The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-12-08
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| ROllln was silent when Rachel spoke
He answered after a moment:
ooh, it depends on the mani A good
many of them think am a crank.
have kept my membership up and am
in good standing in that way. try to
be wise and not provoke any unneces-
sary criticism, but. you would be sur
prised to know how many of the men
have responded to my appeal. could
hardly make you believe that only a
few nights ago dozen men became
honestly and earnestly engaged in a
conversation over religious questions
have had the great joy of seeing some
of the men give up bad habits and be
gin new life What would Jesus do?
keep sskin:, it. The answer comes
slowly, for am feeling my way along
One thing | have found out-the men
are not fighting shy of me- | think
| that is a good sign Another thing-l
have actually interested some of them
| in the Rectangle work. and when it is
started up they will give something to
help make it more powerful, and. in
addition to all the rest. have found a
way to save some of the young fellows
from going to the bad in gambling.
Rollin spoke with enthusiasm. His
face was transformed by his interest IN
the subject which had now become a
part of his real life. Rachel again noted
the strong. manly. healthful tone Of
his speech. With it all she knew was a
deep, underlying seriousness which felt
the burden of the cross even while car.
rying it with joy The next time she
spoke it was with swift feeling Of
| justice due to Rollin and his new life.
''Do you remember l reproached you
once for not having any purpose worth
living for2" she asked, while her beau
riful face seemed to Rollin more beau
tiful than ever when he had won sufi-
Gent self control to look up 81 want
to say feel the need of saying. in jus
tice to you now. that honor you for
your courage ard your obedience to
your promise The life you are living
now is very noble one y
Rollin trembled His agitation was
greater than he could control. Rachel
could not help seeing it They walked
along in silence At last Rollin said:
81 thank you 1t has been more than
| can tell to hear you say that. He
! looked into her face for one moment.
She read his love for her in that look,
but he did mt speak
When they separated. Rachel went
into the house and. sitting down in
her room. she put her face in her hands
and said to herself 81 am beginning
to know what it means to be loved by
noble man. | shall love Rollin Page.
after all. What am 1 saying2 Rache.
Winslow, have you forgotten -
She rose and walked back and forth
She was deeply moved. Nevertheless it
was evident to herself that her emotion
was not that of regret OF SORROW Some
how glad, new joy had come to her
She had entered another circle of ex-
perience, and later in the day she re-
joiced with very strong and sincere
gladness that her Christian discipleship
found room for this crisis in her feel
ing. 1t was indeed part Of it, for if
she were beginning to love Rollin it
was the Christian man who had won
her heart. The othernever would have
moved her to this great change.
And Rollin as he went back treasured
a hope that had been stranger to him
| since Rachel had said no that day. In
| that hope he went on with his work as
the days sped on, and at no time was
he more successful in reaching and saw
ing his old acquaintance than in the
time that followed that chance meeting
with Rachel Winslow.
The summer had gone, and Raymond
was once more facing the rigor of her
winter season Virginia had been able
to accomplish part of her plan for
capturing the Rectangle, as she
called it, but the building of houses in
the field, the Transforming of its bleak,
bare aspect into an attractive park all
of which was included in her plan, was
work too large to be completed that
fall after she had secured the property
But million dollars in the hands of a
person who really wants to do with it
as Jesus would ought to accomplish
wonders for humanity in short time,
and Henry Maxwell, going over to the
scene Of the new work one day after a
noon hour with the shopmen. was
amazed to see how much had been done
outwardly.
| Yet he walked home thoughtfuny,
and on his way he could not avoid the
question of the continual problem thrust
into his notice by the saloon. How
much had been done for the Rectangle,
after all7 Even counting in Virginia s
and Rachel's work and Mr.. Gray's,
where had it actually counted in any
visible quantity? OF course he said to
himself that the redemptive work begun
and carried on by the Holy Spirit in
his wonderful displays of power in the
First church and in the tent meetings
had had it's effect on the life of Ray
mond, but as he walked past saloon aft
er saloon and noticed the crowds going
in and coming out of them. as he saw
the wretched dens, as many as ever APP
parently. as he caught the brutality and
squalor and open misery and degrade
ton on countless faces of men and
women and children he sickened at the
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