St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-11-08

at the END OF tnat week, Ieellng Ine
scorching, sickening heat all the more
because of his little taste of the ocean
breezes, thanked God for the joy he had
witnessed and entered upon his disci-
pleship with humble heart knowing
for almost the first time in his life this
special kind Of sacrifice. for never be-
fore had he denied himself his regular
summer trip away from the heat of
Raymond, whether he felt in any great
need Of rest or not
at is fact, " he said in reply to sew
eral inquiries on the part of his church,
81 do not feel in need of a vacation this
year | am very well and prefer to stay
here 1t was with feeling of relief
that he succeeded in concealing from
every one but his wife what he had
done with this other family He felt
the need Of doing anything of that sort
without display or approval from others
So the summer came on, and Henry
Maxwell grew into larger knowledge Of
his Lord. The First church was still
swayed by the power of the Spirit
Maxwell marveled at the continuance
of his stay. He knew very well that
from the beginning nothing but the
Spirits presence had kept the church
from being torn asunder by this re-
markable testing it had received of its
discipleship Even now there were
many Of the members among those who
had not taken the pledge who regarded
the whole movement as Mrs. Winslow
did, in the nature of a fanatical inter-
probation of Christian duty and looked
for a return of the old normal condi-
ton. Meanwhile the whole body of dis
ciples was under the influence of the
Spirit and Henry Maxwell went his
way that summer doing his parish work
in great joy, keeping up his meetings
with the railroad men, as he had prom
Used Alexander Powers and daily grow
ing into a better knowledge of the
Master
Early one evening in August after a
day of refreshing GOODNESS, following a
long period of heat, Jasper Chase walk
ed to the window of his room in the
apartment house on the avenue and
looked out
On his desk lay pile of manuscript
Since that evening when he had spoken
to Rachel Winslow he had not met her
His singularly sensitive nature, sensi-
tive to the poiift of irritability when he
was thwarted, seemed to thrust him
into an isolation that was intensified
by his habits as an author.
All through the heat of the summer
he had been writing. His book was
nearly done now He had thrown him
self into it's construction with feverish
strength that threatened at any moment
to desert him and leave him helpless.
He had not forgotten his pledge with
the other church members at the First
church 1t had forced itself upon his
notice all through his writing and evel
since Rachel had said no to him. He
had asked thousand times, "WoulG
Jesus do this2" would he write this
story?" 1t was society novel, writer
in style that had proved popular. L
had no purpose except to amuse. 1t
moral teaching was not bad, but mel
ther was it Christian in any POSITIVE
way Jasper Chase knew that such
story would sell He was conscious o
powers in his way that the social worl'
petted and admired What would Jesu
dof The question obtruded on him a
the most inopportune times He be
came irascible over it The standard O
Jesus as an author was too ideal. O
course Jesus would use his powers t
produce something useful or helpful 0
with purpose What was he, Jaspe
Chase. writing this novel for2 Why
what nearly every writer wrote for
namely, money and fame as writer
There was no secret with him that
was writing this new story with ths
object. He was not poor and so had n
temptation to write for money, but h
was urged on by his desire for fame {
much as anything He must write tn
kind of matter. But what would jest
dof The question plagued him eve
, more than Rachel's refusal Was /
{ going to break his promises
AS he stood at the window Roll
! Page came out of the clubhouse just o.
posite. Jasper noted his handsome fat
and noble figure as he started down IL
: street He went back to his desk al
3 turned over some papers there. The
) he returned to the window Rollin W;
walking down past the block and RI
, chel Winslow was walking beside hin
Rollin must have overtaken her as 81
} was coming from Virginia's that afte
3 noon
9 Jasper watched the two figures unit
they disappeared in the crowd on Il
walk Then he turned to his desk al
q began to write When he had finish,
, the last page of the last chapter of h
A book, it was nearly dark. What won
= Jesus do2 He had finally answered Il
{ question by denying his Lord 1t gre
e darker in Jasper room He had deli
r erately chosen his course, urged on
= his disappointment and loss
t ''But Jesus said unto him, No ma
y having put his hand to the pillow al
f looking back, is fit for the kingdom
+ heaven.
Il CHAPTER VIII
o What is that to thee9 Follow thou me.