Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-11

service there was the usual after meet
INK that has become n regular feature
VI the Firrt church Into this meeting
have como OH those who made the
pledge to do u.s. Jesus would do. aud tho
time IL spent In mutual fellowship. con-
fcaHlnn, questions a. 20 whnt Jesus
would 90 IN special CnaeH anl prayer
that the one great guide M every dIH-
clplc's conduct may De the Holy Spirit
Maxwell asked me 90 some into this
meeting Nothing 10 pll my ministerial
life. CaNton, haaIfo moved me as thut
meeting. ! never felt rir spirira pres-
cncc 10 powerfully. n wnl % meeting uf
"Reminiscences nud ~ the mort loving
fellowship. / was iffgHi4tahiy driven boz
thought back to the nrit years of chris
tiuuliy There wnH something about nll
this TINT was apostolic in its simplicity
md Christ imitation.
u nakod questions ono that seemed
20 arouse more interest than any other
was On regard 60 tho extent " the
property. Henry Maxwell tells me that
- Tar no one has interpreted the spirit
" soaua w such % way nH To- abandon
hla earthly uuHac1glunn. alive away an
his wealth or IN any literal way initiate
the Christians OF tho order. Tor gxnm-
pie. Of 49, Francis of AHsi7i ~ WAS the
unanimous consent. however that if
any disciple should feel that Jesus iu
Hia own particular cuno would DO that
there could be- only one answer To- the
question. Maxwell frankly admitted
that he was still. 60 certain decree.
uncertain nn TO Jesus probable action
when " came Go the details uf house
hold living. the possess zion of wealth.
the holding of certain iuxurlca. ~ iH.
however. evident that very many uf
thune disciples have repeatedly carried
their ubcdiouco TO iesua 90 the cNiremc
limit. regardless Of financial loss Thsrg
~ no lack Of courage OF constituency az
this point II d. also true that some OF
the business men who took tho pledge
have Loot great sums of money ln thI4
Initiation uf Jouua. ana very many
have, like Alexander Powers, lost value
uhlo positions otina iu ,i- iint-sHsihiii-
~ of doing what they had been nccua-
toned 90 DO ana nt The same time doing
what they felt Jesus would do ln The
same place. In connection with these
cases II. IN pleasant to record the fact
Tint many who have suffered boo this
way have nt once been helped financial.
~ by those who atiil have means. In
THIS respect ] think % Is true that these
Disciples have ull thlngH ln common.
Certainly such scenes aH I witnessed nt
the First church az that after rgryico
this morning I never saw lu my church
err any other. I never dreamed that
such Christian fellowship could Usist in
this nro % the world. J am almost ln-
crcduloua mo- Co the witness % my own
senses. I Htlll seem 60 be- afklnT myself
" thir ~ the close OF the nineteenth Gene
tury in America
"ilut now. dear friend. I come Co tho
real cause on the lrtt0r tho real heart
Of the whole question nH the First
church OF Raymond hua forced it upon
me. Before the meeting closed today
steps were taken Co secure the cooper
alton uf AN other Christian disciples In
this country. ! think Henry Maxwell
took this step after l0ng elaboration.
Tie Hald na much Co me one DAY when I
called upon him and We woue discuss
ing the efcct N the movement upon
the church in general.
why he said. rupporo that the
church membership generally lu this
country made this pledge and lived up
90 IL. What "a revolution u would cause
In Chtlftsndom' nut why n1t3 a. 10
any moro than tho disciple ought 90 do7
Has he followed Jesus unless be- ~ will
ms 20 do thlsf II tho test Of disciple
shin any less today than 70 was IN Jesus
timer
u do not know an that preceded or
followed hiT thought OF what ought 90
b. done outside OF Raymond. but the
idea cryHtulizcd today lu re- plnn 20 see
cure the fellowship of lli the Christians
In America. The churrhcH through their
pastors Will b. asked % form disciple
gnthcrlnFH like the one IN the First
church Volunteers VIII BE- called for In
tho great body of church members IN
the United sinto4 who viii promise 60
DO nH Icaua would do Maxwell spoke
particularly of tho result ~ such SEM
sral action on thu saloon luertiun. ie
o. terribly in earnest over this. no told
me that there was no question IN hlH
mind that tho saloon would BE- beaten
In Raymond nt the election now near
nc hand. n 20, they could go on with
some courage 90 do tho foicmrtlvs Wort
begun by the evangelist ana now takci
up by the disciples IN his own church.
n the saloon tflumphs again. there viii
be- % totrihlc and. na he thinks. uunoc-
cssary waste of Christian sacrifice. hut.