IN HIS STEPS. "What Would Jesus Do?' By OHAELES M. SHELDON. fCorrrrlphtrd unit published 111 hook form by the Auvunco Publishing Co. of Chicago- CONTlNl'KD.l tax Porhaps nothing hart astonished me people mora than the grout change that had come over the minister since he had proposed to them the imitation of jeans in conduct. The dramatic deliv ery of his sermons no longer improsscd thom. The self satisfied, contented, easy attitude of the fine figure and there lined fuee in the. pnlpit had been dis placed iy i manner Quit could not he competed with the old style of his do- livery, m he unnon had become u mes sage. It w"s no longer delivered, it was brought to them with B love, nn earnestness, a passion, a desire, a hu mility, that poured their enthusiasm about the truth and made the speaker no more prominent than he had to be aa the living voice of Uod. His prayers wore unlike any the people had ever heard before. They wero often broken. Even once or twice they had been acta ally ungranimatica in a phrase or two. When bad Henry Maxwell so far for gotten bin LS If in a prayer as to make a mistake of that sort? He know that he j had often taken as much pride in the diction and the delivery of his prayers as of his sermons. Was it possible he DOW so ubboiTed the elegant refinement of a formal public petition that he pnr poeely chose to rebuke himself for his previous precise manner of prayer? It is more likely that he had no thought if all that His great longing to voice the needs and wants of his people made him unmindful of nn occasional mis take. It is curtain he had never preyed so effectively as he did now. There are times when a sermon has a value and power duo to conditions in the audience rather than to anything hew or startling or eloquent in tho Words or the arguments presented. Such conditions faced Henry Maxwell this morning as he preached against the sa loon, according to his purpose deter mined on the week before. Ho hk no new statements to make about the evil influence of tho saloon in Raymond. What new facts were there V Ho had no startling illustrations of the power of tho saloon ir. business or politics. What could he say that had not been said by temperance orators a great many times t The effect of his message this morning owed its jiower to tho unusual fact of his preaching about the saloon at all, together with tho events that had stir red the people. Ho had never in the course of his ten years' pastorate men tioned the saloon as something to bo re garded in tho light of an enemy, not only to the poor and tho tempted, but to tho bnsiness life of tho place and tho church itself. He spoke now with a freedom that seemed to measure his complete sense of the conviction that Jesus would speak bo. At tho close he pleaded with the peoplo to remenilier the new life that had hegnn at the Rec tangle. The regular election of city offi cers would bo an issue in that election. What of the poor creatures surrounded by the hell of drink whilo just begin ning to feel the joy of deliverance from sin Y Who could tell what depended on their environment? Was thero ouo word to bo said by the Christian disci ple, business man, professional man, citizen, in favor of continuing to license these crimes and shame producing in stitutions ? Was not tho most Christian thing they could do to act aa citizens in the matter, fight the saloon at the polls, eh'ct good men to tho city offices and clean the municipality? How much had prayers helped to mako Raymond lietter whilo votes and actions had real ly been on tho side of the enemies of .Tesns? Would not Jesus do this ? What disciple could imagine him refusing to suffer or take up his cross in the mat ter? How much had the wemliers of the First church ever suffered in an at tempt to imitate Jesus? Was Christian discipleship a thing of convenience, of custom, of tradition? Where did the suffering come in ? Was it necessary, in order to follow Jesus' steps, to go up Calvary as well as tho Mount of Trans figuration ? His appeal was stronger at this point than he knew. It is not too much to say that the spiritual tension of tho First church reached its highest point right there. The imitation of Jesus which had begun with the volunteers in the church was working like leaven in the organization, and Henry Max well would, even thus early in his new life, have been amazed if he could have measured tho extent of desire on the , part of his people to take np the cross. While ho was speaking this morning, liefore he closed with a loving appeal to the discipleship of 2,000 years' knowl edge of tho Master, many a man and woman in tho church was saying, as Rachel had said so passionately to her mother: "I want to do something that will cost uio something in the way of sacrifice. I am hungry to suffer some thing." Truly, Mazzini was right when he said. "No appeal is qaite so power ful in the end as the call. 'Come and suffer.'" The service was over, the great audi ence had gone, and Henry Maxwell again faced the company gathered in the lecture room aa on the two previous Sundays. He had asked all to remain who had made the pledge of disciple ship and any others who wished to be included. The after service seemed now to be a necessity. As he went in and faced the people there his heart trem bled. There were at least 200 present The Holy Spirit was never so manifest He missed Jasper Chase, but all the .others were present He asked Milton Wright to pray. The very air was charged With divine possibilities. What could resist such a baptism of power T How had they lived til these veers without it T They counseled together, r.ud there were many prayers. Henry Marv.ell dated from that meeting some of the serious events that afterward lieoaine a part of the history of the First church of Raymond. When finally they went home, all of them were impressed with the joy of the Spirit's power. Donald Marsh, president of Lincoln college, waltc-d home with Henry Max well. "I hnve reached one COUSClution, Maxwell.'' mid Marsh, speaking ;-. iw ly. "I have found my cross, uni it is a heavy one. but I shall Herat b satisfied ' until I take it up ami c.irry it. " Maxwell was silent, and the presi-! dent went on: "Your sermon today made clear to, mo what I have long been feeling I ought to do. What would Jesus do in my place? 1 have asked thequostion repeatedly since I made my promise. I have tried to satisfy myself that he wonld simply go on, as I have dene, at- J tending to tho duties of my college, teaching the classes in cthns and phi-, loaophy. lint I haTe not been able to' avoid the feeling thut he Would do something more, That something is what I do not want tu do. It will cause me genuine suffering t: do it. 1 dread it wiih all my soul. You may be able to guess what it is. " "Yes; 1 think I know," Henry Mux well replied. "It is my cross too. I would almost rathi r do anything else," Donald Marsh looked surprised, then relieved. Then ho Fjxiko Sadly, but with great conviction: "Maxwell, you and I belong to a class of professional men who have al ways avoided the duties of citi.i nship We have lived in a lift le world of schol arly si elusion, doing work wo have en joyed and shrinking from the disagree able duties that belong to the life of the citizen. 1 confess with shame that 1 have purposely avoided the responsi bility that I owe to this city personally. I understand that our city officials are a corrupt, unprincipled set of men, controlled in large part by the whisky element, and thoroughly selfish, so fur as the affairs of city government are Concerned. Yet all these years I. with : any every teacher in the college, have been satisfied to let other men run the municipality and have lived in a little world of my 0WVJ, out of touch and Sympathy with the real world of the people. 'What would Jesus dot' I have tried ev. n to avoid an honest answer. I can no longer do so. My plain duty is to take n personal part in this coming election, go to the primaries, throw the weight of my influence, whatever it is, toward the nomination and election of good men and plunge into the very depths of this entire horrible whirlpool of deceit, bribery, political trickery and saloonism as it exists in Raymond to day. I would sooner walk up to the mouth of a cannon any time than do this. I dread it because 1 hate tho touch of tho whole matter. "I would give almost anything to be ablo to say, 'I do not believe Jesus wonld do anything of the sort,' but I am more and more persuaded that he would This is whero tho suffering comes to me. It would not hurt mo half so much to lose my position or my home. I loathe the contact with this municipal problem. I would much pre fer to remain quietly in my scholastic life with my classes in ethics and phi losophy, but the call has come so plain ly that I cannot escape: '1 lonald Marsh, follow me. Do your duty as a citizen of Raymond at tho point whero your citi zenship will cost yon something. Help to cleanse this great municipal stable, even if yon do have to soil your aris tocratic feelings a little.' Maxwell, this is my cross. 1 must take it up or Ueuy my Lord." "Yon have siokcn for mo also." re plied Maxwell, with a sad smila "Why should I, simply because I am n clergy man, shelter myself behind my refined, sensitive feelings and, like a coward, refnse to touch, except in a sermon pos sibly, tho duty of citizenship? I am un used to tho ways of the political life of the city. I have never taken an active part in any nomination of good men. There aro hundreds of ministers like me. As a class wo do not practice in the municipal life tho dnt ies and privi leges we preach from tho pulpit What wonld Jesus do? I am now at a point whero, liko you, I am driven to answer the question one way. My duty is plain. I must suffer. All my parish work, all my little trials or self sacrifices, aro as nothing to mo compared with tho break ing into my scholarly, intellectual, self contained habits of this open, coarse, public fight for a clean city life. I could go and live at the Rectangle the rest of my days nnd work in the slums for a bare living, and I conld enjoy it more than tho thought of plunging into a fight for tho reform of this whisky ridden city. It wonld cost mo less But, liko you. I havo leen unable to shake off my responsibility. Tho answer to tho question, 'What would Jesus do?' in this caso leaves mo no peace, except when I say, 'Jesus would have me act the part of a Christian citizen. ' Marsh, as yon say, we professional men, min isters, professors, artists, litorary men. scholars, have almost invariably been political cowards Wo have avoided the sacred duties of citizenship either ig norantly or selfishly. Certainly Jesus in our age would not do that Wo can do no less than tako np this cross and follow him." These two men walked on in silence for awhile. Finally President Marsh said: "Wo do not need to act alone in this matter. With all the men who have made the promise, we certainly can have companionship and strength even of numbers. Let us organise the Chris tian forces of Raymond for the battle against rum and corruption. We cer tainly ought to enter the primaries with a forco that will be able to do more than utter a protest It is a fact that the saloon element is cowardly and easily frightened, in spite of its law- and corruDttoD. ties as Man a All Right Mow. s V; ' v"' "Overwork and !o;s of necessary skep made me very nervous and it was with the greatest difficulty that 1 could execute my solos. A friend advised me to give Dr. Miles' Nervine a trial, which I did ;!i:d received im mediate benefit In a few days 1 was itirely relieved. I n om v.end it to all musicians who; tfTerfrom over worked and disordered nerves." Otto Si. 5tti St. Bhsmmar, Milwaukee, Wis, 2310 is sol,1 by all druggists on guarantee, first bottle liT."his or money back. Hook on heart ami nerves sent free. Or. Miles Medical Company. Elkhart, Ind. campaign that will mean something be cause it is organized right ousnesa Jesus would use great wisdom in this matter. He would employ means, lie would make large plana Let as do so. If we bear this cross, let us do it brave ly, like men, " They talked over the matter a long time and met again the next day in Henry Maxwell's study to rtovolop plans. The city primaries were called for Friday. Rumors of strai go and un heard of events to the average citizen were current in political circles through out Raymond. The Crawford system of ballot in.; for nominations was not in UBS in the state, and the primary was called lor a public meeting at the court house. Tho citizens of Raymond will never forget that meeting. It was so unlike any political meeting ever held in Ray mond before that then; was no attempt at comparison The serial officers to bo nominated wero mayor, city council, chief of police, city clerk and city treasurer. The Evening News in its Saturday edition gave a full nccouut of tho pri maries, and in an editorial colnmn Ed ward Norman spoke with a directness and conviction that the Christian peo ple of Raymond wero learning to re spect deeply becanse so evidently sincere aud unselfish. A part of that editorial is also a part of this history: "It is safe to say that never before in the history of Raymond was there a primary like tho one in the COUTthoUSB last night. It was, first of all, a cum plete surprise to tho city politicians, who have been in the habit of carrying on tho affairs of the city as if they owned them and every one else was simply a tool or a cipher. Tho over whelming surprise of the wire puller last night consisted in the fact that a large number of the citizens of Ray mond who havo heretofore taken no part in tho city's affairs entered tho pri mary and controlled it, nominating some of the best men for all the offices to he filled at tho coming election. "It was a tremendous lesson in good citizenship. President Marsh of Lincoln college, who never before entered a city primary and whose face even was not known to many of the ward politicians, made one of the best speeches ever heard in Raymond. It was almost lu dierons to see the faces of the men who for years have done as they pleased when President Mursh rose to speak. Many of them asked, 'Who is he?' Tho consternation deepened as the primary proceeded and it lioenmo evident that the old time ring of city rnlers was out numbered. Henry Maxwell, pastor of tho First chnrch : Milton Wright, Alex ander Powers, Professors Brown, Wil lanl and Park of Lincoln college. Rev. John West, Dr. George Maine of the Pilgrim chnrch. Dean Ward of the Holy Trinity and scores of well known busi ness nnd professional men, most of them chnrch members, were present, and it did not take long t see that tboy had all come with the direct and definite purpose of nominating the best men possible. Most of these men had never been seen in a primary. They were complete strangers to the politicians, but they had evidently profited by the politician's methods and were able by organized and united effort to nominate the entire ticket "As soon as it became plain that the primary was out of their control the regular ring withdrew in disgust and nominated another ticket The Nows simply calls tho attention of all decent citizens to the fact that this last ticket contains the names of whisky men, and the line is distinctly and sharply drawn between the machine and corrupt city government, such as we have known for years, and a clean, honest, capable. businesslike city administration, such as every good citizen ought to want It is not necessary to remind tho people of Raymond that the question of local option comes up at the election. That will be the most important question on the ticket The crisis of our city affairs has been reached. The issue is squarely before us Shall we con tinue the rule of rum and boodlo and shameless incomoetencr. or shall we. I V:.. -v. 1 K-.i'-.' ... as President Marsh said in '..is no'. It I speecu. rise as lox! Clausen aim oe ; gin a new order of times, cleansing our city of the wors: enemy known to municipal honesty and doing what lies iu our power to do with the ballot to purify our civic life? 'The News is positively anil without reservation on the side of the new movement We shall henceforth do all in or.r power to drive out the saloon itud destroy its political strength. We shall advocate the election of men nonv milted by the majority of citizens met in the first primary, and we call upon all Christians, chnrch mem hers and lov ei of right purity, temperance and bi una to stand by President Marsh and tin rest of the citizens Who have thus liA;.;un a long needed reform in our city President Marsh read this editorial and i hanked rod for Edward Norman At the same time he Understood well enough that every other p .per in Ray mond was on the other side lie did lajt misnnderstaml the Importance and scri OQaness of the tight which was only just begun li was no secret that The NeWI haii lost enormously since it had been governed by the standard of "What would Jesus do?" The question now was. "Would the Christian people of Raymond stand by it'.'' Would they make it possible for Norman to conduct a dally Christian paper or would their de: ire for what is called "news." in tho way of (rime, scandal, political partisanship of the regular sortanda dislike to champion so remarkuble a re form in journalism, influence them to drop the paper and rem" ' t" f ive it their financial support? That was, in fact, the question Edward Norman was aslnu r even while he wrote the Hatur lay editorial, He knew w. 11 ngh that his net ion expressed in thai edi torial would cost him very dearly from he hands of many business men of Raymond, and still as he drove his pen over the paper he asked another ques tion, "What would Je ns do'.'" That question had become a part of his life now. It was greater than any other. But for the first time in its history Raymond had seen the professional men. the teachers, the college profes sors, tho doctors, the ministers, take political iictiou and put themselves definitely and sharply in antagonism to the evil forces that had so long con trolled the machine of the municipal government. The fact itself was aston ishing. President Mar.-h acknowledged to himself, with a feeling of humilia tion, that never before had he known what civic righteousness could accom plish. From that Friday night's work he dated for himself and his college a new definition of the worn phrase, "the scholar in politics" Education for him aud those who were undi r his influence ever after meant some element of suf fering. Sacrifice joust now enter into the factor of development At the Rectangle that week tho tido of spiritual life rose high and as yet showed no signs t.f flowing back. Rachel and Virginia wen! every night. Vir ginia was rapidly reaching a conclusion with respect to a large part of her money. She had talked it over with Rachel and they had been able to agree that if Jesus had a vast amount of money at his disposal he might do with some of it as Virginia planned. At any rate, they felt that whatever Jesus might do in such a ease would have as large an element of variety in it as tho difference in persons and cir cumstances There could be no fixed Christian way of using money. The rule that regulated its use was unselfish utility. But meanwhile tho glory of the Spirit's power possessed all their best thought Night after night that week witnessed miracles as great as walking on tho sea or feeding the multitude with a few loaves and fishes, for what greater miracle than a regenerated hu manity? Tho transformation of these coarse, brntal. sottish lives into pray ing, rapturous lovers of Jesus struck Rachel and Virginia every time with the feelings that people may havo had when they saw Lazarus walk out of the tomb. It was an experience full of profound excitement to them. Rollin Page came to all the meetings. There was no doubt of the change that had come over him. He wa wonderful ly quiet. It seemed as if he were think ing all tho time. Certainly he was not the same perm.n. He talked more with Gray than with any one else. Ho did Consumption is robbed of its terrors by f Si e? . 1 At A II A I W me raa mat ine dcsi mea- m ical authorities state that it f is a curable disease; and one of the happy things about it is, that its victims rarely ever lose hope. You know there are all sorts of ( secret nostrums advertised to cure i consumD" Some make absurd i i claims. 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I was a very sick wotui with womb trouble when I began its use, but now I am well," not avoid Rachel, 'but he Beenied to shrink from any appearance of seeming to wish to renew tho old acquaintance with ber. Rachel found it even difficult to express to him her pleasure at the new life he had begun to know. Ho ei med to be waiting to adjust himself to his previous relations before this new life began. He bad not forgotten thoBo relatii ns, bnt he was not yet able to fit his consciousness into new ones. The i ml of the week found the Rec tangle HtrUggling hard between two mighty opposing forces. The Holy Rpirit was battling with all his super natural strength ogninst the saloon devil which had so lon held a jealous grasp 011 its slaves If the Christian people of Raymond onci uld realize what the contest neant to the souls newly awakened to a new life, it did not M em possible that the election conld result in the old system of license. But that remained yet to be seen. The hor ror of the daily surroundings of many of the converts was slowly burning its way into the knowledge of Virginia ami Rachel, nnd every night lis they went up town to their luxurious homes they carried heavier hearts. "A gooii many of those poor creat ures will go back again, " Gray would say with a sadness too deep for tears. "The environment does have a good deal to do with the character It does not statal to reason that these people can always re-ist the sight nnd smell of the devilish drink all about them. 0 Lord, how long shall Christian people continue to support by their silence and their ballots the greatest form of slav ery now known in America t" He asked thequostion, but did not have much hope of an immediate an swer There was a ray of hope in the action of Friday night's primary, but what the result would be he did not dare to anticipate. The whisky forces were organized, alert, aggressive, roused into unusual hatred by the events of the last week at the tent and in the city. Would the Christian force act as a unit against the snloon, or wonld it lie divided 011 account of its business interests or because it was not in tho habit of acting together, as tho whisky powers always did? That remained to oe seen. Meanwhile the saloon reared itself about the Rectangle liko somo deadly viper, hissing aud coiling, ready to strike its jMiison into any unguarded part. Saturday afternoon, as Virginia was jnst stepping out of her house to go and see Rachel to talk over her new plans, a carriage drove up containing threo of her fashionable friends. Vir ginia went out to tho driveway and stoi si there talking with them. They had not come to make a formal call, but wanted Virginia to go riding with them BD on the lxiulevard. Thero was a band concert In the park. Tho day was too pleasant to be spent indoors. "Whero have yon been all this time, Virginia!;" asked one of the girls, tap ping her playfully on tho shoulder with a red silk parasol. "We hear that yon have gone into tho show buuiucss. Tell ns about it. " Virginia colored, but after a mo ment's hesitation she frankly told some thing of her experience at tho Rectan gle. Tho girls in the carriage began to bo really interested. "Tell you what, girls, let's go slum ming with Virginia this afternoon in stead of going to tho band concert I I've never lieen down to tho Rectangle. I've heard it's an awfnl wicked, place and lots to see. Virginia will act as a guide, and it wonld be real" "fnn, " she was going to say, bnt Virginia's look made her substitute the word "interesting." Virginia was angry. At first thought she said to herself she wonld never go under any such circumstances. The other girls seemed to be of the same mind as the speaker. They chimed in with earnestness and asked Virginia to take them down there. 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