Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-09-15

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periods Of wind and rain and mud The
! air was clear ana braciug, the SKY Was
! free from all threatening signs, and ev
| cry one in Henry Maxwell : parish Iro-
| pared TO 20 to church Whom tho service
opened at II O. CLOCK the large buil6.u9
was filled with an uediouce OF the lc>t
! dressed most comfortable looking Leo-
pie IN Raymond.
The First church of Raymond be
heved in having the best music that
money could buy. and is quartet choir
: this morning was Il great source Of
pleasure to the congr CATION Thn an
them was inspiring III the music WAS
in l.copiug with tA" subject Of tire So.
mon And the anti M was Gu clanora &C.
adaptation To the most modem hasic
Of the hymn
Jesus. my cross Lave taken.
Al 10 leave a;.4 follow toe
Just before the sermon the soprano
sang a solo. the wen known hymn
Where hc lead. nae viii follow
Til 20 with him. with him al the way.
Rachel Winslow looked very baauti-
ful that morning IL She stood UP be-
hind the screen Of carved oak which
was significantly marked with the GA
blcns of the cross and the crown. Fer
voice was ovcn moro beautiful tLan
her face. and that mcannt great deal
There WAS general rustic Of cNpccta-
ton over the audience as She arose
Henry Maxwell settled himself content
edly behind the pulDit Rachel Wins
lows singing alvay, helped hila. He
generally arranged for a SONG before
the sermon II made possible q. rtain
insuiration Of feeling that he knew
made his delivery more imtre,siy
People said to themselves IL bad
never heard such singing even ,.r the
First church. II i certain tia; il.
had not been a chulch service l. solo
would have been vigorously arrl I'D
1t even seemed 10 Horny Maxwell. nm
she sat down that something Ike 3. H..
tempted clarpiuy If hands or - ing
Of feet on The floor swept throu. the
church He was startled hv il A. ne
rose. however. and laid his sermon on
the opou Bible ne said to himself ne
h.l bon deceived. Of course f. could
not occur IN - f.ty Do,uou+a L4 va.
ui.c-l..d in his, ,r.......l and eve. thing
else WAS forgotten in the pleasure If
tho delivery
10 ono Ind ever accused Horny Max
well Of being Il duh preacher ON the
contrary. ne had often been chqr,,od
with being SCI. atio,,al NOT in vhaf ne
said 80 much g4 in his way If sayiug
il Bat the First church reopla liked
that It glve their preacher and their
r3li.h pleasant III .finction thai WINS
ag-,aable
l. was also true tbot the rosto,. of
tho First church loved to rroacb Vo
seldom cxchangod He was eaoer IN bc
ia his own uu1Di+ whom sunday ca,ra
Tbarp was an evbilara+iuo half bour
for him as he stood facire. a cl7,eI fnll
of peol,le and know that he had "a bcar
iuv He was u,culiorlv sensitive =.
variations in the ATTENDANCE He meyer
preached well before q small audience
The weather also affected him do,idod
" He WA 81 his bnst bofora inst sncL
an audience rs faced him NOW on inst
such q morning He folt . o1o,. of ..t.
isfaction as he went on Tie church
was the first in thocitv II had the host
choir It had q MEMBERSHIP co-u,,os.d
Of the leading pcouIe rcpresentatives
Of the wealth. society and intolligerc4
Of RAYMOND He was voing abroad -,
three months vacation in the SIN
iacr. and the circumstances Of his las.
torate. his influence and his ro.itior ~
pastor Of the FIRST church in The city
1t is not certain that the E.v I.,urv
Maxwell knew inst how he c.,,,d c3rrv
on I'll that thought in CONNECTION with
his sermon but ~ he drav. ,sor tho