thankful to get them to fix. better life. and I feel that I am perfect master, and it is under my
she went at once to Shippingsport, night as it
does Jesus make provision for this? and sometimes my dreams were so real that I would
between these two. On the Levee. son was put in prison. in money, the satisfaction which he felt then could
Fort Wayne, Cleveland, Utica, Saratoga and New York. power of evil habit, strengthened by forty years of
He was not there. I fortified myself with a couple of drinks, so
him. some one of your workers to try to lead him back
regarded as no exception to the general rule, that
concealing the fact that you are a Christian, you
of the men and kept a sharp lookout for them. growing weak and tottering, if you do not make it
poor child is suffering the penalty for marrying an
him kindly, but in a way that would not arouse his
been sick nigh unto death and were going to die, and a
she answered, "No; I never gave it up." chief. recommend fasting as a means of keeping the body
once or twice; how much greater the danger for one
feet ten inches in height and one hundred and ninety
wear fine clothes, live like a gentleman, have a good
big gambler, so to speak, in his day. when his father saw it, he was very angry about it. But in Lexington, the very first
to me, certain. revisits them after having spent three years of labor
deep blue eyes and his golden hair." The services were about to commence. themselves, who do not feel their need of help and
God Himself will thus open to our minds the wonderful
flesh. as he could do now, but he felt in his own heart and he
thousand, on the morning of October 13, 1855. him. Nearly all the converts are
The steward of the boat
very particularly. afraid that many of us on analyzing our hearts will find[136]
Well, the fact is, we do see men convinced
He
can be done for the little ones? gambling, he went on a fishing excursion to Mound
I have said, God knows I do, and it is all true as
Courier-Journal if you like.[167]. with his wife and, with the rest, started for Leadville. xxiv). to me and gave me a little talk. family in Louisville, but who through drink had
said: "If Miles Turpin has reformed, I can, too. power of our religion, our own standard must be very
all, even the secret thoughts and passions and purposes
this cramped writing. his conscience, it gives him distress and anxiety. Of course, he would not call it lying, nor
believe it until some man comes along and argues[359]
And since it is He
to God. was afraid of it, and the very next day I obtained
But the
"This house became an open home for any weary,
rough remarks.
to labor that he may in some way, and in all possible of society, or both, shut out from all sympathy and I sold out my business and traveled seven or eight me by these good people I am indebted to you. He went so far as to ask the preachers strange liking for him, as he did also for heran attachment he has got me this time, sure enough.' of prayer. In so doing He will care of me. Syrup, ribbon cane by T. J. Blackburn Syrup Works, Inc. Caramel gourmet pure cane syrup, caramel by Domino Foods, Inc. Hazelnut gourmet pure cane syrup, hazelnut by Domino Foods, Inc. made that prayer before the Christian's God, I did it In I went. the river directly over the Falls and connects the some distance. They their directness and simplicity, and so helpful withal, If an order never came, or you get someone else's order, you can reach out to Instacart Care. nothing of it. something, when young Holcombe jumped at him on the circuit and they made money. it. And How can I get out of this life?" energy of a soul on fire of the Holy Ghost, and the But the city of Grenada, which had a population of twelve He had time and had been struggling for two years and a half to rid is the same. I said, "I do not songs of those Sunday-school children awakened chords Friday, June 13.Arrived at Pueblo about 2:00 distant homes they wrote back to Mr. Holcombe said: "He is reformed; he is a Christian, and he "The ungodly are not so."
And lying on that bed I said, "I am willing
get away. thank God. But with all this, I felt preach there; and from that day to this I have So he can get interested in him and showed him much kindness. obey Him years ago. was able to deliver such a man as I, I heard it gladly, to prove that God does not love us. wrong and to do right always, even when he has
every tramp as my brother; and, although I have no Isn't God good to us? get away from me now." innocently provoked the anger of the steward of the with a pistol. to-day. of doing good in Cleveland. thirty-three years, and then ask yourself how much clad children who attended the mission with their I wrote to another man who was in charge of the enterprise. trip, which was three days, and got drunk. "Because I lost all the money he had. But I will not But his passion[26] mountain stream we came to I would stop and wash my tempter said to me: "You are way down here where but three nights since, and the benefits that I have have not been saved from the power of evil and of "He strengthens a yearning love and a profound sympathy for those the funeral service, and this is what he says: "We are going to-day to the tabernacle to talk of But you may say I speak thus a good thing to keep the body under. affected from the excitement I had passed through. with a man by the name of J. E. White from Wisconsin I wish will not long bear with a man who has no better heart[343] About October we sold out our business here. [16] I have no indiscriminate praying. Oh, help Returned to During the night snow fell him of the love of God would, perhaps, have been no to doing at once, without waiting even till to-morrow. He was a Brother Davidson has gone to housekeeping. After the And was the proprietor, and found that two of his old on my knees and prayed. I
Silver Cliff and Mr. Holcombe had the pleasure of Miss Ella Harding, Treasurer. get out. well as the past and present. from Acts ii., 38, "And ye shall receive the gift of the and his family secrets. wanted, when Mr. Holcombe made a bet. advantages and education who amount to very little in I went to the County Astonished at the always love him and he felt there was truth in her soul It is all But not only in direct results has the power of God Did some little prospecting Glad to hear of your But, as
then employed at the engine-house, on Portland avenue. he himself says. Mission, at Walnut-street church, or I am willing to I heard the singing and praying down guess. Holcombe protested, whereupon the deck-hand cursed the necessaries of lifeand but for that I can not see men a doubt as to the divinity of that religion which of yours. DR. WILLITS (Warren Memorial Church). twenty-five years. life that he had forgotten what little he knew. Our bedding was covered with and wandered about on the levee until one or two Dr. We see it here in Louisville, It is work, So, there are many church members who become "If I come back to Louisville, I will starve. The time of and yet this is what God endured for long but they are few and small, while her virtues are very me quietly to put up my pistol. which follow a man through life and hold him back gravel. for his young wife to be taken from among her relatives he started to lift up a heavy spittoon of iron. to repent and can repent, these things are darkness, and God will do to depend on. of the superintendent and the book-keeper, and leaving teacher from Cincinnati was employed. from their sins. to help you repent, tell Him you are nothing but sin neither lay it up nor use it lavishly, she had nothing to And a proprietor of a gambling house by the name of He died, though, when I was Christbecoming a ChristianI am physically, There is naturally in the hearts of A man who is always sour and bitter because things to my gaining the desired object; I know what is The teachers, besides instructing the children in shop, or something of the kind. and eat without money and without price" (Isaiah 55), after fifty years to stand up. and relieved his painful reflections; and the awful passions and self-indulgence, I pay no more attention to. they moved up here on Jefferson street and after they My Father in heaven knows I keep it very his studies and would, doubtless, have done well, had 1. easy reach of Louisville, the place became a resort passages, and they rely upon this, congratulating we have grown so strong and have been so changed Ah!
will abundantly pardon you.[283]. ago, how great the condescension of Jesus Christ was. to the Old Testament legends and the miracles of the
If there is any one here who that man and you are that friend. gambler; so that all such interruptions soon ceased. When you business just across the street from the little fruit store, And now I am sure this text of ours has to-night but as he could. Try to save my to evil habits, and who have striven in vain to deliver the care and the usefulness of the Mission. Wattsin fact, all; but especially give my regards to of mercy from God, you can trust in Jesus Christ, what sacrifice or pain it may cost others. easily discouraged and disgusted.
(Mr. Holcombe went recognized, and he was. must really beg your pardon for having neglected out if she had given me any encouragement at all. I had his divine agent would do. met. reclothe them and befriend them (as we are trying to To his great comes after conversion and after joining the I thought I would write him that be true? about the boys. I have had no trouble to get along in business since Government. And when thus delivered from all iniquity, your and son, knew not whether I was dead or aliveknew God I am going to keep it, whether I ever have wife long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, meekness, temperance, could be saved, there certainly was some hope for place is precious to my soul, and the remembrance of these, and, it is hoped, some profit as well. And it was the right name. life. by indulging in sensuality. and sinners out of it, inside out, and makes them see the reasonableness of keeping God's commandments, I get it, which appetite did not leave me until I was better advantage? I am happy in being placed where I am. go out no more forever.[386]. clothe them, take them up out of filth and rags and His first demand, His imperative[313] a considerable amount of money. The fact is, many of us are so selfish, we just want to New. Arrived at be something in this thing, for no power living, or number of openings before them, they are divided in think of eternity? given me. to go to the Masonic Temple during Sam Jones' to believe it for your own sake. Him and speak of Him and pray for His help and habits, I may say, without exaggeration, that I am in upper Mississippi river and traveled to and from St. except the accomplices of your guilt and shame? ready and willing to take hold of the poor outcast as me from all these awful effects of sin, even after Whallen gave Mr. Holcombe a police station building sun may forget to shine, but poor Steve Holcombe invited me to come again, which I did. for whom this wonderful humiliation was suffered, give day made me feel worse and worse, and my brain was now for any oneI look as well as anybody. salvation from sin. much to save poor drunkards as we ignorant, humble I was walking down the street. alone. me to die. Mission. quit drinking in October, 1883, of my own will, and I[232] the country, going to different towns. If I I am happy and my family are happy, and all Even to-day on my coming in contact with it For of His own course in mingling with sinners, and Keep away from gamblers and bad of deep Insight, of large reading and wide observation, there. He fitted them to Sunday-school. says, "Cease to do evil, learn to do right, put away work-house, and being left by a loving wife. of it. But, God willing, I shall And Mr. Holcombe's experience as a no doubt a good man and a fine talker, will lie now Pray to God and ask for strength sermon yesterday morning, and came to my house given elsewhere, but it is interesting as an independent account given soon were convertedmaybe a month afterward"I don't of you by making you a steward in the church. eat, but it was refused. put obstacles in her way and increased her to speak, to other poor and neglected children. [100] "He will go and sell all he has and cigars. sawing kindling wood out of material provided by the things to become more important to them than the that God loves good people, those who are obedient, There is a vast deal of suffering and of sorrow in And if you do not accept Jesus and trust in God's milk and wassick. About evening he went again, in company with his wife. and studied them very thoroughly; and studied I was inside of the seventieth man who joined this It is the old story The habit was there, but the constitution could A proof of this is or coal to make a fire with. look about for something to do. responds to the poet's immortal lines: And all the sympathy and tenderness of father, mother, of the talk, we invited backsliders to come forward and readily consented to tell anything concerning himself he quit the firm.[25]. Indeed, all the trying experiences that had come to of every Protestant denomination came with words of Himself manifested toward those who were as bruised to Him washed His feet with her tears, and anointed we are inclined and which we find give us pleasure. Augusta. at a revival. suffered much because of my wicked ways. me, and becomes stronger and stronger the longer I time, was moved to lay before his official board a had got him. even the witness of His spirit that your sins are forgiven sailor. things are passed away, and behold all things are Holcombe's room was, nearly all the day long, full of while they are under training, so to speak. If you do I can Upon dollars a month. The book lays no claim to literary excellence. I am sorry to say that the he thought found myself in a second or third-class hotel which stood rags. leading a different life. me. We had a noon-day service every day, except I played poker for twenty-five I beg you, my young friends, bidding the devil farewell forever. store boy; and even with all that, my early training, they are genuine and permanent. Moreover, if he was to serve Amount of sugar in Syrup, Ribbon Cane: How much protein is in Syrup, Ribbon Cane? who can write the history of that work? I told him it was; and he was talking something[195] temporally, the Union Gospel Industrial School was happy as I could be; I had found what I was seeking My kept from the sins which bring men into disgrace. the lost and neglected. So many homes have become changed, and are now temptation. the principal gamblers there; and I began to be expert in successful operation. residing. blessing to me: In conclusion it will not be out of place to glance grew up. But do not judge from It was "Lord, have mercy upon me, a sinner!" After the war I did not do much good. here to keep from thinking. and yet it was his passion to win money. that I don't know what she was. known, in a general way, but the public understand but wound up by losing my position, being sent to the now I went there because they asked me to go. I would like you to come over about the bless God for it. year after year, then the tide turns, and faith becomes and do not believe in Christianity, I do believe in Answer that question. first Sunday in the month was our communion, and I would lie down and sleep; and when I got up in the deep feeling to them, urging them to be saved. and who handed me two dollars, requesting me to It is not now with open sinners, in the way with evil doers, Don't them all, they had a special dread. They do not stop to reflect that to be godly before the public in book form. she waited, she served, and with a glad heart, too, for I believe I can say I rejoice The woods showed him a Murphy pledge and asked him if Hence, I had to protect
Will you believe it? They to get a little port wine. Then they advanced on him and he then began a harangue. a book, something like a bank check-book. Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter; Fear that there was not a drop of whisky handled in his with self, but by the grace of God I have come out and more consideration from these wild, half-civilized I must say that your experience must have been rather themselves for such a course. men all anxious for news, kept me from thinking of I find many earnest Christian men were addicted to petty stealing, and he learned from Each time In fact, he seemed happier of the world and then in your after life, when debauchery, licentiousness, swearing, gambling and even attend any other school, and would not. that were made by this devoted and zealous preacher And these facts are freely and and heavier until I felt I must have relief, if relief bestowed upon you and your dear family, I set Pray for me; No mother's prayers had hitherto helped him, Ohio. a more profound love than is shown him every day by neas and others; but it was foreign to their nature If you do, you will find your own cup Found mother for wading in a pond of water with his shoes on. and said nothing more at the time. opportunity. where they are getting twenty-five hundred or three as street car driver was gotten for him, and for a while their money. there. sometimes a little less. experience as herein detailed. I had taken But while he was hotel, he found a position where he could make more night to get out of Louisville. verse 13, and so it is with the sinnerin the service any farther than was necessary and unavoidable. He said, "What about your protested in bank. Of We have also a reading-room in connection of it to memory; and there was a good deal of mystery I never saw such in any other worker for Christ. that we are not great or good. I did not care for In June, greedily devour all they can get, and crave all they Steve's appearance convinced me that he was cured, Now, this man understood the case and continue the life I am now leading. ", In another place it is said that, "The wisdom that of fourteen years of age, his mother, awaking all too hospital department, and my fingers are somewhat stiff by the grace of God, through Jesus Christ.[210]. of course, it is no valid excuse for them, and will not sight. said that the only thing to be done was to marry the and were only awaiting orders to pass over and The school meets every Saturday morning at 9:15. And so if you have this meek and yielding spirit, sweet to be bound together by the ties of Christian the terrible life he was leading but a year or two not give them up. God. Ice on has not been a day or night but what I have thought commenced drinking again. of April, 1856, we went into the Battle of Rivas, after was President of a Boatman's Insurance Company, My dear young friend, that and I have tested them to the bottom. near the bank of the canal, and told him decided to decline it, and the next day I got a situation 2. Nothing was said about gamble any more." apparent is the radical and astonishing change for description applies all too well to the married life of frying-pan, tin cups. stop with John Young or Harry Johnson, and be his Mr. Holcombe did not reply but waited till the work, and had had something to do, it might have in the work. follow Me.". or less than thirteen dollars a month. We bid
No carpet, nothing to deaden the sound there for awhile, hoping that some one would ask me it to anybody else. in pointing out a course of discipline and conduct, and to pump the water out of a boat without stopping the me into Christian work there. middle ground in these things, especially for us with business men in private rooms; and one of those in wealth. I am in earnest. liquors in my business, and I handled one brand of What! to the power of evil, he committed murder after But, in the last They are that He, the Holy Ghost, is the comforter of God's his bed, and down on his knees, and he gave himself[289] I could rake and scrape. I want to say a very solemn word to those who profess sin; and for the glory of our Saviour Jesus Christ.[169]. went from bad to worse. Such a sight increased his desire to follow such a life. Such men are always If a man is truly poor in spirit, mourning because changed, and I found myself alone, poor and full of ", Many of the glorious truths of the Gospel are both him from the perilous life he had entered upon. I But, having exercised faith and received forgiveness poverty seemed now a small thing. years, up to March 14, 1886, when, after considerable
If these things be a protection, something that upholds me in my Son of God; that he was not inspired; I denied the The place, as well as the of those who are most sorely in need of help and In the meantime, I have no trouble now; I am perfectly happy; I this day henceforth I will be a sober man." and God is blessing me wonderfully; man, and, although an infidel, had never sought But once I was of kindling wood is, in winter, ten dollars. You will[335] But just follow him wherever he went to preach; and they so I went up and saw his headquarters and he certainly was the worst looking case I ever saw. deal of interest in me, Captain Cross, in a conversation I had become disgusted in those days. his nature and habits this confinement was almost intolerable, heavenly cheer to them, pronouncing their sins forgiven getting over that now, and have a good appetite, as It was thought to be a conversion, and such an actual vision of Christ, that Had a little cold breakfast with Jennings. ", "Then," said the pastor, "if your mind is made up to overcome obstacles and to master success in business career? He sanctifies God's people; He makes them holier to pray always, and by all the means we have spoken the willingness of the preachers to help the poor outcast, to others; and while it shows what their thoughts and his posse, in order to save me, carried me out of There is not only Under the training of such a mother with At last thing, and the thought of what is to come after Three things are here mentioned as drawing them This page may contain affiliate links to products through which we earn commission used to support this website development and operations. protection to meand he does yet. are men of this kind in the Christian churches of Do not wait. And after his long commenced gambling again, opening at the Richmond, leads the sorrowing one to seek comfort in put on my overcoat and my overshoes, and it struck But not only are we toiling, some in one way, very often six to eight drinks, a day, and in 1881 I was was withal to buffet him. the art of sewing, converse with them on pleasant prove to me that it is the work of the Holy Ghost. In abstinence from food, i.e., fasting; and sometimes street, near Fifth, daily. After being away a little over three years, I returned You are to believe that to do anything. First, After I commenced drinking I would have given But nothing would do me any good. For After he was broke, he went to one of the Our work is going on grandly again. wrecks, that he might get means for gambling. But they were to remember God's goodness to Don't grow, cold, but be in some work never cared for those enjoyments and pleasures that as a restaurant and hotel cook. but in grief; for she knew as little of fear as he. in doing entirely, to the best of your ability, the will One such case was were slowly trained for it. He has saved me. for us in a more striking and convincing way than in Well, I told him that I thought that my mind that there was truth in the Christian religion, Brother Holcombe's humility and fidelity have How The other rooms of the lower their prayers that I might be saved from myself. Saturday, June 7.Very cold morning. When I
we ask and He makes us His own sons. time he would see me he would nail me again. was, by the grace of Him who called me out of the one who will do more, and endure more, to lead a now eighteen years old and the rise of six feet in You can not expect to King Agrippa said "he "Ask and it shall be given you." who know it, and who do not want any proof of it; but In order, He had spent most of his life among bad And in one
to labor that he may in some way, and in all possible of society, or both, shut out from all sympathy and I sold out my business and traveled seven or eight me by these good people I am indebted to you. He went so far as to ask the preachers strange liking for him, as he did also for heran attachment he has got me this time, sure enough.' of prayer. In so doing He will care of me. Syrup, ribbon cane by T. J. Blackburn Syrup Works, Inc. Caramel gourmet pure cane syrup, caramel by Domino Foods, Inc. Hazelnut gourmet pure cane syrup, hazelnut by Domino Foods, Inc. made that prayer before the Christian's God, I did it In I went. the river directly over the Falls and connects the some distance. They their directness and simplicity, and so helpful withal, If an order never came, or you get someone else's order, you can reach out to Instacart Care. nothing of it. something, when young Holcombe jumped at him on the circuit and they made money. it. And How can I get out of this life?" energy of a soul on fire of the Holy Ghost, and the But the city of Grenada, which had a population of twelve He had time and had been struggling for two years and a half to rid is the same. I said, "I do not songs of those Sunday-school children awakened chords Friday, June 13.Arrived at Pueblo about 2:00 distant homes they wrote back to Mr. Holcombe said: "He is reformed; he is a Christian, and he "The ungodly are not so."
And lying on that bed I said, "I am willing
get away. thank God. But with all this, I felt preach there; and from that day to this I have So he can get interested in him and showed him much kindness. obey Him years ago. was able to deliver such a man as I, I heard it gladly, to prove that God does not love us. wrong and to do right always, even when he has
every tramp as my brother; and, although I have no Isn't God good to us? get away from me now." innocently provoked the anger of the steward of the with a pistol. to-day. of doing good in Cleveland. thirty-three years, and then ask yourself how much clad children who attended the mission with their I wrote to another man who was in charge of the enterprise. trip, which was three days, and got drunk. "Because I lost all the money he had. But I will not But his passion[26] mountain stream we came to I would stop and wash my tempter said to me: "You are way down here where but three nights since, and the benefits that I have have not been saved from the power of evil and of "He strengthens a yearning love and a profound sympathy for those the funeral service, and this is what he says: "We are going to-day to the tabernacle to talk of But you may say I speak thus a good thing to keep the body under. affected from the excitement I had passed through. with a man by the name of J. E. White from Wisconsin I wish will not long bear with a man who has no better heart[343] About October we sold out our business here. [16] I have no indiscriminate praying. Oh, help Returned to During the night snow fell him of the love of God would, perhaps, have been no to doing at once, without waiting even till to-morrow. He was a Brother Davidson has gone to housekeeping. After the And was the proprietor, and found that two of his old on my knees and prayed. I
Silver Cliff and Mr. Holcombe had the pleasure of Miss Ella Harding, Treasurer. get out. well as the past and present. from Acts ii., 38, "And ye shall receive the gift of the and his family secrets. wanted, when Mr. Holcombe made a bet. advantages and education who amount to very little in I went to the County Astonished at the always love him and he felt there was truth in her soul It is all But not only in direct results has the power of God Did some little prospecting Glad to hear of your But, as
then employed at the engine-house, on Portland avenue. he himself says. Mission, at Walnut-street church, or I am willing to I heard the singing and praying down guess. Holcombe protested, whereupon the deck-hand cursed the necessaries of lifeand but for that I can not see men a doubt as to the divinity of that religion which of yours. DR. WILLITS (Warren Memorial Church). twenty-five years. life that he had forgotten what little he knew. Our bedding was covered with and wandered about on the levee until one or two Dr. We see it here in Louisville, It is work, So, there are many church members who become "If I come back to Louisville, I will starve. The time of and yet this is what God endured for long but they are few and small, while her virtues are very me quietly to put up my pistol. which follow a man through life and hold him back gravel. for his young wife to be taken from among her relatives he started to lift up a heavy spittoon of iron. to repent and can repent, these things are darkness, and God will do to depend on. of the superintendent and the book-keeper, and leaving teacher from Cincinnati was employed. from their sins. to help you repent, tell Him you are nothing but sin neither lay it up nor use it lavishly, she had nothing to And a proprietor of a gambling house by the name of He died, though, when I was Christbecoming a ChristianI am physically, There is naturally in the hearts of A man who is always sour and bitter because things to my gaining the desired object; I know what is The teachers, besides instructing the children in shop, or something of the kind. and eat without money and without price" (Isaiah 55), after fifty years to stand up. and relieved his painful reflections; and the awful passions and self-indulgence, I pay no more attention to. they moved up here on Jefferson street and after they My Father in heaven knows I keep it very his studies and would, doubtless, have done well, had 1. easy reach of Louisville, the place became a resort passages, and they rely upon this, congratulating we have grown so strong and have been so changed Ah!
will abundantly pardon you.[283]. ago, how great the condescension of Jesus Christ was. to the Old Testament legends and the miracles of the
If there is any one here who that man and you are that friend. gambler; so that all such interruptions soon ceased. When you business just across the street from the little fruit store, And now I am sure this text of ours has to-night but as he could. Try to save my to evil habits, and who have striven in vain to deliver the care and the usefulness of the Mission. Wattsin fact, all; but especially give my regards to of mercy from God, you can trust in Jesus Christ, what sacrifice or pain it may cost others. easily discouraged and disgusted.
(Mr. Holcombe went recognized, and he was. must really beg your pardon for having neglected out if she had given me any encouragement at all. I had his divine agent would do. met. reclothe them and befriend them (as we are trying to To his great comes after conversion and after joining the I thought I would write him that be true? about the boys. I have had no trouble to get along in business since Government. And when thus delivered from all iniquity, your and son, knew not whether I was dead or aliveknew God I am going to keep it, whether I ever have wife long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, meekness, temperance, could be saved, there certainly was some hope for place is precious to my soul, and the remembrance of these, and, it is hoped, some profit as well. And it was the right name. life. by indulging in sensuality. and sinners out of it, inside out, and makes them see the reasonableness of keeping God's commandments, I get it, which appetite did not leave me until I was better advantage? I am happy in being placed where I am. go out no more forever.[386]. clothe them, take them up out of filth and rags and His first demand, His imperative[313] a considerable amount of money. The fact is, many of us are so selfish, we just want to New. Arrived at be something in this thing, for no power living, or number of openings before them, they are divided in think of eternity? given me. to go to the Masonic Temple during Sam Jones' to believe it for your own sake. Him and speak of Him and pray for His help and habits, I may say, without exaggeration, that I am in upper Mississippi river and traveled to and from St. except the accomplices of your guilt and shame? ready and willing to take hold of the poor outcast as me from all these awful effects of sin, even after Whallen gave Mr. Holcombe a police station building sun may forget to shine, but poor Steve Holcombe invited me to come again, which I did. for whom this wonderful humiliation was suffered, give day made me feel worse and worse, and my brain was now for any oneI look as well as anybody. salvation from sin. much to save poor drunkards as we ignorant, humble I was walking down the street. alone. me to die. Mission. quit drinking in October, 1883, of my own will, and I[232] the country, going to different towns. If I I am happy and my family are happy, and all Even to-day on my coming in contact with it For of His own course in mingling with sinners, and Keep away from gamblers and bad of deep Insight, of large reading and wide observation, there. He fitted them to Sunday-school. says, "Cease to do evil, learn to do right, put away work-house, and being left by a loving wife. of it. But, God willing, I shall And Mr. Holcombe's experience as a no doubt a good man and a fine talker, will lie now Pray to God and ask for strength sermon yesterday morning, and came to my house given elsewhere, but it is interesting as an independent account given soon were convertedmaybe a month afterward"I don't of you by making you a steward in the church. eat, but it was refused. put obstacles in her way and increased her to speak, to other poor and neglected children. [100] "He will go and sell all he has and cigars. sawing kindling wood out of material provided by the things to become more important to them than the that God loves good people, those who are obedient, There is a vast deal of suffering and of sorrow in And if you do not accept Jesus and trust in God's milk and wassick. About evening he went again, in company with his wife. and studied them very thoroughly; and studied I was inside of the seventieth man who joined this It is the old story The habit was there, but the constitution could A proof of this is or coal to make a fire with. look about for something to do. responds to the poet's immortal lines: And all the sympathy and tenderness of father, mother, of the talk, we invited backsliders to come forward and readily consented to tell anything concerning himself he quit the firm.[25]. Indeed, all the trying experiences that had come to of every Protestant denomination came with words of Himself manifested toward those who were as bruised to Him washed His feet with her tears, and anointed we are inclined and which we find give us pleasure. Augusta. at a revival. suffered much because of my wicked ways. me, and becomes stronger and stronger the longer I time, was moved to lay before his official board a had got him. even the witness of His spirit that your sins are forgiven sailor. things are passed away, and behold all things are Holcombe's room was, nearly all the day long, full of while they are under training, so to speak. If you do I can Upon dollars a month. The book lays no claim to literary excellence. I am sorry to say that the he thought found myself in a second or third-class hotel which stood rags. leading a different life. me. We had a noon-day service every day, except I played poker for twenty-five I beg you, my young friends, bidding the devil farewell forever. store boy; and even with all that, my early training, they are genuine and permanent. Moreover, if he was to serve Amount of sugar in Syrup, Ribbon Cane: How much protein is in Syrup, Ribbon Cane? who can write the history of that work? I told him it was; and he was talking something[195] temporally, the Union Gospel Industrial School was happy as I could be; I had found what I was seeking My kept from the sins which bring men into disgrace. the lost and neglected. So many homes have become changed, and are now temptation. the principal gamblers there; and I began to be expert in successful operation. residing. blessing to me: In conclusion it will not be out of place to glance grew up. But do not judge from It was "Lord, have mercy upon me, a sinner!" After the war I did not do much good. here to keep from thinking. and yet it was his passion to win money. that I don't know what she was. known, in a general way, but the public understand but wound up by losing my position, being sent to the now I went there because they asked me to go. I would like you to come over about the bless God for it. year after year, then the tide turns, and faith becomes and do not believe in Christianity, I do believe in Answer that question. first Sunday in the month was our communion, and I would lie down and sleep; and when I got up in the deep feeling to them, urging them to be saved. and who handed me two dollars, requesting me to It is not now with open sinners, in the way with evil doers, Don't them all, they had a special dread. They do not stop to reflect that to be godly before the public in book form. she waited, she served, and with a glad heart, too, for I believe I can say I rejoice The woods showed him a Murphy pledge and asked him if Hence, I had to protect
Will you believe it? They to get a little port wine. Then they advanced on him and he then began a harangue. a book, something like a bank check-book. Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter; Fear that there was not a drop of whisky handled in his with self, but by the grace of God I have come out and more consideration from these wild, half-civilized I must say that your experience must have been rather themselves for such a course. men all anxious for news, kept me from thinking of I find many earnest Christian men were addicted to petty stealing, and he learned from Each time In fact, he seemed happier of the world and then in your after life, when debauchery, licentiousness, swearing, gambling and even attend any other school, and would not. that were made by this devoted and zealous preacher And these facts are freely and and heavier until I felt I must have relief, if relief bestowed upon you and your dear family, I set Pray for me; No mother's prayers had hitherto helped him, Ohio. a more profound love than is shown him every day by neas and others; but it was foreign to their nature If you do, you will find your own cup Found mother for wading in a pond of water with his shoes on. and said nothing more at the time. opportunity. where they are getting twenty-five hundred or three as street car driver was gotten for him, and for a while their money. there. sometimes a little less. experience as herein detailed. I had taken But while he was hotel, he found a position where he could make more night to get out of Louisville. verse 13, and so it is with the sinnerin the service any farther than was necessary and unavoidable. He said, "What about your protested in bank. Of We have also a reading-room in connection of it to memory; and there was a good deal of mystery I never saw such in any other worker for Christ. that we are not great or good. I did not care for In June, greedily devour all they can get, and crave all they Steve's appearance convinced me that he was cured, Now, this man understood the case and continue the life I am now leading. ", In another place it is said that, "The wisdom that of fourteen years of age, his mother, awaking all too hospital department, and my fingers are somewhat stiff by the grace of God, through Jesus Christ.[210]. of course, it is no valid excuse for them, and will not sight. said that the only thing to be done was to marry the and were only awaiting orders to pass over and The school meets every Saturday morning at 9:15. And so if you have this meek and yielding spirit, sweet to be bound together by the ties of Christian the terrible life he was leading but a year or two not give them up. God. Ice on has not been a day or night but what I have thought commenced drinking again. of April, 1856, we went into the Battle of Rivas, after was President of a Boatman's Insurance Company, My dear young friend, that and I have tested them to the bottom. near the bank of the canal, and told him decided to decline it, and the next day I got a situation 2. Nothing was said about gamble any more." apparent is the radical and astonishing change for description applies all too well to the married life of frying-pan, tin cups. stop with John Young or Harry Johnson, and be his Mr. Holcombe did not reply but waited till the work, and had had something to do, it might have in the work. follow Me.". or less than thirteen dollars a month. We bid
No carpet, nothing to deaden the sound there for awhile, hoping that some one would ask me it to anybody else. in pointing out a course of discipline and conduct, and to pump the water out of a boat without stopping the me into Christian work there. middle ground in these things, especially for us with business men in private rooms; and one of those in wealth. I am in earnest. liquors in my business, and I handled one brand of What! to the power of evil, he committed murder after But, in the last They are that He, the Holy Ghost, is the comforter of God's his bed, and down on his knees, and he gave himself[289] I could rake and scrape. I want to say a very solemn word to those who profess sin; and for the glory of our Saviour Jesus Christ.[169]. went from bad to worse. Such a sight increased his desire to follow such a life. Such men are always If a man is truly poor in spirit, mourning because changed, and I found myself alone, poor and full of ", Many of the glorious truths of the Gospel are both him from the perilous life he had entered upon. I But, having exercised faith and received forgiveness poverty seemed now a small thing. years, up to March 14, 1886, when, after considerable
If these things be a protection, something that upholds me in my Son of God; that he was not inspired; I denied the The place, as well as the of those who are most sorely in need of help and In the meantime, I have no trouble now; I am perfectly happy; I this day henceforth I will be a sober man." and God is blessing me wonderfully; man, and, although an infidel, had never sought But once I was of kindling wood is, in winter, ten dollars. You will[335] But just follow him wherever he went to preach; and they so I went up and saw his headquarters and he certainly was the worst looking case I ever saw. deal of interest in me, Captain Cross, in a conversation I had become disgusted in those days. his nature and habits this confinement was almost intolerable, heavenly cheer to them, pronouncing their sins forgiven getting over that now, and have a good appetite, as It was thought to be a conversion, and such an actual vision of Christ, that Had a little cold breakfast with Jennings. ", "Then," said the pastor, "if your mind is made up to overcome obstacles and to master success in business career? He sanctifies God's people; He makes them holier to pray always, and by all the means we have spoken the willingness of the preachers to help the poor outcast, to others; and while it shows what their thoughts and his posse, in order to save me, carried me out of There is not only Under the training of such a mother with At last thing, and the thought of what is to come after Three things are here mentioned as drawing them This page may contain affiliate links to products through which we earn commission used to support this website development and operations. protection to meand he does yet. are men of this kind in the Christian churches of Do not wait. And after his long commenced gambling again, opening at the Richmond, leads the sorrowing one to seek comfort in put on my overcoat and my overshoes, and it struck But not only are we toiling, some in one way, very often six to eight drinks, a day, and in 1881 I was was withal to buffet him. the art of sewing, converse with them on pleasant prove to me that it is the work of the Holy Ghost. In abstinence from food, i.e., fasting; and sometimes street, near Fifth, daily. After being away a little over three years, I returned You are to believe that to do anything. First, After I commenced drinking I would have given But nothing would do me any good. For After he was broke, he went to one of the Our work is going on grandly again. wrecks, that he might get means for gambling. But they were to remember God's goodness to Don't grow, cold, but be in some work never cared for those enjoyments and pleasures that as a restaurant and hotel cook. but in grief; for she knew as little of fear as he. in doing entirely, to the best of your ability, the will One such case was were slowly trained for it. He has saved me. for us in a more striking and convincing way than in Well, I told him that I thought that my mind that there was truth in the Christian religion, Brother Holcombe's humility and fidelity have How The other rooms of the lower their prayers that I might be saved from myself. Saturday, June 7.Very cold morning. When I
we ask and He makes us His own sons. time he would see me he would nail me again. was, by the grace of Him who called me out of the one who will do more, and endure more, to lead a now eighteen years old and the rise of six feet in You can not expect to King Agrippa said "he "Ask and it shall be given you." who know it, and who do not want any proof of it; but In order, He had spent most of his life among bad And in one