07.02.20. The Pig In The Parlor

20. THE PIG IN THE PARLOR You can’t change a pig by putting it in the parlor; try it and see which changes the quickest.

Todd took the money and bought the clothes, but he lined up with some of the Godless crowd in the community and became more wild than ever. It takes more than kind treatment and environment to change a person. He drifted deeper in sin, growing more wild and reckless, and drinking at every opportunity. Never will he forget the night he entered his home and that precious old mother who came to meet him at the door staggered back saying, "My God! my boy is drunk."

During all this time of recklessness and seeming indifference, he was fighting a battle in his heart; and ever and anon something would rise up and want him to break away from the things that damned, a something that wanted him to do right. No doubt it was God speaking to his heart.