and the things that they had loved, no longer attracted their attention.
In fact, the entire neighborhood was changed; for many haunts of sin
and vice were entirely vacated.

John soon found that it was his duty to make all of his wrongs right
as far as it lay in his power to do so; and this he gladly did. In many
instances he was surprised to see the effect that this act of obedience
had upon the ones concerned. Many, with tears in their eyes, exclaimed,
"John, I only wish that I possessed the joy in my own heart that I can
see written in your face!"




CHAPTER X

A Child Again


No one could doubt the change in John's life; and many wondered how such
a thing could have been accomplished. But they did not realize that with
God all things are possible. How well it was for John that he discovered
before it was too late that he was a sinner, lost in God's sight, and
that it was necessary for him to forsake all of his evil ways and habits
if he would be freed from the binding chain of Satan! Each sinful habit
formed a link in the chain, and its strength could be measured only by
what it took to release him from its binding power.

John was sorry to see the meetings close; and as he bade the sweet-faced
women farewell, he was loath to see them go, because of their Christian