H fflS STEPS. "What Would Jesus Dor By OHAELEB M. SHELDON. rlphted and robllehed In book form by i Advance Publishing Go. ot Chicago. CONTI.NCltD. -mm Bnt if the First ehnrch was deeply rred by the events of the wepk gone K Rectangle also felt moved Wrongly its own way. The death of Loreen in not in itself so remarkable a fact, was her recent acquaintance with people from the city that lifted her ito special promiuence and snrruunded r death with more than ordinary ini rtanca Every ono in the Rectangle w that Loreen was at this moment ing in the Page mansion np ou the e ii Tie. Exaggerated reports of the 6000 of the casket had already ished material for eager gossip. e Rectangle was excited to know the kails of the funeral. Wonld it bo blicT What did Miss Page intend to ? The Rectangle had never before Soiled even in this distantly personal nner with the aristocracy on the ulevard. The opportunities for doing were not frequent. Gray and his were besieged by inquiries as to at Loreen' s friends and acquaint icps were expected to do in paying tir last respects to her, for her ac- aintance was large, and niuny of the cut converts were among her friends. So that is how it happened Monday ernoon at the tent that the funeral vice of Loreen was held before an mense andienco that choked the tent J overflowed beyond all previous mis. Gray had gone to Virginia, Id after talking it over with her and inrr Maxwell the arrangements had n made I am and always have been opposed Barge public funerals," said Gray, iime complete, wholesome simplicity Character was one of its great sources strength, "but the cry of the poor latnres who knew Loreen is so earnest it I da not know how to refuse their ire to see her and pay her poor body Be last little honor. What do yon nk, Mr. Maxwell? I will be guided vonr judgment in the matter. I am that whatever yon and Mies Page ik is best will be right" I feel as yon do, " replied Mr. Max- i " Under most circumstances I a great distaste for what seems j display at, snch , times,, but this M different The people at the Rec gle will not come here to a service, link the most Christian thing will to let them have the service at the Do you think so, Virginia?" vYes, " said Virginia sadly. "Poor Ido not know bnt that some time all know she gave her life for mine. certainly cannot and will not use occasion for vulgar display. Let friends be allowed the gratification teir wishes. I see no harm in it. " the arrangements were made with difficulty for the service at the I and Virginia, with her uncle and lin, accompanied by Henry Mux- Rachel, President Marsh and the rtet from the First church, went n and witnessed one of the strange es of their lives. It happened that afternoon a noted newspaper cor- rmdent was passing through Ray- id on his way to an editorial con- ion in a neighboring city. He heard ke contemplated service at the tent was present that afternoon. His iption of it was written in a graph- .V'1 that caught the attention of ' Yiany readers the next day. A Dent of his account belongs to this i if the history of Raymond: (here was a very unique and nu ll fnneral service held here this aft- pn at the tent of an evangelist, John Gray, down in the slum dis- I known as the Rectangle. The oc- In was caused by the killing of a tn during an election riot last Sat- night It seems she had been re ly converted during the evangelist s pngs and was killed whilo return- pom one of the meetings in coin- with other converts and some of Mends. Sho was a common street knrd, and yet the services at the rero as impressive as any I ever ssed in a metropolitan church over jost distinguished citizen. the first place, a most exquisite Im was sung by a trained choir. It : me, of course, being a stranger ' place, with considerable astonish- Ito hear voices like those one nut expects to hear only in great Ihns or concerts at such a meeting but the most remarkable part I music was a solo sung by a strik beautiful young woman, a Miss ow, who, if I remember rightly, I young singer who was sought for feudal, the manager of National . and who for some reason refused vpt his offer to go on the stage. a most wonderful manner in and everybody was weeping she had sung a dozen words. lot course, is not so strange an Ito be produced at a funeral serv- nt the voice itself was one of ten nd. I understand Miss Winslow I in the First church and could fly command almost any salary as , c singer. She will probably be I from soon. Such a voice could way anywhere. service, aside from the singing, uliar. The evangelist, a man of otly very simple, unassuming oke raw words, and he was I by a fine looking man, the Rev. Maxwell, pastor of the First of Raymond Mr. Maxwell the fact that the dead woman fully prepared to go, but he a peculiarly sensitive manner effect of the liquor business on i of am and women like this i of course, being rail road tewm and the center ef the great packing interests for this region, is full of saloons. I caught from the minister' t remarks that he had only recently changed his views in regard to license. He certainly made a very striking and yet it was in no sense an inappropriate I address for a funeral. "Then followed what was perhaps i 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 wat a wandering sheep. ' "Then, while the singing was going on, ono row of women stood up and walked slowly past the casket, and they went by each one placed a newer of some kind on it. Then they sat down, and ancther 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 wat one of the simplest and at the same time ono of the 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 I and solemnity for such rough looking people. There mnst have la-en a hun dred of these women, and I was told many of them had been converted at the meetings just recently. I cannot de scrilie the effect of that singing. Not a man sang a note, nil women's voices, and so soft and yet so distinct thot the effect was startling "The service closed with another solo by Miss Winslow. who sang 'Then were ninety and nine.' and then the 1 evangelist asked them nil to bow their heads while ho prayed. I was obliged, i in order to catch my train, to leave 1 during tho prayer, and the last view 1 caught of the sccno ns tho train went by tho shops was a sight of tho great crowd pouring ont of the tent and forming in open ranks whilo tho coffin was borno out by six of the women. It is a long timo since I have seen snch a picture in this unpoetical republic." I If Loreen 's funeral impressed a pass ing stranger like this, it is not difficult I to imagine tho profound feelings of those who had been so intimately con nected with her life and death. Noth ing had ever entered the Rectangle that had moved it to deeply Bl Loreen'sbody in that coffin, and tho Holy Spirit i seemed to Mats With special power the 1 use (jf t T useless clay, for that night at the meeting he swept more than a score of lost sonls, mostlv women, into tho fold of the Good Shepherd. It should be said here tha Henry Maxwell's statement concerning the opening of the saloon from whose win dow Loreen had been killed proved nearly exactly true. It was formally closed-Monday and Tuesday while ' the authorities arrested the proprietor, charged with the murder, but nothing could be proved against any one, and before Saturday of that week tho saloon was rnnning as regularly as ever. No one on the earth was ever punished by earthly courts for the murder of Loreen. No one in all Raymond, including the Rectangle, felt Loreen ' death more keenly than Virginia. It came like a distinct personal loss to her. That short week while Loreen had been in her home had opened Virginia's heart to a new life. She wns talking it over with Rachel the day after the funeral. They were sitting in the hall of the Page mansion. "I nm going to do something with my money to help these women to a better life. " Virginia looked over to the end of the hall where tho day before Loreon's body had lain. "I havo decid ed on n good plan, as it seems to me. I havo talked it over with Rollin. He will devote a largo part of his money to the same plan. " "How much money have you, Vir ginia, to give in this way?" asked Rachel. Once sho would never have asked such a personal question. Now it seemed as natural to talk frankly about money as about anything else that be longed to God. "I have available for use at least $450,000. Rollin has as much more. It is one of his bitter regrets now that his extravagant habits of life before his conversion practically threw away half that father left him. We are both eager to make all the reparation in our pow er. 'What would Jesus do with this money V We want to answer that ques tion honestly and wisely. The 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 paper in Raymond, especially now that we huvo the saloon influence to meet, as it is to havo a church or a college. So I am satisfied that the 1500,000 that Mr. Norman will know how to uso so well will be a powerful factor in Raymond to do as Jesus would do. "About my other plan, Rachel, I want you to work with mo. 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 tho 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 have yet been able to tell just what is the 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 he 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 I do not want to be simply a dispenser of this money. God help me 1 I do want to pat myself into the problem. Bnt 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 mnch the awful conditions at the Rectangle aa long aa the saloon is legally established there. I think that is true of any Christian work now he- "Given Up to die several times, yet I am spared to tell how 1 was saved," writes Mrs. A. A. Stove, 2)7 N. 4th St., San Jose, Cal. "1 had valvular heart trouble so severe that 1 was pro nounced 'gone' two different times. The valves of my heart failed to work properly, and circulation was so sluggish that the slightest exertion produced fainting. 'There is no hope' said my physician, so 1 decided to try Dr. Miles' Heart Cure and the result 1 consider miraculous. I am satisfied it saved my life." DR. MILES' Heart Cure is (old by all druggists on guarantee first bottle benefits or money back. Book on heart and nerves sent free. Dr. Miles Nodical Company, Elkhart Ind. in-. carried on In any great city. The saloon furnishes material to bo saved faster than the settlement or residence or rescue mission work can save it." Virginia suddenly rose and raced 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 oat of this money I And the saloon cannot always remain here. The time must come when the Christiun force in the city will triumph." Virginia paused near Rachel, und her pale, earnest face lighted np. "I believe that too. Tho number of those who have promised to do ns Jesus would is increasing. If we onco havo. say, 500 such disciples in Raymond, the saloon is doomed. But now, dear, I wantyorv to look at your part in this plan for capturing and saving tho Rec tangle. Yonr voice is a power. I have 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 aa that yesterday by those women t Rachel, what a beautiful opportunity! You shall havo the best of opportunity in the way of organs and orchestras that money can provide, and what cannot be dono with music to win souls there into highor and better and purer liv ing?" Beforo 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 tho torrent of her feeling overflowed in tears that eonld not be restrained. It was what sho had dreamed of doing herself. It represented to her something that she felt was in keeping with n right nso of her own talent "Yes," sho said as sho rose and put her arms abont Virginia, while both girls in tho excitement of their enthusiasm paced the hall "yes, I will gladly put my life into that kind of servico. I do believe that Jesus would havo me uso my life in this way. Virginia, what miracles can we not accomplish with humanity if we have such a lever as consecrated money to move things with I" "Add to it consecrated personal en thusiasm like yours, and it certainly can accomplish great things," said Vir ginia, smiling, and then before Rachel could reply Rollin eauio in. He hesitat ed a moment and was passing out of the hall into the library when Virginia called him and asked some questions abont his work. Rollin came back and sat down, and together tho three discussed their future plans. Rollin was apparently entirely free from embarrassment in Rachel's presence whilo 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, but he seemed to be completely caught np for this present time in the purpose of this new life. After awhile Rollin was called out. and Rachel and Virginia began to talk of other things. "By the way, what has become of Jasper Chase V" Virginia asked the question inno cently enongh, but Rachel blushed, and Virginia added, with a smile: "I sup pose he is writing another book Is he going to put you into this one, Rachel T You know I always suspected Jasper Chase of doing that very thing in his first story. "Virginia" Rachel spoke with the frankness that had always existed be tween the two friends "Jasper Chase told me the other night that he in fact he proposed tome or he would if" Rachel stopped and sat with her bands clasped on her lap, and there were tears in her eyes. 'Virginia, I thought a little while ago that I loved him, as he ssid 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 quietly. "Why?" asked Rachel, a little star tled. "Because I have never renlly liked Jasper Chase. He is tx cold and I 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 piven my heart to him, I im sure. He touched my emotions, and I admired his skill us a writer. 1 have thought at times that I cared a rood deal for him. 1 think perhaps if he had spoken to me at any other time than the one he chose 1 could easily have persuaded myself that I loved him, ' bnt not now. " Rachel pattsed suddenly, 'and when she looked np at Virginia again there were tears on her face. Vir ginia came to her and put her arm abont 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 I Rachel had kept back something. Sho was simply conscious of more on Ra chel's, mind than she bad revealed. Very soon Rollin came back, and he land Virginia, arm in arm, as they liud lately been in the habit of doing, walked I up and down the long hull. It was east for their talk to settle anally upon Rachel because of the place she was to occupy ill the plans which were being made for the purchase of the property at the Rectangle. "I)id yon ever know a girl of such really gifted powers in vocal music who I was willing to give her whole life to the people, 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 ind her voice. " j "It is certainly a very good example of self sacrifice, " replied Rollin, a little stiffly. Virginia looked at him n little i diarply. I "Hut don't you think it is a very unusual example? Can you Imagine" here Virginia named half a dozen fa tuous opera singers "doing anything of this sort?" "No; I can't," Rollin answnred j 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 more than I can imagine Mr. " Virginia apoko the name of a young locicty leader "going abont to the rlnbs'doihg'yotir wor'RoIli'iiV'' The two walked on in silenco for the length of the hall. "Coming back to Rachel," began Virginia, "Rollin, why do you treat her with snch a distant, precise man aer? I think, Rollin pardon me if I hurt you that sho is annoyed by it. Von used to be on ensy terms. I don't think Rachel likes this change." Rollin suddenly stopped. He seemed deeply agitated. He took his ami from Virginia's and walked down to the end nt the hall. Then he returned, with his rms behind him, und, stopping near his sister, he said : "Virginia, have you not learned my Merest'1 Virginia looked bewildered. Then aver her face the unusual color crept, diowing that sho understood, "I have never loved any one but Ra ?hel Winslow." Rollin ssike calmly "tiongh now. "That day she was here, when you talked about her refusal to join the concert company, 1 asked her to bo my wife, out there on the avenue. She refused me, as 1 knew she wonld, ind she gave as her reason the fact that t had no purpose in life, which was true enough. Now that 1 have a pur pose, now that I am a new man, don't yon see, Virginia, how impossible it is for me to say anything? I owe my very (inversion 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. 1 1 Rollin was silent. Then he went on with more emotion, "I am still in love with her, Virginia, hut I do not think he could ever lovo me." He stopped and looked his sister in tho face with a sad smile. "I don't know about that, " said Vir ginia to herself. Hhe 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. w ny snonid not Kachel coino to lovo him in time ? Knrely tho two were well fitted for each other, especially now that their purpose in life was moved by the same Christian source. She said something of all this to Rol lin, bnt ho did not find much comfort. When they closed the interview, Vir rinia 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 bis power to control his feelings, and Virginia could see that he dreaded even the thought that his love was still the same. The next day she went down to The News office to see Edward Norman and arrange the details of her part in the establishment of the paper on its new foundation. Henry Maxwell was pres ent at this conference, and the three agreed that, whatever Jesus would do in detail as editor of a dally 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 me Jeans would do," said Edward Norman. He read from a WOMEN do suffer! Even so-called healthy women suffer! But they are not healthy ! The marks left by pain are on the young faces of many of our daughters. Pain that leaves its mark comes from a curable MUST WOMEN SUFFER? remedy for woman's ills. Miss EMILY P. Haas, of 148 St., Greenpoint. Brooklyn, N. "Dear Mrs. PiNKHAM I state thut I used your Vegetable Com pound with the greatest success. 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Your Vegetable Compound is u wonderful medicine." paper lying on his desk, and Henry Maxwell was reminded again of his effort to put into written form his own conception of Jesus' probable action and also of Milton Wright's attempt in his business. "I have headed this, 'What Would Jesus Do as Edward Norman. Editor of Daily Newspaper In Raymond.' "1. He would never allow a sentence or a picture in his paper that could ba called bud or course or impure in any way. "2. He wonld probably conduct the political part of the paper from the standpoint jof , nonpartisan patriotism, always looking upon all political ques tions in the light of their relations to the welfare of the people, always on the basis of 'Wbut is right?' u ver from the basis of 'What is for the best inter ests of this or that party ?' In other words, he would treat every political snbject from the standpoint of the ad vancement of the kingdom of God on the earth. " Edward Norman looked up from the i euding for a moment. "Yon under stand1 that is my interpretation of Jesus' probable action on political mutters on other newspaper men who may have a different conception of Jesus' probable action from mine. 1 am simply trying to answer honestly, 'What would Jesus do as Edward Norman ?' and t be answer I find is what I have put down." "8. The end anil 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 newspaper would not be to make money or gain political influence, but his first and ruling pur pose should be so to conduct his paper that it WOUld be evident to all his sub Cribers that he was trying to seek first the kingdom of God by means of his paper. This purpose would bo as dis tinct and unquestioned as the purpose of a minister or a missionary or any other unselfish uiurtyr in Christiun work anywhere. "4. All questionable advertisements would ho impossible. "5. The relation of Jesus to the em ployees on the paper would bo of tho most loving character. " "So fur as I have gone, " said Nor man, again looking up, "I am of the opinion that Jesus would employ prac tically some form of co-operation that wonld represent tho idea of mutual in terest in a business where all were to move together for the samo grout end. I am working out such a plan, and I um confident it will be successful. At any rate, onco introduce tho element of per sonal love into a business like this, take out the selfish principle of doing it for the sake of national profits to a man or company, and I do not seo any way ex cept tho most loving personal interest ls-tween editor, reporters, pressmen ami all who contributed anything to the life of the paper, and Unit interest wonld be expressed not only in tho per sonal love and sympathy, but in a shar ing with tho profits of the business. "6. 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