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j IN HIS STEPS.] ?F^j p ? "What fooni? ! n S lg 3csus 53o?" I Lj^P-J ? ig By Charles M. Sheldon. | ^p^^^^^ '4--<?> OypjfT^tcd* <wi<? puttlished in Imok f?>rm by the <*> BI?M?.-'-^^^W^TO^ .?iciamee Publishiruj Cv. of Chicago. & EsS?Wft*j..&ga5ffiH^ <--?> ^<s> <5> '<.>.? '"There will oe a small meeting to ?ight, John. " said his wife as they en? tered the tent a little after 7 o'clock and began to arrange the chairs and light np. "Yes: I think so. " Mr. Gray was a email, energetic man. with a pleasant voice and the conrage of a highborn fighter He had already made friends in the neighborhood, and one of his converts, a heavy faced man. who had jost come in. began to help in the ar? rangement of the seats. It was after 8 o'clock when Alexan? der Powers opened the door of his office ?nd started to go hom& He was going to take a car at the corner of the Rec? tangle, bnt as he neared it be ?vas aroused by a voice coming from the tent It was the voice of Rachel Winslow. It struck through his consciousness of struggle over his own question that had sent him into the Divine presence for an answer. He had not yet reached a 'conclusion. He was troubled with un? certainty. His whole previous course of 'action as a railroad man was the poor? est possible preparation for anything sacrificial, and he could not yet say what he would do in the matter. Hark! What was she singing? How did Rachel Winslow happen to be down here? Several windows near by vrent np. Some men quarreling in a saloon stopped and listened. Other figures were walking rapidly in the direction of the Rectangle and the tent. Surely Rachel Winslow never was happier in her life. She never had sung like that in the First church. It was a. marvelous voice. What was it she was singing? Again Alexander Powers, su? perintendent of the machine shops, paused and listened. "Where he leads rae I will follow, Where he leads me I will follow, Where he leads rae I will follow. I'll go with him, with him all the way." The brutal, stolid, coarse, impure life -of the Rectangle stirred itself int? new life as the song, as pure as the sur? roundings were vile, floated ont into saloon and den and foul lodging. Some one stumbling hastily by Alexander Powers said in answer to a question : "The tent's beginning to run over to? night That's what the talent calls music, eh?" The superintendent turned toward the tent. "Then he stopped, and after a moment of indecision he went on to the corner and took the car for his home, but before he was out of the sound of Rachel's voice he knew that he had set? tled for himself the question of what Jesus would do. CHAPTER IT. If any man wo-a!d come after me. let hrm deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. Henry Maxwell paced his study back and forth. It was Wednesday, and he had started to think out the subject of his evening service which fell upon that night. Out of one of his study windows he could see the tali chimneys of the rail? road shops. The top of the evangelist's tent just showed over the buildings around the Rectangle. The pastor of the First church looked out of this window every time he turned in his walk. After awhile he sat down at his desk and drew a large piece of paper toward him. After thinking several moments he wrote in large letters the following: "A OF THINGS THAT JT.SITS V.'OiXD PROBABLY DO IN THIS PARISH. Live in a simple, plain manner, without needless luxnry on the one hand or endue asceticism on the other "2 Preach fearlessly to the hypo? crites in the church, co matter what their social importance or wealth. " o Show in some practical form sympathy and love for the common peo? ple as well as for tho well to do. edu? cated, refined people who inake up the majority of the church and parish. 4i4. Identify himself with the great causes of humanity in some personal way that would call for self denial and suffer; n.^. "5. Preach against the saloon in Raymond. "6. Become known as a friend and companion of the sinful people in the Rectangle "7. Give up the summer trip to Eu? rope this year. I have been abroad twice an i cannot claim any special need of r< st 1 am well and ci uld forego this pleasure, using the money for some one who needs a vacation more than i do. There are probably ph nty of such people iv the city '.s. What else would Jesus (:.> as Henry Maxwi II ':" He was conscious, v.-it?i a humility that once was a stranger to him, that his outline cf Jesus' probable action was painfully lacking in d< pth and power, but he was seeking carefully for concrete shapes into which he might cast his thought of Jesus' <.. mdnci Nearly every point he had put down meant for him a cr?npl< te ov< rtuming of the custom and babil of years in the ministry In spite of thttt. be still searched deeper f:>r sources of the Christlike spirit. He did r:<;i attempt to write any more, but sat at Lis desk ab? sorbed in his attempt to catch more and more of the spirit <.f Jesus in his own life He had forgotten the particular subject for his prayer meeting with which he had begun his morning study He was so absorbed over Iiis thought that he did not hear the bell ring, and he was roused by the servant, who an ?OU??C ? .' r"- 9avt ni) his name-Mr. Gray. Maxwell steppe? the head of the stairs and asked G to come np. "We can talk better up here. " So Gray came up and stated the 2 son for his call. "? wart you. Mr. Maxwell, to I me. Of course you have heard win: wonderful meeting we liad Moni night and last night. Miss Wins] has done more with her voice thai could, and the tent won't hold the r pie. " "I've heard of that It's the f time the people there have heard h It's no wonder they are attracted. " "It has been a wonderful revelat to us and a most encouraging event j our work. But I came to ask if 3 could nut come down tonight a preach. I am suffering with a sev cold. I do not dare to trust my vo again. I know it is asking a good d for such a busy man. but if you ca come say so freely, and I'll try sor where else. " "I'm sorry, but it's my regular pra? meeting night, " said Hemy Maxw< Then he flushed and added: "I shall able to arrange it in some way so as I come down. You can count on me. " 1 Gray thanked him earnestly and n j to go. j "Won't you stay a minute, Grc ; and let us have a prayer together?" j "Yes." said Gray simply, j So the two men kneeled together j the study. Mr. Maxwell prayed like child. Gray was touched to tears as i kneeled there. There was something ; ' most pitiful in the way this man, w i had lived his ministerial life in suer, j narrow limit of exercise, now begg j for wisdom and strength to speak ; message to the people in the Reetang Gray rose and held out his hand. "God bless you. Mr. Maxwell. I sure the Spirit will give you power 1 night. " Henry Maxwell made no answer. ] did not even trust himself to say th he hoped so, but he thought of 1 promise, and it brought a certain pea that was refreshing to his heart a: mind alike. So that is how it came about th when the First church audience car into the lecture room that evening was met with another surprise. There was an unusually large nui j ber present. The prayer meetings ev j since that remarkable Sunday mornii had been attended as never before the history of the First church. Henry Maxwell came at once to tl point. He spoke of Gray's work and ? his request. "I feel as if I were called to go dov. there tonight, and I will leave it wi1 you to say whether you will go on wi1 the meeting here. I think perhaps tl best plan would be for a few volunteer to go down to the Rectangle with mi prepared to help in the after meetim and the rest'remain here and pray th; the Spirit's power may go with us." So half a dozen of the men went wit Henry Maxwell, and the rest of the at dience staid in the lecture room. Mas well could not escape the thought as h left the room that probably in his entii church membership there might not t found a score of disciples who wer capable of doing work that would sue cessfully lead needy, sinful men int the knowledge of Christ The though did not linger in his mind to vex hir as he went on his way, but it was sim ply a part of his whole new conceptio: of the meaning of Christian disciple ship. When he and his little company o volunteers reached the Rectangle, th tent was already crowded. They ha< difficulty in getting to the little plat fenn. Rachel was there, with Yirginh and Jasper Chase, who had come in stc^.d of the doctor tonight. When the meeting began with a sen j in which Rachel sang the solo and th? j people were asked to join in the chorus I not a foot of standing room was left ir ? the tent. The night was mild, and thc i sides of til" tent were np. and a greal j bor der of faces stretched around, look ! in:r in and formingpartof theaudience. . After the singing and a sprayer bj J one of the city x*astors who were presenl ; Gray stat? d the reasonsfor 'els ina! ?iii tv ! to speak and in his simple mannei I turned the service over to "Brothel 1 Maxwell of the First church. " j "Who's de biol:. ?" asked a hoarse i voice near the outside of the tent "De Tust church parson. We've got I de whole high ton:* swell Outfit to ! night. " j "i)i?l you say Fust church? I know i bim. My landlord Las got a front pew ap there. " said ancth r voice, and there was a laugh, for the speaker was a sa i loon keeper: ! "T'rowont do life line 'cross de dark : wave!" began a drunken man near by. : singing in such an unconscious imita? tion of a local trav< ling singer's nasal ; tone that roars of laughter and jeers of ! approval rose around him. The people , in the tent turned in the direction of ; the disturbance. There were shouts of . "Pat bim out !*" "Givethe Fast church ? a chance!" "Song, song! Give us an i otb- r song!" Henry Maxwell stood up, and a great j wave <>f actual terror went over him. j This was i.<?t like preaching to the vvell dr?-ss''d. respectable, gc^d mannered people on the boulevard He began to speak, bat the confusion increa ed. (?ray went down into the crowd, but did not seem able to quiet it. Henry Maxwell raised bis ann and his voice The crowd in tho tent began to pay some attention, but the noh;e on the outside increased, m a few inmutes audience was beyond Maxwell's con1 He turned to Rachel with a sad smi "Sing something. Miss Wins] They will listen to you. ' ' he said then sat down and put his face in hands. It was Rachel's opportunity, and was fully equal to it. Virginia wa the organ, and Rachel asked her to i a few notes of tho hymn : Saviour, I follow on, Cuided by thee, Seeing not yet the hand That leadeth :J:O. Flushed be n:y heart ar.d still; F<.::r I no further il!; Or.'y to rr.ott thy will Sly will shall i.e. ! Rachel had not sung the first line I fore the people in the tent were j turned toward her, hushed and rei ent. Before she bad finished the v< the Rectangle was subdued and tan: It lay like some wild beast at her f< and she sang it into harmlessness. ? What were tho flippant, perfuin critical audiences in concert halls c( pared with this dirty, drunken, impi degraded, besotted humanity that tn bled and wept and grew strangely, s ly thoughtful under the/touch of divine ministry of this beautiful vox woman 1 Henry Maxwell as he rai his head and saw the transformed n had a glimpse cf something that Je would probably do with a voice 1 Rachel Winslow's. Jasper Chase with his eyes on the singer, and greatest longing as an ambitious ant] was swallowed up in the thought what Rachel Winslow's love mii some time mean to him. And over the shadow outside stood the last per any one might have expected to see a gospel tent service. Rollin Page, wi jostled on every side by rough men a women, who stared at the swell in 1 fine clothes, seemed careless of his si roundings and at the same time e dently swayed hythe power that Rael possessed. He had just come over fr< the club. Neither Rachel nor Virgil saw him that night. The song was over. Henry Maxw rose again. This time he felt cal What would Jesus do ? He spoke as thought once he never could. Who w< these people? They were i m mor souls. What was Christianity ? A ca ing of sinners, not the righteous, to i pentance. How would Jesus spea! What would he say? He could not ti all that his message would include, b he felt sure of a part of it. and in th certainty he spoke on. Xever befo had he felt "compassion for the mul: trude." "What had the multitude bei to him during his ten years in the Fii church but a vague, dangerous, dirt troublesome factor in society, outsii of the church and his reach ; an eleme; that caused him occasionally an u pleasant feeling of conscience; a fact in Raymond that was talked about associations as the "masses" in pape written by the brethren in attempts show why the "masses" were not beii reached. But tonight as he faced tl "masses" he asked himself whethe after all, this was not just about sue a multitude as Jesus faced oftenest, ar he felt the genuine emotion of love f< a crowd which is one of the best ind cations a preacher ever has that he living close to the heart of the world eternal life. It is easy to love an ind vidual sinner, especially if he is persoi ally picturesque or interesting. To lo\ a multitude of sinners is distinctly Christlike quality. When the meeting closed, there W? no special interest shown. The peop] rapidly melted away from the tent, an the saloons, which had been experienc I ing a dull season while the meeting progressed, again drove a thrivin trade. The Rectangle, as if to make u for lost time, started in with vigor o: its usual night life of debauch. Kenr Maxwell and his little party, including Virginia. Rachel and Jasper Chase waiked down past the row of saloon and dens unt il they reached the come where the cars passed. "This is a terrible spot," said Henr: Maxwell as they stood waiting for thei: car. "I never realized that Raymom had such a festering sore. It does no seem possible tb.at this is a city full o Christian disciples. " He paused and then continued: "Do yon think any one can ever re move this great curse of the saloon Why don't we all act together agains tho trafile*.' What would Jesus do Would he keep silent? Would he vot< to license the?>e causes of crime an-, death?" Henry Maxwell was talking to him self more than to tba others. He re? membered that b * had always voted foi license, and so had nearly all of hi: church members. What would Jesu; do? Could he answer that question '. Would Jes is preach and act against th. saloon if he lived today ? How would he preach and act? Suppose it was no1 popular t<? preach against license. Sup? pose the Christian people thought ii was all that could be done-to license the evil, and so g? ? rcvenuefrom a nec? essary sin. Or suppose the church mem? bers owned property where the saloons stood What tran': He knew that these ? were the facts ia Raymond What would J ...-us do? He went up into his study the next morning with that-question only partly answered. Ht thoughtof it ail day. ll" -?was still thinking of ir and reaching certain real conclusions when The i Evening News came. His wife brought : it up and set dow n a few minutes while ! be read it ?. ? lu r. Tie- Evening News was at present ; the most sensational paper in Raymond j That is to say. it was being edited in : sac!: a remarkable fashion that its sub? scribers had nen r a so excited over ;i newspaper before. First they had no? ticed th.- absence of the prizefight, and gradually it began to dawn upon them 11iat The N< \vs n i longer printed ac? counts of crime with detailed descrip? tions or scandals in private life. Then they noticed that the advertisements of liquor and t"i>a*-co were being dropped, together with certain other advertise? ments of a questi< ?nable character The \ discontinuance of the Sunday paper caused the greatest comment of all. and . now the character of the editorials was ! creating the greatest excitement. A quotation from t?e Monday paper vi this week will show what Edward Nor? man was doing to keep his promise. The editorial was headed: "THE MORAL SIDE OF POLITICAL QUES? TIONS. "The editor of Tho News has always advocated the principles of the great political party at present in power and has therefore discussed all political questions from a standpoint of expedi? ency or of belief in the party as opposed to other organizations. Hereafter, to be perfectly honest with all oar read? ers, the editor will present and discuss political questions from the standpoint of right and wrong. In other words, the first question will not be, *Is it in the interest of our party?' or 'Is it ac? cording to the principles laid down by the party V but the question iirst asked will be. 'Is this measure in accordance with the spirit and teachings of Jesus as the author of the greatest standard of life known tomen'/' That is, tobe perfectly plain, the moral side of every political question will be considered, its most important side, and the ground will be distin -tly taken that nations as well as individuals are under the same law to do all things to the glory of God as the first rule of action. "The same principle will be observed in this office toward candidates for places of responsibility and trust in the republic. Regardless of party politics, the editor of The News will do all in his power to bring the best men into power and will not knowingly help to support for office .any candidate who is unworthy, however much he may be indorsed by the party. The first ques? tions asked about the man, as about the measure, will be : 'Is he the right man for the place 1 Is he a good man with ability?' " There had been more of this, but we have quoted enough to show the char? acter of the editorials. Hundreds of men in Raymond had read :lt and rub? bed their eyes in amazement A good many of them had promptly written to The News, telling the editor to stop their paper. The paper still came out, however, and was eagerly read all over the city the end of the week Ed? ward Norman knew very well that he had actually lost already a large nur.* ber of valuable subscribers. He faced the conditions calmly, although Clark, the managing editor, grimly anticipated ultimate bankruptcy, especially since Monday's editorial Tonight as Henry read to his wife he could see in almost every column evidences of Norman 's conscien? tious obedience to his promise. There was an absence of slangy, sensational scare heads. The reading matter under the headlines was in perfect keeping with them. He noticed in two columns that the reporters' names appeared, signed at the bottom, and there was a distinct advance in the dignity and style of their contributions. "So Norman is beginning to get his reporters to sign their work. He has talked with me about that. It is a good thing. It fixes responsibility for items where it belongs and raises the standard of work done, a good thing all around for public and writers." Henry Maxwell suddenly paused. His wife y.oked up from some work she was doing. He was reading ioinething with.th'.' .ntrnost inte~-!8t. 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Laredo, Tex., Nov. 21 -Reports bava reached here that there was a pitched battle last night at Fort Ring .jeld, Rio Gracde City, Tex , between a company of the Ni?th U. 8. cavalry (colored) garrisoning the fort and sev cral hundred citizens who attacked the post shcrt'y after dark. Three thou? sand shots are said to have been fired duriog the fighr^ ba? the casualties are ri or ki. (.wa hero. Ir i? aieo s?id that all women and children nave been seot awiy from R'O Grande Cvy and that runners are out a?fer reinforcements ?or the citizens The roiiirarv authorities are occupying (he telegraph wires and full reports cannot be obraioed. That the affair is a serious noe is indicated by the activity io mili '.ary circle? here. Maj Thompson, in eomraand at Fort Mclotasb, today bought up ai! the Krag Jorgeosen ammunition in Laredo and is hurriediy loading a special train with mules, baggage, etc , to take ail available forces here to the scene of the trouble a-;d a special train is enroute from San Antonio with a company from Houston on the way to Rio Grande Cty. State Adjt. Gen. Schurry wirb a fores of rangers is expected here tonight aiso on the way there. As au illustration of Dewey's modesty, out of twenty pianos which were offered bim for his bouse by manufacturers he took only one, and out of thirty offers of china sets he took only one Some people would have taken all of them. 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Officf ov< r th?3 Sumter Dr? Goods O'). MAT 2 -6m $I,QB BUYS HS3.50 SUIT OOO CELEBRATED ?'KAM" >t E A KO I T" double ftnddonbl? lort. ReKular S3.S0 BOT*' _. Viet* knet-1'.-int SU?IH fiuicR st S 1.95. A >"EW SI ir FREE for any of these suits which don't give satisfactory wear. 9 Send No Money. ^^/fetS utaiocc?- ot hoy aiivliay whether lar^e or small for acc. and we w?!I sendyouths suit by express.C.O.D-, subject to examin iti.'n. You can . xaxnine it at yourexpre&? I'.ioe ar.d if found perfectly satisfactory Cijiial to si;.ts Si-Id ;n your town for so. nay y< ;:r express scent our ipect-i Ter prlff", "Sl.QS-"'' ? xprrsnchirc?. THESE KNLE PAXT SUITS ?re fot BJ ii from 4 to li jran* of apr. and art?r?tat!fC' everywhere at t" y\ Made niih dt^ubJe seat and knees, latent 1S99style ns iliustrate.i, made from a special woar?n>hl?tinfr, heaty ????(irM, ALL-WOOL Oakwell cn*>iinrre. n.'at. handsome pat? tern, tine serge linincr. Clayton patent interlining, pad ! dimr.stayins and reinforcinjf.silk and linen sewinp. tine 'ailor-made tbroorhoui, a suit anv bov or parent would bi* proud of. KOR FRES CLOTH SAMPLES cf Boy?' Clothini; (suits. ?>vfrcoats or ulsters^, for boys 4 TO 19 \KA _?A\ write for Sample Book Ho. 90?, contains fashion plates, tape measure and full instructions how to order. len'* Suit* and 0*ereoat* made to order from ?J.00 Bp* Samples sent tree on application. Addre??, SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO. (Inc.). Chicago, IU 1 titean, Roebuck A Co. are tfcoroo.hi; reliable.-E4^tor?.