Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-10-04
44INofffISooSST STEPS, T EFT S.
"What Would Jesus Do?'
CHAPTER I.

IL WIS iI'Elh ''l'I lIllS. 'llI'l NV NV
Henry Maxwell WAS trying to finish his
Sunday morning: sermon He had been
interrupted several times and waS
growing nrrvuuS HS the morning Wore
away and the sermon grew very slowly
toward satisfactory finish
MARY. he called tn his wife as he
went mp stairs after tn" last interrupt
tion. "if amy. one comes after this |
wish Won wunld say that | am very
busy and cannot come down unless it
is somrthing very Important "
YES Henry But | ann going over
to visit the kindergarten. and You will
have the house all tn Yourself.
The minister went up int" his study
and shut the door In Il few minutes
he heard his wifi" 90 ont
He settled himself at his desk with Il
sigh of relief and began t" write His
text WAS from Peter ii. 81
For hrrrunto were We called; be-
cause Christ also suffered for yon, lcav'
ing you IN example that yc should fol-
low his steps
He had emphasized in the first part
of his sermon the atnnrmrnt as Il per-
sona sacrifice. calling attention Ia the
fact of Jesus suffering in various ways,
in his life aS we'll aS in his death He
had cone on To- cmph; size the atone
mcnt from tn" side of example. giving
illustrations from the life and teaching
l. r. 1, . l,,,f Il, -
helped to save men because of the pat
tern or character he displayed for their
imitation He was now cn the third
and last point. the necessity OF follow
iny Jesus in his sacrifice and example
He had just put down. "(3) Steps
what are thry?' and waS about tn
cnumrratr them in logical order when
the bell rang sharply 1t WAS one of
those clockwork bells and always went
off rs clock might 20 if it tried to
strike - all ut once.
Henry Maxwell sat 1T his desk and
frownrd little He made no move
mcnt to answer the bell Very soon it
rang again Then he rose and walked
over To one of his windows. which COM
mandrd Il view of the front door
A man WAS standing on the steps. He
WIS Il y"un:c man very shabhily dressed
Looks like Il tramp. said the min.
lister II suppose III have to 90 down
and
He did not finish the sentence but
went down stairs and opened the front
door
There was moments pause as the
two men stood facing each other Then
the shabby looking young man said:
I'm ont of Il job. sir, and thought
maybe you might put me in the way of
getting something.
II don't know of anything. Jobs are
scarce. replied the minister. begin
ming to shut the door slowly
II didn't know but you might per
haps be able to give me line to the
city railway or superintendent of the
shops or something. continued the
Young man. shifting his faded hat from
one hand to the other ncrvously.
lit would he of no use. lou will
have to excuse me. am very busy this
morning hope You will find some
thing Sorry cant give yun some
thing to do here But | keep only Il
horse and cow and do the work my
self
The Rev Henry Maxwell closed the
door and heard the man walk down the
steps As h. went up into his study he
saw from his hall window that the man
was yuin. slowly down the street still
hodin. his hat between his hands
There was something in the figure 81
detected. homeless and for>Ikrn that
the minister hrSitatcd Il moment as he
stood locking ut ii Then he turned to
his desk and with Il sigh began the
writing where he had left off
He had no more Interruptions. and
when his wife came in two hours later
the sermon was finished and the loose
leaves were gathered up and neatly tied
together and laid on his Bible, all ready
for the Sunday morning service.
"A queer thing happened at the kin
dcr-artrn this morning. Henry. said
his wife while they We're eating dinner
lyon know. | went over with Mrs
Brown to visit the school. and Just aft
or the gaines. while the children We're
at the tables. the door opened. and Il
Young man came in. holding Il dirty
hat i'm both hands He sat down near
the door and never said Il word, only
locked ut the children He WAS evident.
ly IL tramp. and Miss Wren and her as.
siStant. Miss Kyle. We're Il little fright
cn,h at first hut he sat there very
quietly ami after II few minutes he
went ont
"PcrhaIS he WIS tired and wanted
to rest >"m.wh"r" TIL" same man
called here | think Did y"u say h"
locked like Il tramp:
'IrS very dusty. Shaihy and g"ncr-
ally tramplikr- not more than 80 or 33
wears old | should say
.Thr s;tmr man. said tho Rev
Henry Maxwell thuu=htfully
did Won finish Your sermon. Hen,
ryr" his wife asked after II pause
YES all done 1t has l"rn Il very
busy week with me The two sermons
cost ln, a ..u,, deal of labor
They will h" appreciated toy large
audience tomorrow. | hope. replied
his wife. smiling "What are You 20
ius to preach about in the n"rningT
Following Christ take up the
ntunrru,nt under TN" heads If sacrifice
and example and then show the step
needed tu follow his sacrifice and rX
ample.
Il am sur" il iS Il good sermon.
h,u. II Won I rain SuutlHN We haV,