Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-09-29

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the place and II tell thom something
about IL
Henry Maxwell WA ashamed 10 say
how uneasy he fClt nt Icing asked TO
speak II few words to company Of
workingmcn How couli he speak with
ont notes or l. such II crowdy He was
honestly in IA condition Of genuine
fright over ;he prospect He actually
felt afraid Of facing these men lie
shrani; from the ordeal Of confronting
such Il crowd SO different from the
Sunday audiences he was familiar with
There were half Il dozen long rude
tables and benches in the great room
and when the roOn tie sounded the
men pour. . up stairs f:om the machine
shop helo, ana seating Themselves ~
the table ben To c2t their lunch
There wcr. perhaps 300 Of them ThCy
had read the, superintendent notice.
which he had posted mp in various
places. anA came largely oct OF curl
Osity
They worp f&yurably impressed The
room was large and AIRY free from
the steam pines
About 20 minutes Of | Alexander
Powers told the men what he had in
mind He spoke very simply. like one
who understands thoroughly the char
acter of his audience. and then intro.
duced tne Rev Henry Maxwell of the
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Henry Maxwell will never forget the
feelings with which for the first time
he confronted that grimy faced audi
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other ministers he had never spoken to
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s.1dge TIE chasm between the church
ard labor in Raymond
Alexander Powers went back to his
icsl that afternoon much pleased with
mis- plan ard seeing much help in it for
The men He knew where he could get
some good tables from an abandoned
eating house at one of the stations down
the road. and ne saw how the coffee ar
-angement could be made very at
tractive feature The men had respond
ed even better than he anticipated. and
the whole thing could not help being a
great benefit 10 them
He took up the routine Of his work
with II glow Of satisfaction. After all,
he wanted TO do as Jesus would he said
TO himself
1t was nearly O'Clock when he
opened one Of the compapy's long envei-
opes which he supposed contained or
ders for the purchasing Of stores. He
ran over the first page Of typewriter
matter in his usual quick, businesslike
manner before he saw that he was read
ing what was not intended for his office.
but for the superintendent of the freight
department
He turned over page mechanically,
not meaning 10 read what was not adj
dressed 10 him. bat before he knew it
he was in possession of evidence which
conclusivelv proved that the company
was engaged in systematic violation
of the interstate commerce laws of the