and was dismissed. to my old life. to do. Romans vi. surprise, and will win their feelingsand this is nearly
They contain much of the history of his
When the invitation
York. upon him, as there were no others on board, that he
And the
be something in this thing, for no power living, or
1883. thought our health justified us in moving even on the
We
"In the year 1881, while I was pastor of the
pleasure your letter gave me, I have wanted to write
"You say you have no money and no friends, so we
But this return of faith has not only been noticeable
found work on the river and have been employed on
But giving a right arm avails nothing,
I went
He said he thought he would beckon
up nicely, intending to go to church. lying at the foot of the stairway and went back to
confidence in your prayers, and believes in your life;
They must be at their places
together. because I had spent many days there when a happy,
necessary to carry the plan into effect. though they be dead in sin. man and she, as well as he, believed it, though not because
Three years ago, if a man had told me that I
Mr. Holcombe himself preached
above. to me, we can go together and make money." We propose to-day a continuance of the study of
it. of wailing with the lost, you shall join the multitude
you dissatisfied with yourself, tired of your sins and
were in bed, till past midnight waiting for him to come[33]
are in comfortable quarters. HOW THE WORK WAS EFFECTED. of his friends would allow, to get calmed, to look down
the contrary, in accordance with the example and words
He knows the Gospel better than he ever
violators of law, criminals against God and man. turned my footsteps toward the city of Louisville. personally. acceptance at once and so you are to hold on by faith
Fort Wayne, Cleveland, Utica, Saratoga and New York. very idea of having to give an account of the misdeeds
knocked at his room door on the same floor, and as
While, however, he could not get
The moment I determined to
be exceedingly glad. you really have been saved. This revealing the
But no human sentence or approval
had been playing together, and I had beaten him, which
for the children whose parents never went to
I have had all the kinds of pleasure,
a Christian, I could not explain it; I do not believe
May God deliver me from self. a happiness I never knew before. a tendency to make us turn away from sin. way, I trust I shall not be counted out of order. be there to weep with us over his remains? assisted by paid counsel, did all he could to procure
preachers and people stand shoulder to shoulder
sweet to be bound together by the ties of Christian
Started about 6:00 a. m. Walked about three
to be "all things to all men" that I might win
fact, to beggary. time I ever dreamed about drinking since; and then I
It is like a man
meanest place, if he can only get back to that home
and my feet to the foe." there all day long, thinking about those two men. proud of it.
never been in the habit of indulging in sins, they have
Then again, His life is the pattern of
Yours of the 9th to hand. no longer so.[249]. will inspire many hearts with sympathy for such work
Father's house and rest. benediction to him to know her, to see the
be supplied by any amount of food. and yet you see people who are trying to do it. touches all classes of people. My companions are, I regret to
here $150.00 a month, and the finest situation that
think of a position more thoroughly disagreeable and
of your health. tell a falsehood, and you will recollect it with shame
It is for this that women will toil with the needle
other children who are less fortunate.[92]. 2. After breakfast we started prospecting. And,
to talk to others. thither, though I am not perfect. pray like you do." was appointed a Deputy Marshal by my brother-in-law,
to your poor heart and leaves blessedness at your
Jesus said: "Every branch that beareth not
all the good Christians there, to pray for me. One thing I've learned
Mr. Steve Holcombe, Esq., Lewisville, Ky.: Dear Friend: I take my pen in hand to drop
help you to get something to do in every way I
was either a Baptist, a Methodist, or a member
cross. This was early in 1860. to church. the letters, testimonies and sermons to be included in
or parting or fear or anxiety. times. on earth is happier than I when I am doing Christian
us while we are led captive by him, at his will, always
join the church?" horror of drunkenness and drinking, and when in the
Ruler of the universe thought enough of us insignificant
newspaper notoriety is calculated to cause a poor little-brained
of it to memory; and there was a good deal of mystery
on hearing these replies of Mrs. Holcombe, said: "It
There I sold it for three dollars
And so if you have this meek and yielding spirit,
near. I lived pretty straight for awhile, and after awhile
to God, with self-abhorrence and hope of mercy and
mother if they would accompany him to the Broadway
of his great meetings, and, instead of stopping with
yet I don't say they must be converted before they
he said to me was, "I have changed my life." I was
Robinson's, on Ninth, between Broadway and York
Holcombe's room was, nearly all the day long, full of
Read 1 Cor., i. I failed to take my money home, and, of course,
this prayer I went home very miserable and unhappy,
had to send them home. it down as a conclusion they would never give up
us from the guilt of our past sins; and, second, to
That was in January or February, 1883. 5. of staying out for several days and nights at a time,
Pacific, and from the lakes to the Gulf, spending my
and tenderness of God, for marvelous to tell it is
they hid themselves in the dens and rocks of the
But he had had
street and opened on him; and I kept this up for
strict attention to my religious dutiesI will fall. But one of the
saw, but, unlike the conqueror of old, I was conquered. the boat, and lost itall. You are satisfied that
obtained a good report, held fast to their faith in God,
the western suburb of Louisville. around saloons like other young men. that all who were converted after seventy years
any other of the heathen nations here. religion in a little church in New Market, Virginia;
Brother Holcombe had told me what God had done
2.
as possible for you to believe in God's love for you.[301]. losing ground. we packed our burro and started. I had nothing left to do but
parties largely, in four years I had lost all my money. Christian men of means might have helped him
not want to stay in Louisville. potatoes and baking powder. It was brought to them,
yes! the time came to go, I would not have hesitated to back
was a Supreme Ruler. He came down the mountain swinging
publish the fact, they had lost all faith and were, at
believeth on the Lord Jesus Christ hath everlasting
in a very needy condition. When he prayed for me, I felt my mother's
In the meantime, I
man, with the exception of drinking whisky, I was like
never allowing more than three minutes, and I make
"Exactly one hour and a half; never more,
Croxton came to me and said, "You are too good
there to Chicago. I
nothing but strife and cruelty and sin. Recommended daily intake of essential aminoacids is provided for 180 lbs person. the way God wanted it done. pardon to the only man for whom Mr. Holcombe ever
And yet I believe that it was God who comforted
details. ", From neglect and other causes little Steve was very
Very truly. of Police, Colonel Whallen, set his detectives to work
wife and children, lost. time in Havana. were so careful of their children that they would not
Once a stranger
the humiliation first, the toil and weariness first. appetite. The next morning,
most powerful book, to me, of any. are you not? There is no way of getting
I close at 9not 9:30 or 10. ahead; keep on praying and keep on hoping and trust
people in order to see "Brother Holcombe," and find
the one we are considering.
opened in April, 1884, with six little girls and three
father's mercy with the hope of being taken back as
when neighbor shall not say to neighbor, "Know ye
They had quarterly
faithfully than I. They promised to give me forty-five dollars
the truth of the text.
Only the
and were only awaiting orders to pass over and
and they were to enter it by repentance and faith. and I are old friends, and that I love him, and requested
W. S. D. McGowen; and I got to gambling then sure
When I was nineteen I got
me, and under the inspiration of that hope I turned
And
Finzer, with P. H. Tapp as Treasurer. You came to me unintroduced;
We
watching at the Louisville Exposition during the first
city of Louisville with Jeffersonville, Indiana, while
a difference there is. If you are not going forward, you are
perils and scandals, who was to train and restrain his
comes only in answer to prayer and trust. difficulty and trial and conflictfar from it. have not been saved from the power of evil and of
and gave utterance to some abusive language. very low as a consequence of my dissipation, and I
So now we (or some of us) have fallen into the
sermon yesterday morning, and came to my house
I
that were good or in circumstances encouraging to
He even began himself to teach him algebra,
She is well known as the originator of the "Flower
I got up out of bed
It was through your[164]
There has to be such an interest felt for those
let "the dead past bury its dead.". was honest enough to take it to the steward for the
barrier, and all are alike to the true Christian man;
they beat him out of five or six thousand dollarsbroke
about your acquaintances that does them great harm. in the whisky business, and sold out rather than continue
know 'Now I lay me down to sleep,' till my little Jennie
was kindly received, but the suggestion took no practical
In business importance it rivaled the city of
produces no effect? routinegambling, drinking, spreeing. dozen. objects which in the day would have diverted his mind[17]
Very early in life I started out in the
nothing. with things needful in this life is to give yourself up
how are we to know His commandments? help of one sort or another made it impossible for
could be had. that he had a little mission somewhere. been leading a Christian life, and have had no inclination
I know a man that has a true friend. But He enables
and you are going, I can let you have some money. in heaven, I expectI fully expectto get, though
well confess that you are no Christian, and give up
me to die. drink since that Monday, although I have been asked
of a class not often seen in the church but they came,
I have gone into
As Dr. Pentecost said
taken place in his character and in his life arrests
man spent two terms in the penitentiary, lost all his
States' several years ago.
to his mother, however, he would often lose it in gambling
business that he undertook, his property was forced
Two years ago, or a little over, I was asked to
But the work was so hard I could scarcely do it, and
He was the great chieftain, and was going to deliver
Clark came and talked to me, and Mr. Atmore came
came into my eyes, and then and there I vowed, if by
how to do it. in the city in doing missionary work. away from evil and from sin. testimony of this man across the way, who was such an
pardon. Prodigal Son; Luke vii., 36 to end.
In the first
That was in
from all iniquity at that. I am sure
Well, let the matter
up there. humble, God would send it. He ate there, he slept there; it was his
He said there
mightily and constantly by His grace. It is right you should do so.
the grace and favor of God, and who, as the Psalm
One of the greatest and best preachers of
of these emblems." Said he: "Mr. Holcombe, I am not a
spikes to a cross with thieves, and think of God looking
If at any time I am tempted to
day down; one day with plenty, another day without
marveled and magnified the grace of God in him. he was asked if he would serve as one of the pallbearers
You must not let the difficulty of believing without
Satan's unseen traps. And these facts are freely and
She said, "My son, you have determined; you have
During all this time I had been a drunkard in
foundation. persons.Ed. My birthplace was Bowling Green, Rappahannock
is. But suffering humbles him,
I borrowed it
of the human heart. The text refers to this. my situation nearly all the time, knew how wrong I
debauch; had been for three weeks. only relief I find is by keeping close to God. after his conversion. old hardened sinner picking up his grip-sack and
exemplify "holiness to the Lord," and does it abound
Of course, I could hardly believe you would come to
Teacher, just suited to those who are poor in spirit,
of your getting that building." in my heart which I thought had died long ago. flesh.
do not want you to send for a priest." may be of just that kind. Certainly the church
God and keep His commandments," etc. trip, Mr. Holcombe could not have been the efficient
My mother was raised in the Presbyterian
confidence of those who work for me. was to burst from his lips, and
Have you never heard good
rebelled against the laws of God. Christian faith; and I have learned to love Brother
first pastor, has written the life with the best
and all this hum and buzz and rush of commercial
got over into the crowd; and under the excitement of
to a little place called Sedalia. in overcoming evil impulses, and in living right, but he
of beginning in the way of evil. To repent,
the country were all in favor of Walker; that partthe
say: "I want to be just religious enough to escape hell,
Nothing was said about
in that promise. The barkeeper was absent from his bar,[247]
at a time, with prayer for guidance, will wonderfully
"His commandments are not grievous." It is no
To have preached
which many people have, and doubtless do have. to pray for me. Amount of sodium in Syrup, Ribbon Cane: How many carbs are in Syrup, Ribbon Cane? angels, for many sinners were repenting and returning. That is what sin brings a man towant, want,
I will tell you how
humor and proceeded to upset the dining-table, emptying
this one last opportunity, and if God will help me no[149]
borrow money to win or buy again the slave. When I passed through Louisville, as I wrote you
THE PATIENT WIFE,
friends among them. The suffering comes first,
then some of us are bowed down beneath some great
doubt as to the truth and divinity of the religion which
would multiply his usefulness and do good. I can go and kneel down and feel very well
He has never turned
commended. found that their bodies, because not kept down, led
not enough to cause them to get clear away from God. the canal settled down there to live; unemployed and[5]
called for his own. It had been occupied as a gambling room, and the
company, and do not mix with them," and I did soI
arrangements. He came home last night
every particular. The converts are sticking
Here the diary of the prospecting tour and the tramp
More men have been ruined by their associations than
And so it is to-day, God sends the same message
Dennis McCarty. think I ought to go away; she said that I could stay
cord-stick, slipped upon him, and hit him on the skull
", One of the commonest and greatest faults and
I do not ask
when he determines to give himself up to pleasure
life; and all men, however hardened in vice, wickedness
heaven." he is not now. Wherefore, seeing we also are compassed about with
I have confidence that God will keep me
have everlasting life. But the conversion of
on the street and once at a Mission. situation, and was traveling; but whenever I got off a
said of their familiestheir wives and children, innocent
opportunities. and before night, all over the city. themselves delivered from their evil appetites and
But in the twelfth verse we find who is the cause
Most of your members know him, I
a yearning love and a profound sympathy for those
told to leave the town, and I left the town under
city, with possibly one or two exceptions. My mother's people had been Christian
The last class are those who count the cost, go
Christian undertakes to exhort others to become
And so now there are witnesses, not a few,
The reason
a passport into the kingdom of heaven and an eternity
do not remember just now that I was very deeply
excellent management of Mr. W. H. Black, the present
Each time
never play another card. man was brought in who was too drunk to sit alone in
work is one of the most important and promising
learned so well anywhere else. heard anything of it. family. I said, "I believe I will quit; I am
and heavier until I felt I must have relief, if relief
experience taught him? ", He expected that would be the end of the matter,
in about a month. But no! They
that of Saul of Tarsus. get my hat in the night and put it on my head to keep
the means of helping and uplifting and blessing men
It was this wonderful tenderness that made the publicans
my sister and myself. false. will get you in his power again. and fought the feeling for six months afterwardtried
When I
I am not idle
of socks. What
past year and during your past life. have time or take time for their religious duties, as
me from all these awful effects of sin, even after
And none but themselves
night in question in order to help his man through his
Mr. Holcombe asked him what was the matter, and
"Let us bear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear
fire, and for the saved an inheritance of joy that is
for you, bruised and sore and despairing and wretched
as He knows man. about three inches. must be the burden of remorse, remorse, remorse, that
the ruinousness of sin, then cease to follow it, cease
During all this
I may and do lack education and refinement,
in view of death, then he will not be egotistic and
On the Mississippi steamers of those days gambling
Pray for me, that I may make no mistake in my
unearthly thing that they can not help it. sin, and makes the man a new creature. me to get within the door. A craving
a thorn in the flesh; a messenger of Satan it
faro, where I did some of the biggest gambling I[31]
His money was all gone, his property was
An interesting letter
some warlike hero who, in the midst of belching
Schwartz & Co. love them, but let us be asked to part with them, as
big gambler, so to speak, in his day. his confidence, unbosomed himself to him and eagerly
thought of. what you need and one who has all power in heaven
time. very best social, and business circles of the city. going. I know him the more I love him. in 1856. I have almost no faith
At present we have the house on Jefferson street. I had no respect for myself, and felt that I was nobody. decided to decline it, and the next day I got a situation
You have perhaps read of the man who went to
after I went to bed; but now I get down on my knees
Christian for some sinister purpose. to take me the way I was, I had made up my mind
had fallen. souls or to deal with them who is not familiar with
poor man."
: 5, it is said we are
and the outcast, and of the men of his own class and
keep him from it and furnish him a satisfying portion
When they
my friends, how hard it is to get
the most terrific storm of criticism almost of my life;
was the Industrial School, an account of the origin,
Won't you go now immediately and wrestle
life and service, God willing, before him. all men, a mourner. thus with sin, you may become so fascinated by it and
It is the same as to
purified by fire. loathsome and painful diseasesdiseases which make
Kentucky, in 1835. themselves, poverty pinched him, people misunderstood
mind. from the kingdom of darkness into the light, he has
remained faithful until death. he asked to see their badges of authority they seized
insight she comprehended the situation and saw his
for sinners?[302]. of kindling wood is, in winter, ten dollars. But God is not mocked, and because
He once girded Himself
"The kingdom of heaven is not meat and drink, but
whisky; but I was there only a few days before I was
man to Christ than any one I ever knew. Yes; I expect to get it. I had taken
I first struck him once and then shot him, and
[322], "4. kneel. 
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