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SQJ Time only a short distance away. It's more satis- fegC
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|Bl COUCH vcn ' ent an d comfortable to the u<er; and this XjSSg
stock was never larger. Mosc o! them have ja&g
a red or green Ye'our covering. Prices run up to #28.001 others
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1 ' > One in Oolden Oak or Mahogany fin
KOCklflP" Chairs nicelv polished, cobbler seat, full
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Velour cushions, costs.... $9.75
SS —_ f § __ In solid Mahogany or Oak. One in «^y
t*l tjtlCT Ivcsks Oak.with a French leg and pattern
& door corts 35 r**^
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LEATHER GOODS
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high cnt 3 soles box toe shoes 1.25
J f Men's good kip box toe boots 2 25
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Misses' croquet rubbers 25c
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General banking business transacted.
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BUTLER. - PA.
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Rear of
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1 IN HIS STEPS. I
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CHAPTER I.
For hereunto wtr ye called; beciuse Christ
I alao suffered fcr you. leSTing you an example,
i that ye should follow his steps.
It was Friday morning, and the Rev.
Henry Maxwoll was trying to finish his
I Sunday morning sermon. He had been
j interrupted several times and was
; growing nervous as the morning wore .
i away and the sermon fjrew very slowly
! toward a satisfactory finish
"Mary," he called to lii.s wife as lie
went np stairs aft r the last interrup
tion, "if any one comes aft' r this I
wish yon would say that I am very
bnsy and cannot come down unless it
is something very important."
"Yes, Henry. But I am going over
to visit the kindergarten, and yon v.iil
have the house all to yonrself. "
The mini ter went up into his str.dy
and shut th" door. In a few minnti -
he heard his wife ro out.
He settled himself at his desk with a
sigh of relief and began to writ a His
text was from I Peter ii. 21.
"For hereunto were ye called; be
cr.iif-e Christ also Differed for yon. 1 -jiv
ing you an example, that ye should fol
low hi- steps."
He had < mpliasized in the first p.irt
of hiss -Ji -n the atonement ;.s a per
sonal sacritic -. calling attention t-<> the
fact of .I yr suffering in various ways,
in his life j.s well as i>i his dwath. He
had gone to emphasize the atone
ment from th-' side of example, giving
ilia :r. "ious iVom the lif.■ and teacl.-'.ng
of .T'-sus t>> showhowfaith in theChri t
helped t-1 ? :Ve li<• -n bee in of the p.-it
terti or < hai,.- ; i he displayed for tli n
imitation. He was now m the third
and 1i..-t ['lint, then ce-sity of follow
ing Jesr.:i in i!i- • and e.\.:mpl
He had jnst put down. "C!t St ,
what are l!? y ?'' aud was about to
enumerate i>n in logical order when
the bell rai sharply. It \.as one of
those clockt.- j.'!; l .-lls and always went
off as nc'-xk might go if it tried to
strike 1 all at once.
Henry I.'ar.woll sat nt liis desk and
frowned a little. He made no move
ment to answer the bell. Very soon it
rang again. Then he rose and walked
over to out 1 of his windows, which com
manded a vi w of the front door.
A man was standing oil the steps. lie
was a yomvc ::;an very shabbily dressed.
"Looks li' • a tramp." said the min
ister. "I suppose I'll have to go down,
and"—
He did not finish tlio sentence, but
went down stairs and opened the front
door.
There was a moment's panso as tha
two men stood facing each other. Th- n
the shabby looking young man said
"I'm out of a job, sir. and thought
maybe you might put me in the way of
getting aom«; hing. "
- I (ton i mm "t rena ming. Jol>S r.rn
scarce," replied the minister, begin
ning to shut the door slowly.
"I didn't know but you might per
haps be able to give me a Hue to the
city railway or superintendent of the
shops or something," continued the
young iiuin. : hifting his faded hat from
one hand to the other nervously.
"It would be of no use. You will
have to excuse me. I am very busy this
morning. I hope yon will find some
thing. Sorry I can't give you Home
thing to do here. But I keep only a
horse and a cow and do tha work my
self. "
The Rev. Henry Maxwell closed the
door and heard the man walk down the
steps. As he went np into his study he
saw from his hall window that the man
was going slowly down the street, still
holding his hat between his hands.
Th r, re was something in the figure so
dejected, homeless and forsaken that
the minister hesitated a moment as he
stood looking at it. Then he turned to
liis desk and with a sigh began the
writing where he had left off.
He had no more interruptions, and
when his wife came in two hours later
the sermon was finished, and the 100-e
leaves were gathered up and neatly tied
together and laid on his Bible, all ready
for the Sunday morning service.
"A queer thing happened at the kin
dergarten this morning. Henry,"said
his wife while they were eating dinner.
"Yon know, I went over with Mrs.
Brown to visit the school, and jnst aft
er the games, while the children were
at the tables, the door opened, and a
young man came in, holding a dirty
hat in liotli hands. He sat down near
the door and never said a word, only
looked at the children. He was evident
ly a tramp, and Miss Wren and her as
sistant, Mis.-; Kyle, a little fright
ened at first, but ho sat there very
quietly, and after a few minutes he
Went out."
"Perhaps he was tired and wanted
to rest somewhere. The same man
called here, I think. Did yon say he
looked like a tramp?"
"Yes, very dusty, shabby and gener
ally tramplike not mOre than 30 or 33
years old, I should say."
"The same man," suid the Rev.
Henry Maxwell thoughtfully.
"Did yon finish your sermon, Hen
ry?" his wife nsk»d after a pause.
"Yes. all done. It has l»een a very
busy week with me. The two sermons
cost me a good deal of labor."
They will be appreciated by a large
audience tomorrow, I hop-," replied
his wife, smiling. "What are yon go
ing to preach about in the morning?"
"Following Christ. 1 take np the
atonement undi r t lie heads of sacrifice
and example and then show the steps
needed to follow his sacrifice and ex
ample. "
"I am sure it is a good sermon. I
hope it won't rain Sunday. Wo have
had so many rainy days lately. "
"Yes; the audiences have been quite
small for some time. People will not
come out to ehurch in a storm." Tha
Itev. Henry Maxwell sighed as h<- ■ iid
it. He was thinking of the careful, la
borious efforts he had made in pr par
ing sermons for large audiences tint
failed to appear.
But Sunday morning dawned on the
town of Raymond one of those pel i-ct
days that sometimes come after 1. ng
periods of wind and rain and nmd. Tie
air was clear and bracing, the sky was
free from ull threatening signs, and ev
ery one in Henry Maxwell's parish pre
pared to go to church. When the service
opened at I I o'clock, the large building
was filled with an audience of the I" t
dressed, most comfortable looking peo
ple in Raymond.
The First church of Raymond bo
lieved in having the best music that
money could buy, and its quartet choir j
this morning was a great source of
pleasure fo th - e. .n-'i gut ion. The an
them was ir-piring. All the music v.. «
in keeping with tie- subject of the > r
uiou. And the anthem was an elaborate
adaptation to tli ■ most modern mi:
of the hymn
»l«n 4 rn> tre.s* Ijvo t.iL, n.
All to leave an.! follow thee.
Jnst before the sermon the s<,t>rnn:>
sang a solo, the well known hymn:
Where he K-a<!« me I will follow.
I'll go wi.ii him. wit! him ail the way.
Rachel Win-low looked very beauti
ful that morning as he stood no f>e
i hind the screen of carved oak which
was signHic;mtly marked with the cm
: blems <f the cro« and the crown. Her
voice was even more be-antiful than
In r face, and that meannt a great di al.
There WM a general rustle of expecta
tion over the audience as she arose.
Henry Maxwell - ttled himself content
edly iiehind tii ' pulpit. Rachel Win ■
low's singing always helped him. He
generally arranged for a song before
the sermon It made possible a certain
inspiration of feeling that he knew
made his delivery more impressive.
People said to themselves they had
never heard such singing even iti the
Fir. ; t church. It is c.Ttain that if it
had not been a church service her solo
would have been vigorously applauded.
It even : eemed to Henry Maxwell whea
she s.it down that something like an at
tempted dapping of hands or striking
of feet on the floor swept through the
church He was startled by it. As he
rose, however, and laid his sermon on
the open Bible he said to himself ho
had been deceived. Of course it could
not occur. In a few moments he was
absorbed in his sermon, and everything
else was forgotten in the pleasure of
the delivery.
No one had ever accused Henry Max
well of being a dull preacher. On the
contrary, be had often ln-en charged
with being sensational, not in what l;e
saiil so much as in his way of saying
it. But the First church people liked
that. It gave their preacher and their
pari.-h a pleasant distinction t4i.it was
agreeable.
It was also true that the pastor of
the First church loved to preach. He
seldom exchanged. He was eager to he
"in his own pulpit when Sunday came.
There was an exhilarating half hour
for him as he stood facing a church full
of people and knew that lie hud a hear
ing. He was peculiarly sensitive to
variations in the attendance. He never
preached well before a small audience.
The weather also affected him decided
ly. He was at his best before jnst such
an audience as faced him now, on just
such a morning He felt a glow of sat
isfaction as he went on. The church
was the first in the city. It had the best
choir. It had a membership composed
of the leading people, representatives
of the wealth, society and intelligence
of Raymond. lie was going abroad on
!> tl"' TBOfttV'li in jllL. - '<
TIT ft", and ihe circumstances of las pns
torat". his influence and his position as
pastor of the first church in the city -
It is not certain that the Rev. Henry
Maxwell know just how he could carry
on all that thought in connection with
his sermon, but as he drew near the
end of it he knew that he had at some
point in his delivery had all these feel
ings. They had entered into the vt ry
substance of his thought. It might
have been all in n few seconds of time,
but he had been conscious of defining
Uis position and his emotions as well as
if he hnd held a soliloquy, and his de
livery partook of the thrill of deep per
sonal satisfaction.
The sermon was interesting. It wan
fn 11 of striking sentences. They would
have commanded attention printed.
Spoken with the passion of a dramatic
utterance that had the good taste never
to offend with a suspicion of ranting or
declamation, they were very effective.
If tin' Rev. Henry Maxwell that morn
ing f"lt satisfied with the conditions of
his pastorate, the parish of First church
also had a similar feeling as it congrat
ulated ii: elf on the presence in the pul
pit of this scholarly, refined, somewhat
striking face and figure, preaching
with such animation and freedom from
all vulgar, noisy or disagreeable man
nerism
Suddenly, into the midst of this per
fect accord and concord t "'tween preach
er and audiente, there came a vi ry re
markable interruption. It would be
difficult to indicate the extent of the
shock which this interruption measured.
It was so unexpected, so entirely con
trary to any thought of any person
present, that it offered no room f<w
argument or, for the time being, of re
sistance.
The sermon had come to a close. The
Rev. Henry Maxwell had turned the
half of the big Bible over upon his
manuscripts and was about t< sit down
HS the quartet prepared to rise and
ling the closing selection,
All for Jesus, all for .Tesus,
All my being's ransomed powers,
when the entire congregation was star
tled by the sound of a man's voice. It
came from the rear of the church, from
one «.f the seats under tin- gallery The
next moment, the figure of a man came
out of ttie shadow there and walked
down the middle aisle.
Before the startled congregation real
ized what was being done the man had
reached the open space in front of the
pulpit and had turned al>out, facing
the people.
"I've been wondering since I came
in here"—they were the words lie used
under the gallery, and ho repeated them
—"if it would lie just the tiling to say
a word at the close of this service. I'm
not drunk, and I'm not crazy, and I'm
perfectly harmless But if 1 die, as
there is every likelihood I shall in a
few days, I want the sati faction of
thinking that I said my say in a place
like this, before just this sort of a
crowd.''
Henry Maxwell had not taken his
seat, and he now remained standing, |
leaning on his pulpit, looking down at j
the stranger. It was the man who had
come to his house Friday morning, the
same dusty, worn, shabby looking
young man. He held his faded hut in
his two hands, ft seemed to be a fa
vorite gesture. lie had not been shaved,
and his hair was rough and tangled. It
was doubtful if any one like this had
ever confronted the First church within
the sanctuary It was tolerably familiar
with this sort of humanity out on the
street, around the railroad shops, wan
dering up and down the avenue, but it
bad never dreamed of such an incident
as this so near.
There was nothing offensive in the
man's manner or tone. He was not ex
cited, and he spoke in a 1< »v but. dis
tinct voice Henry Maxwell was eon
scions, even as lie stood there smitt n
into dumb astonishment at the event,
that somehow the man's net ion remind
ed him of a person lie had once seen
walkiutf and talking in his sleen
No one in th# church made any nio
t; a t'>»' p the strai . r■ r in any v.. y
ii:t rrupt h;;u. Perhai s the first -hi ok
of his sudden appearance deepened into
genuine p«r;!>.\ity concerning what
was l.< -t to do. However that ma\ lie,
he went on as if lie had no thought of
int rruption and no thought of the nn-
I usual element he had introduced into
| thed*i rum of the First cli ireh sorv:. *
and all the while he was spe.king
j lb nry Maxwell leaned over the pulpit
1 hi- face growing more white and sad
i very moment. But he made no move
ment to stop him, and the people sat
I smitten into breathless silence. One
I other face, that of Rachel Winslow.
from th • choir s. ats, stared, white and
intent, down at the shabby figure with
the fad; d hat. Her face was striking at
any time. Under the pressure of the
present unh nl of incident it was as
personally distinct as if it had been
framed in fire.
"I'm nut an ordinary tramp, though
I don't know of any teaching of J> ■■** •
that makes erne kind of a tramp less
worth saving than another. Do yon?'
He put the question as naturally as if
the whole congregation had been a
small private Bible class. He paused
I jnst a m« >ment :md coughed painfully
Then he went on.
"I lost my job ten months ago. I am
a printer by trade. The Tiew linotype
machines are beautiful specimens of j
invent- n. but I know six men who !
have kilkd themselves inside of the
year jn-t on account of those machines.
Of course I don't blame the newspap< r
for gating the machines. Meanwhile I
what can a man do? I know I never
learned but the one trade, and that's
all I can do. I've tramped all over the i
country trj ing to find something. There j
are ag> «1 many others like me. I'm
not complaining, am I? Just stating
facts. But I was wondering, as I sat j
there under the gallery, if what you !
call following .Tesns is the same thing j
as what he taught.
"What did he mean when he said, j
•Follow me?' The minister said"—here |
the man turned about and looked up at
th<! pulpit- "that it was necessary for
the disciple of .Tesns to follow his steps,
and he said the steps were obedience,
faith, love r.r l imitation. But I did
not hear him till just wliat he meant
that to mean, especially the last step.
What do Chris;ians mean by following
the steps if Jesus? I've tramped
thaough this city for three days trying
to find a job, and in all that time I've
not had a word <>f sympathy or comfort
except from your minister here, who
said he was sorry for me and hoped I
would find a job si mewhere. 1 sup* ose
it is because you get so imposed on by
the professii nal tramp that you have
lost your int rest in the other sort. I'm
not blaming anylody. am I? Just stat
ing facts. Of course I understand you
can't all go out of your way to hunt up
jobs for people like me. I'm not asking
you to. but what I feel puzzled about is
what is meant by following Jesus. Do
you mean that you are suffering and
denying yourselves and trying to save
lost suffering humanity just as I un
derstand Jesus did? What do you mean
by it ? I see the ragged edge of things
a good deal. I understand there are
more than 500 men in this city in my
case Most of them have families. Mj
wife died four months ago. I'm glnd
she is out of trouble. My little girl is
staying with a printer's family unti I
find a job. Somehow I get puzzled
in luxury and singing, 'Jesus. I my
cross have taken, all to leave and fol
low thee,' and remember how my wife
died in a tenement in New York city,
gasping for air and asking God to take
tii little girl too Of course I don't ex
pect you people can prevent every ona
if-* dying of starvation, lack of jiroper
.lsliment and tenement air. But
v.hat does following Jesus meant I
understand that Christian people own
a good many of the tenements. A mem
ber of a chsrcli was the owner of the
me where my wife died, and I have
wondered if following Jesus all the
way was true in his case. I heard some
people singing at a church prayer meet
ing the other night.
"All for Jesus, all for Jesus,
All my being's ransomed powers,
All my thoughts and all my doings.
All my days and all my hours,
"and I kept wondering, as I ♦at on
the stvps outside, just what they meant
by it. It seems to me there's an awful
lot of trouble in the world that some
how wouldn't exist if all the people
who sing such songs went and lived
them out I suppose 1 don't under
stand. Bnt what would Jesus do? Is
that what you mean by following his
steps? It seems to me sometimes as if
tin; people in the city churches had good
clothes and nice houses to live in, and
money to spend for luxuries, and could
go away on summer vacations and all
that, while the people outside of the
churches, thousands of them, I mean,
die in tenements, and walk the streets
for jobs, and never have a piano or a
picture in the house, and grow up in
misery and drunkenness and sin." The
man gave a queer lnrch over in the di
rection of the communion table and laid
one grimy hand on it. His hat fell upon
the carpet at his feet. A stir went
through the congregation. Dr West
half rose from his seat, but as yet tin?
silence was unbroken by any voice or
movement worth mentioning in the
audience. The man passed his other
hand across his eyes and then, without
any warning, fell heavily forward on
his face, full length, up the aisle.
Henry Maxwell spoke, "We will con
sider the service dismissed." He was
down the pulpit stairs and kneeling by
the prostrate form before any one else.
The audience instantly rose, and the
aisle was crowded Dr. West pro
nounced the man alive. He had fainted
away.
"Some heart trouble," the doctor
also muttered as he helped to carry him
into the pastor's study.
Henry Maxwell and a group of his
church members remained some time
in the study. The man lay on the couch
there and breathed heavily. When the
question of what to do with him came
up, the minister insisted upon taking
hiui to his house. Ho lived near by and
had an extra room. Rachel Winslow
said: "Mother has no company at pres- ,
ent. 1 am sure \y< would lie glad to
give him a place with us." She looked
strangely agitated. No one noticed it
particularly,. They were all excited over
the strange event, the strangest that
First church people could remember.
But the minister insisted on taking
charge < f the man, and when a carriage
came the unconscious but living form
was carried to his house, and with the ;
entrance of that humanity into the
minister's spare room a new chapter in
Henry Maxwell's life began, and yet no
one, himself least of all, dreamed of the
remarkable change it was destined t<
make in all his aft«*r definition of Chris
tian disciph sliip.
The event created a great sensation
in the First church parish lv*pli j '
talked of nothing else for a week. It 1
was the g. lieral impression that tie '
man had wandered into the church in a J
condition of mental disturbance caused
by his troril !.-s and that all tin- time Im j
was talking he was in a strange de
lirium of lever and really ignorant of
his surroundings. That was the m> **t
charitable construction to put tij "ii his | 1
action It \%the general agreement I 1
also that there was a singular alisence ' 1
ot anything tatter or complaining in
what tin- man had said. He had through
out spoken in a mild, apok getic t ne,
all: -t a- if h* were • ue f the conirre
gation seeking for light on a very diffi
cult subject.
The third day after his removal t<
the minister's lnuse there was a marked
change in his condition. The doctor
spoke of it and offered no hope. Satur
day morn in x he still lingered, although
he had rapidly failed as the week drew
near to its close. Sunday morning just
before th clock struck I he rallied and
:wsked if his child had come. The min
ister had -f nt for her as soon as he had
been able to secure her address from
some letters found in the man's pocket.
He had Ken conscious and able to talk
coherently only a few moments since
hi- attack. "The child is coming. She
will lie here." Henry Maxwell said as
he sat there, his face showing marks of
the strain of the week's vigil, for he
had insisted on sitting up nearly every
night
"I shall never see her in this world."
the man whispered. Then he uttered
with gr< at difficulty the words "You
have be<*i good to me. Somehow I feel
as if it was what Jesus would do."
After a few moments ho turned his
head slightly, and In-fore Henry Max
well could realize the fact the doctor
| said. "He is gone."
The Sunday morning that dawned on :
the city of Raymond was exactly like
the Sunday of the week In-fore. Henry
Maxwell entered his pulpit to face i>ne
of tli" largest congregations that had
; ever crowded First church. He was
i haggard and looked as if he had just
risen from a long illmvs. His wife was
j at home with the little gi-rl who had
come ii the morning train an honraft
»r her father died He lay in that spare
room, his troubles over, and Henry
Maxwell could seethe face as he opened
I the Bible and arranged his different
notices "ti the side of the desk as he had
1 been in the habit of doing for ten years.
The service that morning contained a
new element No one could rememlier
when the minister had preached in the
morning without notes. As a matter of
fact, lie had dono so occasionally when
be first entered the ministry, but for a
long time he had carefully written out
every word of his morning sermon and
nearly always his evening discourse as
well. It cannot Is- said that his sermon
this morning was very striking or im
pressive. He talked with considerable
hesitation. It was evident that some
great idea struggled* in his thought for ,
utterance, but it was not expressed in
the theme he had chosen for his preach
ing. It was near the close of his sermon
that he began to gather a certain
strength that had been painfully lack
ing at the beginning. lie closed the
Bible, and. stepping out nt the side of
the desk, he faced his people and began
to talk to them about tlio remarkable
scene of the week before.
"Our brother"—somehow tl words
sounded a little strange coming from
Henry Maxwell's lips—"passed away
this morning. I have not yet had time
to learn all his history. He had one sis
ter living in Chicago. I have written
her and have not ye* received an an
swer. His little girl is with us and will
remain for the time."
He paused and looked over the house.
He thought he had never seen so many
earnest faces during the entire pastor
ate. He was notable yet to tell his peo
ple liis experiences, the crisis through
something of his feeling passed from
him to them, and it did not seem to
him that he was acting under a careless
impulse at all to go on and break to
them this morning something of the
messagu he bore in his heart. So he
went on:
"The appearance and words of this
stranger in the church last Sunday
made a very powerful impression on
me. lam not able to conceal from you
or myself the fact that what lie said,
followed, as it has been, by his death
in my house, has compelled me to ask
as I never asked before, 'What does fol
lowing Jesus meant' I am not in a po
sition yet to utter any condemnation
of this people or, to a certain extent, of
myself, either in onr Christlike rela
tions to this man or the number he rep
resents in the world. But all that does
not prevent me from feeling that much
that the man said was so vitally true
that we must face it in an attempt to
answer it or else stand condemned as
Christian disciples. A good deal that
was said here last Sunday was in the
nature of u challenge to Christianity as
it is seen and felt in our chnrches. I
have felt this with increasing emphasis
every day since, and I do not know
that any time is more appropriate than
the present for me to propose a plan or
a purpose which has been forming in
my mind as a satisfactory reply to
much that was said here last Sunday. "
Again Henry Maxwell paused and
looked into the faces of his people.
There were some strong, earnest men
ami women in the First church. The
minister could see Edward Norman,
editor of the Raymond Daily News. He
had been a member of First church for
ten years. No man was more honored
in the community.' There was Alexan
der Powers, superintendent of the rail
road shops. There was Donald Marsh,
president of Lincoln college, situated in
the suburbs of Raymond. There was
Milton Wright, one of the great mer
chants of Raymond, having in his em
ploy at least 100 men in various shops.
There was Dr. West, who, although
still comparatively young, was quoted
as authority in special surgical cases.
There was young Jasper Chase, the
author, who had written one successful
book and was said to be at work on a
new novel. There was Miss Virginia
Page, the heiress, who through the re
cent death of her father had inherited
a million at least and was gifted with
unusnal attractions of person and in
tellect AM, IK it least of all. Rachel
Winslow from her seat in the choir
glowed with her jiecnliar l>eauty of
light this morning because she was so
intensely interested in the whole scene
There was some reason perhaps, in
view of such material in the First
church, for Henry Maxwell's feeling of
satisfaction whenever lie considered his
parish as lie had the previous Sunday
There was a large nnmbcr of strong in
dividual characters who claimed inein
liership there. But as lie noted their
faces tliis'm ruing Henry Maxwell was
simply wondering how many of them
would respond to the strange proposi
tion he was about to make He con
tinued slowly, taking time to choose
his words • arcfully and giving the peo
pie im impression they had never felt
before, even when lie was at his best,
with his mo t dramatic delivery.
"What I am going to promise now in
something which ought not to appear ,
unusual or at all impossible of execu
tion. yet I am aware that it will be so
regarded bv a large number perhaps of '
the members of the church But, in
order that we may have a thorough j
understanding of what we are consid
ering. 1 will put my proposition very J
plainly, perhaps bluntly 1 want volun
teers from the First church who will 1
pled e themselves earnestly and honet-t '
ly for an entire year not to doanything
without first asking the question,
'What would Jesusd<'t* And after ask- !
ing that que lion each one will follow '
Jesus as exi.ctly as he knows how, no
matter what the results may be. I will, "
of course, include uuaelf in this com '
jiaiiv ..f volnntom and shall take f. r
granted that my church here will is-t
I*' surprised at my future o ndn. t as
la.sod nj« ti this standard at a«ti.-n and
will n.-t <•;•; » hdum if they
think Christ w a!<l do it lUt* 1 mad*
HIT meaning clear T At the rkw of the
•service here I want all those Difiubm
of the church who are willing to join
tuch a (niuptDjr to remain. ud we
will talk «.ver the detail* of the plan.
• Hire, tto will be. What would Jeans
dot' Oar aim will be to act just an he
would if h w.Tf in onr places. regard
less of immediate results. In other
word*, we pr. ;*<se to fallow Jnana' »t. {*i
Hb closely and aa literally a- we believo
h taught his disciple*todo. And th.-«e
who volunteer to do this will pledge
themselves fr.r ;:ii entire year. begin
nitiK with today so to act. "
Henry Maxwell panscd again and
looked over his church. It is not easy
to describe the sensation that such a
simple j>roposition apparently made.
Men glancr'd at one another in aston
ishment It was not like Heary Max
well to define Christian discipleship in
this way. There was evident confusion
of thought over his proposition It wa»
understood well enough. btit there was
apparently a (Treat difft recce of opinion
as to the application of Jews' teaching
and example.
Henry Maxwell calmly closed the
servit' with a brief prayer. The organ
ist 1 sgan his poet]tide immediately aft
er the benediction, and the people he
gan t< •go ont. There was a great 41eal
of conversation Animated groups stood j
all over the church discussing the min
ister's proposition. It was evidently
provoking great discussion. After sev
eral minutes Henry Maxwell asked all
who expected to remain to pass into
the lecture room on the side He him
self was detained at the front of the
church talking with several persons
there, and when he finally turned around
the church was empty He walked over
to the lecture room entrance and went
in He was almost startled to see the peo
ple who were there. He had not made
np hi* mind ahout any of hi* members,
but he had hardly expected that so
many were ready to enter into such a
literal testing of their discipleship as
now awaited them. There were perhaps
50 members present. Among them were
Rachel Window and Virginia Page.
Mr. Norman. President Marsh. Alex
ander Powers, the railroad superintend
ent ; Milton Wright, Dr. West and Jas
per Chase.
The pastor closed the door of the lec
ture room and stood before the little
group His face was pale, and his lips
trembled with emotion It was to him
a genuine crisis in hisow'.i life and that
of his parish No man can tell until he
is moved by the Divine Spirit what he
may do or how he may change the cur
rent of a lifetime of fixed habits of
thought and speech and action Henry
Maxwell did not. as we have said, yet
know himself all that he was passing
through, but he was conscious of a
great upheaval in his definitions of
Christian discipleshlp, and he was
moved with a depth of feeling he could
not measure as he looked into the faces
of these men and women on this occa
sion.
It seemed to him that the most fitting
word to he spoken first was that of
prayer. He asked them all to pray with
him. and almost with the first syllable
he uttered there was a distinct presence
r\t t)>a SJnirif — 1 *- 4 V -
prayer went on thin grew in
power. They all felt it The room was
filled with it as plainly as if it liad been
visible. When the prayer closed, there
was a silence that lasted several mo
ments. All the heads were bowed
Henry Maxwell's face was wet with
tears. If an andihle voice from heaven
had sanctioned their pledge to follow
the Master's steps, not one person pres
ent could have felt more certain of the
Divine blessing. And so the most seri
ous movement ever started in the First
church of Raymond was begun
"We all understand." said Henry
Maxwell, speaking very quietly, "what
we have undertaken to do. We pledge
ourselves to do everything in onr daily
lives after asking the question. 'What
would Jesus dot" regardless of what
may be the result to us. Some time I
shall be able to tell yon what a marrel
ous change has come over my life with
in a week's time. I cannot now But
the experience I have been through
since last Sunday has left me so dissat
isfied with my previous definition of
discipleship that 1 have is-en compelled
to take this action. I did not dare be
gin it alone. I know that I am being
led by the hand of Divine love in all
this. The same Divine impulse must
have led you also. Do we understand
fully what we have undertaken?"
"1 want to ask a question," said
Rachel Winslow
Every one tnrned toward her. Her
face glowed with a beauty that no love
liness could ever create.
"I am a little in dontt as to the
source of our knowledge concerning
what Jesus would do. Who is to decide
for lue just what he wonld do in my
case? It is a different age. There are j
many perplexing questions in onr civi- ]
lization that are not mentioned in the i
teaching of Jesus. How am I going to .
tell what he would dol"
"There is no way that 1 know of," <
replied Mr. Maxwell, "except as we i
study Jesus through the medium of the
Holy Spirit You rememtier what Christ
said speaking to his disciples ahout the i
Holy Spirit: i
" 'Howbelt, when he, the Spirit of I
Truth is come, he shall guide yon into
all the truth, for he shall not speak <
from himself. But what things soever I
he shall hear, these shall he s{H-ak. and I
he shall declare unto yon the things
that are to come. He shall glorify me, i
for lie shall take of mine and shall de- <
clare it unto you. All things whatso- <
ever the Father hath are mine; there- I
fore said 1 that he taketh of mine and 1
shall declare it unto you.'
"There is no other test that 1 know I
of Wo i-hall all have to decide what <
, Jesus would do after going to that 1
source of knowledge. " 1
"What if others sav of us when wo <
do certain things that Jesus would not «
do w>?" asked the snjierintendent of '
railroads 1
"We cannot prevent that, bnt we 1
must be absolutely hvnest with our- '
selves. The standard erf Christian action
cannot vary in most of our acts."
"And yet what one chnrch meinls-r
thinks Jesus would do another refuses '
to accept as his jxissible course of ac- '
tion What is to render our conduct 1
uniformly Christlike? Will it be possi
ble to reach the same conclusions al
ways in all cases?" asked I'reaiilent '
Man* '
Henry Maxwell was silent some time i
Then h; answered
"No; I don't know that we can ex I
js'ct that But when it comes to a gen 1
nine, hones', enlightened following of 1
Jesus' Steps I cannot believe there will ®
be any confusion either in our own "
minds or in the judgment of others, t
We must be fri-e from fanaticism on 1
one hand and too niurh caution on the "
Other If Jesus' example is the example t
for the world, it certainly must l>e 1
feasible to follow it But we need to I 1
remember this great fact—aftet we '
have asked the Spirit to tell us what P
.1 • ns would do and have received an '
answer to it we are to act regardless <-f "
the r< nits to ourselves. Is that under "
u
No. 49 '
r '
t All til faces in the r>*n were rv.«*4
, toward the minister :& Jmn Mwnt
I There was no tnt« s lerstaading iif
pr. ; >iti. n Henry Maxwell's tut
„ qmv. r-d **ain a* he n. ted thepfesid nl
9 of the Endeavor scii-ly, with wtrnl
, member*, seated hat k <<t the older a««
, and w.>mea
They remained a little longer talk
ing over detail* and vi.iutiji :m*
, and agr.-sl to report to one another ev
. , ery week at a regular meeting the te
. ] suit of their experiences in following
r 1 J'sus in this way Henry Maxwell
i prayed again And a#ain. as before the
, Spirit made himself manifest Every
head remained bow. da 1 ng time They
[ Went away finally in silence.
There was a feeling that prevented
speech Henry Maxwell shook hands
with them all as they went out Then
he w.-nt to nis own study rrincn back <rf
the pulpit and kneeled down. He IS
i mained there alone nearly half an hour
| When be went h><me. he went istn the
room where the dead N«ly lay. As be
looked at the face he cried in his heart
again for strength and wisdom, but not
even yet did he realise that a move
ment had N « n begrtn which would lew)
to the most remarks Me series of events
that ths city of Raymond had ever
known
|ro as aTnxm.)
SHEEP PENS.
A Circular Carral nklek Slalelm
Time and Ukor la Fe*4laa.
Sheep tneo are divided somewhat la
opinion as to the best manner of han
dling sheep when ptvparltfg them far
market. Some prefer square or ot>-
long pen*, but a number of flo
feeders build their peus on the geaaral
plan of a circular incli»*«ire. The l»atly
Drovers' Telegram gives an account,
which 1 tears upou this point, of the
farm and feeding peus of one at the
™ 9 —' - v ;
" > $
qcartkr ssi-nmr or ctarrxAa eomxxL.
most successful sheep men of the
Rocky Ford region, who hoys south
western lambs and pre|sires them for
msrket. It is stated that of the farm
and the remainder is used for pens,
barns and residence. The tnanoer In
wlfleh the corrals and feed lots are ar
ranged is an admirable one for caring
for sheep, aud It would be a hard mat
ter to devise a Bore practical arrange
ment.
The corral Is circular In shape and
has a smaller pen In the renter. Ra
diating from this center pen to the out
side are fences, as shown In the rot.
which divide the outer portion of th#
corral Into 12 different pens. These
outside pen* are called hay peas, where
the sheep remain when not In the corn
pens, two smaller pens In the center.
At the Immediate center of the corral
Is located the corn bin or crfb Water
Is furnished by means of a reservoir
an<l pli»es. which are connected with
each pen, necessitating the use of six
hydrants, one for each two pens The
feeding |teus are connected with gates
to the hay »r outer pens.
Feed Is given twice a day. and It
usually takes three hours each time to
handle the 12 pens. Two pens are fed
at the same time, one pen on each skte
of the dividing fem-e, thus minimising
both lalior aud time. All the corn used
is carefully weighed each day as It Is
fed This Is a |«>lnt that a good many
feeders overlook. A pair of hand scales
Is kept at the pens, and not a grain of
corn more than the determined weight
is given.
The accumpan)lng diagram shows a
little more tliau a quarter section of
the whole arrangement.
Improvement of Takaw*.
Little Is known of the chemk-al pro
port ions of the ioltacco leaf, particular
ly those which contribute to the flavor
ami aroiua It Is certain that the ex
reliance of the leaf and Its adaptation
to market demands are not depemlent,
except l:i a very general way. upon the
amount of ulcotine It ha* long been
known that certain of the potaaslu-ii
salts cannot Is" used at all for the pro
duction of high type* of cigar tol<ac«-o.
as they give the leaf a p«>or burn. It
Is furthermore an old experience of
tobaei-o growers that excessive nlti. *
enoiiH manuring tend* to produce a
large leaf of inferior i|uallty, contain
ing au lin reased amount of nicotine
Dr. I/oew of the agricultural depart
ment Is said to nave found that there
exist ou the Florida leaf two kinds of
oxidizing euzyms, distinguished as to
bacco oxidase and tobacco pero*lda«e.
Comparison with the Connecticut leaf
has demonstrated to his satisfaction
that it la on the difference in these
enzyuis and on their presence or ab
sence that the difference In flavor aud
aroma depends Having demonstrated
to his satisfaction the presence of tie se
enayms and their effect on tobacco. I»r.
Loew is now engaged in the attempt to
so employ them as to produce the fla
vor of Florida leaf lu Connecticut to
bacco.
Waste I.lmr I'ros ssasr Fs»«srle»
The value of refuse lime from l»-et
sugar factories varies widely, dep» nd
ing chiefly upon the amount of water
which It coutaina. says Professor II J
Wheeler, who also tells In Rural New
Yorker how to use this material aa
fertilizer This lime waste should nev
er lie spread upon the surface of the
ground while It is In a wet condition,
or It will cake and Interfere with ita
proper Incorporation with the soil It
should not lie put In heaps upon grsss
where it la desired that the grass
should not be destroyed, it la be»t to
apply it In small piles in the late au
tumn and allaw It to freeae and He
until spriug It then crumbles and is
spread and worked Into the soil aa
thoroughly a» jaissltde. If preferred, it
may be placed In some convenient
place In long plies and worked over at
intervals of a few weeks, by which
process It l>ecouics flt to apply after a
few months Aside from the difH- tilty
of applying it and the small amount of
time actually present, the use of this
material Is satisfactory.