El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-11

What were the fippant perfume6
critical audiences in concert halls COM
pared with this dirty. drunken. impure
degraded. besotted humanity that trem-
bled and wept and grew strangely. sad
" thoughtful under the touch Of tn
divine ministry of this beautiful young
woman2 Henry Maxwell as he raised
his head and saw the transformed mob
had a glimpse of something that Jesus
would probably do with a voice Gka
Rachel Winslow's. Jasper Chase sat
with his eyes on the singer. and his
greatest longing as an ambitious author
was swallowed up in the thought Of
what Rachel Winslow's love might
some time mean to him. And over n
the shadow outside stood the last person
any one might have expected to see Al
q gospel tent service. Rollin Page. who.
jostled on every side by rough men ana
women. who stared at the swell in the
fine clothes. seemed careless OF his sur
roundings and at the same time EVIL
IDENTIFY swayed by the power that RachA
possessed He had just come over from
the club Neither Rachel nor Virginia
cav him that night
The song was over. Henry Maxwell
rose again. This time he felt calm
What would Jesus dpf He spoke as ha
thought once he never could Who were
these peoplef They were immortal
souls What was Christianity A call
ing Of sinners, not the righteous. to re-
pentance How would Jesus speakf
What would he say2 He could not tell
all that his message would include. but
he felt sure of part of it, and in that
certainty he spoke on Never before
had he felt compassion for the multi
tude." What had the multitude been
to him during his ten years in the Firss
church but a vague, dangerous. dirty,
troublesome factor in society. outside
Of the church and his reach an element
that caused him occasionally an I'M
pleasant feeling of conscience: factor
In Raymond that was talked abont al
associations as the ''masses' in papers
written by the brethren in attempts to
show why the masses were not being
reached But tonight as he faced tho
ssmasses'' he asked himself whether.
after all. this was not just about such
q multitude as Jesus faced oftenest and
he felt the genuine emotion Of love for
q crowd which is one of the best ind1-
cations preacher ever has that he ID
living close to the heart of the worlds
eternal life It is easy to love an indi-
vidual sinner. especially if he is person
ally picturesque or interesting. To love
a multitude of sinners is distinctly
Christlike quality.
When the meeting closed. there was
no special interest shown. The people
rapidly melted away from the tent, and
the saloons. which had been experience
IL f1oa limo
progressed. again drove a thriving
trade. The Rectangle. as if to make up
for lost time. started in with vigor on
its usual night life Of debauch- Henry
Maxwell and his little party. including
Virginia, Rachel and Jasper Chase.
walked down past the row Of saloons
and deus until they reached the corner
where the cars passed
''This is terrible spot, said Henry
Maxwell as they stood waiting for their
car. 81 never realized that Raymond
had such fostering sore. 1t does not
seem possible that this is city full OF
Christian disciples
He paused and then continued:
s'Do YOU think any one can ever re
move this great curse of the salOCnf
Why don { We I'll ct together against
the traffic? What would jesus dof
Would he keep silent? Would he vote
70 license these causes of crime and
death p
Henry Maxwell was talking to him
self more than to the others He re-
nenbered that he had always voted for
license, and SO had nearly all of his
church members. What would Jesus
do? Could he answer that question:
Would Jesus preach and act against tho
saloon if he lived todayf How would
he preach and act2 Suppose it was not
popular to preach against license Sup
pose the Christian people thought II
was all that could be done-to license
the evil. and 50 get revenue from neo-
essary sin. Or suppose the church mem
bers owned property where the saloons
stood What then7 He knew that these
were the facts in Raymond What
would Jesus dor
He went up into his study the next
| morning with that question only partly
answered. He thought of it all day. He
/ was still thinking of it and reaching
| certain real conclusions when Tho
Evening News came His wife brought
it up and sat down few minutes while
he read it to her.
The Evening News was at present
the most sensational paper in Raymond
| That is to say. it was being edited in
such a remarkable fashion that its sub
scribers had never been so excited over
newspaper before. First they had no
ticed the absence of the prizefght. and
gradually it began to dawn upon them
that The News no longer printed &C
counts of crime with detailed descrip-
tions or scandals in private life. Then
they noticed that the advertisements OF