Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-11-08

from going TO the pad In gambling.
| Rollin spoke with enthusiasm His
face was transformed by his interest in
the subject which had now become q
part of his real life. Rachel again noted
the strong, manly, healthful tone Of
his speech. With it all she knew was
deep. underlying seriousness which felt
the burden Of the cross even while car
rying it with joy The next time she
spoke it was with a swift feeling of
justice due to Rollin and his new life
| 'Do you remember reproached you
once for not having any purpose worth
living for?' she asked, while her beau
tiful face seemed to Rollin more beau
tiful than ever when he had won suf6-
Gent self control to look up. II want
to say feel the need of saying, in JUS
tice to you now, that I honor you for
your courage and your obedience to
your promise. The life you are living
now is very noble one
Rollin trembled His agitation was
greater than he could control Rachel
could not help seeing it. They walked
along in silence. At last Rollin said
II thank you. It has been more than
l can tell to hear you say that. =" He
looked into her face for one moment.
She read his love for her in that look.
but he did not speak
When they separated. Rachel went
into the house. and. sitting down in
her room, she put her face in her hands
and said to herself: II am beginning
| fH VIZ hot + IN h. h.,
. noble man. shall love Rollin Page.
after ALL What am saying? Rachel
Winslow, have you forgotten"-
She rose and walked back and forth.
She was deeply moved Nevertheless it
was evident to herself that her emotion
was not that of regret or sorrow Some
how a glad, new joy had come to her.
She had entered another circle Of ex
perience, and later in the day she re-
joiced with a very strong and sincere
gladness that her Christian discipleship
found room for this crisis in her feel
ing. 1t was indeed a part of it, for if
she were beginning to love Rollin it
was the Christian man who had won
her heart. The other never would have
moved her to this great change
! And Rollin as he went back treasured
a hope that had been a stranger to him
since Rachel had said no that day. In
that hope he went on with his work as
the days sped on, and at no time was
he more successful in reaching and saw
ing his old acquaintance than in the
time that followed that chance meeting
with Rachel Winslow
| The summer had gone and Raymond
was once more facing the rigor Of her
winter season. Virginia had been able
to accomplish a part of her plan for
capturing the Rectangle,' as she
called it, but the building of houses in
the field. the transforming Of its bleak,
bare aspect into an attractive park. all
of which was included in her plan. was
a work too large to be completed that
fall after she had secured the property
But million dollars in the hands Of a
person who really wants to do with it
as Jesus would ought to accomplish
wonders for humanity in short time
and Henry Maxwell. going over to the
scene of the new work one day after a
noon hour with the shopmen. was
amazed to see how much had been done
outwardly.
Yet he walked home thoughtfully.
and on his way he could not avoid the
question Of the continual problem thrust
into his notice by the saloon How
much had been done for the Rectangle,
after all Even counting in Virginia S
and Rachel's work and Mr. Gray's
where had it actually counted in any
visible quantity? Of course he said to
himself that the rede1nptive work begun
and carried on by the Holy Spirit in
his wonderful displays Of power in the
First church and in the tent meetings
had had it's effect on the life OF Ray.
mond, but as he walked past saloon aft
er saloon and noticed the crowds going
in and coming out of them. as he saw
the wretched dens. as many as ever ap-
parently, as he caught the brutality and
squalor and open misery and degrade,
women and children, he sickened at the
sight He found himself asking how
much cleansing could even Il million
dollars poured into this cesspool accom-
plish? Was not the living source Of
nearly all the human misery they
sought to relieve untouched as long as
these saloons did their deadly but legiti
mate work? What could even such un
selfish Christian discipleship as Vir
ginia's and Rachel's do to lessen the
stream of vice so long as the great
spring of vice and crime flowed as deeI
and strong as ever? Was it not q prac
tical waste of beautiful lives for these
young women to throw themselves into
this earthly hell when for every sou
rescued by their sacrifice the saloo1
made two more that needed rescue7
He could not escape the question Il
was the same that Virginia had put tt
Rachel in her statement that. in he1
} opinion, nothing really would ever b.
done until the saloon was taken out O
the Rectangle. Henry Maxwell wen
back to his parish work that Afternoon
with added convictions on the icenst
J business.
, But, if the saloon were a factor il
the problem of the life of Raymond, NJ
less were the First church and its ittl'
company Of disciples who had pledged
themselves to do as Jesus would do
: Henry Maxwell, standing at the yer!
; center of the movement, was not in .
position to judge Of its power as SOM
| one from the outside might have done
Init Raymond itso1f fo1t tho tonch n