Rev. Roy Stewart tells of a man in the penitentiary in South Carolina who was to be electrocuted. The electrocution was to take place the following day. Every preparation had been made for an early execution. The condemned man's head had been shaved.
The guard was showing the visitors through the prison yards and the place of execution. He seemed so lighthearted and carefree! He talked just as glibly as if nothing serious were about to take place. But a strange thing occurred. That night the governor granted a pardon for the condemned man, and he is still living; but the "Sheriff of the skies" came along that very night and arrested the guard, who was called out to meet God. We never know just where the grim reaper will strike.
William Moses Tidwell, "Pointed Illustrations."
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