Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-09-14
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of humanity
"3 His relations with all the per-
sons in his employ would be tho most
loving and helpful He could not help
thinking of them all in the light of
souls to be saved This thought would
always be greater than his thought Of
making money in business.
"a. He would never do single dis
honest or questionable thing or try in
the remotest way to get the advantage
OF any one else in the same business.
80 The principle of unselfishness
and helpfulness in oil the details of the
business would direct its details.
&c Upon this principle he would
shape the entire plan of his relations to
his employees, to the people who were
his customers and to the general bust
ness world with which he was con-
nected "
Henry Maxwell read this over slowly
1t reminded him of his own attempts
the day before to put into concrete
form his thought of Jesus probable &C,
ton He was very thoughtful as he
looked up and met Milton Wright
eager gaze.
do you believe you can continue to
make your business pay on those lines2
II do. Intelligent unselfshness ought
to be wiser than intelligent selfshness.
don t you think2 If the men who work
rs employees begin to feel a personal
ihare in the profits Of the business and
more than that, personal love for
81 . he ~ fhn
won't the result be more care, less
waste more diligence, more faithful
ness3'
Yes think so A good many other
business men don't, do theyP ! mean
rs general thing How about your re.
laticns to the selfish world that is not
trying to make money on Christian
principles p
That complexities my action. Of
course
Does your plan contemplate what is
coming to be known as cooperation
Yes; as far as l have gone, it does
AS told you. am studying out my
details carefully. am absolutely con-
WINGED that Jesus in my place would be
absolutely unselfish He would love all
these men in his employ He would
consider the main purpose Of all the
business to be mutual helpfulness and
would conduct it all so that God king
dom would be evidently the first object
sought. On those general principles, as
l say, | am working. l must have time
to complete the details -
When Henry Maxwell finally left
Milton Wright he was profoundly i'm
pressed with the revolution that was
being wrought already in the business
As he passed out of the store he caught
something of the new spirit of the place.
There was no installing the fact that
Milton Wright's new relations to his
employees were beginning, even so soon,
after less than two weeks, to transform
the entire business. This was apparent
in the conduct and faces of the clerks
IF Milton Wright keeps on, he will
be one of the most influential preachers
in Raymond" said Henry Maxwell to
himself when he reached his study The
question rose as to his continuance in
this course when he began to lose
money by it, as was possible Henry
Maxwell prayed that the Holy Spirit,
who had shown himself with growing
power in the company of the First
church disciples, might abide long with
them all, and with that prayer on his
lips and in his heart he began the prep
aration of sermon in which he was
going to present to his people on Sun
day the subject of the saloon in Ray
mond, as he now believed Jesus would
do. He had never preached against the
saloon in this way before He knew
that the things he should say would
lead to serious results Nevertheless he
went on with his work, and every SEN
tence he wrote or shaped was preceded
with the question, would Jesus say
that?" Once in the course of his study
he went down ON his knees No one ex-
cept himself could know what that
meant to him. When had he done that
in the preparation of sermons before
the change that had come into his
thought of discipleship? AS he viewed
his ministry now he did not dare to
preach without praying for wisdom. He
no longer thought of his dramatic de-
livery and its effect on his audience.
The great question with him now was,
"What would Jesus do?'
Saturday night at the Rectangle wit
messed some of the most remarkable
scenes that Mr., Gray and his wife had
ever known. The meetings had intensi-
fed with each night of Rachel's sing
ing. A stranger passing through the
Rectangle in the daytime might have
heard good deal about the meetings in
one way and another. 1t cannot be said
that up to that Saturday night there
was any appreciate lack of oaths and
impurity and heavy drinking The Rec
| tangle would not have acknowledged
that it was growing any better or that
even the singing had softened its CON
versation or its outward manner. 1t
had too much local pride in being
tough" But, in spite of itself, there
was yielding to power it had never
measured and did not know we'll enough
to resist beforehand.
Gray had recovered his voice, 80 that
Saturday he was able to speak. The
fact that he was obliged to use his voice
carefully made it necessary for the peo-
pie to be very quiet if they wanted to
hear Gradually they had come to I'M
derstand that this man was talking
these many weeks and using his time