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tA < 1 / \ / ?, . 1 V A J j[ .? . . 1V: ^ t ^ _ * J ? n ixCaci T.?ic fo /? six ^rO sULrJ; J?*C*a,y *+i? // J'/. y7~'r/f A A/rA>ALf ' ///>f f ^ cj^sJc^i^/jL. >v^?.. <&~2 f / M p i ^--a-j^t--d-<C-a ^Z/^e. [Yourc of recent <lnto to hand request! fclrtri 5 ?. 11 / phyolrlami r.nlil that I could }v r*'Jlons ?!: .?.wn from x-rotutti several tii r.otil. Wm inmbln to p.-1 any rest or Biro r^o to attend to my IiuhIrcss. I can no 1*?<1 to fftvo It, ns eonio poor sufferer ntoy Tjtar'Tlie Ui)ion i IN HIS STEPS. 1 t c "What Would \ r Jesus Do?" . c r " By Charles M. Sheldon. * [ spyrightcd and published in book form by t aha Advance Publishing Co., of Chicago.] f CHAPTER XII. p YH Isckcst thou one thing. Sell all that thou 1 hast and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt t hare treasure in heaven. And. come; follow me. f When Henry Maxwell began to speak j to the Bonis crowded into the settlement v hall that night, it is doubtful if lie bad t rer before faced sncli an undience in r hia life. It is nnit.o certain that the i city of Raymond did not contain sncli ^ a variety of humanity. Not even the t Rectangle at its worst could furnish so j many men and women who had fallen entirely out of tho reach of tlio chnrcb , and all religious and even Christian in- ( fluenoes. What did he talk abont? He had already decided that point. He told in | the simplest language he could com- t mand some of tho results of obedience to the pledge as it had been taken in ^ Raymond. Every man and woman in ( that audience knew something nbont j Jeans Christ. They all had some idea of , ma character, and. however much they had grown bitter toward the forma of Christian ecclesiasticism or the social system, they preserved some standard of right and truth, and what little some of them still retained was taken from the person of the peasant of Galilee. 80 they were interested in what Maxwell said. "What would Jesus do 1" lie began to apply the question to the social problem in general after finishing the tory of Raymond. The audience was respectfully attentive. 11 was more than that It was genuinely interested. As Mr. Maxwell went on faces all over the hall leaned forward in a way very seldom seen in church audiences or anywhere else, except among workiugmen or the people of the street when once they are thoroughly aroused. "What would Jeans do?" Suppose that were the motto not only of the churches, but of the business men, the politicians, the newspapers, the workingmen. tho society people How long would it take. ] x under snch a standard of condnct, to I ( revolutionize the world T What was the ; trouble with the world? It wns suffering from selfishness. No one ever lived who had succeeded in overcoming selfishness like .Testis If men followed him. , regardless of results, the world would at once begin to enjoy a new life Henry Maxwell never knew how ! much it meant to hold the respectful J attention of that hall full of diseased ! and sinful humanity. The bishop and j ut nrnce, Bitting tnero. looking on. I | eeeing many faces that represented scorn ot creeds, hatred of the social order, I | desperate narrowness and selfishness, j marveled that oven so soon, under tho influence of the settlement life, tho jftftaiixig process bad began to lesson j ike bitterness of hearts, many of which , had grown bitter from neglect and in- I difference. , And still, in spite of the ontward how of respect of tho speaker,, no one, not even the bishop, had nny tmo con- ; oeption of the pent np feeling in that , room that night. Among the men who had heard of the meeting and had re- | Ponded to the invitation wore 20 or 00 ( ;5> la i f 0 rC TS FJTniCNTRIPTIC has cure dreadful disease and it \ !lowing letter from R. J. Bi (UMj./ 'c*^(?<*'? ?^V J AZ"S- s4?-Z^lP~1^x. * Js /t^-^-fZ- (2-+-t-rX, r^f J? -Z^l~ Ing statement of my cano which I gladly civ."*. I h I not last hut a short tkino. I was unnhlo to Mo rlo' ...W. . .inn Wiu|i|.nri7 lltlfiu (lb Lilt' Mill" 1 W* |> except whtlo under tlio Influonoo of an opiate. I \v rlda my homo, n tiling I had boon uuablo to da bo benefitted thereby. 1 Jrug (Jo., Bunk Building; F. C. ..Tt cr tvoiK, wlio had strolieit past, inu ottlcment that afternoon, read the noice of tlio meeting rind had come in nit of curiqpity and to escape the chill last wind. It was a bitter night, and he saloons wero fall, but in that wholo listrict of over 30,000 souls, with tlio ixccption of the saloons, thoro was not i uour open to the people except the lean, pure. Christian door of the settlcuent. Where would a man without a lonio or without work or without riends naturally go unless to a saloon? It had been the custom at the settlenent for a free and open discussion to ollow an open meeting of this kind, ind when Henry Maxwell finished and ) at down the bishop, who presided to- j light, rose and made tho aunonecmcut j hat any man in tho hall was at liberty", o ask questions, to speak out his feelngs or declare his convictions, always , vith tho understanding that whoever j ook part was to observe tho sinmlo * ulca that governed parliamentary bod- ! cs and obey Ibo three " "'nnte rule. I vliich. by common concent, would bo ' uforced on account of tho numbers J present. Instantly n number of voices from I nen v.dio had been at previous meetings )f this kind exclaimed, "Consent, content!" The bishop sat. down, and immediate- . y a man near tho middlo of the hall osc and began to speak. "I want to say that what Mr. Maxyell has said tonight comes pretty close 0 mo. I knew Jack Manning, tho felow ho told about, who died at hi3 lourc. I worked on next caso to his in 1 printer's shop in Philadelphia for two rears. Jack was a good fellow. IIo lent no $.") once when I was in a hole, and [ never got a chance to pay it back. Ho novod to New York, owing to a change 11 tho management of. tho office that iirow Mm out, and I never saw him igain. When the linotype niaehino :amo in. I was 0110 of Uio men to go nit, just as ho diil. I hnvo been out nost of tho timo since. They say in rent ions are a good-thing. I won't always see it myself, but I suppose I'm prejudiced. A man naturally is when lie loses a steady job because a machine takes his place. About this Christianity he tells about, it's all right, but I never ?spect to so; any such sacrifice on tho part of church people. So far us my observation goes, they're jusf as selfish <nd as greedy for money or worldly success as anybody. I except tho bishop nnd Dr. Bruce and a few others, bnt I never found much difference between, men of tho world, as they're called, and church members when it came to business and money making. Ono class is just as bad as another there." Cries of "That's sol" "You'reright 1" "Of course!" intciruptrd the speaker, nnd the- minute ho sat down two men who were on their feet for several seconds before tho first speaker was through began to talk ac once. Tho bishop called them to order and indicated which was entitled to tho floor The man who remained standing began eagerly "This is the first timo I wan ever in I i i- !"? > - " *- 1 inn, 41 in< urn; uu il ii do itio in.si. r net is. I'm about at tho end of my string. I've tramped this city for work until I'm sick. I'm in plenty of company. Bay. I'd like to ask a question of tho minister if it's fair. May IV" "That's for Mr. Maxwell to say. said tho bishop. "By all means," roplied Mr. Maxwell quickly. "Of course I will not promise to answer it to tho gentleman's satisfaction. " "This is my question." Tho man leaned forward and stretched out a long1 arm. with a certain dramatic foroe that From DR d thousands of desperate cs vill positively cure you. etsill, Maj. 18th Reg. S.C. V ft ~7r sS ^ &s??i~~rcs* ->-2^6-^>-v^ A-t? /*?.?*-? /ijlOsi*? iavo boon BnfTcrinpr for three years from dropsy. po ivn oxcopt Blmrtly aftor ItolnR tappoil. every tlssno < pan VAl'GIlN'ft LITHONTMPTIO, i>orf(vtiy hf>lp!r I liavo used eight bottlesOf YAUGIIN'8 IilTUONI i lor nearly two yean*. 1'ou may publish such of m Duke, opposite Union Hotel; Li grow naturally enough out or Ills condition as a human being. "I want to know what .Testis wonld do in my case? I haven't had a stroko of work for two months. I'vo got a wife nnd three children, and I lovo them as much aa if 1 was worth a million dollars. I'vo been living off a little earnings I saved np during tne World's fair jobs I got. I'm u carpenter by trade, and I've tried every way I know to get a job. Yojguoy wo ought to tako for our motto, "Wnat would Jesus dor' what would he do if he was out of work like mo? I can't be somebody else and ask the question. 1 want to work. I'd pi ye gnvthinr to grow tired of working ten hours a day the way I used to. Am I to blame because I can't manufacture a job for myself ? I've got to live and my wifo and my children. But liow? What would Jesus do? Yon say that's the question wo all ought to ask. " Henry Maxwell sat there staring at the great sea of faces all intent on his. Sind nn nnswr>r tn tl.io r\, CI ' a r, r< I seemed, for the time being. to be possible. "O GodI" his heart prayed. "This is a question that brings up the entire social problem in all its perplexing entanglement of human wrongs and its present condition, contrary to every desire of God for a human being's welftto. Is there any condition more awful than for a man in good health, able and eager to work, with no means of honest livelihood unless he does work, actually unable to get anything to do and driven to one of three things?begging for charity at the hands of friends or strangers or suicide or starvation? What would Jesus do? It was a fair question for the man to ask. It was the only question he could ask. supposing him to be a disciple of Christ, hut what a question for any man to be obliged to ask under such conditions!" All this and more did Henry Maxwell ponder. All the others wero thinking in tho saimo way. The bishop sat there with ii look so stern and sad that it was not hard to tell how tho question moved him. Dr. Ilrueo had his head bowed. Tho human problem had never seemed to him e,:> tragic r.3 since ho had taken the pledge and left his church to enter tho settlement. What would Jesus do? It was a terriblo question, and still the man stood there, tall and gaunt and almost terrible, witli his arm stretched out in an appeal which grew every second in moaning. n-ilgifl r-ir. 1UUXWC11 EVOSO "Is there any nmn in the room who is a Christian disciplo who has boon in this condition and has tried to do as Jcsns would dot If eo. nucli a man can answer hia question bettor than I can." Thoro was a moment's hush over the room, and then a man near the front of the hall slowly rose. He was an old man. and the band ho laid on tho back of tho bench in front of him trembled as ho spoko: "1 think I can rafoly pay that I have many times been in just such a condition and have always tried to bo a I Christian under all conditions. I don't j know that 1 have always asked this I question. 'What would Jcsns do?' when I liavo been ont of work, but I do know I I have tric l to bo hiu dir-ciple at all times. Yes." tho man went on. with a sad Jir.ile that was more pathetic to the bishop and Mr. Maxwell than tho young man's prim despair?"yea. 1 have begged. and 1 bovo been to tho charity organizations. and I have done every: thing when out of a job. except steal ! and lie. in order to pet food and fnel. I I den't 1 now that Jeans would have done | somu of the things I have born obliged | to do for a living, tut I know I have never knowingly done wrong when ont ' of work, Sometimes I think mavbe ho was wonl bor u APCV "F X? r a,;-' ii o ci applti ises of this ,Fil "fret Ra OlS., i860. very tian . rt- Ray I y / servii ^ to Bil //P/> / y Cei ***? ewcrt word &zCJti&r a? ^ y -y s 1 Rectf J, ^ . lr'? I ^ fi'iz ^ * ? %.'the fi< /V~ a goo ^ ecrvii sv~ S> f- nial k^^Ct_ CC*^??? of tlii / ^7 Stirel y 111 r /^y^rJ^c. of'?n Cv&r^ fol((.;t( ^ /" f?ce-4^->*^ < i ^ - v o lovo ^ ~r'" ~~^ j tcncc ^7 " nnd 1 nornl nnn?nrrn. cf?'i?o<l fi-r>m !'w*.?I The X>:ii|iJotoly till.aj, f- u-;.at. ?l \ i.'> i' : : to 1*1 k?. Iocs tcriltily Irllm.iil an I i - u. i ; -i..,. miP-I KJ an.l a:n ih.-.v r.Mi f r. vi i-< : : I |?.Ut y Btatomout as jou uiuy Ocs.iu. i uul of tl nders Drug Store. for"t whili wan babi< spok< and won let havo starved sooner than beg. I erect J ?X 1 M uuii l Know. sista The old man's voice trembled, and ho the iookod around tlio room timidly. A si- anyt lence followed, broken by a fierce voico nech from a large, black haired, heavily wors bearded man who sat three seats from the j the bishop. The minute he spoke nearly of a everj* man in the hall loaned forward look eagerly. The man who had asked the his f question, "What would Jesus do in my case?" slowly sat down and asked the man noxt to him. "Who's that?" I "That's Carlsen, tho socialistic lend- Tl: er. Now you'll hear something. " 'n C "This is all bosh, to my mind." be- wcr< gan Carlsen. while his great, bristling n r beard shook with tho deeji. inward anger of the man. "The whole of onr system is at fault. What we call civiligation is rotten to tho core. Thcro is no use trying to hide it or cover it up We live in an ago of trusts ar.d com- \'i*j bines and capitalistic greed that means yAf simply death to thousands of innocent '' \ men, women and children. I thank jvj God. if there is a liod. which I very much doubt, that I. for one. have never dared to marry and try to have a homo ?Home! Talk of hell I Is there any bigger than the or.o this man with his tlirco children has on his hands right this minute? And he's only ono out of thousands, and vat. this aitv nrrl avarx? ?. ?? j ~--j """# "XT C other big city in this country lias its \/ ^ thousands of professed Christians who have all the luxuries and comforts and . who ho to church Sundays and sing O "T their hymns about giving all to Jesus and bearing the cross and following him all tlio way and being saved! I don't g g say that there aren't sonio good men and women among Ihcui, but let the minister who lias spoken to us here tonight go into any one of a dozen nris- ... , tocratie churches I could name and propose to the members to take any such pledge as the one lie's proposed hero and sco how quick the pcoplo would laugh f V* j at him for a fool or a crank or a fanatic. C*1J i Oh, 1:0! That's not the remedy. That fj ?-? can't over amount to anything. We've II got to have n new start in the way of government. Tlio whole thing needs re- ? constructing. I don't look for any roc ... it.:.. _ 1. ? ll I 11)1111 >VU11?1 I'.uy llllUg IU COIIIU Dill OI * 4 * tlio churches. They are not with the people. They are with the aristocrats. ?? with the men of money The trusts and fty monopolies have their greulest men in EI the churches. The ministers as a class u are their slaves. What we need is a ; system that shall start from the com mon basis of socialism founded on the rights of the common people" ? Carlncn had evidently forgotten all about the throe minute rule and was launching himself into a regular ora tion that meant, in his usual surroundings. before his neual audience, an honr av\ at lenst. when the man just behind him _ pulled him down unceremoniously and L|0 rose. Carlson was angry at first and threatened a little disturbance, but the L)0 bishop reminded him of the rule, ami he subsided, with several muttering? ? in his beard, while the next speaker be gan with a very strong eulogy 011 the A value of the single tax as a genuine r.? ~ 11 1 :n~ tt~ _ / * I lOUiQUjr lUl 4(11 IIIU I1JM. liU W4W ^ J followed by a man who mado a bitter attack on the chnrchcs and ministers and declared that the two great obsta ?? cles in the way of all true reform were the courts and the ecclesiastical machines. When he sat down, a man who bore Ru every mark of being a streot laborer sprang to his feet and ponrcd out a per feet torrent of abuse against the corporations, especially the railroads. The / ? minute his timo wus up a big, brawny fl H ' feliow who said ho was a metal worker by trade claimed the floor and declared that the remedy for the social wrongs trades unionism. 'This, lie said. , d bring on the millennium for laiioio than anything else. The next endeavored to give some reasons so many persons wcro out of cmncnt and condemned inventions as forks of the devil. He was loudly tuded by the rest of the company, nally the bishop <^Jlcd time on the ?for all" and asked Rachel to sing chcl Win slow had grown into a strong, healthful, humble Chrisduring that wonderful year in nond dating from the Sunday i she first took the pledgo to do as i would do, and her great talent of had been fully consecrated to the :o of her Master. When pho began ig tonight at this settlement meet-ho had never prayed more deeply :sults to come from her voice?tho which she now regarded as tho cr'o, to ho used for him. rtainly her prayer was being ?n:d as slio sang. Slio had chosen the s: Hark, the voice of Jesus calling. Follow tne, follow me I ain Henry Maxwell, sitting there, reminded of his first night at the intrlo in the tent when Rachel samr icoplo into qnlet. Tho eneet was imo hern. Y/hat wonderful power d voice consecrated to tho Master's o always is I Rachel's great notability would have made her cue 9 foremost opera singers of tlio ago. y this audience had never before I such melody. How could it V The who had drifted in from tho street ntranccd by a voice which "back 0 world" never could l?o heard hy lonunon p-eoplo because tho owner would charge or ?3 for the | lege. Tho song poured out through all as free and glad as if it were a aste of salvation itself, risen, with his great black bearded absorbed tho music with the deep of it peculiar to his nationality. 1 tear ran over his cheek and glisl in his beard as his face softened became almost nob':1 in it' aspect, man out e f work y ho had want* d ?-1- -* ? - ? ? ' * ' now wiKii .j( sua v." rr. i t;.) iu 1:13 i sat with grimy hand on the back 10 bench in front of him, with his h partly open, his [treat tragedy ;he moment forgotten. Tho song 5 it lasted was food and work and ath and union with his wifo mid onco more. Tho man who had n so iiorcely against tho churches tho ministers sat with his head ; at first, with a look of stolid renee. as if lie stubbornly resented introduction into the exercises of hing that was even remotely coned with tho church or its form of hip, but gradually lie yielded to lower that was swaying the hearts 11 tho persons in that room, and a of sad tlioughtfulncss crept over ace. C#o n ooirnrruux] ie silkworm was originally found !lilna, and fabrics of this material ? made in that country nbout 2700 1 ^ jr m fssr 1 a You can fir rriety of Toyi 3 the lowest WONDER We cannot be* ings, but will just; d the thing tha fonder store" yoi a it anywhere els )olls, Dolls that sleej fake, Dolls with t lis that have no c lis that talk, Doll J1 Kinds Jumping Dogs, IV nning Horses, Cov cheap prices at th WONDER I ?? zr TO THE PUBtlC. Tho Ginnorj of the Union Oil Manufacturing Company will only^P run on Saturday!* after Jan. 6, 1900. W. K. Thomson, Pres. SOUTHERN RAILWAT. \ j CoadenieO Schedule In Kflfoot December lOtb, I59T. STATIONS. Kx. Sun. Daily* No. 17. No. 1L Lv. Charleston 7 00 a rri " Summsrville. 7 *1 ? m " Branehvlllo a 36 a fcn m 9fan?.?i,urK ? 28 a B? x . Klngville + ij o ta Lv. Savannah u 06 a at " Barnwell 4 uO a ns " Black villa . i;";. I is a 5 Lv. Columbia 11 05 " Prosperity 12 10 ; M 3S ewborry U 23 o -dr " Nlnoty-Six 1 idS p n? " Greenwood. 7 40 a in 153pm At. Ilodgca 8 00 n m 2 13pm Lv. Abbcyjiio 7 2u a m 1 33 p ip Ar. Helton 8 53 iv in 3 10 p 51 Lv. Amlerflon 8 20 n 111 2~33 p iji At. QreonrlTle. .. 10 U a in 4 13 p m Ax. Atlanta.(pan.TiinVl 11 35 p m 0 00 p a STATIONS Sun. Dally , No. 18. No. IZ Lv. Greenville 5 30 n m ~l5 10 & m " Piedmont G 0.) p m 13 49 m A 5> illinniston p in 10 55 p a Ar. Anderson 7 15 |> hi 11 40 a~? Lv. Bolton 0 4o p iu 11 15 m m Ar. DormnUls 7 15 p m 11 40 ^ m Ar. 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Jlgik, Traffic Mgr., i Washington, D. 01 "Waslilngton, D. OL i W. A. TURK, B. H. HARD WICK. Quu. l'nss. Ag't.. Aa't Gen. Pass. Ag't,, Washington, D. O. Atlanta, Oul I a s r? sdEm&km&mdSkaaz i Ab/1 nfnm? U> ^ id the biggest s and Presents * TIP! P. ASS Pl.t, +,VlA A. r*-' U 1 i / STORE." ^in to mention the) say that if you can't t you want at the 11 need not expect to ;e. ??7Z?> Dolls. ), Dolls that stay Fill nlr\tV?rvn /-> ?-? rv.uutiiiui V^i W IjllGO Ull :lothes, from lc up, s that walk. Of Toys. lonkeys, Bears, etc. vs, etc. Big display ? STORE." *