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To AH VAUGHN Read the f AASAAy /W ^ x// ^ A . /ATj A _ ///^y (T/z^yJ^L^} c^.yJ^/^ t>r^ J} 'ar ^fy^^-*"> t- ? I x -^^^C-pi. :U. t -- /?-C ^/f \lfr???7tcL f ?/<rc /-?>* / / ' f~ t *< IfX^C2? - > / i /. , ; / sf-<yt-C-t'<r\^J y/ /'<! L rT^y re of r^T' ' i"? t > Vntvl roqi i. * i !> i t t t ? i : Hint t . r-.it-*>?i a.\n fr> !> inn -vrri ft* 1 t. *' ? w> r 1 . I . I t ? ? r t<? i'in l i.. pi t-u |-i -? t .-.-xi tfcr. ? .rtf r?-i i|i?>r r\itT.'i-.-r lyftsir^Tlic l nio! IN HIS STEPS. "What Would Jesu> Do?" By Cbarlcs M. Sheldon. JCWprri(litad utiJ published it lif.o:. fori". Ik* Ad v*uui Publishing i t... o: iir' The bishop said to himself tlict night while Rachel was King-iic that i: the w?rid of Einfnl. diseased. depraved. i >st hw mamty ootid only have the gospel preached to it by consecrated prima doanaa and professional tenor? and aix " aad bassos he believed it vr.-id has:-,:, foe coming of the kingdom quicker than any otheT one force. "Wh]r. <.-h, why." he cried in Lis heart as he listened. "has the world's great treasure in ong been so often held far from the poor because the personal possessor of roioe or fingers capable of stirring dirineat melody has so often regarded the gift as something with which to make money? Sbull there be no martyrs among the gifted ones of the earth? Shall there be no giving of this great gift as well as of others?" And Henry Maxwell again, as before, called up that other audience at the Rectangle, with increasing longing for a larger spread of the new discipleship. What he had seen and heard at the settlement bnrned into him deeper tho belief that the problem of the city would be aolved if tho Christians in it should once follow Jesus as he gave commandment But what of this great mass of humanity, neglected and sinful, the very kind of humanity tho Saviour came to save, with all its mistakes and narrowness, its wretchedness and loss of hope?above all, its unqualified bitterness toward tho church V That was what smote Henry Maxwell deepest. Was the church, then, so far from the piaster that the i>coi>le no longer found him in the church? Was it trno that the church had lost its power over the vory kind of humanity which in the early ages of Christianity it reached in the greatest numbers? How much was true in what the socialist leader said about the useleasness of looking to the church for reform or redemption because of the selfishness and seclusion and aristocracy of its members? He was more and more impressed with the appalling fact that the comnarativelv few men in the hall, now being held quiet for awhilo by Rachel's voice, represented thousands of others jnat like them, to whom a church and a minister stood for less than a saloon o* a beer garden as a source of comfort or happiness. Ought it to bo so? If the church members were all doing as Jesus would do, could it remain trno that armies of men would walk the streets for jobs and hundreds of them curse the church and thousands of them find in the saloon their best friend ? How rar were the Christians responsible for this linman problem tlmt was personally illustrated right in this hall tonightl yh* it tmethat the great city churches would, as a mle, refuse to walk in Jeans' steps so closely as to suffer, actually suffer, for his sAke ? Henry Maxwell kept asking this question even after Rachel had finished singing and the meeting hud come to an end. after a social gathering which was very informal He asked it whilo the little company of residents, with the Raymond visitors, were huvinu a devo " Sufferers 5 UTHONTRIPTIC has cur dreadful disease and it j following letter from R. J. I '/fy '> 7> 6 J/ J^/f' fi-XrlXJ^/ &-XX*/ -/ Xr / ~ s * ? /^<X?r? fC~r~>->y&L?. /is*x/??*-* ^ 1,^-7 t~ ^/~r <ra"/-"*- ?<T2^ ./ d^*-^-r^y[ /< ,' /? _. ^ty J? /?* ^**-1. /P^-^/AD looting ofntotrent of my cnsn xr'ilolt T (jta.llv plw. t nM !? ? |.t?i l>ut n ?hort I into. 1 v i\? unn'l1 m llo .' r\l tltuon. I w\? oomiMiVoly fli'o.l ?t tlio tlnio 1 1 *.! ?)< o\(Vp? ?: (!. > Ml! lor ''- > tv " o noo of j\n ?v'In'?. 1 i'. vr ri lo niv ?ior?\ r\ r ing 1 k ?d teoa uuat>lc t?: 0 may oo eoucatteu . I i lhug Co., 13;ink Building; F. C \: i ?vrv :co. as t.io cm torn in tho set- | tl? . : i r :.s. Ho asked it during n con fore not with the bishop find Dt Bruce which lasted r.it.i 1 o'clo<k Ho asked j it as he- ki "'.'cl' ii ::l" r. before sleeping and poured out his son] in Hi- petition tor s] iritn. 1 baptism on tho church in Am< ric: sn.-h a- it bad never I n. u n lb ask.V. it th iir-t tiling it: tho morn 1 in. and all through the day its he went | nv r tit s.-ttlm nr let and saw tho ; lift of the p< pi- s,i far removed from t iv life abundantly Would the church I member.-. i.e. hi tl. Ohri.-tians. not | only it; the t irurches of Chicago, but throughout the country, reins- to walk | in his stops if. in order to do so. they ) trust actually take up a cross and fol; low l.im V This was the one question that continually domnndtd answer He had planned, win n he came to the city, to I rcrr.r:; t > Bnyin>nd and be in his own : I pulpit on f?rr: .\.y. but Friday morning i he Lul r '.tired :.t the tettierrcct a call ; ; fr :n the pastor cf cue of the largest i church. - 5n Chicago r.nd had been in- 1 vit--. t '< fill the pulpit for both morning ! I and evening services. j i t firt he hesitated, but finally ncc r i:i it the hand of tho fcpirit s gu.idimr power. He would tost hi- own qu. -Hon. II ? would provo the truth er falsity (f the c harge made against the church r.t tho settlement : meeting. How far would it go in it's ! s' If d ni.-il 1' >r .T. sir;' TTow clou. ! wonl 1 it walk in his steps? Was the clinrch willing to suffer fur its Master? Saturday night he spent in prayer uearly the whole night. There had never been so great a wrestling in his soul, even (luring his strongest experiences in Raymond, lie had, in fact, entered upon a row experience. The definition of his own discipleship was receiving an added test at this time, and ho was being led into a larger truth of lii3 Lord. The great church war, filled to its utmost-. Ilenry Maxwell, coining into the pulpit from that all night vigil, felt the I rcssnru of a great curiosity on the part c.f the people. They had hoard of the Raymond movement, as all tho churches 1 had, and tho recent action of Dr. Bruce ' had added to tho general interest in the pledge. With this curiosity was some' thing deeper, more serious. Mr. Max' w< 1! felt that, also, and in tho knowledge that the Spirit's presence was his living 1 strength lit; brought Ids no sago and gave it t i tho church that day. ' 1,. 1.-.. v.. | called a p'rent preacher. lie harl not the force or the quality that makes remarkable preach is. Llut ? ver :.inc?: he had k pronii: (1 to do an Jesus won Id do he had Ki*<-v n in a certain quality of persuasiveness that had all the essentials of j true eloquence. This morning the pco> pie felt the eotnp.l. te since vity and hn' j mility of a man who had tfonc deep into ! ' the heart of a threat truth. After toll' im< l>ri( fly of some results in his own ^ I church in Raymond since the pledge , was taken he went on to ask the qncs| i tion ho had been asking since tho fcttl.;y ! ment meeting. He had taken for his theme the story of the yottn# man who cause to Je.-ns i:.-!:in;j what ho must d< to obtain et? n:::I life. Jeans had tested , \ him "Sell all that thon hast and j;ivi ; to the j oor. ::rrd thou fhalt have treasure in heaven And. come; follow mo." j Unt Hit,' young man was not willing tc i snfifer to that extent. If following .leant j meant suffering in that way. ho was j not willing. lie would like to follow j Jesus, but not if ha had to give up ec i ranch Is it true." continued Ilenry Max well, and his fine, thoughtful face : glowed with n passion of appeal thai j stirred the people as they had seldom bean stirred?"is it trno that the church From DR cd thousands of desperate ci will positively cure you. ietsill, Maj. 18th Reg.S.C. V J? /^?Ji"Z~ s^acL* sj^ ft 7? /S ~7/^>-7t -y J? -^?e-*t- yC^ /&cr-? Sy ^y>7 s/&*s i * ~ /?*-*?.' y a^> {Ji ?y {2^'fys- c. ~l?? * * */?' <? jfy*~~*7 {r st",v.> tvon RiifTorlnx for Utroo roars from <lrofr.y. prr <v> u < \.-opt Fl).>rU v nf tor 1 ?'! ?*{ t \i>;<o.I. ovovv Us.vio < ioc!\n v.\l:onvn i: rt;osTr>iPTli\ i*rtai*tiy i?? it I have tttol right ttoulcsot V.\milN'S I.ITUONT! I.) for ihw: \$ tao jvau. Vou tuny pu'ollsli such <c? :aj . Duke, epposite Union Hotel; l.ii of today. the church that is called after Christ s own name, would refuse to . follow Jesus at the expense of suffering. ^ of physical loss, of temporary gain* ( The statement was made at a large gathering in the settlement last week . by a leader ?>f workingmon that it was ( hopeless to look to the church for any reform or redemption of society. On what was that statement based? Plain- j ly on the assumption that the <hurch i] contained for the most part men and women who thought more of their own j J ease and luxury than of the sufferings and needs and sins of humanity. How , far was that true? Are the Christians , of America ready to have their disciple- ( ship tested? How about the men who j possess large wealth? Are they ready to j take that wealth and use it as Jesus ( would ? How about the men and women , of great tahnt ? -Ate- they ready to consecrate that talent to humanity, us Jesus undoubtedly would do? "Is it not true that the call has come . in this ago for a new exhibition cf ais ciplesliip. Christian disciplcslnp? You . who live in this Bront, sinful city must know that bettor than 1 do. Is it possi| ble you can bo your ways careless or j thoughtless <.,f tho awful conditioa cf men and women and children who are dying. body and soul, .for Christian help? Is it not a matter of concern to you personally that tho saloon kills its thousands more surely than wnr? Is it not a matter cf personal suffering in some form for you that thousands of ablebodicd. willinB men tramp the streets < f this city and all cities crying for work and drifting into crime and suicide hecunso they cannot find it? Can you ray that this is none cf your business? Let each man look after himself? Would it not bo true, think you, that if every Christian in America aid as Jcsu3 would do society itself, tho business world?yes, the very political system under which our commercial and governmental activity is carried on? would he so changed that human suffering would be reduced ton minimum? "What would bo tho result if all the church members of this city tried to do as Jesus would do? It is not (ossible to say in detail what the effect would be, but it is easy to say. and it is tvue. that ' instantly the human problem would bej gin tn find an adequate nnsw r "What is the test of Christian disci! phr.hip? Isit not the same as in Christ's j own lifetime? Have our snrroundings | modified or changed tho test? If Jesus j wore h< re today, would he no* call some I r.f ?Vw. i.,? ,.r <i.a. ?i. do just what lie commanded the yonng man and r.slr inrn to give up his wealth i nii'l literally follow him? I believe ho | won 1(1 do that if ho felt certain that j any church member thought more of j his possessions than of his Saviour. The teat would ho the same today as then. I believe Jesus would demand, ho does i demand now, as close a following, as much suffering, as great s<?lf denial, as when he lived in person on tho earth and said. 'Kxcept n man renouncetli all that ho huili. he cannot ho my disciplo' j 1 ?that is. unless he is willing to do it ' ; for my sake he cannot he my disciple. ' { "What would he the result if in this city every church member should begin J ; to do as Jesus would do? It is not easy i to go into details of the rcar.lt, bnt we | all know that certain things wcnld he ( ! impossible that aro now practiced by ( church members. What would Jesus do . | in tho matter of wealth? How would | ho spend it? What principle would rogi nlate his use of money? Would lio be liic ly to live in great luxury and spend ten times as much on personal adornment ami entertainment as lie spent to r !i've the needs of suffering humanity ? ' How would Josus bo governed in tho OPSY. Lses of tJiis ols., i860. ///^,< s/S. 1'// y H Z7 ? t'V ,^2^2 -y ->^'r~?, -Z-> + y "gZZrzt-Z. .yi/z l; a? ^- >v; - <. 1Z / <*. Z?~ s ~Z Z f- s> ' Sj ytZZ> it.'! nincr>',"? rv?"*' f*? " * 1 nijiVirly till I. ? tl i' <1 \> n : . !.* ? to::!' 'v I:.'. ! <.I ; ? >i ; U! ?*T V II ! r "> i '? < < ' ' I , I alatoiao'it j: ? yon may uw.. u. 1 .. j iidol's I )i ii? Store. : "... r.7: v. onto ne unto inn* lis fivi 1 saloon and other disreputnblo nr. ; ! ty or even from tenement property that ws* so constructed that tho inmates ha.I r.o such t hi nit as a homo m 1 no such ; ossibility as privacy or cleanliness? "What would Jesus do abortt tho great army of unemployed and desperate who tramp tho streets and curse tho church or are indifferent to it. lost in the bitter strangle for the bread that tastes bitter whi n it is earned, on account of the desperate conflict to get it? iVonld Jesus euro nothing for them? iYould he go his way in comparative >ase and comfort? Wonld ho say it was lone of his business? Would he excuse liniself from all responsibility to remove he causes of such a condition? "What would Jeans do in the center >f a civilization that hurries so fast ifter money that the very girls emiloyed in great business houses are not >aid enough to keep soul and body together without fearful temptations, so ;rcat that scores of them fall and are swept over tho great, boiling abyss; I where the demands of trade sacrifice I Hundreds of lads in 11 business that \u- I lores all Christian duties toward thorn n the way of education and moral training and personal affection? Would Icsus if he were here today, as a part if our ago and commercial industry, 'eel nothing, do nothing, say nothing, n the face of these facta, which every Dusinesa man knows? "What would .Jesus do? Is not that ivhat the disciple onglit to do? Is he lot commanded to follow in his stops? How much is the Christianity of the igo suffering for him? Is it denying itlelf at the cost of ease, comfort, luxury, jlegance of living? What does tho age need more than personal sacrifice? Does tho church do its duty in following Jesus when it gives a little money to establish missions or relieve extreme ;ases of want? Is it any sacrifice for a man who is worth $10,000,000 simply to give $10,000 for some benevolent work? Is he not giving something that i-octs him practically nothing, so far as :ny personal pain or suffering goes? Is it true that the Christian disciples toflay in most of our churches are living -<1t, easy, selfish lives, very far from nny sacrifice th.it can bo called sacrifice Y What would .Jesus doY "It is the personal element that Christian discipleship needs to cmphasize. "The gift without the giver is bare." The Christianity that attempts to enfjuT by prosy is not the Christianity of ( hrist Each individual Christian. business man. citizen, needs to follow in his steps along tho path of personal aacrifico for hiiu. There is not a different path today from that of Jesus' own times. It is the same path. The call of this dying century and of tho new one soon to bo is called for a new disciplesliip. a new fellowship of Jesus. more liko the early, simple, apostolic Christianity when the disciples left all and literally followed the Master. Nothing but a discipleship of this kind can face the destructive selfishness of the age with any hope of overcoming it. There is a groat quantity of nominal Christianity today. There is noed of moro of the real kind. Wo need a revival of the Christianity of Christ. Wo have, unconsciously, lazily, selfishly. formally, grown into a discipleship that Jesus himself would net acknowledge. He would say to many of ns \vli?n wo cry. 'Lord. Lord.' 'I never knew yon.' Are we ready to take np tho crossY la it possible for this cliarch to sing with exact truth "Jcmis, I my rrosa have taken. All to leave an J follow tlieef "If we can sing that*truly. then we may claim discipleehip, bnt if onr definition of being a Christian is simply to enjoy the privileges of worship, be generous at no expense to ourselves, have a good, easy time, surrounded by pleasant friends and by comfortable things, livo respectably and at the same time avoid the world's great stress of sin and trouble becauso it is too much pain to bear it?if this is our definition of Christianity, surely we are a long wny from following the steps of him who trod tlio way with groans and tears and sobs of anguish for a lost humanity; who sweat, as it were, great drops of blood; who cried out on the upreared cross, 'My God, my God. why hast thou forsaken me?' "Are wo ready to make and livo a new discipleship? Are we ready to reconsider onr definition of a Christian? What is it to bo a Christian ? It is to imitate Jesus. It is to do as he would do. It is to walk in his steps." to),,,., it,,.,..*, i,;? I T uv.ll 11V1U J iU(|A>TCU uiunuuu lllO sermon, he paused and looked at the people with a look they never forgot and at the moment did not understand. Crowded into that fashionable church that day were hundreds of men and women who had for years lived the easy, satisfied life of a nominal Christianity. A great silence fell over the congregation Throu h the rilcnce there came to the consciousness of nil the J souls there present a knowledge, stranger to them now fo years, of a Divine power. Everyone xpected the preacher to call for volunteers who would do as Jesus would do. but Henry Maxwell had boon led by the Spirit to deliver his message this time nnd wait for results to come. He closed tho service with a tender prayer that kept the Divino presence lingering very near every hearer, nnd tho peoplo slowly rose to go out. Then followed a scene that would have been impossible if any mere man had been alono in his striving for results. sa ootrrnrrxm] MIsscil (lie Itlrd. hat Got Its Mlicncmi. A llristol sportsman shooting at a pigeon a day or two ago sent a bullet <iK>iiijsi iiiu uirgu giaiu glass ill luu front of the Bristol jiostoflice. The ball struck the glass nt an angle of about 30 degrees and glanced off. It apparently cracked the glass, producing a large, starlike impression. To rub one's tinge? over this impression will demonstrate that the glass is really not in a cracked condition In the center of the impression is the imago of a bird, much mora perfect in detail than could bo produced by the most skilled artist who engraves in steel The wings, tail, etc., are noted for perfection in every detail and are so delicate and beautiful us to inspire iustaut admiration and wonder. The incident is a most singular one indeed, and by what strange art the leaden ball photographed the image of the pigeon on the window pane may never be explained.?Nashville Banner. f X M mm m mmm ? You can fir varietv of Tovi V 1/ at the lowest " WONDER We cannot beg things, but will just: find the thing tha 4 Wonder btore" yoi find it anywhere els Dolls that slee] awake, Dolls with 1 Dolls that have no < uoiib inattaiK. uoii All Kinds Jumping Dogs, J Running Horses, Co^ at cheap prices at th "W0N1E1 TO THE PUBLIC. The Ginnery of the Union Oil fend Manufacturing Company ' will ooly run on Saturdays after Jan. 6, 1900. W. E. Thomson, Pres. SOUTHERN RAILWAY. ) ! OoadraMd Schedule la EBmI December 10th, 1393. STATIONS. Lv. Charleston 1 00 " Sammerville. 741 at " Branohvlllo 8 66 am " Orangeburg ?28 a a " Kingvilie W 15 a a ErT Savannah. I 12 00 a a A " Harnwell 4 00 h Si 9 y Blaokvllle _4 18 a cy Lt. Colombia...... 11 01 a o " Proaperity 12 10 a'n " Newberry 12 25 pa ? 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Trains leave Greenville, A. and C. diviaiom. northbound, 0:00 a. m., 2:04 p. m. fui<lo:2L'p. aC, (Voetibuled Limited): soutnbound. 1 :8G a. na, 4:80 p. nr., 12:00 p. m. (Vcstibulod Limited^ Trains 0 and 10 oarry elegant Pullman slopping cars between Savannah and Aaheville route dally between Jacksonville and Clnoiftr nati. Also Pullmap Drawing-room sleeping oar* between Charleston and Columbia. FRAN K S. GANNON, J. M. CUI" Third V P. & Gen. Mgu, Traffic Mgr., Washington, D. Ct Washington, n. OL W. A. TURK, S. H. HARDWIOK. Gen. Pass. Ag't., Aa't U?n. Paae. Ag'V, Washington, D. O. Atlanta, Out A S! I >^tT.rf*a..i i i <"w i -*i i a, ii I'll ii id the biggest s and Presents prices at the * STORE. " ?in to mention the say that if you can't t you want at the a need not expect to ;e. 4 ??? ?? Dolls. ?, Dolls that stay oeautiful clothes on . 2lothe3, from lc up, s that walk. i Of Toys. /lonkoys, Bears, etc. >vs, etc. Big display I STORE." J