Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-09

greatest men In the churches. The
ministers as class are their slaves
What we need Il n aystcm that shall
start from the common basis Of social
Ism founded on the rights Of the com
mon people
Carlson had evidently forgotten all
about the three minute rule and was
launching himself into regular ora
tion that meant. IN his usual surround
ings. before his usual audience. an hour
NJ least. when the man Just behind him
pulled him down unccrcmonioualy and
rose. Carlson was angry at FIRST and
threatened a little disturbance. but the
bishop reminded him Of the rule. and
he subsidized. with several muttcrings
In his beard. while the next speaker be-
gan with u very strong culoHy on the
value Of the single tax as "a genuine
remedy for all the social Ills lie was
followed by man who made bitter
attack on the churches and ministers
and declared that the two great ohsta-
cles In the way of nil true reform were
the courts and the ecclesiastical ma
chimes.
When he sat down. man who bore
every mark OF being n street lnborcr
sprang To his feet and poured out per-
feet torrent OF abuse against the cor
porations, especially the railroads. The
minute his time was up n big. brawny
fellow who said he was a metal worker
by trade. claimed the floor and declared
that the remedy for the social wrongs
was trades unionism. This. he said.
would bring on the millennium for la
Dor more than anything else. The next
man ondenvorcd to give some reasons
why 20 many persons were out OF EN-.
nloymcnt and condemned inventions aa
the works OF the dcvil. He was loudly
nnplauded by the rest OF the company.
Finally the bishop called time on the
free for nllff nnI aaLaA -. II.
Rachel Winslow had grown into a
very strong. hcalthful. humble Chris
tan during that wonderful year In
Raymond dating from the Sunday
when she first took the pledge To- do ne
jesus would do. and her great talent OF
song had been fully conHccrnted To the
service Of her Master. when she began
TO sing tonight ut this settlement meet
Ing. she had never prayed more deeply
for results to coric from her voicc--the
voice which she now regarded ns the
Masters. 10 be used for Him.
Certainly her prayer was being an
awcrcd ns she sang. She had chosen the
words;
lInrk. the voice " Jesus calling.
Follow me. follow mel
Again Henry Maxwell. sitting there,
was reminded. OF his first night at the
Rcctangie In the tent when Rachel sang
the people Into quiet. The eject was
good voice consccratcj to the MASTER
service always Isl i,achers great nat
ural ability would have made her one
OF the foremost opera SINCERE OF the age.
Surely this audience had never before
heard such melody. How could ~ The
mon who had drlftcd In from the street
sat ontranced by n voice which back
In the world" never could be- heard by
the common people because the owner
Of 1t would charge - or - for the
privilege. The song poured out through
the hall 0s free and clad a. N u were a
forvtastc OF salvation itself
Carlson. with ha great black bearded
face. absorbed the music with the deep
love Of II peculiar 10 his nationality.
and tear ran over his cheek and glis-
tened In his beard as his face softcnci
afsi became almost noble In it, aspect.
The man out OF work who had wanted
TO know what Jesus would do In his
place sat with grimy hand on the back
Of the bench IN front Of him, with his
mouth partly opon. his great tragedy
for the moment forgotten. The song
while II lasted wna food and work and
warmth and union with his wife and
spoken 10 ncrcely against the churches
and the ministers aat with his head
! erect AT first. with look OF stolid re.
rlntanec. aS II he stubbnrnly resented
I she Introduction Into the exercises of
\ anything that was even remotely con-
, nected with the church or Its form OF
worship. but gradually he yielded 10
the power that was rwaying the hearts