Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-09-28

to cooperate with him in the matter of
contributors That will be my pur-
pose, as shall be able to show you in
few days
al. Whatever the details of the pa
per might demand as tho paper de-
veloped along its definite plan, the main
principle that guided il would always
be tho establishment of the kingdom Of
God in the world This large general
principle would necessarily shape all
the details. "
Edward Norman finished reading his
plan. He was very thoughtful
81 have merely sketched very faint
outline | have hundred ideas for
making the paper powerful that have
not yet thought out fully This is sim
ply suggestive | have talked it over
with other newspaper men. Some Of
them say l will have weak, Mandy
PANTY Sunday school sheet. If / get
out something as good as o Sunday
school it will be pretty good. Why do
men when they want to characterize
something as particularly feeble always
use a Sunday school as a comparison
when they ought to know that the Sun.
day school is one Of the strongest most
powerful influences in our civilization
i'll this country today But the paper
will not necessarily be weak because
it is good. Good things are more pow
e1ful than bad. The question with me
is largely one of support from the Chris
tian people Of Raymond There are over
90, 900 church members here in the
city. If half Of them will stand by The
News its life is assured. What do you
think, Maxwell, is the probability of
such support"
81 don't know enough about il to
give an intelligent answer / believe in
the paper with all my heart, If il lives
a year, as Miss Virginia said, there is
no telling what it can do. The great
thing will be to issue such paper, as
near as we can judge, as Jesus probably
would and put into it all the elements
of Christian brains, strength, intelli-
gence and sense and command, respect
by the absence Of bigotry, of fanati-
cism, narrowness and anything else that
is contrary to the spirit of Jesus Such
paper will call for the best that hui
man thought and action are capable Of
giving The greatest minds in the world
would have their powers taxed to the
utmost to issue Christian daily.
Eyes, " Edward Norman spoke hum
bly,. Il shall make great mistakes, no
doubt. l need great deal of wisdom
But I want to do as Jesus would
What would he doT | have asked it
daily and shall continue to do SO and
abide by results.
81 think we are beginning to under
stand said Virginia, 1.-THE meaning of
that command Grow in the FACE and
knowledge of our Lord and Saviour
Jesus Christ. | am sure do not know
all that he would do in detail until I
know him better. "
THAT is very true" said Henry
Maxwell Il am beginning to under
stand that l cannot interpret tho prob
able action of Jesus until know better
what his spirit is. To my mind the
greatest question in all of human life is
summed up when we ask, What would
Jesus do?' if as we ask it we also try
to answer it from a growing knowledge
of Jesus himself. We must know Jesus
before we can initiate him. -
When the arrangements had been
made between Virginia and Edward
Norman, he found himself in possession
of the sum of $500, 00O exclusively his
to use for the establishment of a Chris
tian daily paper When Virginia and
Henry Maxwell had gone, Norman
closed his door and, alone with the
Divine presence, asked like a child for
help from his all powerful Father All
through his prayer as he kneeled before
his desk ran the promise, IF any man
lack wisdom, let him ask of God, who
giveth to all men literally and up
braideth not, and it shall be given
him, Surely his prayer would be an
swered and the kingdom be advanced
through this instrument of God $ pow
er, this mighty press which had become
so largely degraded to the base uses OF
mans avarice and ambition.
Two months went by. They were full
mond and especially in the First church.
In spite Of the approaching heat Of tho
summer season, the after meeting OF
the disciples who had made the pledge
to do rs Jesus would do continued with
enthusiasm and power Gray had fin
ished his work at the Rectange, and an
outward observer going through the
place could not have seen any difference
in the old conditions, although there was
an actual change in hundreds of lives,
but the saloons, dens, novels, gambling
houses, still ran, overlooking their vile
ness into the lives of fresh victims to
take the place of those rescued by the
evangelist, and the devil recruited his
ranks very fast.
Henry Maxwell did not go abroad.
Instead of that he took the money he
had been saving for the trip and quiet
ly arranged summer vacation for a
whole family living down in the Rec
tangle who had never gone outside of
the foul district of the tenement. The
pastor of the First church will never
forget the week he spent with this fam
lily making the arrangements, He went
down into the Rectangle one hot day
when something Of the terrible heat OF
the tenements was beginning to be felt
and helped the family to the station
and then went with them to a beautiful
spot on the coast, where. in the home
of Christian woman, these beWildereJ