The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-26

hand of fellowship and receiving him
in full membership, say aye
Two farmers voted AYE" and. the
rest kept still, and DR.. Broughton said,
"The ayes have it,"
He got the kid up on the platform
and he was baptized, and the boz
went bounding home. He lived with
his grandfather. His mother was
dead. His grandfather was an in
valid. the richest man in that section
of Georgia, had never been known to.
darken a church door for nearly sixty
years. He was leader of the inf
dels; he denounced religion because
of unbelief. and blatantly spewed out
the theories and doctrines of inf
deity.
Now wait, The boy bounded in, put
his arms around the old mans neck
and said, Grandpa, they took me into
the church, and DR.. Broughton bap-
tizedme, and if you will come up there
they will take you in, too"
He said, Go away. son, don't You
bother me, grandpa don't care about
it"
He pushed the boy off, and back
again he came. He kept begging his
grandpa to go, and he said, Don't
you bother your grandpa; go on away"
He said, Grandpa. I'll tell you what
they will ask you, and I'll tell you
what to say; come on and 60"
Listen! My friend preached to men
only on Sunday afternoon, and they
saw this boy come into the church
leading his old grandfather, hobbIing
on the crutches of decrepitude as he
came down the aisle. He sat down
and listened.
When my friend got through he
arose and he said, Or Broughton.
may | speak a few words?" He stood
trembling on his cane. He said. II
have cussed and damned God all my
life" He said. This is the first time
I have crossed church threshold for
over sixty years" He said, my little
grandson, and you know he amt over
ly bright, and his mas gone and he
lives with me, and his grandma-he
came home and said you took him into
the church and he told me if I'd come
you'd take me in" He said, Or.
Broughton, if you think God will reach
down and take an old reprobate like
me, who has cussed him all his days,
and I've never, never prayed-if you
think the Lord will take me in the sun
set of life. and kiss away the stains of
guilt, I'd like to come"
Or. Brouuhton
Repeats Text
Dr. Broughton said Him that COM
eth unto me l will in no wise cast
OUT
The old man came hobbling down
! and said. Il have wandered far away
| from God, but now I'm coming home"
He was baptized and received into
the church, and listenI They went
| home and the next day the little boy
went down town into saloon kept
| by his father. He said, ooh, papa.
| grandpa and me have joined the
| church, and if you'll come up, they
will take you in and ! will tell you
what they will ask you and I'll tell
| you what to say"
He said. GO on out of here, my son,
this is no place for you"
Say, if its no place for my boy, It's
no place for me-a dirty, sinking
saloon. If it's good for me, it's good
for him; if it's bad for him. it's bad
for me. To hell with the saloon,
He said to him, GO on out of here,
son. Go on out of here. This is no
place for boy"
He said PA, come on. They will
! take you in
Listen! The next Sunday that man
walked down the aisle, told the story
of what his little boy had done and
said. IF you think that God can save
a saloon keeper, I'd like to be Chris
tian'
He joined the church. He said.
| Come down tomorrow morning and
we will break the bottles of whiskey
and champagne and of beer
| They brought them into the street
and they did. They turned it into the
sewer and the people stood, singing.
and he said, Il feel that my mission is
to the saloon keepers of this part of
the country
He started out and by personal ef-
fort, with drunkards and saloon keen
ers, started tidal wave of religion
and the first county that went dry in
Georgia was that county. The state
was put dry by legislative enactment.
and they never had a saloon in that
county from that day till this, and II
all started with tat little boy.
i You've got as much sense as the
boy, haven't you? Go do likewise
That's my message