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Among the reminiscences of a political leader, published by a Boston journal, is one of a national convention of the party to which he belonged. He says that the first day's proceedings developed the fact that the balance of power in the nomination of a candidate for the Presidency would rest with the delegation from a certain State.
The delegates met in caucus at night with closed doors. In the discussion that ensued, the name of a prominent man was urged and was received with favor. Only one of the delegates, a judge of some eminence in the State, knew him personally, and he not intimately. He was asked for his opinion. In reply, he said that he was at college with the prospective candidate, and he would relate one incident of college life. He did so, and it showed that the young man was, in those days, destitute of moral principle. The delegates were satisfied that, although brilliant, he was a man they could not trust and they unanimously resolved to cast the votes of the State for his rival. The next day the vote was given as decided, and the man to whom it was given was nominated and elected.
Little did the young college man think when he committed that escapade, that a score of years later it would be the sole cause of his missing one of the greatest prizes of earth--that of being the President of the United States. But sin is always loss, and unless it is blotted out by the blood of Christ, it will cause the sinner to lose the greatest prize attainable to a human being in the world beyond the grave--eternal life. --Rev. W. W. Landrum
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