Willmar tribune., 1899-10-11

Election stos l,ia
Iprolai took Hin cross and bore aits
Inanfully but . lsring with
groans and even tears. for His deepest
was touched. !. and he tore
himself out 81 the scho olarly seclusion
of years and ll anguish that
cost him more than thing he had
eyer done as q folloMer ofs Christ. With
him weresa few college professors
who had made the pledge in the First
3church Their 81 periience and suffering
were the same ass the president 8, for
their isolation from all the duties Of
citizenship had been the same. The
same was also true of Henry Maxwell,
who plunged into the horror Of this
fight against whisky and it's allies with
sickening dread of each days en-
cnn ntar with Is ever. had. IA horne
such q Cross He staggered under it,
and il the brief intervals when he came
in from the work and sought the quiet
m hia atndv IN rest tha swa hrnl,a
mi; IN His fore and he fa1t tbo a.. 3,
;tnal terror Sc onet.Who marches into
nn,een m known horrors. J,oolxinp hac
IN 4 safter,w,ard. lie was am azed s. his
ex,n,erience He5 Was not ! coward hrt;
he fat 4 dread that anvsman of sb;a
habits feals when confronteld suddenly
with q duty which carries les With .it tha
doing Of certain things "a q unfamiliar
that the actual details connected with
& betrayl his Ignorance and FIJI him
with the shame 81 humiliation. s.=*. ..sl
When Saturday, the election dav.
came. the excitement rose "a its height.
An attempt was made Is close ali the
saloons. It was partly. successful. but
there was q great. deal az b drinking po-
ing on all day. The Rectangle boiled
and heaved and cursed and turned it's
worst side out toSthe gaze Of the city.
Gray had continued his meetings dur
ing the week, and the results had been
even greater than he had dared to hope.
When Saturday came, it seemed to him
that the crisis in his work had been
reached. The Holy Spirit5a and the satan
of rum seemed to rouse up to- q desper-
ate conflict. The more interest in the
meetings the more ferocity and vileness
outside. The q saloon men no longer con-
cealed their feelings. Open threats of
violence were made. Once during the
week Gray and his little company of
helpers were assailed with missiles of
various kinds as they left the tent late
at night. The police sent down special
protection, and Virginia and Rachel
were always under the protection Of
Rollin or DR.. West. Rachel's power in
song had not diminished Rather with
each night st seemed to add to the in
tensity and reality Of the Spirits pres
ence. S.... I =ssS =sssg zssa .SS2;sa .~~ -
Gray had at first hesitated about
having q meeting that night, but he
had simple rule Of action and was al
ways guided bYSit.s The, Spirit seemed
to lead them toycontinue the meeting,
and so Saturday night he went on, as
usual. '::= 's:=5 :.=:sIS. S. 4. I. =, .-..
The excitemeats ali, over the city had
reached its. climax when the polls Closed
at 6 o'clock. Never had there been such
contest in Raymond. The issue of
license or no license had never been an
issue under such circumstances. Never
before had such elements in the city
been arrayed against each other. 1t was
an unheard Of thing that the president
Of Lincoln college, the. pastor Of the
First church, the dean 81. the: cathedral,