VOL.- xxxvii
Clean-up Sale
Continued!
0 0 Balance of January Devoted to Bargain Selling. ®
Our stock is still too large for invoicing
and must be further reduced.
CLOCKS ALMOST GIVEN AWAY~
Special Clean-up Prices on Silks, Dress Goods,
Table Linens, Crashes, Underwear and Hosiery.
ALL WINTER GOODS SACRIFICED. -^<§l
REMNANT SALE-
Hundreds of Remnants of all kinds of Dry (jonds
and all odd lots at bargain prices.
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108 N. MAIN STREET, BUTLER, PA-
Mrs. J. E. Zimmerman.
Sacrifice Sale
to
Saturday, Jan. 20th.
Owing to the fact of there being no issue of the county papers
between Xmas and New Year, consequently our out-of town friends
and patrons were not aware of this MONEY-SAVING Opportunity! |
50 for their benefit and also for those in the city who did not attend
or were not waited 011, we will continue to seil all goods as advertised
in our circular of last week Except the price on Jackets and Capes,
we have reduced the price lower than those quoted in our circular of
last week.
With the longest, coldest part of winter yet 16 come, if you need
a warm winter garment, such as a Jacket, Cape, Collarette or Scarf—
a stylish Hat to go with them—you can now purchase both for less
money than formerly you would pay for one.
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Underwear, Muslins, Blankets,
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CHAPTER VII.
Ho that followcth mo shall not walk in dark
ness.
The body of Lorcen lay in state at
the Page mansion on the avenue. ft
was Sunday morning, and the clear,
Bweet air, just beginning to breathe
over the city the perfume of opening
blossoms in the woods and fields, swept
over tho casket from one of the open
windows at the end of tho grand hall.
The church bells were ringing, and the
people on the avenne going by to serv
ice turned curious, inquiring looks up
at the great house and went on, talking
of the recent events which had so
strangely entered into and made history
in tho city.
At the First church Henry Maxwell,
bearing i n hia face marks of the scene
he had been through the night before,
confronted an immense congregation
and spoko of it with a passion and a
power that came so naturally out of
the profound experiences of tho day be
fore that his people felt for him some
thing of tho old feeling of pride they
once had in his dramatic delivery.
Only this vrr-.s a different attitude, and
all through 1 is impassioned appeal this
morning there v;. 3 a note of s:idne;s
and n tiL' and stern condemnation
that in;.us many of the members pale
with self accusation or with inward
an-jt r
For Ray:::ond had awakened that
niornin •; t > the f u t that the city h,:d
gono f :•' );< aftt r all. The rumor
at the He: . . 1j that tho second and
third v.. 1 !. ..1 j .one i. ) license prov« d
to be iui ••. ii- was true that thr- vict. -ry
way '.."On i.y a very meager majority,
but the vi -v.lt was tl ■ tame as if it had
been overwhelm!; Raymond had
voted to ; other year the sa
loon. The t•}!"."-stums i f Raymond sloo;l
condeir... d 1 y the r. sr.lt. More than a
hundred Chi Lstians. professingdisciples,
had failed to >,o 1 > the j. lis, and many
more than that number had voted with
the whisky men. If all the church
mombersof Eayu.ond had voted again, t
the saloon, it would today be outlaw d
instead i f crowned king of the munici
pal' '• ;t had bc-en tho fact in Ray
U;. ..r.i. The saloon ruled. No
ini: .that. What would Jr sua do?
. An.l tae woman who had been brutal
ly Btrnek do v. u by the very hand that
had a . i-.t ! > eagerly to work her
earthly ruin - what of her? Was it;:;;
thing more than the logical sequence i f
tho whole h< rrible system of licei;
that for another year the saloon tli r
received l;uCs<> often and compassed 1:. r
degradation, from whose very spot the
weapon had been hurled that struck lier
dead, would by the law which the
Christian people of Raymond voted to
support open its doors, perhaps tomor
row, and damn with earthly and eternal
destruction a hundred Lori eiis befor?
the year h:: 1 ilrnwn to its Moody cicsi'f
All this, v. ith a voice that rang and
trembled ar;:l broke in sobs of anguish
for the result, did Ileury Maxwell pour
out upon his people ti.it Sunday morn
ing, and men and women wept as ha
spoke. Donald Mar h sat there, his
nsnal erect, handsome, firm, bright,
self confident bearing all gone, his
head bowed upon his breast, tho great
tears rolling down his cheeks, unmind
ful of the fact that never before had he
shown outward emotion in a public
service. Edward Norman near by sat,
with his cleur cat, kern face erect, but
his lip trembled and he clutched the end
of tho pew with a feeling of emotion
thr struck deep into his knowledge of
tl< truth as Ma swell spoke of it. No
man had riven or suffered moro to in
fluence public opinion that last week
than Norman. The thought that the
Christian conscience had been aroused
too late or too feebly lay with a weight
of accusation upon tho heart of tho
editor. What if ho had begun to do
as Jesus would long ago? Who could
tell what might hav2 been accomplished
by this time? And up in the choir
Rachel Winslow, with her face bowed
on tho railing of the oak screen, gave
way to a feeling sho had not yet al
lowed to master her, but it so unfitted
her for her part that when Henry Max
well finished and she tried to sing the
closing solo after the prayer her voice
broke, and for tho first time in her life
she was obliged to ait down sobbing and
nnable to go on.
Over the church in tho silence that
followed this strange scene, sobs and
the noise of weeping arose. When had
tho First church yielded to such a bap
tism of tears? What had become of its
regular, precise, cold, conventional or
der of service, undisturbed by any vul
gar emotion and unmoved by any fool
ish excitement? But the people had
lately had their deepest convictions
touched. They had been living so long
on their surface feelings that they had
almost forgotten the deeper wells of
life. Now that they had broken to tho
surface tho people wero convinced </
the meaning of their discipleship.
Henry Maxwell did not ask this
morning for volunteers to join those
who had already pledged to do as Jesus
would, but when the congregation had
finally gone and he had entered the lec
ture room it needed but a glance to
show him that the original company of
followers had been largely increased.
The meeting was tender. It glowed
with the Spirit's presence; it was alive
with strong and lasting resolve to begin
a war on tho whisky power of Ray
mond that would break its reign. Since
tho first Sunday when the first company
of volunteers had pledged themsrtlves to
do as Jesus would do the different meet
ings had been characterized by distinct
impulses or impressions. Today tho en
tire force of the gathering seeuuid to be
directed to this one large purpose. It
was a meeting full of broken prayers,
of contrition, confession, of strong
yearning for a new and better city life,
and all through it ran tho ono general
cry for deliverance from tho saloon and
its awful curse.
But if tho First church was deeply
stirred by tho events of the week gone
tho Rectangle also felt moved strongly
in its own way. The death of Loreen j
was not in itself bo remarkable a fact.
It was her recent acquaintance with
the people from tho city that lifted her
into special prominence and surrounded
her death with more than ordinary im- '
portance. Every ono in the Rectangle
knew that Loreen was at this moment
lying in the Page mansion up on the
avenue. Exaggerated reports of the
magnificence of the casket had already
furnished material for eager gossip.
Tho Rectangle was excited to know the
details of tho funeral. Would it bo
public? What did Miss Pago intend to •
do? Tho 11 ei. a tie had never before.'
mingk .i ev. n in this distantly personal
manner with tho aristocracy on tho
boulevard. The opportunities f> r doin;'
so were not frequent Gray and hi*
. wife were besieged by inquiries as to
. what Loreen's friends end acquaint
; ances were expected to do in paying
their last respects to her, for her ac
i qnaintance was largo, and many of the
. recent converts were among h. r friends.
|i So that is bow it happened Monday
, ; aft moon at the tent that the funeral
service of I.orccn was held bef< >re an
, iminens) an !: aco that choked the tent
and overfln • I beyond all previous
, bounds. (irny had gone to Virginia,
and after tail ing it over with her and
i Henry Maxwell tho arrangements had
been made.
*•1 am and always have l>een opposed
to largo public funerals," said Gray,
whoso complete, wholesome simplicity
of character was one of its great sources
of strength, "bnt tho cry of the poor
creatures who knewLoreen is so earnest
that I do not know how to refuse their
desire to see her and pay her poor l>ody
some last little honor. What do you
think, Mr. Maxwellt I will be guided
by yonr jud nut in tho matter. lam
sure that whatever you and Miss Page
think is b< ;-t will bo right."
"1 feel as yon do," replied Mr. Max
well "Under most circumstances I
have a gri ,;t distaste for what seems
like display at such timed, bnt this
seems different. The peoplo at the Rec
tangle will not come here to a service.
I think tho most Christian thing will
be to lei them have the service at the
tent. Do you think so, Virginia 1"
"Yes,"said Virginia sadly. "Poor
sonl! Ido not know but that some time
I shall know she gave her life for mine.
W < certainly cannot and will not use
tin; occasion for vulgar display. Let
her friends bo allowed tho gratification
of their wishes. I see no harm in it."
So the arrangements were made with
some difficulty for the service at the
tent, and Virginia, with her undo and
Rollin, accompanied by Henry Max
well, Rachel, President Marsh and the
quartet from the First church, went
down and witnessed one of the strange
scenes of their lives. It happened that
that afternoon a noted newspaper cor
respondent was passing through Ray
uiond on his way to an editorial con
vention in a neighboring city. He heard
of the contemplated service at the tent
nnd was present that afternoon. His
description of it was written in a graph
ic style that caught tho attention of
very many readers tho next day. A
fragment of Lis account belongs to this
part of tho history of Raymond:
"There was a very unique and un
usual funeral service held here this aft
ernoon at tho tent of an evangelist,
Rev. John Gray, down in tho slum dis
trict known as the Rectangle. Tho oc
casion was caused by tho killing of a
woman during an election riot last Sat
tirar.y r-..;nt. rt SPenis FT' - i : t been re
cently converted during the evangelist's
meetings and was killed while return
ing from one of tho meetings in com
pany with other converts i;nd some of
her friends. She was a common street
drunkard, and yet the services at the
tent wero as impressive as any I ever
witnessed in a metropolitan church over
tho most distinguished citizen.
"In the first place, a most exquisite
anthem was sung by a trained choir. It
struck mo, of course, being a stranger
to tho place, with considerable astonish
ment to hear voices like those ono nat
urally expects to hear only in great
churches or concerts at such a meeting
a» this, but tho most remarkable part
of the mu:-ic was a solo sung by a strik
ingly beautiful young woman, a Miss
Winslow, who, if I remember rightly,
is the young singer who was sought for
by Crandal, the manager of National
Opera, and'who for some reason refused
to accept his offer to go cn the stage.
She had a most wonderful manner in
singing, and everybody was weeping
before she had sung a dozen words.
That, of course, is not so strange an
effect to be produced at a fnne-al serv
ice, but the voice itself was one of ten
thousand. I understand Miss Winslow
sings in tho First church and could
probably command almost any salary as
a public singer. She will probably bo
heard from soon. Such a voice could
win its way anywhere.
"Tho service, aside from tho singing,
was peculiar. The evangelist, a man of
apparently very simple, unassuming
style, spoke a fow words, and he was
followed by a fine looking man, the Rev.
Henry Maxwell, pastor of the First
church of Raymond. Mr. Maxwell
spoke of the fact that tho dead woman
had been fully prepared to go, but he
spoko in a peculiarly sensitive manner
of tho effect of tho liquor business on
the lives of men and women like this
one. Raymond, of course, being a rail
road town and tho center of the great
packing interests fortliis region, is full
of saloons. I caught from tho minister's
remarks that ho had only recently
changed his views in regard to license.
He certain".y made a very striking and
yet it was in no sense an inappropriate
address for a funeral.
"Then followed what was perhaps
the queer part of this strange service.
The women in the tent, at least a large
part of them up near the coffin, began
to sing in a soft, tearful way, 'I was
a wandering sheep.'
"Then, while tho singing was going
on, one row of women stood up and
walked slowly past the casket, and as
they went by each one placed a flower
of some kind on it. Then they sat down,
and another row filed past, leaving
their flowers. All the time the singing
continued softly, like rain on a tent
cover when the wind is gentle. It was
one of tho simplest and at the same
time one of tho most impressive sights
I ever witnessed. The sides of the tent
were up, and hundreds of people who
could not get in stood outside, all as
still as death, with wonderful sadness
and solemnity for Bucli rough looking
people. There must have been a hun
dred of these women, and I was told
many of them had been converted at
the meetings just recently. I cannot de
scribe the effect of that singing. Not a
man sang a note, all women's voices,
and so soft and yet so distinct that the
effect was startling.
"The service closed with another solo
by Miss Winslow, who sang "Tliero
wero ninety and nine,' and then the
evangelist asked them all to bow then
heads while ho prayed. I was obliged,
in order to catch my train, to leave
during the prayer, and the last view I
caught of the scene as tin- train went
by the shops was a sight of tho great
crowd pouring out of the tent and
forming in open ranks while the coffin
was borne out by six of the women. It
is a long time since I have seen such a
picture in this unpoetical republic."
If L an'e fmeral knpnu da i
inj f like this, it is rn.t dilin i t
to imagine the profound fe<din:,-- f
th'who h.nl so intimately c- ::
n ctod with her life and d< ath. K "til
ing h.-d ever entered the Rectangle t: .t
had moved it so deeply as Loreen's 1 '.y
in that c-'tTm, nnd tho Holy Spirit
soeTu. 1 to Mess with special power ()w
nsc < t this • n. clrss clay, for that night
at tli..' i... • ting he swept more than a
scoro of lost st>uls women, into
the fold i if the Good Shepherd.
It fihonld he said here that Henry
Maxwell's statement concerning the
opening of the saloon from whose win
dow Loreen had been killed proved
nearly exactly true. It waa formally
closed Monday and Tuesday while the
authorities arrested the proprietor,
charged with the murder, but nothing
could IK* proved against any one, and
l« f: re Saturday of that week the saloon
was running aa regularly as ever. No
i,ii" on the earth was ever punished by
earthly courts for the murder of Loreen.
No one in all Raymond, including
th Rectangle, felt Loreen's death more
keenly than Virginia. It came like a
distinct pers< nal loss toiler. That short
week while Loreen had been in her
huine had opened Virginia's heart to a
u w life. She was talking it over with
Rachel the day after the funeral. They
were sitting in the hall of thg Pago
mansion.
'•I am going to do something with
my money to help these women to a
better life. '* Virginia looked over to th«
end of the hall where the day beforo
Loreen's body had lain. "I have decid
ed on a good plan, as it seems to me. I
have talked it over with Rollin He
will devote a large part his money to
tho same plan."
"How lunch nion'-y havo you, Vir
ginia. to give in this wayt" asked
Rachel. Once siio world never have
nsk.-d sn<-'i a p rsonal (jr. ti< n. Now it
d ;>• natural to l.ioc l'rankly about
money as about anything else that be
longed to God.
"I have available for use at least
f}no.ooo. Roliin has as much more. It
is one of hi- bitt-.r rigre'.s nuw that his
extravagant habits of life before his
conversion practically threw away half
that father left him. We are both eager
to make all tlr reparation in our pow
er. 'What would Jesus do with this
money'?' We want t.> answer that ques
tion honestly and wis. ly. Tho money I
shall put into The News is. I am con
fident, in line with Jesus' probable ac
tion. It is as necessary that we have a
daily Christian paj>"r in Raymond,
especially now that we have the saloon
influence to meet, as it is to have a
church f>r a college. So I am satisfied
that the $.>00,000 that Mr. Norman
will know how to use so well will be a
powerful factor in Raymond to do as
Jesus would do.
"Al)out my other plan, Rachel, I
want you to work with me. Rollin and
I are going to buy up a large part of
the property in the Rectangle. The field
where the tent now is has been in liti
gation for years. We mean to secure
the entire tract as soon as the courts
have settled the title. For some time I
have been making a specal study of the
various forms of college settlements and
resident methods of Christian work and
institutional church work in the heart
of great city slums. I do not know that
I havo yet been ablo to tell just what
is tho wisest and most effective kind of
work that can be done in Raymond,
but I do know this much —my money
(I mean God's, which ho wants me to
use) can build wholesome lodging
houses, refuges for poor women, asy
lums for shopgirls, safety for many and
many a lost girl like Loreen. And Ido
not want to be simply a dispenser of
this money. God help me 1 Ido want
to put myself into the problem. But do
you know, Rachel, I have a feeling all
the time that all that limitless money
and limitless personal sacrifice can
possibly do will not really lessen
very much the awful conditions at
the Rectangle as long as the saloon
is legally established there. I think that
is true of any Christian work now be
ing carried on in any great city. The
saloon furnishes material to be saved
faster than the settlement or residence
or rescue mission work can save it. "
Virginia suddenly rose and paced the
hall. Rachel answered sadly and yet
with a note of hope in her voice:
"It is true; but, oh, Virginia, what
a wonderful amount of happiness and
power can come out of this money! And
the saloon cannot always remain here.
The time must come when the Christian
force in the city will triumph. "
Virginia paused near Rachel, and her
pale, earnest face lighted up.
"I believe that too. The number of
those who have promised to do as Jesus
would is increasing. If wo once have,
say, 500 such disciples in Raymond,
the saloon is doomed. But now, dear. I
want you to look at your part in this
plan for capturing and saving the Rec
tangle. Your voice is a power. I havo
had many ideas lately. Here is one of
them. You could organize among the
girls a musical institute. Give them
the benefit of your training. There are
some splendid voices in the rough there.
Did any one ever hear such singing as
that yesterday by those women V Rachel,
what a beautiful opportunity! You
shall have the best of opportunity in
the way of organs and orchestras that
money can provide, and what cannot
be done with music to win souls there
into higher and better and purer liv
ing?"
Before Virginia had ceased speaking
Rachel's face was perfectly transfigured
with the thought of her life work. It
flowed into her heart and mind like a
flood, and the torrent of her feeling
overflowed in tears that could not be
restrained. It was what she had dreamed
of doing herself. It represented to her
something that she felt was in keeping
with a right use of her own talent.
"Yes, " she said as she rose and put her
arms about Virginia, while both girls
in the excitement of their enthusiasm
paced the hall—"yes, I will gladly put
my life into that kind of service. Ido
believe that Jesus Would have mo use
my life in this way. Virginia, what
miracles can we not accomplish with
humanity if we havo such a lever as
consecrated money to move things
with!"
"Add to it consecrated personal en
thusiasm like yours, and it cortainly
can accomplish great things," said Vir
ginia, smiling, and then before Rachel
could reply Rollin came in. He hesitat
ed a moment and was passing out of
the hall into tho library when Virginia
called him and asked some questions
about his work.
Rollin came back and sat down, and
together the three discussed their future
plans. Rollin was apparently entirely
free from embarrassment in Rachel's
presence while Virginia was with them;
only his manner with her was almost
precise, if not cold. The past seemed to
be entirely absorbed in his wonderful
conversion. He had not forgotten it,
hut he se< med to be Completely caught
up fi ♦ this present time in tho purpose
of this new life.
After awhile Rollin was called out,
and Katie I end Virginia began to talk
of other tbin^-
"By the w::v, what has become of
Jasper Ch: -
Virginia aeked the quertioa inno
cently enough, but H.'s hel blushed, and
Virginia added, with a smile: "I sup
pose he is writing another l>ook. is he
goin« to put you into this one. Rachel?
You know I always suspected J.u-i» r
Chase of doing that very thing in hia
first story."
"Virginia"—Raeliel sjKike with the
franlrji .-.s that had always existe<l be
tween the two friends—"Jasper ("base
to'd iae the.thc-r nipht that
—he prop<»ed tome—or he would if"—
Rachel stopped and sat with her
hands clasped on her lap, and there
were tears in her eyes.
"Virginia, I thought a little while
age that I loved him, as he said he
loved me, but when he spoke my heart
felt repelled, and I said what I ought
to have said. I told him no. I have not
seem him since. That was the night of
the first conversions at the Rectangle."
"I am glad for you." said Virginia
qnietly.
"Whyt" asked Rachel, a little star
tled
"Because 1 have never really liked
Jasper Chase. He is too cold and—l do
not like to judge him, but I have al
ways distrusted his sincerity in taking
the pledge at the church with the rest."
Rachel looked at Virginia thought
fully.
"I have never given my heart to him,
lam sure. He touched my emotions,
and 1 admired his skill as a writer. I
have thought at times that I cared a
good deal for him. I think perhaps if
he had spoken to me at any other time
than the one he chose I could easily
have persuaded myself that I loved him.
but not now. " Rachel paused suddenly,
and when she looked up at Virginia
"again there were tears on her face Vir
ginia came to her and put her arm
about her tenderly.
When Rachel had left the house, Vir
ginia sat in the hall thinking over the
confidence her friend had just shown
her. There was something still to be
told. Virginia felt sure from Rachel's
manner, but she did not feel hurt that
Rachel had kept back something She
was simply conscious of more on Ra
chel's mind than she had revealed
Very soon Rollin came back, and he
and Virginia, arm in arm, as they had
lately been in the habit of doing, walked
up and down the long hall.
It was easy for their talk to settle
finally upon Rachel because of the place
she was to occupy in the plans which
were being made for the purchase of
the property at the Rectangle.
"Did yon ever know a girl of such
really gifted powers in vocal music who
was willing to give her whole life to
the peoxile, as Rachel is going to do ?
She is going to give music lessons in
the city, have private pupils to make
her living and then give the people in
the Rectangle the benefit of her culture
and her voice."
"It is certainly a very good example
of self sacrifice. " replied Rollin, a little
stiffly
Virginia looked at him a little
sharply
"But don't you think it is a very
unusual example ? Can you imagine"
—here Virginia named half a dozen fa
mous opera singers—"doing anything
of this sort?"
"No: I can't," Rollin answered
briefly. "Neither can I imagine Miss"
—ho spoke the name of the girl with
tho red parasol who had begged Vir
ginia to take the girls to the Rectangle
—"doing what you are doing. Vir
ginia. "
"Any moro than I can imagine Mr. "
Virginia siiuiir nit; xiaum m n juung
society leader—"going about to the
clubs doing your work, Rollin. "
The two walked on in silence for the
length of the hall.
"Coming back to Rachel," began
Virginia, "Rollin, why do you treat
her with such a distant, precise man
ner? I think, Rollin—pardon me if I
hurt you—that she is annoyed by it.
You used.to be on easy terms. I don't
think Rachel likes this change."
Rollin suddenly stopped. Ho seemed
deeply agitated. He took his arm from
Virginia's and walked down to the end
of the hall Then he returned, with his
arms behind him, and, stopping near
his sister, he said:
"Virginia, have you not learned my
secret?"
Virginia looked bewildered. Then
over her face the unusual color crept
showing that she understood. —'
"I havo never loved »® a ~
chel Winslow. " Rollin spoke calmly
enough no"" "That day she was here,
yon talked about her refusal to
join the concert company, I asked her
to be my wife, out there on the avenue.
She refused me, as I knew she would,
and she gave as her reason the fact that
I had no purpose in life, which was
true enough. Now that I have a pur
pose. now that I am a new man, don't
you see. Virginia, how impossible it is
for me to say anything ? I owe my very
Conversion to Rachel's singing, and yet
that night while she sang I can honest
ly say that for the time being I never
thought of her voice except as God's
message I believe all my personal love
for her was for the time merged into a
personal love to God and my Saviour.'
Rollin was silent. Then he went on
with more emotion, "I am still in love
with her. Virginia, but I do not think
she could ever love ma " He stopped
and looked his sister in the face with a
sad smile.
"I don't know about that," said Vir
ginia to herself. She was noting Rol
lin's handsome face, its marks of dissi
pation nearly all gone now, the firm
lips showing manhood and courage, the
clear eyes looking into hers frankly, the
form strong and graceful Rollin was
a man now. Why should not Rachel
come to love him in time ? Surely the
two were well fitted for each other,
especially now that their purpose in
life was moved by the same Christian
source.
Sho said something of all this to Rol
lin, but he did not find much comfort.
When they closed the interview, Vir
ginia carried away the impression that
Rollin meant to go his way with his
chosen work, trying to reach the fash
ionable men at the clubs and, while not
avoiding Rachel, seeking no occasion
for meeting her He was distrustful of
his power to control his feelings, and
Virginia could see that he dreaded even
the thought that his love was still the
tame
The ri.-xt day she went down to The
News office to see Edward Norman and
arrange the det: - f her part in fhe
establishment . : tho papir on its new
foundation. Henry Maxwell was pres
ent at this conference, and tho three
agreed that, whatever Jesus would do
in detail as editor of a daily paper, he
would be guided by the same general
principles that directed his conduct as
the Saviour of the world.
"I have tried to put down here in
concrete form some of the things which
it has seemed to mo Jesus would do,"
said Edward Norman. He read from a
paper lying on his d«-sk, and Henry
Maxwell was reminded again of his
effort to put into written form his own
conception of Jesus' probablo action
and also of Milton Wright's attempt in
his business.
"I have headed this, 'What Would
Jesus Do as Edward Norman, Editor of
a Daily Newspaper In Raymond.'
"1. Ho won M never allow a sentence
or n picture in his paper that could bo
called bad or coarso or impure in any
way.
"3. He would probably conduct the
political part of the paper from the
standpoint of !. niuirtisan patriotism.
always looking uj.on .ill political ques
tions in the light of their relations to
the welfare of the jKople. always on the
basis of 'What is right?' never from
th-' basis of 'What is for the I- < inter
ests of this or that party T In other
words, he v. OP I I treat every political
subject from the standpoint of the ad
vancement of the kingdom of God on
the earth. "
Edward Norman looked up from the
reading for a moment "Yon under
stand that is my interpretation of Jesns'
probable action on political matters on
other new-paper inen who may have a
different conception of Jesns' probable
action from mine. lam simply trying
to answer honestly. "What would Jesns
do as Edward Norman ?' and the answer
I find is what I have put down."
"3. The end and aim of a daily pa
per conducted by Jesus would be to do
the will of God. That is, his main pur
pose in carrying on a newsjwiper wonld
not be to make money or gain political
influence, but his first and ruling pur
pose : nould l*» BO to conduct his paper
that it would be evident to all his sub
scribers that he was trying to seek first
the kingdom of God by mfans of his
paper. This purpose would be as dis
tinct and unquestioned as the purpose
of a minister or a missionary or any
other unselfish martyr in Christian
work anvwhere.
"4 All questionable advertisements
would be impossible.
"5. The relation of Jesns to the em
ployees on the paj>er won Id be of the
most loving character."
"So far as I have gone," said Nor
man, again looking np, "I am of the
opinion that Jesus would employ prac
tically some form of 00-operation that
would represent the idea of mutual in
terest in a business where all were to
move together for the same great end. 1
am working out such a plan, and I am
confident it will be successful. At any
rate, once introduce the element of per
sonal love into a business like this, take
out the selfish principle of doing it for
the sake of personal profits to a man or
company, and I do not see any way ex
cept the most loving personal interest
between editor, reporters, pressmen and
all who contributed anything to the
life of the paper, and that interest
would be expressed not only in the per
sonal love and sympathy, but in a shar
ing with the profits of the business.
"6. As editor of a daily paper today
Jesus would give large spaco to the
work of the Christian world. He would
devote a page possibly to the facts of
reform, of sociological problems, of in
stitutional chnrch work and similar
movements.
"?. He would do rll in his power in
his paper to fight the saloon as an enemy
of the human race and an unnecessary
part of our present civilization. He
would do this regardless of public sen
timent in the matter and, of course, al
ways regardless of it* effect on his sub
scription list."
Again Edward Norman looked np.
"I state my honest conviction on this
point Of conrse Ido not pass judgment
on the Christian men who are editing
other kinds of papers today, but as I
interpret Jesus I believe he would use
the influence of his paper to remove the
saloon entirely from tho political and
social life of the nation.
"8. Jesus would not issue a Sunday
edition.
world that people ought to know
Among the things that they do not need
to know and which would not he pub
lished wonld be brutal prizefights, long
accounts of crimes, scandals in private
families or any other human events
which in any way would conflict with
the first point mentioned in this out
line.
"10. If Jesus had the amount of
money to use on a paper which we have,
he would probably secure the best and
strongest Christian men and women
to co-operate with him in the matter of
contributors. That will be my pur
pose, as 1 shall be able to show you in
a few days.
"11. Whatever the details »** • ,n '' P a *
per might demand rne P a P** r
veloped «tr definite plan, the main
pri-cfple that guided it would always
be the establishment of the kingdom of
God in the world. This largo general
principle wonld necessarily shape all
the details."
Edward Norman finished reading his
plan. He was very thoughtful.
"I have merely sketched a very faint
outline. I have a hundred ideas for
making the paper powerful that I havo
not yet thought out fully. This is sim
ply suggestive I have talked it over
with other newspaper men. Some of
them say I will have a weak, namby
painby Sunday school sheet If I get
out something as good as a Sunday
school, it will be pretty good. Why do
men when they want to characterize
something as particularly feeble always
use a Sunday school as a comparison
when they ought to know that the Sun
day school is one or the strongest, most
powerful influences in our civilization
in this country today. But the paper
will not necessarily be weak because
it is good. Good things are more pow
erful than bad. The question with me
Is largely one of support from the Chris
tian i>eople of Raymond. There are over
20.000 church members here in the
city. If half of them will stand by The
News, its life is assured. What do you
think. Maxwell, is the probability of
such support?"
"I don't know enough about it to
give an intelligent answer. I lielieve in
the paper with all my heart. If it lives
a year, as Miss Virginia said, there is
no telling what it can do. The great
thing will be to issue such a paper, as
near as we can judge, as Jesus probably
would and put into it all the elements
of Christian brains, strength, intelli
gence and sense and command respect
by the absence of bigotry, of fanati
cism, narrowness and anything else that
is contrary to the spirit of Jesus. Such
a paper will call for the best that hu
man thought and action are capable <•(
giving. The greatest minds in the world
would have their powers taxed t<> the
utmost to issue a Christian daily. "
"Yes," Edward Norman spoke hum
bly. "I shall make great mistakes, no
donbt. 1 need a great deal of wisdom
But I want to do as Jesus would
'What would he do?' I have askeil it
daily and shall continue to do so and
abide by results."
"I think we are beginning to under
stand," aaid Virginia, "the meaning of
that command, 'Grow in the grace and
knowledge of onr Lor 4 ami Savionr
Jesus Christ.' lam sure Ido not know
all that he would do in detail until I
know him better."
"That is very trne." said Henry-
Maxwell. "I am beginning to under
stand tlint I cannot interpret the prob
able action of Jesus until I know better
what his spirit is. To my mind the
greatest question in all of human life is
summed up when we ask, 'What would
Jesus do?' if as we ask it we also try
to answer it from a growing knowledge
of Jesus himself. We must know Jesus
before we can imitate him."
When the arrangements had been
made between Virginia and Edward
Norman, he found himself in possession
of the sum of $."it)«,0«0. exclusively his
to nse for the establishment uf a Chris-
tian daily j • r Wli. n Virginia an£
Henry Ma:. :1 had gone, Norman
closed his r and. alone with th«
Divine pr -ence. asked like a child for
help from h: all p werful Fath. r. All
throngh his prayer as he kneeled b*f re
his <1 -L' ran the promise, "If any |.n
■•i -' i It: im a»k of God, who
giveth t. • ,;!1 in ii liberally and op
la-aideth not. and it shall he given
him Surely hi* prayer would be an
swer- <] and the kingdom be advanced
through this instrument of God's pow
«*• this mighty prws which had become
•O larly <i> graded to the base nses of
man s avarice and ambition.
Two n:. r.ths went by. They were fnll
of action and re-suits in the city of Rav
uiond aad especially in the First church.
In spite <.f the approaching heat of the
coxumt r season, the aft«T meeting of
th • discipb .•» who had made the pledge
to do a- J» - would do continued with
and power. Gray had fin
ished In.- w - rk at the Rectangle. and an
outward oWrvcr going thronirh the
pbee could not have sen any iliffcrence
in the old conditions, although there was
an actual change in hnndreds of lives,
but the (siloons, den*. hovels, gambling
houses. still ran, ovtrdowing their vile
»«* into the lives of fresh victims to
take th»> place of those rescued by the
evangelist, and the devil recruited his
ranks very fast.
Henry Maxwell did not go abroad.
Instead of that he took the money he
had been saving for the trip and quiet
ly arranged a summer vacation for a
whole family living down in the Rec
tangle who had never gone outside of
the foul district of the tenement The
pastor of the First chnrch will never
forget the w.-ek h>> -[>» nt with this fam
ily making the arrangements. He went
down into the Rectangle one hot day
when something of the terrible heat of
the tenements was beginning to be felt
and helped the family to the station
and then went with them to a beantiful
spot on the coast, where, in the house
of a Christian woman, these bewildered
city tenants breathed for the first time
in years the cool salt air and felt blow
about them the pine scented fragrant
of a new lease of life.
There was a sickly baby with the
mother—three other children, one a
cripple The father, who had been out
of work until he had been, as he after
ward confessed to Maxwell several
times on the verge of suicide, sat with
the bahy in h:s arms during the jour
ney. and whin Maxwell started back to
Raymond after seeing the family s» t
tl.il the man lu ld his hand at parting
and choked with his utterance and
finally broke down, to Maxwell's great
confuM.n The mother, a wearied,
wornont woman, who had lost three
children the year Ivfore from a fever
scourge in the Rectangle, *at by the
car w i dow all the way and drank in
th ' i f sea and sky and field. It
: rack* to her. and Henry
Mai . uiing back into Raymond
at th ad of that week, feeling the
so u hing. sickening heat all the more
bc-ca.l eof his little taste of the ocean
>r r.. s. th .nked God for the joy he had
wi«t: -od i'l'.d entered upon his disci
fi with a humble heart, knowing
for al: t tiie first time in his life this
tpeeial kiu.i of sacrifice, for never be
fore had he «1. nied himself his regular
summer trip away from the heat of
Raymond, whether ha felt in any great
need of rest or not.
"It is a fact." he said in reply to sev
eral inquiries on the part of his church.
yk'v' F-fef 'i-l#' sVaV
here. " It was with a feeling of relief
that he succeeded in concealing from
every ene but his wife what he had
done with this other family. He felt
the need .if doing anything of that sort
Without display or approval from others.
So the summer came on. and Henry
Maxwell grew into larger knowledge of
his Lord. The First church was still
swayed by the power of the Spirit
Maxwell marveled at the continuance
of his stay. He knew very well that
from the beginning nothing but thfi
Spirit's presence had kect > - 1 " 1
from l*ing —«mder by this re
mark- 1 -* n "" ln S 11 had received of its
alseipleship Even now there were
many of the memlwrs among those who
had not taken the pledge who regarded
the whole movement as Mrs. Winslow
did. in the nature of a fanatical inter
pretation of Christian duty, and looked
for a return of the old normal condi
tion. Meanwhile the whole body of dis
ciples was under the influence of the
Spirit, and Henry Maxwell went his
way that summer doing his parish work
in jjreat joy, keeping up his meetings
witli the railroad men, as he had prom
ised Alexander Powers.'and daily grow
ing into a better knowledge of the
Master.
Early one evening in August, after a
day of refreshing coolness, following a
long period of heat, Jasper Chase walk
ed to the window of his room in the
apartment house on the avenue and
looked out.
On his desk lay a pile of manuscript
Since that evening when be had spoken
to Rachel Winslow he had not met her.
His singularly sensitive nature, sensi
tive to the point of irritability when he
was thwarted, seemed to thrust him
into an isolation that was intensified
by his habits as an author.
All through the heat of the summer
he had been writing. His book was
nearly done now. He had thrown him
self into its construction with a feverish
strength that threatened at any moment
to desert him and leave him helpless.
He had not forgotten his pledge with
the other chnrch members at the First
church. It had forced itself upon his
notice all through his writing and ever
since Rachel had said no to him. He
had asked a thousand time®, "Would
Jesus do this?" "Would he write this
story ?" It was a society novel, written
in a style that had proved popular. It
had no purpose except to amuse. Its
moral teaching was not bad, but nei
ther was it Christian in any positive
way Jasper Chase knew that such a
story would sell. He was conscious of
powers in his way that the social world
petted and admired. What would J ecus
dot The question obtruded on him at
the most inopportune times. He be
came irascible over it. The standard of
Jesus as an author was too ideal. Of
course Jesus would use his powers to
produce something useful or helpful or
with a purpose. What was he, Jasper
Chase, writing this novel fort Why,
what nearly every writer wrote for—
namely, money and fame as a writer.
There was no secret with him that he
was writing this new story with that
object. He was not poor and so had no
temptation to write for money, but he
was urged on by his desire for fame as
much its anything. He must write this
kind of matter. But what would Jesus
dot The question plagued him even
more than Rachel's refusal Was he
going to break his promise t
As he stood at the window Rollin
Page came out of the clubhouse just op
posite. Jasper noted his handsome face
and noble fi»rnre as he started down the
street. He went back to his desk and
turned over some papers there. Then
he returned to the window. Rollin was
walking down i»ast the block, and Ra
chel Winslow was walking beside him.
Rollin must have overtaken her as she
was coming from Virginia's that after
noon.
(Continued on 4th pajre.)
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