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IN HIS STEPS. IBP-M I 3cstts By diaries M. Sbeliion. Qypyri hted and published in book form hy thc Advance Publzshijig Co. of Chicago. <5> <8> jg S 4 ww <.><?> 'CHAPTER L JVJT hereunto were ye called; because Chr Iso suffered, for you,, leaving you an cxamp that ye should follow Ids steps. It was Friday noming'. and the Re Henry Maxwell was trying to finish h Sunday morning sermon. He had be interrupted several times and w growing nervous as the morning wo awisy and the sermon grew very slow: : toward a satisfactory finish. '\- y . .'Mary," he called tonis wife asl went np stairs after the last intemt] lion, "if any one comes after this -wish yon would say that I am yei busy and cannot come down unless is something very important. " Yesi "Henry. But I am going ov tojyisit the kindergarten, and yon wi have the house all to yourself. ** - -^Th minister went, np into his stuc and shut the door. In a few m mut r -, he heard his. wife go ont. He settled himself a* his desk with sigh -of relief and began to write H : ; text was front I Peter ii, 21. .'For hereunto were ye called; b canse Christ also suffered for yon, leai ing yen an example, that ye should fo law his steps. " He had emphasized in the first pai cf his sermon the atonement as a pe: v eonal sacrifice, calling: attention to th '?' tact of Jesus' snffering in various way* in his life as well as in his death. H i d gone on to emphasize the atone ment from the side of example, givin .illustrations from the life and teachin I of Jesus to show how faith in the Chris helped to save men because of the pal tern or character he displayed for thei imitation. He was now cn the thir ? and last point, the necessity of follow _ lng Jesus in his sacrifice and example He had just put down. "(3) Steps . what are they ?" and was about t ;V)v: : enumerate them ia logical order whe fite bell rang sharply. It was one o ^r; "those clockwork bells and always wen off as a clock might go if it tried t ; strike 12 all at once. Henry Maxwell sat at his desk an< frowned a little. He made no move ment to answer the belL Yery soon i rang again. Then he rose and walket over to one of his windows, which com manded a view of the front door. A man was standing on the steps. H< ; -was a young man very shabbily dressed .'Loots like a tramp. " said the min ister. "I suppose I'll have to go down ;r;, and'* . . He did not finish the sentence, bm went down stairs and opened the from door. There was a moment's pause as thc 'lp, .two mejn.stood facing each other. Thei the shabby looking young man said: &fe "Fm out of a Job. sir. and thoughl maybe yon might put me in the way ol . getting something. " . ^ *"I don't know of anything. Jobs are 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 line to the city railway or superintendent of the hops or something," continued the ^onng man, shifting his faded hat from one hand to the other nervously. .'It would be of no use. Yon will havir to excuse me I am very busy this morning. I hope you will find some thing. Sorry I can't give you some thing to do here But I keep only a horse and a cow and do the work my self." -4 Trhe 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 hail window that the man was going slowly down the street, still holding his hat between his hands. There 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 his desk and with a sigh began the writing where he had left on!. He had no more interruptions, and when his wife came in two hours later j the sermon was finished, and the loose 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. 1 went over with Mrs. Brown to visit the school, and just 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 both 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. Miss Kyle, were a little fright ened at first, but he sat there very quietly, and after a few minutes he went ont " "Perhaps he was tired and wanted to rest somewhere The same man called here. 1 think. Did you 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." said the Rev Henry Maxwell thoughtfully. "Did you finish your sermoD. Hen ry?" his wife asked after a pause. "Yes, all done. It has been a very busy week with me. The two sermona cost me a good deal of labor. " They will be appreciated by a large audience tomorrow. I hope. " replied his wife, smiling "What are yon go ing to preach af>out in the morning?" "Following Christ. I take up the atonement under the heads of sacrifice and example mid then show the steps ample. " "I am sure it is a good "sermon, hope it -won't rain Sunday. We hav had so many rainy days lately."' 4'Yes: the audiences have been quit small for some time. People will no come out to church in a storm. " Th Rev. Henry Maxwell sighed as he sail it He was thinking of the careful, la boripus efforts he had made in prepar ing sermons for large audiences tba tailed to appear. But Sunday morning dawned on tb town of Raymond one of those peri ec days that sometimes come after lonj periods of wind and rain and mud. Th air was clear and bracing, the sky wa free from all threatening signs, and ev ery one in Henry Maxwell's parish pre pared to go to church. When the servi opened at ll o'clock, the large buildim was filled with an audience of the bes dressed, most comfortable looking peo pie in Raymond. The First' church of Raymond be lieved in having the best music thai money could buy, and its quartet chou this morning was a great source ol pleasure to the congregation. The an them was inspiring. All the music was i in keeping with the subject of the ser ! mon. And the anthem was an labor t* ! adaptation to the most modern music of the hymn: Jesus, I my cross have taken, All to leave and follow thee. - Just before the sermon the soprano sang a solo, the well known hymn: Where he leads me I will follow. I'll go with him, with him all the way. Rachel Winslow looked very beauti ful that morning as she stood up be hind the screen of carved oak which was significantly marked with the em blems of the cross and the crown. Her voice was even more beautiful than her face, and that meannt a great deal. There was a general rustle of expecta . tion over the audience as she arose. Henry Maxwell settled himself content edly behind the pulpit Rachel Wins j low's singing always helped him. He j 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 in the ! First church. It is certain that if it had' not been a church service her solo would have been vigorously applauded. It even seemed to Henry Maxwell when she sat down that something like an at tempted clapping 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 he 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, he had often been charged with being sensational, not in what he said so much as in his way of saying it But the First church people liked that It gave their preacher and their parish a pleasant distinction that was agreeable. It was also true that the pastor of the First church loved to preach. He seldom exchanged. He was eager to be 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 he had 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 just 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. He was going abroad on a three months' vacation in the sum mer, and the circumstances of his pas torate, his influence and his position as pastor of tile first church in the city It is not certain that the Rev. Henry Maxwell knew just how he could carry on all that thought in connection with I his sermon, but as he drew near th? j end of it he knew that he had at SOP.? j point in his delivery had ail these feel ; ings. The}- had entered into the very i substance of his thought. It might I have been all in a few seconds of tim ! but he had been conscious of defining j his position and his emotions as well as i ! if he had held a soliloquy, and his de \ livery partook of the thrill of deep per I sonal satisfaction. I The sermon was interesting. It was I full of striking sentences. They would j have commanded attention printed, j 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 the Rev. Henry Maxwell that morn ' ing felt satisfied with the conditions of his pastorate, the parish of First church also had a similar feeling as it congrat ulated itself 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 between preach er and audience, there aime a very re markable interruption. It would be difficult to indicate the extent of the shock which this interruption measured It was so unexoected. so entirelv con trary t any thought f any'per present, that it offered no room argument or. for the time being, of Kstance. The sermon had come to a close. 1 Rev. Henry Maxwell had turned half of the big Bible over upon manuscripts and was about to sit do as the quartet prepared to rise * sing the closing selection. All for Jesus, all for Jesus, AU my being's ransomed powers, when the entire congregation was st tied by the sound of a rr an's voice, came from the rear of the church, fr one of the seats under the gallery. I next moment the figure of a man ca out of the shadow there and wall down the middle aisle. Before the startled congregation re ized what was being done the man 1 reached the open space in front of 1 pulpit and had turned about, faci the people. "I've been wondering since I ca: in here"-they were the words he us under the gallery, and he repeated th< -"if it would be just the thing to s a word at the close of this service I not drunk, and I'm not crazy, and I perfectly harmless. But if I die, there is every likelihood I shall ii few days, I want the satisfaction thinking that I said my. say in a pis like this, before just this sort of crowd." Henry Maxwell had not taken I seat, and he now remained standin leaning on his pulpit, looking down the stranger. It was the man who h come to his house Friday morning, t same dusty, worn, shabby looki: young man. He held his faded hat his two hands. It seemed to be a f Torite gesture. He had not been shave and his hair was rough and tangled, was doubtful if any one like this h: ever confronted the First church with the sanctuary. It was tolerably famili with this sort of humanity out on tl street, around the railroad shops, wa dering up and down the avenue, but had never dreamed of such an incide: as this so near. There was nothing offensive in tl man's manner or tona He was not e: cited, and he spoke in a low but di tinct voice. Henry Maxwell was coi scions, even as he stood there smitte into dumb astonishment at the even that someh- w the man's action remin< ed him of a person he had once sec walking and talking in his sleep. No one in the church made any m< tien to step the stranger or in any wa interrupt him. Perhaps the first shoe of his sudden appearance deepened int genuine perplexity concerning whs was best to do. However that may tx he went on as if he had no thought c interruption and no thought of the ur usual element he had introduced int the decorum of the First church service and all the while he was speakin Henry Maxwell leaned over the pulpil his face growing more white and sa every moment. But he made no move ment to stop him, and the people sa smitten into breathless silence. On other face, that of Rachel Winslow from the choir seats, stared, white an intent, down at the shabby figure wit] the faded hat. Her face was striking a any time. Under the pressure of th present unheard of incident it was a personally distinct as if it had beei framed in fire. "I'm not an ordinary tramp, thou gi I don't know of any teaching of Jesu that makes one kind of a tramp les worth saving than another. Do you?' He put the question as naturally as i the whole congregation had been i small private Bible class. He pauset just a moment and coughed painfully. Then he went on "I lost my job ten months ago. I an a printer by trade. The new linotype machines are beautiful specimens oi invention, but I know six men whe have killed themselves inside of th year just on account of those machines. Of course I don't blame the newspapers for getting the machines. Meanwhile what can a man do ? I know I nevei learned but the one trade, and that's all I can do. I've tramped all over the country trying to find something. There are a good many others like me. I'm not complaining, am I? Just stating facts. But I was wondering, as I sat there under the gallery, if what you call following Jesus is the same thing as what he taught "What did he me^.n when he said. 'Follow ine?' The minister said"-here the man turned about and looked np at the pulpit-"that it was necessary for the disciple of Jesus to follow his steps, and he said the steps were obedience, faith, love and imitation. But I did not hear him tell just what he meant that'to mean, especially the last step What do Christians mean by following the steps of Jesus? Tve tramped through this city for three days trying to find a job. and in all that time I'* not had a word of sympathy or comic except from your minister here, who said he was sorry for me and hoped j would find a job somewhere. I supper ? it is because you get so imposed on b; the professional tramp that you have lost your interest in the other sort. I'm not blaming anybody, 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. My wife died.four months ago. I'm glad ehe is out of trouble. My little girl is staying with a printer's family until I find a job. Ro7iieh<>w I get puzzled when I see so many Christians living 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 the little girl too. Of course I don't ex pect yon people can prevent every one from dying of starvation, lack of proper nourishment and. tenement air. But what does following" Jesus mean ? I understand that Christian people own a good many of the tenements. A mem ber of a church was the owner of the one 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 mj- thoughts and all my doings, All ray days and all my hours, "and I kept wondering, as I sat on the steps 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 I don't under stand. But what would Jesus do? Is that what you mean by following his steps ? It seems to me sometimes as if the 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 lurch 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 the 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 him to his house He lived near by and had an extra room. Rachel Winslow said: "Mother has no company at pres ent. I am sure we would be glad to giv,e him a place with us. " She looked strangely agitated. No one noticed it particularly. They were all excited over i the strange event, the strangest that I First church people could remember. But the minister insisted on taking charge cf 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 to make in all his after definition of Chris tian discipleship. The event created a great sensation in the First church parish. People talked of nothing else for a week. It was the general impression that the man had wandered into the church in a condition of mental disturbance caused by his troubles and that all the time he was talking he was in a strange de lirium of fever and really ignorant of his surroundings. That was the most charitable construction to put upon his action. It was the general agreement also that there was a singular absence of anything bitter or complaining in what the man had said. He had through out spoken in a mild, apologetic tone, almost as if he were one of the congre gation seeking for light on a very diffi cult subject. The third day after his removal to the minister's house there was a marked change in his condi'-on. The doctor . spoke of it and offered no hope Satur day morning he still lingered, although he had rapidly failed as the week drew near to its close. Sunday morning just before the clock struck 1 he rallied and asked if his child had come. The min ister had sent for her as soon as he had been able to secure her address from some letters found in the man's pocket. He had been conscious and able to talk coherently only a few moments since his attack. "The child is coming. She will be here. " Henry Maxwell said as f he sat there, his face showing marks of the strain of the week's vigil, for he bad insisted on sitting up nearly every night. "I shall never see her in this world.'' I the man whispered. Then he uttered with great difficulty the words: "You have been good to me. Somehow I feel as if it was what Jesus would do." Aft nr a few moments he turned his head slightly, and before Henry Max well could realize the fact the doctor sai-1. '"Ile is gone." f\;> :::: coNTiNrizi).j ?i .?>? -x.^pi - IIovj- Ile* Got CxercLse. Lord Palmerston used a clever ox- j pedicnt for coercing himself into a little regular daily exercise. ' lt was his custom when in govern ment positions to have his inkstand placed upon a table several yards away from tho desk at which he worked, so that he had to walk several paces for each dip of iuk. He attributed his maintenance of sturdy health and jaunty manner un der the trying conditions of ellice rou tine to this simple practice, as also his habit of performing all work standing. Hendy Mnde Mermalden . 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