The Nation Behind Prison BarsHerr, George L. (George Lewis)
Religion
The Nation Behind Prison Bars
Herr, George L. (George Lewis)
Church work with criminals; Evangelists
His goodness and for removing that swearing away from me.
Quits Smoking Cigarettes.
"I had smoked cigarettes for at least fifteen years and I quit them. I
was full of revenge and hatred, and I cried aloud to God in my lonely
cell to redeem my soul, which He did, and it wasn't long before I was a
friend to everyone and praising God for full and free salvation. He has
made a new man out of me. The Holy Spirit is like a fever, and it is all
and all before a man gets right with God. Condemning and deceitful
spirits will rise up in a man, but all we have to do is to ask God and
he will remove them all; to live a true Christian life is the
straightest life that anyone ever tried to walk. It is a great warfare.
I read and study my Bible and have learned a great deal about God's word
since I joined the church, a few short months ago, under a great, good
and noble man of Frankfort by the name of C. R. Hudson, and I love him
as a very dear brother. There is not a man in all this world that I hold
the least bit of malice against, and before I got right with God I had
revenge in me against many.
Warns Young Men.
"Young men, as you read this, from one who has done many and great
wrongs, take warning; shun evil companions and don't do as I have done
in days gone by. Don't be led astray by older heads, for the man that
will advise you to do a wrong is not your friend; but I could not see it
that way. God has given me a new mind and I know as well as I know that
I am living that religion is true, real and no fake, as I once thought.
Has Been Born Again.
"I was raised on a Bluegrass farm in Madison County, Kentucky, and my
parents were as good a father and mother as ever lived; but my father
died while I was young and I went from bad to worse, committing crime
after crime, and I am guilty of the charges against me, but God has
forgiven me of every wrong I ever did. Why won't the Governor? All the
punishment that I will ever have to go through with will be on this
earth, for God has forgiven me of every wrong and I have a clear
conscience now, for I have been born again. There are so many men in
prison that trample the lowly God under foot to try and gain their
freedom in that way, and I hope that no one single person that reads
this will think that I am making mockery of God's love, for I am sincere
with God, as I used to be with Satan. I wish that every paper in the
whole world would publish this so that it could have a chance to touch
the hearts of many sinful men; I long to tell the story to young men,
from East to West, from North to South, how God redeemed my soul.
Refers to Scriptures.
"We have organized a Bible reading circle here in the prison which is a
grand and good work. Now I refer you to some Scripture which I hope
everyone will read carefully, and it will show you how God will forgive
a man for the crime of murder and for all crimes except one.
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