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?<f> IN HIS STEPS. "What ?Soui? 3e$us SoT* By Charles M. Sheldon. Copyrighted and published in book form by thc i3?s<$> -Idi'G/ice Pu?iishiug Co. of. Chicago. Rachel Winslow went np to herr and faced her evening's experiences conflicting emotions. Had she loved Jasper Chase 2 Yes-no. One ment she felt that her life's happi was at stake over the result of he? tion; another, she had a strange i ing of relief that she had spoken as did. There was one great overmaste feeling in her. The response of .wretched creatures in the tent to singing, the swift, awesome presenc the Holy Spirit, had affected her never in all her life before. The ment Jaspefliad spoken her name she realized that he was telling he his love she had felt a sudden revuli for him, as if he should have respec the supernatural events they had ; ?witnessed She felt as if it were not time to be absorbed in anything than the divine glory of those com sions. The thought that all the ti she was singing with the one passioi her soul to touch the conscience of tl tent full of sin Jasper Chase had bt moved by it simply to love her for hi self gave her a shock as of irreverei on her part as well as on his. She COT not tell why she felt as she did ; OE she knew that if he had not told her ' night she would still have felt the sai toward him as she always had. What was that feeling? What h he been to her ? Had she made a m take? She went to her bookcase a. took out the novel which Jasper h given her. Her face deepened in col as she turned to certain passages whi she had read often and which she kne Jasper' had written for her. She re; them again Somehow they failed touch her strongly. She closed the ben and let it lie on the table. She gradus ly felt that her thought was busy wi: the sight she had witnessed in th tent Those faces, men and wome: touched for the first time with tl Spirit's glory. What a wonderful thii life was, after alli The complete rege: "eration revealed in the sight of drunJ en, vile, debauched humanity kneelir down to give itself to a life of puril and Christlikeness-oh, it was surely a witness to the superhuman in ti world I And the face of Rollin Page I the side of that miserable wreck out < the gutter-she could recall as if si now saw it Virginia crying, with tu arms about her brother, just before si left the tent, and Mr. Gray kneelin close by, and the girl Virginia had tal en into her heart bending her hea "While Virginia whispered something t her. All these pictures, drawn by th Holy Spirit in the human trag?die nrought to a climax there in the mos abandoned spot in all Raymond, stoo ont in Rachel's memory now, amemor; so recent that her room seemed for th time being to contain all the actors an? their movements. "No, no!" she had said aloud. "H had no right to speak to me after al that! He should have respected th place where our thoughts should hav? been. I am sure I do not love him. no enough to give him my life. " And after she had thus spoken th< evening's experience at the tent cam; crowding in again, thrusting out al other things. It is perhaps the mos striking evidence of the tremendou: spiritual factor which had now enterec the Rectangle that Rachel felt, ever when the great love of a strong mar had come very near her. that the spir itual manifestation moved her with ar agitation far greater than anything Jasper had felt for her personally or sh? for him The p??ple* of Raymond awoke Sun? day thorning to a growing knowledge """""CT events which were beginning to rev? olutionize many of the regular custom? ary habits of the town. Alexander Pow? ers' action in the matter of the railroad frauds liad created a sensation, not only in Raymond, br - throughout the coun? try Edward Norman's daily changes of policy in the conduct of his paper had startled the community and caused more comment than any recent polit? ical event. Rachel Winslow's singing at the Rectangle meetings had made a stir in society and excited the wonder of all her friends. Virginia Pace's con? duct, her presence every night with Rachel, her absence from the usual cir? cle of her wealthy, fashionable ac? quaintances, had furnished a great deal of material for gossip and question. In addition to the events which centered about these p'Tsor.s who wore so well known, there had boen all through, the city, in very many homes and in busi? ness and social circles, strange happen? ings Nearly a hundred persons in Henry Maxwell's church had made the pledge t<> <!.> everything after asking. "What would Jesus do*'*" and the re? sult had been, in many cases, unheard of actions The city was stirred as it had never been. As a climax to the week's events had come the spiritual manifestation at the Rectangle and the announcement, which came to most people before church timo, of the actual conversion at the tent of nearly 50 of the worst characters in the neighbor? hood, together with the conversion of Rollin Page the well known society and club man. It is no wonder that, under the pres snroof ail this, the First church of Ray mond came to the morning service in a condition that made it quickly sensi? tive to any large troth Perhaps nothing had astonished the people more than the great chang?? that had come over the minister since he kad proposed to thom the imitation of Jest*? ir) conduct The dramatic deliv -erv ?.?"' bi> S? T.< nc- '. in "fr ;.-.-?*.?... ? them. The self satisfied, contented, c j attitude of the tine figure and the j fined face in the pulpit had been ( I placed by a manner that could not ! compared with the old style of his livery. The sermon had become a ir sage. It was no longer delivered, was broughi to them with a love, earnestness, a passion, a desire, a 1 mility. that poured their enthusia about the truth and made the spea] no more prominent than he had to as the living voice of God. His pray were unlike any the people had e heard before. They were often brok< Even once or twice the7 had been ac? ally ungrammatical in a phrase or tv When had Henry Maxwell so far fi gotten himself in a prayer as to mab mistake of that sort? He knew that had often taken as much pride in t diction and the delivery of his pray< as of his sermons. Was it possible now so abhorred the elegant ret?neme of a formal public petition that he pr posely chose to rebuke himself for 1 previous precise manner of prayer ? is more likely that he had no thong of all that His great longing to voi the needs and wants of his people ma him unmindful of an occasional m take. It is certain he had never pray so effectively as he did now. There are times when a sermon has value and power due to conditions the audience rather than to anythii new or startling or eloquent in tl words or the arguments presented. Sn? conditions faced Henry Maxwell th morning as he preached against the s loon, according to his purpose dete mined on the week before. He had i new statements to make about thc ev influence cf the saloon in Raymom What new facts were there ? He had i startling illustrations of the power < the saloon in business or politics. Whi could he say that had not been said c temperance orators a great many times The effect of his message this mornin owed its power to the unusual fact c his preaching about the saloon at al together with the events that had sti? red the people. He had never in tb coarse of his ten years' pastorate mei tioned the saloon as something to be rc garcled in the light of an enemy, nc only to the poor and the tempted, bu to the business life of the place and th church itself. He spoke now with freedom that seemed to measure hi complete sense of the conviction tha Jesus would speak so. At the close h pleaded with the people to remembe the new life that had begun at the Rec tangle. The regular election of city ofS cers would be an issue in that election What of the poor creatures surrounde< by the hell of drink while just begin ning to feel the joy of deliverance fron sin ? Who could tell what depended 01 their environment? Was there om word to be said by the Christian disci pie, business man. professional man citizen, in favor of continuing to licens< these crimes and shame producing in stitutions ? Was not the most Christiar thing they could do to act as citizen: in the matter, fight the saloon at th< polls, elect good men to the city office: and clean the municipality ? How mud had praye J helped to make Raymonc better warfe votes and actions had real? ly been on the side of the enemies ol Jesus ? Would not Jesus do this ? Wha1 disciple could imagine him refusing tc suffer or tab? up his cross in the mat? ter? How much had the members ol the First church ever suffered in an at? tempt to imitate Jesus ? Was Christiar discipleship a thing of convenience, ol custom, of tradition? Where did the suffering como 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 the First church reached its highest point right there. Tho 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 cai ly *n ncw life, have been amazed if he could have measured the extent of desire on the part of his people to take up the cross. While he was speaking this morning, before he closed with a loving appeal to tho discipleship of ?.000 years* knowl? edge of the Master, many a man and woman in the church was saying, as Rachel had said so passionately to her mother: "I want to do something that will cost me something in tho way of sacrifice'. I am hungry to suffer some thi g. " Truly, Mazzini was right when he said. "No appeal is quite so power? ful in the end as the call. 'Come and suffer. ' ' ' The service was over, the great audi ence had gone, and Henry Maxweil again faced the company gathered in the lecture room as on the two previous Sundays. He had asked all to remain ; who had made tho pb-?lg(.* of disciple? ship and any others who wished to be : included. The af ter service seemed now to be a necessity. As he went in and faced the people thero 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 Ile asked Milton Wright to pray Tho very air was [ charged with divino possibilities. What could resist such a baptism of power? How bad they lived all these yt-ars without it? J They coumeled together, and there ; were many pray.- rs. lienr* Maxwell dated from that meeting ne of the c?riorm events that afterward became a part of the History 01 the r irst chi of Raymond. When finally they T home, all of them were impressed s the joy of the Spirit's power. Donald Marsh, president of Lin college, walked home with Henry A j well. j "I have reached one consolas i Maxwell." said Marsh, speaking si j ly "I have fonndmy cross, and it ! heavy one. but I shall never bo satis j nntil I take it up and carry it. " Maxwell was silent, and the pr j dent went on : j "Your sermon today made cleai i me what i have long been feeling j ought to do. What would Jesus do i my place ? 1 have asked the quest repeatedly since I made my promise have tried to satisfy myself that would simply go on, as I have done, I tending to the duties of my colic I teaching the classes in ethics and r losophy. But I have not been able avoid the feeling that he would something more. That something what I do not want to do. It will ca me genuine suffering to do it. I dr? it with all my soul. Yon may be a to guess what it is. " "Yes; I think I know," Henry M; well replied "It is my cross too. would almost rather do anything else Donald Marsh looked surprised, tl: relieved. Then he spoke sadly. 1 with great conviction: "Maxwell, yon and I belong tc class of professional men who have ways avoided the duties of citizensh We have lived in a little world of sch arly seclusion, doing work we have ( joyed and shrinking from the disagr* able duties that belong to the life the citizen. I confess with shame tl: I have purposely avoided thc respon bility that I owe to this city personal I understand that our city officials ti a corrupt, unprincipled set of mc controlled in large part by the whis' element, and thoroughly selfish, so f as the affairs of city government a concerned Yet all these years I, wi nearly every teacher in thc college, lia been satisfied to let other men run t municipality and have lived in a lit: world of my own, ?rat of touch a: sympathy with the real world ot* t people. "What would Jesus dov' I ha tried even to avoid an honest answc I can no longer do st>. My plain duty to take a per.-:. : ?ai part iii. this amii] election, go to the primaries, throw t". weight of my influence, whatever it i toward the nomination and election good men and plunge into the ve: depths of this entire horrible whirlpo of deceit, bribery, political trickery ai saloonism as it exists in Raymond t day. I would sooner walk up to tl month of a cannon any time than ( this. I dread it because I hate the ton? of the whole matter. "I would give almost anything to 1 able to say, 'I do not believe Jest would do anything of the sort, ' but am more and more persuaded that 1 wonld This is where the sufrerir. comes to me. It would not hurt n half so much to lose my position or m home. I loathe the contact with th municipal problem I would much pr? fer to remain quietly in my scholasti life with my classes in ethics and ph losophy, but the call has come so plair ly that I cannot escape : 'Donald Marsl follow me. Do your duty as a citizen c Raymond at the point where your cit: zenship will cost you something. Hel to cleanse this great municipal stable even if you do have to soil your ari; tocratic feelings a little. ' Maxwell, thi is my cross. I must take it up or den my Lord ' ' "You have spoken for me also. " ri plied Maxwell, with asad smile. "Wh; should I. simply because I am a clergy man. shelter myself behind my refined sensitive feelings and, like a coward refuse to touch, except in a sermon pcs sibly, the duty of citizenship? I am un used to the ways of the political life o the city I have never taken an activ part in any nomination of good men There are hundreds of ministers lib me. As a class we do not practice ii the municipal life the duties and privi leges we preach from the pulpit. Wha would Jesus do ? I am now at a poin where, liku you. I am driven to answe: the question one way. My duty is plain I must suffer. All my parish work, al my little trials or self sacrifices, are a: nothing to me compared with the break ing into my scholarly, intellectual, sell contained habits of this open, coarse, public fight for a clean city life. 1 could go and live at the Rectangle thc rest of my days and work in the slum.5 for a bare living, and I could enjoy il j moro than the thought of plunging inti I a fight for the reform of this whisk} ' ridden city. It would cost me less. But. like you. I have l^een unable to shake off my responsibility. The answer tc the question. 'What would Jesus do?' in this case leaves me no peace, except when I say. 'Jesus would have me act the part of a Christian citizen. ' Marsh. ! as yon sa}', we professional men. min I isters, professors, artists, literary men, i scholars, have almost invariably been political cowards. We have avoided the ; sacred duties of citizenship either ig norantly or selfishly Certainly Jesus j in our age would not de. that We can ! do no Irss than tain? up luis cross and follow him. " ! These two men walked ?;:i in silence for awhile Finally President Marsh , said j "We do not need to act alone in this ; matter With all the men who have i : made the promise, we certainly can : have companionship and strength even j of numbers. Let us organize the Chris ! tian forces of Raymond for the battle against rum and corruption. We cer? tainly ought to enter tho primaras I with a force that will bu able to do i more than utter a protest. It is a fact I that the saloon element is cowardly and : easily frightened, in spite of its law? lessness and corruption Let us plan a campaign that will mean something be? cause it is organized righteousness. Jesus would use great wisdom in this ; matter ii?; would employ mean:.. He would make larg?; plans. Let us do so j If we bear this cross, let us do it brave? ly, like men. " Th?-y talked over the matter a long time and met again the next day in Henry Maxwell's study to develop plans. The city primaries were called I for Friday. Rumors of strange and un- j heard of events to the average citizen J j were current in political circles through- J ont Raymond. The Crawford system of j balloting fer nominations was not in j uso in the state, and the primary was j called for a public meeting at th9 court- j i house. The citizens of Raymond will never forget that meeting. It was so unlike any political meeting ever held in Ray? mond before that there was no attempt ? at comparison. The special officers to bc nominated were mayor, city council, chief of police, city clerk and city treasurer. The Evening News in its Saturday I edition gave a full account of the pri ! maries, and in an editorial column Ed? ward Norman spoke with a directness and conviction that the Christian peo? ple of Raymond were learning to re? spect deeply because so evidently sincere and 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 the one in the courthouse last night. It was, first cf all. a com? plete surprise to the city politicians, who have been in the habit of carrying on tlie affairs of the city as if they owned them and every one else was simply a tool or a cipher. The over? whelming surprise of the wire puller last night consisted in the fact that a large number of the citizens of Ray? mond who have heretofore taken no part in the city's affairs entered the pri? mary and controlled "it, nominating some of the best men for all the offices to be filled at tho coming election "It was a tremendous lesson in good citizenship. PresidentfMarsh 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? dicrous to see the faces of the men who for years have done as they pleased when President Marsh rose to speak. Many of them asked, 'Who is he?' The consternation deepened as the primary proceeded and it became evident that the old time ring of city rulers was out? numbered. Henry Maxwell, pastor of the First church : Milton Wright. Alex? ander Powers, Professors Brown, Wil? lard and Park of Lincoln college, Rev. John West, Dr. George Maine of the Pilgrim church. Dean Ward of the Holy Trinity and scores of well known busi? ness and professional men. most of them church members, were present, and it did not take long to see that they 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 News simply calls the 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 the 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 boodle and shameless incompetency, or shall we. as President Marsh said in his noble speech, rise as good citizens and be? gin a new order of things, cleansing our city of the worst enemy known to municipal honesty and doing what lies in our power to do with the ballot-to purify onr civic life ? "The News is positively and without reservation on the side of the new movement. We shall henceforth do all in our i>owcr to drive out the saloon and destroy its political strength. We shall advocate the election of men nom? inated by the majority of citizens met in the first primary, and we call upon all Christians, church members and lov? ers of right, purity, temperance and home to stand by President Marsh and the rest of the citizens who have thus begun a long needed reform in our city. " [TO nE CONTINUED.] Ilia Style. | "I have been considering your appli- j cation for an editorial position.*' sa?? j the managing editor, "and 1 sent for j you today that/ I might get some idea I of your style." "Just so." replied thc bright young man. "Well, you will observe. I am wearing a blue suit, plain, but well cut, and a brown soft hat: quite thc proper thing for this time of the year. Will I do?" In Cnl>a. In Cuba the kitchens are always on ? the reef or in the courtyards back of j the house. Only twice a ?lay does the | Cuban housewife or servant prepare ? meals-at 10 o'clock, when she enters | the kitchen to make ready ll o'clock j breakfast, and at (> o'clock to cook ?be j dinner, which is served at 8. An I nconselous Pro?? Aj?cnt. ] lt was a critic who uprose on the first night of the late Charles Reade's drama. "It's Never Too Late to Mend." at the Princess theater, London, in j 1805, and vehemently protested against | the flogging business in the jail scene j as being inhuman and untrue to life, j However, it was true to life, and V?Q \ discussion that ensued tended to crowd j fhe theater for many mouths. Those Loving (iirlx. Tody .lennie t<-lls me young Woodby proposed to her last night. Viola I don't think I know him. Is he well off? Tody-Ile certainly is. She refused him.-Chicago News. Good Roads. A Cheapand Substantial Way to Build Them. Aiken Journal and Review. All wili admit the great importance of this subject, especially in Aiken county, where we have so many hun dred miles of poor roads whose worst features are the sand beds If by any means we can kill them, we shall be able to change the above expression to good roads and the main difficulty will be done away The bony car? casses of our horses and muies show only too plainly the terrible strain going ou year by year It is a poor preacher, who after showing the people their sins does not point out a remedy, and this is the object of this short atticie. First : We have iwo of the best elements to bnild with, sand ard clay The latter ie easy to reach throughout the County, but we cannot build a house unless we have a good foundation, and the same rule will have to be applied to a road By some strange provision of nature on all sand bed roads will be found below the loose sand a hard and porous bed, fbtmiog a substantial foundation to build upon It wouid take a scientist to teil us how and why this occurs, nevertheless, it is au impor? tant tact. Second : Thc maio difisulty is to gat rid of or change the \o<se sand into a hard road b^d By actual measure ?he lop sand varies from two to four inches deep Our plan is a very simple aod cheap coe, by spresdiog ciay on the top from ooe to two inches thick, according to tho depth of the loose sand and mixing it by plowing or harrowing eo the eacd and clay will be rhorooghiy mixed together. One and one-half ioehs of clay on a three inch bed thoroughly mixed will make a good first class road after a few rains. ^ Do not pat the clay on top without mixing, (be success is io the mixing, aod yon will be surprised to see how little day it takes to kill a sand bed, and bow inexpensive a mile could be changed to a good road Now a word about tbe width of roads The Grantville, Langley and Mootmorenci roads should be twelve to fifteen feet, but most of our couoty roads from six to eight feet and well receded np to the cecte*. We propose that every neighborhood through the county form a road club, appoint a manager, aod every farmer voluntarily furnish a team, shovels and picks eo tar as able, theo have a road bed for certain days wbeo all could uoite and work together to push the work. November, Decem? ber and January are the best months of the year Do oot wait for oar Couoty Commissioners or tbe chaio gang or yon wili never bave a road. We must remember that they have hundreds of miles to look after aod besides they are oot elayiog the saod beds aod are oot prepared for this kind of work. Ic can best be done by neighborhood clubs bringing out their teams, meo, etc. It has been published that it weald cost $80 to clay a ten foot road a mile long The plan suggested will cobt little. Not a dollar in money aod a odie of sand bed could be killed io a few days. By actual test on several roads it bas beeo found that little clay oeed be hauled, especially OD carrow roads. One ioch of clay where eaod is two to two and a half iochce deep ; one inch and a half where tbree inches deep ; two inches where foar aod a commoo turo shovel is the best tool to mix it with. Now is the time to pu?h the work all over the Couoty. Lst the Dew ceotory dawo upOD os with maoy a mile of terrible sand beds killed. Robert Powell, Chairmao of Road and Streets Commit tee, Aiken Improvement Soc. The Baptists of South Carolina cer? tainly have not an exalted opinion of | our "great moral institution v The report of the committee on temper ance at the State convention gave the dispensary the "scant praise" that it was "an improvement on the barrooms," but deprecated the fact that the State was applying to educa? tion the money made out of "this awful business " But the convention was not disposed to admit that the dispensary was better than the bar room ; and therefore it recommitted the report in short order.-The State CUBAN OIL euros Cuts. Burns, Bruises, Rheuma? tism and Soros. Price, 25 cts. Sold bv Hugbsoc-Licon C."* '.Iftu DltLLAu send VOU this bit SS5-?>. . <- ?.:*:' i-..:.r? fcisb-sradr RKSKKYOlR COAL ANO WOOD . ...?.?!..!.? i r-:;:ht l'.O.i?.. >':i>j?->-t t<> examination. **?? STCV-JE CATALOGUE. "*.'-.?.'"". 'lit M turn : ET-V."!' .?'IT rr. .? f :-: t ) Vi ?.! :.*.'. M i.r. 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