A Letter from Stillwater Prison

I EECEiVED one day a letter from a man in States’ prison at Stillwater. It read as follows: “Nearly two years ago I heard you preach on Washington Avenue, Minneapolis. At the close of the service you came to me and urged me to accept Christ. I was under deep conviction and almost yielded, but finally I said, No, I will not accept Christ to-night, but I will come back to-morrow night and accept Christ.’ You urged me to accept Christ at once saying that no one could tell what would happen before another night, but I was stubborn and would not yield. I went out of the meeting, into a saloon and got drunk. The next morning I found myself under arrest for stealing an overcoat. I had not the slightest recollection of stealing the overcoat, but suppose I did steal it while I was intoxicated. I was sentenced to this place for two years. My time is almost up, but now I have accepted Christ here in prison, but if I had only accepted Him that night you urged me to down on Washington Ave- “I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT YOU DON’T DECEIVE ME.”

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nue, I would not have had the disgrace of these two
years’ imprisonment.”