Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-10-21
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church membership taoro mizht not be
found srnfV ~ disciples who were
/ capable ~ doing work that would Hur-
crH fully lend needy sinful men into
] the knowledge 90 Christ The Thought
| dll mot ungcr in hir mind 90 Vex him
na he won't ON hia way. but 10 was cline
nly n para Of hiH whole conception uf
/ the meaning of Christian diHciuloshlp.
when DE- and h's lltilo company ~
volunteers reached ihr iiertnnFle. the
| tent WAS already crowded. They had
difficulty in FcttlnT iu the little plat
| form. Rachel Waa thefe Win Virginia
ana Jasper Chase. who had come In
nicnd or tho doctor tonight
when tho meeting began with song
IN which Rachel raug th, solo aud the
| people wnrc asked 10 igia IN the chorua.
/ not % foot or standing room was iofi in
] the tUut The nlght wa mild. and The
sides of the tent were up. ana O. great
/ border ~ faces stretched around. iook-
ms DO and forming part Of the audi
rntn.
After the ringing and o. prayer By one
| 20 iho city pastors who were prrHent
| Gray stated the reasons Tor hls Inability
/ TO speak and 10 hia simple manner
/ turned the service over TO "Hrothor
| Maxwell OF the First church"
WHO'S de- blohe7' asked hoarHc
voice near The outside N the tont
"nr fufi church parT1n. We've got
dc whole hlsh tone swell outnt To-
"Dld you r,y Fust church, know
! him My landlord has Eot front pew
up there" said another voice. and there
! was 2 laugh. for the speaker was u aa-
| loon Keeper.
THROW out De ne line 'crosn 10 dark
| wa '' began drunken man near by
/ singing In such an unconscious lmita-
| tlnn ~ local travelling singers nasal
/ tone that fuarf n laughter and icefa %
approval rose around him. The people
/ ia the tent turned In the direction Of
| tho disturbance. There Nere shouts ~
Put him nuti' "Give the Fust church
q chancei Song, ronr' Give us an
other sinki"
Henry Maxwell stood up. ana % great
wave OF actual terror went over him.
/ This was not like preaching 90 The well
dressed. respectable good hammered
people ON the boulevard. Ho began 90
| speak but the confusion Increased.
/ Gray went down into the crowd. but
ala not seem able 90 uuIot o. Henry
/ Maxwell raised his arm ana hlH voice,
The crowd lu the tent began 20 uay
some attention. but the noise un the
audience was beyond M1xwclin control.
lie turned 60 Rachel with a sad smile.
"sinN something. Miss MlnalnW. They
will llatrn 20 o. Virginia was ut the
ORGAN. and Rachel asked her TO play "a
Few notes u the hymn'
Savior. I follow on,
Guided by thee,
Seeing not yet the hand
That lcndrth me.
liushcd be my heart ana Htlll.
Fear ! no further lll.
only 10 meet thy Will
Ny VIII shan BE-.
Rachel had not sung tho nrat line be-
fore the people In the tent were all
turned toward her huahed and rover
emit BEFORE she had finished the verse
the ncctanrin was Huhduod aud tanned.
II lay Ike some wild beast az her feet.
and The sang II into hnrmlesrncar. All
What were the illppant, pcrfumed, crlu-
cal audience in concert halls compared
with this dirty, drunken. Impure, de-
/ rrudodi heHottrd humanity that trcm-
TIED and wrpt and grew strangely sad
~ thuuEhuul under the touch uf the
! divine ministry uf this beautiful young
woman Henry Maxwell az he raised
his head and saw the transformed mob
had q glimpse NJ something that Jesus
| would probably do with "a voice like
Rachel Winsluw'a. Jasper Chase Hni
with his eyes ON tho singer and hla
greatest lOnriag as an ambitious author
what Rachel Winalow'H love might
some time mean To him. And over iu
the shadow outside stood the last person
any one might have expected 10 see ul
% gospel tent service. Rollln Page who
| iuHtled on every slide hy rough men and
women. who stared al the swell ln III,
fine clothes. seemed careless or his SUR.
] ruundinFH ana nt the Same time tVi-
/ IDENTIFY awuyrd hy the power that Rachel
posnessed. lie had just come over from
tho club. Neither Rachel nor Virginia
saw him that night.
The song WAS over. Henry Maxwell
rose again. This time ho fnlt calm
What would Jesus dnf iie spoke uH hs
thought once hr never could Who wen
these pcople7 They were Immortal
souls What was Christianity a call
ing nf gnnrf1 not the righteous. 90 re-
poutnnce. How would Jesus speak
What would he suyi lle could not tel
nll that his message would include. but
hr folt sure of u part % 10. aud In thai
certainty he spoke on. Never befur'
had he iclt "cumpaHglnn Tor tho multi
tudo" What had the multitude bccf
10 him during his ton years ln the Flrs
church but vague, dangerous, dirty
troublesome factor In society outside
on the church and his roach, nn element
that caused hlm occasionally an un
pleasant feeling or conscience; facto
in Raymond that was talked about "a
written by the brethren IN attempts Il
SHOW why tho "maHa'a' were not holnl
reached. hut tonight a. he faced th
"unHass" DO. asked himself whether
after nll, this was not just about Hucl
% multitude na Jenun flcol oftencat ans
he fclt the genuine emotion NJ l0Fr NJ
o. crowd which "a one 0f the hast indi
cations PREACHER ever mas that he q
living close To the heart pf the world
eternal ne 10 ~ easy 60 love an luli
Vidual sinner, especially u Dec la person
/ ally picturesque or lntcfuHiinH no low
multitude ~ slnncrs ia distinctly
J Chusuike quality
when tho meeting closed. there wa
3 no special Interest shown. The pHupl
rapidly melted away ffnm Che tent. uu
I tho saloons, which had been cNpcfirnc
! iuF dull season while the meeting
progressed. ngnln drove thriving
trade. The RectarElo. aa NJ 20 mako u
Tor lost lime. atnrtsd No with ylgor nj
: lti usual nlght NE Of dohauch. llrnr
Maxwell and his lltilo party. lucludlnl
, Virginia Rachel ana Jasper ChnHl
walked down past the row of saloon
aud denH until they reached the cornc
. whore the ears passed,
4 'srhis o. q terrible spot" said ficnr
Maxwell na they allad waiting Cor thci
2 ear. ~ mover realized that Enymon
T. had such q NAterlng sore. u does no
! seem possible that gnls n city fun o