The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-10-05

touch her strongly. She closed the book
and let it lie on the table She gradual
ly felt that her thought was busy with
the sight she had witnessed in that
tent Those faces. men and women.
touched for the krst time with the
Spirit glory. What II wonderful thing
life was. after all Tho complete regen-
eraticn revealed in the sight Of drunk
en-. vile. dcbauched humanity kneeling
down to give itself to II life Of purity
and Christlikeness-oh. it was surely
witness to the superhuman in the
world And tho face of Rollin Page 10y
the side of that miserable wreck out Of
tho guttcr-shc could recall IA if shr
now saw it Virginia crying. with her
arms about her brother. just before she
left the tent. and Mr.. Gray kneeling
close by. and the girl Virginia had TAX
en- into her heart bonding her head
while Virginia whispered something to
her All these pictures, drawn by the
Holy Spirit in the human tragedies
brought to climax there in the most
abandoned spot in all Raymond, stood
out in Rachel's memory now, n memory
so recent that her room seemed for the
time being to contain all the actors and
their movements
mo- mol" she had said aloud. ''He
had no right to speak to me after all
thatl He should have respected the
place where our thoughts should have
been. am sure do not love him. not
enough to give him my life"
And after she had thus spoken tho
evenings experience at the tent came
crowding in again, thrusting out all
other things. 1t is perhaps the most
striking evidence Of the tremendous
spiritual factor which had now entered
the Rectangle that Rachel felt. even
when the great love Of strong man
had come very near her, that the spir-
itual manifestation moved her with an
agitation far greater than anything
Jasper had felt for her personally or she
for him.
The people Of Raymond awoke Sun
day morning to growing knowledge
Of events which were beginning to rev.
olutionize many of the regular custom
ary habits Of the town. Alexander Pow
ers' action in tho matter Of the railroad
frauds had created sensation. not only
in Raymond. but throughout the coun-
try. Edward Norman's daily changes
Of policy in the conduct Of his paper
had startled the community and caused
more comment than any recent polit-
ical event. Rachel Winslow's singing
at the Rectangle meetings had made
stir in society and excited the wonder
Of all her friends. Virginia Pages con-
duct. her presence every night with
Rachel, her absence from the usual cir
Gle Of her wealthy, fashionable &C.
quaintances, had furnished a great deal
of material for gossip and question. In
addition to the events which centersA
about these persons who were 80 well
known, there had been all through the
city, in very many homes and in busi-
ness and social circles. strange happen
inga Nearly hundred persons in
Henry Maxwells church had made the
pledge to do everything after asking.
"What would Jesus do2" and the re-
suit had been, in many cases, unheard
Of actions. The city was stirred as it
had never been. As a climax to the
weeks events had come the spiritual
at the Rectangle and the
announcement, which came to most
people before church time. Of the actual
conversion at the tent Of nearly 80 Of
the worst characters in the neighbor-
hood. together with the conversion Of
Rollin Page. the well known society
and club man.
1t is no wonder that. under the pres
sure of all this, the First church Of Ray
mond came to the morning service in a
condition that made 1t quickly sensi-
tive to any large truth