The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-29

(Slgnec) RufuS M. Allen, e. II.
Kramer, Dr.. George C. Wilcoxen, Syl-
vester Jones, Ed N. Wilson, j. Will
Ferguson, w. H. Rooney. committee"
him, felt his pulse. Are your father
and mother alive?" he asked
Mother is, fathers dead"
Married."
"Yes."
Wife alive?" he said: 'I'l send
for them"
He looked at the docter and said:
rs it that bad"
He said: Eyes. It's pneumonia
don't think l can help you"
He said: Il have missed it,"
Misses His
Fighting Chance
When pressed for an answer he
said: 81 had nothing to bring me.
simply did it to get away, and
lied TO do that. Now you tell me
have not even a fighting chance.
have missed it,"
And his wife and mother hurried
as soon as they could and went to his
side, and when he looked into their
faces he family said: "a have missed
it! have missed il"
With tears running down their
cheeks they urged and pleaded for him
to tell what he had missed, but to
every appeal he only family replied:
81 have missed it! have" He
never finished the sentence. Never.
When the sun rises you come out
here, you look at the Tabernacle, and
you will say: There's where they
held the meetings"
We are still in your presence, but
it won't be long until these ventilators
will be closed and locked, the key
turned over to the executive commit
tee and the door locked and this great
campaign will be history. 1t won't be
long!
And he said tomorrow"
am afraid OF this for some of you,
that you will close the door Of hope.
1t is not necessary to commit a great
sin. just neglect salvation. Let the
sick man neglect it and he will go to
premature grave. The man in the
boat coming to the falls neglected to
use his oars and he plunged to his
death. Caesar had a letter warning
him against the plot against his life.
which he didn't read but went heed
lessly on, and they rained their dead
ly strokes upon him. He fell at the
base of Pompey's statue. He gazed
through the blood and he saw BrutuS
with the gang of assassins. Brutus
was his protege. Brutus owed to
Caesar all that he was in the kingdom
Looking up, he said: What! Thou too
BrutVs?" 1t broke his heart. He was
warned. he didn't heed.
Every Man Had
His Warning
| Every man in hell Vas warned
but he didn't heed And for weeks
have been going the limit of my
strength trying to help you. You
have not got money in your bank
vaults to work as hard as l have
not on your life, And when l think
that this is the last service in this
great effort on the part of God to win
you, l don't know, can't explain
how l feel Think of the sermons
not simply the ones l have preached
they don't amount to much-think OF
the songs, think of the pleadings oil
your wife, of your sister, of your
mother, of the entreaties of your chill
dren and the beseechings of YOU
friends-to all of which you have
turned a deaf ear and said, NO
| by 9OuI dCt you 1dNO uSCu l11O NOIus
of my text, and you have said, ITO
morrow"
! Think of the ministers, think Of tn.
evanpeIists that have pleaded and pat
ted and fondIed, and yet written or
your poor soul are the words, "No'
saved"
MY friend, Frank Smith, you've
heard me tell of him. He was ONT
1 nP tho four fhof ont IF tho f" r
and he became a preacher and is one
yeti was preaching in town, and there
was very wealthy man whom be wa,
i trying to get to give his heart to God
and he wouldn't do it. Eight month!
later my friend went back to tn,
town. He inquired about the man ant
was told that he was very sick ant
would not live long. Some one said
Go see him. He always had . grea
respect for you"
Calls on
Sick Man
My friend went and he raped OF
the door, The mans wife answered
"Oh, is it you, Mr.. Smith? Well,
am glad to see you" she said, "ant
know Charlie will be. Please don
talk to him about dying. l don
think he is as sick as the doctor
ina CINE"
Ny friend stepped to the bedside
; He said: Charlie, you are very sicE
am not going to talk religion t
you But before l go, l want tn
privilege of praying, and in my pray
er / will make the way of salvation
as plain as if talking. And if yo
make up your mind to be a Christia,
just squeeze my hand and that vii
J say yes, understand"
He nodded. My friend took his, thi
hand in his and prayed Then b
, closed the prayer with: Hear US,
, God, for Jesus Christ's sake, Amen,
! and he waited for some response, kep
his eyes closed. he. counted the tick
) of the clock on the mantle. Eigh
! minutes went by and ne was sti
: waiting for response, but there wa
s none, no pressure on his hand. The
! my friend saw the fellow trying t
. speak. He said: Not tonight, Franz
tomorrow will think about it,
That night at a quarter past 81