Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1922-08-03

IF you love me keep my com
mandments." did not know wheth
or that was found in the book O
John or Genesis, but Immediately al
ter the Lord had saved me brough
me a Bible, a red pencil, blue pen
Gil, a black pencil, yellow pencil
and all the colored pencils that
could find and began to search tn,
Word, write on the margins anC
mark every verse that especially at
tracted my attention, and there were
very few that didn't attract it. Wher
| was child had a remarkable
memory, at, one time nemorizine
a large book that contained over
five hundred pages. hadn't realiz
ed that years of dissipation and sin
had murdered my memory. The first
verse that undertook to memorize
was Romans, Sixth Chapter and
Sixth Verse: Knowing this, that
our old man is crucified with him,
that henceforth we should not sin. "
thought that all / had to do was
to read it over once and | would
have it, but discovered afer read
ing it over several times that it
didn't stick" but with bull dog
tenacity and stick to-it-ive-ness,"
| made up my mind that ! would
y memorize that verse OF scripture.
! walked the floor, the yard read
ing the verse, and every time
would turn my head away, as far
as ] could get would be Knowing,
knowing, knowing and that was
all that | did know. After six long
days managed to make it stick.
My next verse was Luke, oath chap
ter, 49th verse: And, behold, send
the promise of my Father upon you:
but tarry We in the city of Jerusalem,
until we be endued with power from
on high" Well, for three days | al
most sweat blood over that verse,
but after much toll and pain, stor-
ed it up with Romans, 9th chapter,
9th verse.
People, never became disconra-
ed, kept on; worked night and
day and now can memorize a chap
ter much easier than / could a verse
years ago. Paul, in writing to the
Hebrews said, The Bible is the
sword of the spirit, that is quick and
powerful, and sharper than anytwo-
edged sword, piercing even to the !
dividing asunder of soul and spirit |
and of the joints and marrow" He )
said I'll WIS d discerner of athe4
thought& and intents of the heart. |
Think Of Paul using this figure Of
speech to describe the word of God
But want to say to you, young con-
verts, here today, that if you will
take this old Book, you can meet the
tolls and stand the dangers and
overcome the temptation; you can
live right and die VIGOROUSLY and
outshine the sun throughout eterni-
ty. will never forget when | was
in Moody Institute that there was
an infidel, graduate of Harvard
University and a mountain-minded
fellow, who had gone down the i
booze route. He had left his home
in Boston and was living in Chicago. !,
He had old Tom Paynes' Age OF /
Reason on the end of his tongue.
He understood all infidel logic and
all of Voltaire's and Ingersolls ar
guments. He would come aroud to
the Institute and get into arguments
with the boys, and they dreaded him
as they would a rattle snake. One ,
he and one. of the best
Bible students of the institute lock- 5
ed horns and the infidel was utterly .
exterminating and no |
longer elongating this young fellow, /;
when "Bonehead' Brown, one OF the /
students who had been in the insti- ,
tuition about five years and knew as {
much in the beginning as he did in i
the end, walked up and saw our {
students predicament and enlbar /
rasment, pushed him aside, and said, e
-Pard, let me have a hold of him, II
ind he willingly fell back and Brown j
took charge OF the learned ilnfidel. i
The first thing that Brown asked i
him was ii he could read; he replied =
hat he could. "All right, Mister, ! i
am going TO try you out" said
Mr.. Brown. He opened his Bible, b
held 1t Up within about three and y
,ne-half inches of the infidel's nose, v
md said 4Old Top, read this verse" y
We'll, tell me where you find it'll e
aid Brown. Luke 18th chapter, 3rd \
verse ~All right, read it over |
again Except you repent, We shall -
Ill likewise perish Brown said, c
Yes, and except you repent, you !,
viii perish" well, hold on" but i
Brown, with his Bible still within d
Xix inches of his nose and his finger !
IN the verse, shouted, Except you Il
'cpent, yoii will perish. The infidel b
ried to get in reply, but as far as n
le could get was ''Bat-but- but, IA,
Grown holding the Bible under his t,
lose with his finger on the verse +,
gain sho1tef "Eycent Won renpnt Il