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By Charles M. Sheldon. Onn.'rio^tffl and p?MWi/?I i % l*ook form by the Mcufwc l\tUiahiim ( u. iVucupo. "Rachel won't coruo hero unless she can do it and keep her pledge, at the amxD? time," said F dicia after a pause. "What pledge?" Mr. Sterling asked the question and then added hastily "Oh. I kno\. I Yef; a very pecnliar thing that Powers naod to be a friend cf mine. We learned telegraphy in the same office; made a great sensation when be resigned and handed ovt. that evidence to the interstate commerce commission, and he's back at hia te? legraphy again. There have been qneer doings in Raymond dnring the p-w year. I wonder what Dr. Brace thi: of it. on the whole. I most have a talu with him sbont it" '?He preaches tomorrow." said Feli? cia. "Perhaps he will tell ns something ?boat it " There was silence for a minnte. Then Felicia said abruptly, as if she had gone on with a spoken thought to some invisible hearer. "And what if he should propose the asms pledge to the Maasreth Avenue church?" "Who t What are you talking about t" asked her father, a little sharply. "About Dr. Brace. I say what if he should projAnee to our church what Mr. Maxwell proposed to hia and ask for volunteers who would pledge themselves So do everything after aaking the ques? tion. 'What would Jesus dot' " ''There'a no danger of it,'' said Rose, saaing suddenly from the couch aa the Sea bell ring. "It's s very/ impracticable movement to my mind.' . tid Mr. Sterling sharply. "I understand from Rachel's letter that the church in Raymond is goinr* to make an attempt to extend the idea of the pledge to the other churches. If they succeed, they will certainly^ make great changes in the churches and in people'a lives," said Felicia. "Oh. well, let's have some tea first." said Rose, walking into the dining room. Her father and Felicia followed, and the meal proceeded in silence. Mrs. Sterling had her meals served in her room. Mr. Sterling was preoccupied. He ate very little und excused himself early, and. although it was Saturday night, he remarked aa he went out that he would be down town late on some special business. "Don't you think father looks very much disturbed lately?" asked Felicia a little while after he had gone out. "Oh. I don't knowt I hadn't noticed anything unusual.'' replied Rose. After a silence she said: "Are you going to the play tonight. Felicia? Mrs. Delano will be here at half past 7. I think you ought to go She will feel hurt if you refuse." "I'll go. I don't care about it I can see ahadoWe enough without going to the piay." "That'-* a doleful remark for a girl 19 years old to make." replied Rose, "but then you're qneer in your ideas anyhow. Felicia If you're going up co see mother, tell her I'll run in *fter toe play if ane is atill awake." Felicia went up to set) her mother and remain with her until the Delano sarriage came. Mrs. Sterling was wor? ried about her husband. She talked in sssssntly and was irritated by every re? mark Felicia made, rihe would not list en to Felicia's attempts to read even a part of Rachel's letter, and when Fe? licia offered to stay with her for the evening ehe refused the offer with a good deal of positive sharpness. 8c. Felicia started off to the play not happy, but she was familiar with that feeling, only sometimes she was Store anhappy than at other times. Her feeling expressed itself tonight by a withdrawal into herself When the company was Heated in the box and the curtain wa.? np. Felicia was hark of She others and remained for th?* even? ing by herself Mr*. Delano as rhap? ron for a half dosen yonng ladies under? stood Felicia nn?11 en .'l-^li to know that She waa "queer, as Rose so often said, sn 1 she matte do attempt to draw her snt of the sjh m r. and n? Felicia really experienced .hat ni^ht by h? r*elf one of the feelin; a that added to t!li Mo snentmn that was increasing the cofuing on of her KTeat crisis The play waa an Hellish unlodrama full of gtartlin*-c situations, realistic scenery and unexpected cli maxe* There wan one scene in th" thir I act that im pressed even R<?se Sterling It was midnight on Blaekfnars bridge The ThSsSSSS flowed dark and forbidding below St Paul's rose through the dim light, imposing, its dome seeming to tloat above tie' build ings surrounding it The hgure of a ehild came ujhui the bridge and stood there for a moment, peering about as If looking for Borne <>ne Several persons were crossing the hridire. but in oi ? of the ret ??H.s?'i atHxit n.itlwav t>f the river a woman stood, leaning out over the parapet with a strained a :;oiiy of face ? ti I Hgnre that told plainly of hsff in Senti?a.s .lust as sie? was etealthily ?iotinting the parapet |0 throw herself int?? tie* river th" child caught eight of b??r ran forward with a shrill cry more animal than human, and, seizing the woman s dress di igged back SpOS it with >?ii si r Uttls strength Then Ibers came suddenly npnn tie- scene twootheff charaeter* who had already Bgured in the play a tall. handsome, athletic fi b tleman dressed in 11? #? fashion, attended by a slim figured lad who Was n K Sn*Hi iiidr? sH ajsd appssrspes as las lit tie girl (liic'iiu; t<? h?'r mother WS* moUTtifully hideous in her rat's and re ptilsive poverly These two, the ?> ntle niMfi sud the hiil preveuted the at tenipied suicide, and after a tableau on the bridge where the andienen learned Xhdt the man und woman were brou?,? snd sister the scene was transferred to the interior of one of the slum tene? ments in the ,'ast side of London. Here the scene painter and carpenter had done their utmost to produce an exact copy of n famous conrt and alley well known to the poor creatures who make up a part of the outcast London hu? manity The rags, the crowding, the vileneas, the broken furniture, the hor? rible animal existence forced upon creatures made in God's image, were so skillfully shown in this scene that more than one elegant woman in the theater, seated, like Rose Sterling, in a sump? tuous box. surrounded with silk hang? ings and velvet covered railing, caught herself shrinking back a little, as if contamination were possible from the nearness of this piece of painted canvas. It was almost too realistic, and yet it bad a horrible fascination for Felicia as she sat there alone, buried back in a cushioned seat absorbed in thoughts that want far beyond the dialogue on the stage From the tenement scene the play shifted to the interior of a nobleman's palace, and almost a sigh of relief went up all over the house at the sight of the accustomed luxury of the upper classes The contrast was startling It was brought about by a clever piece of stag? ing that allowed only a few minutes to elapse between the slum and the palace scenes. The dialogue continued, the actors came and went in their various roles, but upon Felicia the play made but one distinct -impression. In reality the scenes on the bridge and in the slum were only incidents in the story of the play, but Felicia found herself living those scenes over and over. She had never philosophized about the causes of human misery She was not old enough She had not the tempera? ment that philosophizes But she felt intensely, und this was not the first time she had felt the contrast thrust into her feeling between the upper and the lower conditions of human life. It had been growing upon her until it had made her what Rose called ''queer' and the other people in her circle of wealthy acquaintances called "very unusual.' It was simply the human problem in its extremes of riches and poverty, its refinement and its vileness, which was. I in spite of her unconscious attempts to struggle against the facts, burning into ; her life the impression that would in ! the end transform her into either a I woman of rare love and self sacrifice for the world or a miserable enigma to herself and all who knew her "Come. Felicia! Aren't you going homo t* said Rose The play was over, the curtain down, and people were go? ing noisily out. laughing and gossiping, as if "The Shadows of London" was simply good diversion, as it was put on the stage so effectively Felicia rose und went out with the rest quietly and with the absorbed feel? ing that had actually left her in her eeat oblivious of the play's ending She was never absent mi ruled, but often thought herself into a condition that left her alone in the midst of a crowd. "Well, what did you think of it?' asked Rose when the sisters had reached home and were in the drawing room. Rose really had considerable respect for Felicia's judgment of a play "I thought it was a pretty picture of real Ufa " "I mean the acting." said Rose, an? noyed "The bridge scene was well acted, especially the woman's part. 1 thought the man overdid the sentiment a little.' "Did you? 1 enjoyed that And wosn t the scene between the two cous? ins funny when they first learned that they were related ? But the slum scene was horrible 1 think they ought not to show such things in a play They are too painful ' "They must be painful in real life, too. '' replied Felicia. "Yes. but we don't have to look at the real thing It's bad enough ut t?e theater, where we puy for it" Rose went into the drawing room and l>egun to eat from a plate of fruit and cakes on the aidel>oard. "Are you going up to see mother?' asked Felic;a after awhile. Sim hud re? mained in front of the drawing room tire. "No," replied Rose from tho other room ; "I won't trouble her tonight. If you go in. tell her I urn too tired to be agreeable. " Bo Felicia turned into her mother's room As she went up the great stair? case and down the upper hall tho light was burning there, and tho servant who always waited on Mrs. Sterling was beckoning Felicia to count in. "Tell Clara to go out." exclaimed Mrs Sterling as Felicia caino up to the bed and Uneehd by it. Feiieiu was surprised, J ut she did as her mother bade her and Iben inquired how she was feeling. "Felicia," said her mother, "can yon pray f The q neat ion was sonnlike any hot mot h? r had ever asked before that Fe Ucia was startled, bnt she answered "Why. yea mother What makes vom ask sncli a qn< t ion "Felicia, I am frightened Your fa ther I have had snt'h strange ft nrs about him all day s?,ini thing is wrong with him I want Toil to pray. " "Now? Here, mother? MY?S Fray Felii la " Feiieia reached out her hand and took her mother's it au trembling Mrs Sterling had never shown much tender neaa for her younger daughter, and her strange demand now was tho first rt-ai ?ign of any confidence in Felicia's character. The girl still kneeled, holding her mother's trembling hand, and prayed. It was donbtfnl if she had ever prayed alond before. She must have said in her prayer tho words that her mother needed, for when it was silent in the room the invalid was weeping softly, and her nervous tension was over. Felicia itaid tome time. When she was assured that her mother would not j need her any longer, she rose to go. "Good night, mother. Yon must let Clara call me if you feel bad in the night." "I feel better now." Then as Felicia was moving away Mrs. Sterling said. "Won't you kiss me, Felicia Y" Felicia went back and bent over her mother. The kiss was almost as strange to her as the prayer had been. When Felicia went out of the room, her cheeks were wet with tears. She had not cried since she was a little girl. Sunday morning at the Sterling man- j ?ion was generally very quiet. The girls usually went to church at 11 o'clock | service. Mr. Sterling was not a mem- j ber, but a heavy contributor, and he generally went to chcrch in the morn? ing. This time he did not come down to breakfast and finally sent word by a servant that he did not feel well enough to go out. So Rose and Felicia drove up to the door of the Nazareth Avenue church and entered the family pew alone. When Dr. Bnice walked out of the room at the rear of tho platform and went up to the pulpit to open the Bible, as his custom was, those who knew him best did not detect anything un? usual in his manner or his expression. He proceeded with the service as usual. He was calm, and his voice was steady and firm. His prayer was the first inti? mation the people had of anything new or strange in the service. It is safe to say that the Nazareth Avenue church had not heard Dr. Brace offer such a prayer during the 12 years he had been pastor there. How would a minister bo likely to pray who had ccme out of a revolution in Christian feeling that had completely changed his definition of | what was meant by following Jesus? No one in Nazareth Avenue church had ? any idea that tho Rev. Calvin Brace, D. D., tho dignified, cultured, refined doctor of divinity, had within a few days been crying like a little child, on his knees, asking for strength and cour? age and Christlikeness to speak his Sun? day message, and yet the prayer was an unconscious, involuntary disclosure of the soul's experience such as Nazareth Avenue people seldom heard and never before from that pulpit. In the hush that succeeded the prayer I a distinct wave of spiritual power moved over tho congregation The most careless persons in the church felt it Felicia, whose sensitive religious nature , responded swiftly to every touch of emotion, quivered under the passing of that supernatural power, and when she lifted her head and looked up at the minister there was a look in her eyes that announced her intense, eager an? ticipation of the sceno that was to fol? low And she was not alone in her atti? tude There was something in the prayer and the reraJt of it that stirred many and rraDy a disciple in Nazareth Avenue church. All over tho house men and women leaned forward, and when Dr. Brace began to speak of his visit to Raymond in the opening sentences of his address, which this morning pre? ceded his sermon, thero was an answer? ing response in the church that came back to him as he spoke and thrilled him with the hope of a spiritual bap? tism suc h as he had never during all his ministry experienced. ??I am just back from a visit to Ray? mond," Dr Brace began, "and I want to tell you something of my impressions Of the movement there." He paused, and his look went over his people with yearning for them und at the same time with a great uncer? tainty at his heart. How many of his rich, fashionable, refined, luxury loving members would understand the nature of the appeal he was soon to make to them ? He was altogether in the dark as to that Nevertheless he had been through his desert and had come out of It ready to suffer. He went on now aft? er that brief pause and told the story of his stay in Raymond. The people al? ready knew something of that experi? ment in the First church. Tho whole country had watched the progress of the pledge us it had become history in ?0 many lives. Henry Maxwell had at last decided that the time had come to seek the fellowship of other churches throughout the country. The new djs cipleship in Raymond had proved to be bo valuable in its results that ITenry Maxwell wished the church in general to share with the disciples in Ray? mond. Already there had begun a vol? unteer movement in many of the churches throughout the country, act? ing on their own desire to walle closer in the steps of Jesus. The Christian Endeavor societies had with ei thnsiusm in many churches taken the pledge to do as Jesus would do, and the result was already marked in a de 'per sj>ir itual life and a power in church influ? ence that was like a new birth for the members. All this Dr Draco t Id hi* people simply and witlt 11 personal int Test t ..at evidently led the way to his announce m?*nt, which now t Mowed Felicia had listened to every word with strained attention She sat there by the side of Rose, in contrast like tire beside snow-, I although even Rose was as alert and exclti d as she could be "Dear friellds," ho said, and for the first ti 1110 since his prayer the emotion of the occasion was revealed in his Voice find | lure. "lam going to ask that Nazareth Avenue church take tho name pledge that Rnynioud cl nrch has taken I know what this will mean to you and mo It will mean the eompl ite change of very many habits. It will mean po -iblv social loss It will mean very probably in many cases loss of money H will mean Buffering It will mann what following .Jesus meant in tho first century, and then it meant ?uttering, loss, hardship, separation from every tiling un-Christian But what does following Jesus mean? The test of discipleship is the Fame now as then. Those of yon who volunteer in the Nazareth Avenue church to do as Jeane would do simply promise to walk in his steps, as he gave us command? ment. " Again Rev. Calvin Bruce, pastor of Nazareth Avenue chnrch. paused, and now the result of his announcement was plainly visible in the stir that went over the congregation. He added in a quiet voice that all who volunteered to make the pledge to do as Jesus would do were asked to remain after the morning service. Instantly he proceeded with his por mon. His text was from Matthew viii, 19, "Master, I will follow thee whither? soever thou goest." It was a sermon that touched the deep springs of conduct. It was a rev? elation to the people of the definition their pastor had been learning. It took them back to the first century of Chris? tianity. Above all, it stirred them be? low the conventional thought of years as to the meaning and purpose of church membership. It was such a sermon as a man can preach once in a lifetime and with enough in it for people to live on all through a lifetime. The service closed in a hush that was slowly broken. People rose here and there a few at a time. There was a re? luctance in the movements of the peo? ple that wras very striking. Rose, however, walked straight out the pew, and as she reached the aisle she turned her head and beckoned to Felicia. By that time the congregation was rising all over the church. Felicia instantly answered her sis? ter's look. "I'm going to stay," she said, and Rose had heard her speak in the same manner on other occasions and knew that Felicia's resolve could not be changed. Nevertheless she went back into the pew two or three steps and faced her. "Felicia," she whispered, and there was a flush of anger on her cheeks, "this is folly. What can you do? You will bring disgrace upon the family What will father say? Come. " Felicia looked at her, but did not an? swer at once. Her lips were moving wTith a petition that came from a depth of feeling that measured a new life for her. She shook her head. "No; I urn going to stay I shall take the pledge. I am ready to obey it Ycu do not know why I am doing this." Rose gave her one look and then turned and went ont of tho pew and down the aisle. She did not even stop to talk with her acquaintances. Mrs. Delano was going out of the church just as Rose stepped into the vestibule. "So you are not going to join the doctor's volunteer company?" Mrs. De? lano asked in a queer tone that made Rose redden. "No. Are you? It is simply asburd. I have always regarded the Raymond movement as fanatical. You know Cousin Rachel keeps us posted about it" "Yes; I understand it is resulting in a great deal of hardship in many coses. For my part, I believe Dr. Bruce has simply provoked a disturbance here. It will result in splitting Nazareth Avenue church. You see if that isn't so. There are scores of people in the church who are so situated that they can't take such a pledge and keep it. I am one of them.'' added Mrs. Delano as she went out with Rose. When Rose reached home, her father was standing in his nsucl attitude bo- j fore the open fireplace, smok g a cigar "Where is Felicia ?'' he ask \ as Rose came in alone. "She staid to an after meet' M re? plied Rose shortly She thi\?w * her wraps and was going up stairs 'en Mr. Sterling called after her "An after meeting? What do yon I mean?" "Dr. Bruce asked the church to take the Raymond pledge." Mr. Sterling took his cigar out of his ! month and twirled it nervously be? tween his fingers. "I didn't expect that of Dr Bruce Did any of the members stay?" J "I don't know I didn't." replied Rose, and she went up stairs, leaving her father standing in the drawing loom. After a few minutes he went to the window and stood there looking out at the people driving on the boulevard. His cigar had gone out. but he still fin? gered it nervously. Then he turned from tho window and walked up and down tho room. A servant stepped I across tho hall and announced dinner, and ho told her to wait for Felicia Rose came down stairs and went into the library, and still Mr. Sterling paced the drawing room restlessly. He had finally wearied of the walking apparently and. throwing himself into a chair, was brooding over something daei ly when Felicia came in. He rose and faced her Felicia was evidently very much moved by the meeting from which she had just come. At the same time she did not wish to talk too much about it. Just as she en? tered the drawing room Rose came in from the library "How many staid?" she asked. Rose was curious. At the same she was skep? tical of the whole movement in Ray? mond "About a hundred." replied Felicia gravely Mr Sterling looked surprised Felicia was going out of the room Ho called to her "Do yon really mean to keep the pledge?" ho ask< d Felicia colored Over hor face and neck the warm Mood (lowed as she an? swered, "You would not ask such a question, father, If you bad l>oen pres? ent at the meeting." She lingered a ! moment in tin-renn?. Iben asked tobe excused from dinier for awhile and went up to see her mother i [to hi. coNTiM r.n.l y\ ?<tl?* CUBAN 01L oureH Cut8' ?1$/ Burns, Bruises, Rheuma jl^tism and Sores. Price, 25 els Sold by Hugheoo-Ligoo Co. Good for the Small Towns. There is nothing more encoorag log in the great forward movement in this part of the State than ttie Mpirit and courage of the people 01" tire emulier towns Here is Simp ?entitle, on the Charleston & West ern Carolina railway, 12 rnih-s out. going to work to build a $250,000 cotton mill, and sure to do it Just a few years ago Simpsouville was hardly more than a name?a country hamiet and a poet office Now it has some 300 or 400 people and it boldly tackles a scheme which many places ten times as big balk at Jh? people there are our own home made country people and are show? ing what is in them when they have a chance. They have made some money and are using it to boom and build their town VI e are told that they have subscribed between $30, 000 and $50,000 for the mill and are working like beavers with prospects of a good deal more in sight before they send their list outside 1 They have very wisely put at the head of their enterprise one of the safest and clearest headed men in this city?a man who has built up and developed his own business and managed it successfully and thereby given the best evidence that he will succeed with other enterprises and who commands and deserves the full confidence of the people of this sec? tion of the State ?Greenville News Gifts to the Public. The Chicsgo Tribune has rendered valuable service in grouping the statistics of 1899. The statistics of donations and bequests for public causes and institutions are far in ad? vance of those for any previous year The grand total is $79 278,000 An drew Carnegie gave $2,528,700 for libraries in 21 localities in different parts of the country Thirty four persons made gifts of $100,000 or more each for various objects To charities there were given or be queatbed n total of $13 036,676 ; to churches, $2,961 593 ; to libraries. $5 012 400 ; to museums and art galleries. $3,686,500, and to institu t.ons of learning the magnificent 6um of of $55 581,817, exceeding all other gifts put together In no oiher country in the world are so many and so large gifts made to the public The preponderance of gifts for universities, colleges and acad emies is right, and it is well that the large institutions, with their multi tudes of students should receive large gifts fitting them for the grest work they are to do. The period of great gifts for hospitals seems to be passing, and now is the era for the endowment of public libraries Here Mr Caruegie his done a magnificent work, and his example is stirring up others Scarce any ambition cau be wiser than that which would put good books into the homes of the poorest, and give to every boy and girl the privilege of mental growth. Some- of the most recent gifts are : Through the will of Mrs Caroline Brewer Croft, Harvard receives $100,000. to be devoted to investiga lion of the bsffiing disease, cancer, with hope to find an antidote John D Rockefeller has given Columbia University of New York $100,000 to endow a chair of Psychology An drew Carnegie has promised to give Emporia College in Kansas ?50 000 for a library building as soon as the present debt is paid. -?Mass???^s?? Blamarck'a Iron Nerve. Was the result of his splendid heilth. In d-ruitable will und trcmendous ecergy are not found where Stomach, Liver, Kidneys and Bowels Hre out of order. 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