The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-11-10


and clean the municipality How much
had prayers helped to make Rovmcnd
better while votes and actions huL real.
ly been on the side of the cnari;cS Of
Jesus? Worll not Jesus 90 this? What
disciple could imagine him refusing; 10
suffer or ta':a mp his cross in the mat
or: How mach had tho members of
the First church over suffered in IN ut
,a,npt 60 initiate Jesus? Was Christian
,lisciplcship thing OF convenience, of
custom, OF tradition2 Where did tie
suffering como in? Was it Necessary.
in order to follow Jesus steps, to go up
Calvary as well as tho Mount of Trans,
fguration2
His appeal was stronger It this point
than ho knew. 1t is not too much to
say that tho spiritual tension Of the
First church reached its highest point
right there. The imitation OF Jesus
which had begun with the volunteers
in the church was working like lc2vcn
in the organization. and Henry MAJ
we'll would. even thus early in his new
life, have been amazed if he could have
measured the extent OF desire Oh tie
part of his people 10 take up the cross
While hc was speaking this mC"~in:;.
before he closed with loving appeal 70
tho disciplcship of COCO years E:owi
edge Of the Master. many Il man AID
woman in the church was sayin:, IS
Rachel had said so rassionatcly 10 her
| mother: II want to DO sCmcthir;; tlGt
will cost mo something in the way Of
sacrifice. am hungry TO suffer c"n.o-
thing" THlly, Mazzini was right whom
he said, NO appeal is quite so power
full in tho end as the call. Come and
suffer. -
The service was over, tho great audi
encc had gone, and Henry Maxwell
again faced tho company gathered in
| the lecture room rs or the two previous
Sundays He had asked all to remain
who ha4 made tho pledge Of disciple
| ship and any others who wished TO be
| included. Tho after service seemed now
! to be necessity. AS nc went III and
| faced the people there his heart trcm
] bled. There were at least goo present
| The Holy Spirit was never so manifest
| He missed Jasper Chase, but all tic
| others were present. He asked Milton
| Wright to pray The very air was
| charged with divine possibilities What
| could resist such y baptism of power?
| How had they lived all these years
without itg
They counsaicd together and there
were many prayers Henry Maxwell
| dated from that meeting somc of the
Serious events that aftGrward became Il
| part of the history OF the First church
of Raymond. When finally they went
home, Ill of them were impressed with
| the JOY OF tho Spirits power.
Donald Marsh. president of Lincoln
college, walked homo with Henry Max
| well.
Il have reached one consclusion,
Maxwell, " said Marsh, speaking slow
| ly Il have found my cross, and it is n
heavy one. but shall never be satisfied
until l take it up and carry it..
Maxwell was silent, and the presi.
| dent went on:
Your sermon today made clear to
| mo what | have long been feeling !
| ought t0 do What would Jesus do in
my place? l have asked the question
| repeatedly since | made my promise !
have tried to satisfy myself that he
would simply go on, us have done, at.
| tending to The duties of my college
| losophy But l have not been able 10
avoid the feeling that he would do
| something more. That something Is
what do not want to do 1t will cause
me genuine suffering to do it. dread
it with ali my soul. You may be able
| to guess what it Is.
"Ycs; i think know" Henry Max
we'll replied 1T is my cross too. ]
| would almost rather DO anything else
Donald Marsh looked surprised. then
relieved. Then he spoke sadly, but
with great conviction:
| "Maxwcn. you and | belong to a
class of professional men who have al
ways avoided tho duties of citizenship
| We have lived in n little world of schOl.
arly scclusion. doing work wo have en-
| joycd and shrinking from the disagree
able duties That belong to the life OF
| the citizen. ! confess with shame that
| | have purposcly avoided the RESPONSE
| bility that ] owe TO this city personally.
! | understand that our city officials &Ic
II corrupt, unprinciplcd set of men,
controlled in large part by the whisky
element, and thoroughly selfish. so far
as the affairs of city government are
concerned Yet all these years |. with
nearly every teacher in the college, have
| been satisfied to let other mca run the
municipality and have lived III q little
world of my own. ont Of touch and
! sympathy with the real wCrld Of the
! people. What would Jesus doT ! have
tried even to avoid IN honest answer.
| can 10 longer do-so. My plain duty is
| to take personal part i'll this coming
election, go TO tho primaries throw tho
weight of my influence. whatever it is,
toward the nomination and election of
| Good mnn and rlMM&c into the vCrN