THE INFIDEL AND THE TEXT.

Manawatu Herald, Volume II, Issue 281, 20 September 1889, Page 3

THE INFIDEL AND THE TEXT.

tf'pleasaint aabbath evening, and in a ; '■ ".'! crowded street J^|ve, Heard the sound of .voices, and the j '' ' . tyearl of niany feet ; :'Som fc e",s the crowd were on their, /way unto ; ' the house of prayer ,Bvit many move there were, alas, who never. 1 ; *', eptere(\ there. .One-was a young man, bold am! gay, who' was on pleasure bent, • No other thought was in his mind as down * ..I^VJ.^reetJje.went. -- ; , i i'n.pp, his side there gently .»;tepped one" of j '•(Tod's working liand, " •... ; And a tiny slip of p"ap"er was put, into his hand. He took it to the nearest lamp; its light tjie'sa jvtfrds jUd show-—-. »' Though your sins he sis sc-arlet. they shall bflLa,^ sno\v,- ' (i _ f tne "wdi-de away, iiut in his mind,an(\conscipncptheyseenie'l as if forced to stay. Jlp tmd.to put them from Jiim, ;but a§ he V. t?iWenfc Along y< ; - ,O?ei\ imd o'er came back the. words like re- .•- frairt.ota Wong, • ■• i lAaiClWas whispeiing in his ear a voicb both ,-} $oftaodlow-^---tlfiHjQUgb..-your.flirts be.aß-sc.wlet they .^hall „> ibea? white. as snow." ' •* Whrft n'a\e Ito do with this ! these worda are not meant for me, .1 doiiH' believe the bible, I'm a free thinker, „ said he." - jVPliough yooT b4 as scarlet they ghall •a :-. be as white as snow.",-' " I'iwish I had not read these words; why ,;■■ ' will -they haunt me so ?" : "I ddii't believe the bible, %r in God, or *"• : heaven, or hell, r ' For thd^e who dp,, these perhapß, * ' a • h)ay b"e'alV very well?' •Again* the ''voice' into' his.ea.? didwluVpev , so(t.-and low— . . . . » Though your sins be as scat let they shall .tie as .white as snow.' 1 , ' fiftfii? (jCJQpscience?. Perhaps there are *' J, buft-heydo^idt trpuble ipe,. . . Twjsh ameriy hfe, from all thoughts of the '*''. future! free. t "Thougfryour sins be as, scarlet they shall ■■'"'• Hf!^. w Wte as snpw." .■'..'., T (^feotner these tiresome words,, they will drive me mad I know, j, .■".;' iH^ stEUgglfidi to get rid of them out it was ,;. all in vain, ',- .....'.i; •.•'.'■; .• ■.-..- . and over atill he heard the solemn '„.,- soft refrain-^ JJ Though your sins be as scarlet they oliall be as white as snow." The words had' taken hold of him, and c ,,.-; would not go. ■With' gloomy look, and troubled soul, alpng * ' "■*^he; street he went, *Nq ranger bold was he, not now on pleasure iU 'J Senii; ' '.' '.' •"-' .' ; -.' ;' "Aifi Hi was passing by a church, the thought * su: ' came to his mmd — 1 'H f gtf in, perhaps, escape from these wordß I may find. l£Ce <juietlv entered in, and near the door' s \ -j,. seat he found, ' A Rolomn hush was over all— a stillnest most profound. The preacher had just read the text, an< «tO':^jbw : rep'eßtecMow— \c" Though youc;sin» be as scarlet they sbal be as white fts.stiow." . .'-..... '■/ The Spirit to the young man's heart, ap plied these words with power, And upon Jiim in that hour ; , . . ChangwLwoif Jife vie^d^eiiirea, and hopes » Trand^f^imitwastrne, ;...,: . , Ail dIa r t}nngM now are passed away, an «& •aittingSarefcadenew/' ' With humble, contrite, heart lie praye< « A wWlfe'iyrVafd«yflow~ y • " Lord, thougbytajEsiiifl a/sdarlet beimafa am an oajuiav X3l T *?bejrqt|ioiiljr 6an» ! thi»:ahßweif ; , r irf : ftctoeni „Vttfnio»glk<4bjuHas tcereat sWtl«t^lhey w nmo m wbilttatiaoi^'^ ••' '-' JTWtODU

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