he been there?"
And presently a great stalwart
young fellow as he gazed out said,
81 am going to save him"
And the old captain said, John,
don't you talk like that. A boat
could not live in such sea"
And his mother came and said,
"Son, do not go. You know your
father went away twelve years ago
to save your brother John and he new
er came back"
| He said. Mother, if you want to
do anything for me, you pray"
She knew her boy. She fell upon
her knees upon the sand and prayed
and he leaped into a boat and with
brave heart and strong arms he bent
to the oars but the winds carried him
away from the ship.
| And the old captain said, Ding
my halyaTds. he will never bring her
DdcK again.
He said. BLAST my top-sails, boys,
he's gone"
And then he said, "No, yonder he
goes riding the waves like the sea
gulls. Give him a cheer"
There is many a fellow needs a
cheer. o! there is many a wife, give
| her a cheer and she will fight and
work better. There is many a girl
| behind your counters needs a little
cheer There is many a preacher
fighting for righteousness and Truth;
he needs a word of cheer. The world
is dying for little encouragement
and help
| The cheers rang out as he climbed
the ship and helped the man from it,
and they said, "Why doesn't he leave
the old wreck, it is going to pieces?"
They were seen to enter the boat
and as they neared the shore the
people cheered and the old captain
said Keep still, my lads, what is
! that / hear?"
And above the waves they heard
him screaming, Mother, it is brother
John"
And when the boat came to shore
the mother had two boys instead of
one.
So Jesus came into the word in
order that he might save us from the