All mylife Ive sorrowed, Ive waited, Ive prayed and
now I shant eversorrow again!
And that kid comingright up and getting
saved.
Fellow thatcouldnt believe the Bible, least he
could do was not to disturbthe faith of others.
I guess I can take care of myself after all these
years!
Oh, Lordy, Lordy, Lordy, I wish I had agood job
selling real estate! Turned to me like I was an All-American preacher! You havent
got to the miracle-pulling stage yet.
He was stirred to more flamboyant confession:Oh,
for the first time I know the peace of God! In the vestibule he hadthree puffs of an
illegal cigarette and crushed it out. It was all inspired, everyword, no matter what
scoffers like Jim said. He returned to pulling his luxuriant hair and
scratching.
Talk to a curly wolf when he smells
meat?
It shines upon the cradle of the babe, and shedsits
radiance upon the quiet tomb.
He tiptoed in, his tremendous feetsqueaking. Are
you going to let me go awaymiserable and beaten, old man? Roberts was really a
competent athlete, and he really had skill inevoking pictures. All I have to do is
just to carry my littlevalise across the street.
I guess I can take care of myself after all these
years! Then theres just one favor I want to ask.
No, gee, Judson, I guess you got me trimmed! The
Lord will give the words if you give the good will! Was I, he wondered, just a plain
damn fool?
Sent offto New York to get the Review of Reviews
and read more about it. Now thats what I wanted to explain about Love, and heres how
itapplies.
And thus till midnight, for all Jims
fevers.
What gave the world its first evidences of
immortality? He had walkedmiles through the slush, worrying.
He could keep Judson and his mother, yet retain
Jimsrespect. Youll admit helooks like some football shark. I thought, young man,
that you lived up toem! Talk to a curly wolf when he smells meat?
He was ready now to give up themeeting, to give up
Judsons friendship, if Jim should insist.
Elmers embarrassment was gliding into a robust
self-satisfaction. His original stimulus had run out entirely. How hed saved a tough
kid,just as good as Judson Roberts could do.
Wont you know the happiness of salvation with
us?
I really did repent all thesedarn fool sins.