The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-10-12


gin new order of things cleansing
our city Of the wors; enemy known to
municipal honesty and doing what lies
in our power to DO with the hallot-to
purify our civic lifer
The News is positively and without
reservation ON the side of the new
movement We shall henceforth do all
in our power TO drive out the saloon
ana destroy its political strength. We
shall advocate the election Of men nom
mated by the majority of citizens met
Il, the first primary. and we call upon
all Christians. church members and low
ers of right, purity. temperance and
home to stand by President Marsh and
tl,e rest Of the citizens who have thus
begun long needed reform in our
city
President Marsh read this editorial
and thanked God for Edward Norman
At the same time he understood well
enough that every other paper in Ray
mond was on the other side He did not
misunderstood the Importance and seri
business of the fight which was only just
begun. Ii was no secret that The News
had lost enormously since it had been
governed by the standard Of What
would Jesus doy' The question now
was Would the Christian people Of
Raymond stand by it, Would they
make it possible for Norman To conduct
a daily Christian paper, or would their
desire for what is called news, in
the way Of crime, scandal. political
partisanship Of the regular sort and a
dislike to champion so remarkable n re
form in journalism. influence them to
drop the paper and refuse to give it
their financial support Tha; was, in
fact, the question Edward Norman was
asking even while lie wrote the Satur-
lay editorial He knew well enough
that his action expressed in that edi
torial would cost him very dearly from
The hands of many business men of
Raymond and still as he drove his pen
over the paper he asked another ques-
tion. What would Jesus doT' That
question had become part of his life
now. 1t was greater than any other.
But for the first time in its history
Raymond had seen the professional
men. the teachers, the college profes-
sors, the doctors. the ministers, take
political action and put themselves
definitely and sharply in antagonism to
the evil forces that had SO long CON
trollcd the machine Of the municipal
government. The fact itself was aston
ishing President Marsh acknowledged
to himself. with n feeling of humilia-
tion. that never before had he known
what civic righteousness could accom-
plish. From that Friday nights work
he dated for himself and his college u
new definition Of the worn phrase, 1.-THE
scholar in politics Education for him
and those who were under his influence
ever after meant some element Of suf-
fcring Sacrifice must now enter into
the factor Of development.
At the Rectangle that week the tide
of spiritual life rose high and as yet
showed no signs CT flowing back. Rachel
and Virginia went every night Vir-
ginia was rapidly reaching a conclusion
with respect to large part of her
money. She had talked it over with
Rachel. and they had been able to
agree that IL Jesus had vast amount
of money at his disposal he might do
with some Of it as Virginia planned
At any rate. they felt that whatever
Jesus might do in such case would
have rs large an element of variety in
it as the difference in persons and cir
cumstances There could be no fixed
Christian way of using money. The
rule that regulated its use was unselfsh
utility.
But meanwhile the glory Of the
Spirits power possessed all their best
thought Night after night that week
witnessed miracles as great as walking
on the sea or feeding the multitude
with few loaves and fishes, for what
greater miracle than n regenerated hui
manityf The transformation Of these
coarse brutal. scottish lives into pray
ing rapturous lovers Of Jesus struck
Rachel and Virginia every time with
the feelings that people may have had
when they saw Lazarus walk out OF
the tomb 1t was an experience full OF
profound excitement to them.
Rollin Page came TO all the meetings.
There was no doubt Of the change that
had come over him. He was wonderful
ly quiet 1t seemed Us if he were think
ing all the time. Certainly he was not
the same person. He talked more with
Gray than with any one else. He did
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