Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-12-29

in the old Condiuuls. although there was
an actual change 3D. hundreds of lives
but the s;iluoIs. Gen. bowels gamblin'
houses. still ran overcoming their vii
ness into TIA 1--we, Of fresh Victims (,
take the place of those rescued 10y ia,
evangelist. and The devil recruited hi,
ranks very fast
Henry Maxwell did not 20 abroad
Instead of that he took the money
had been saving for the tip aad quie,
ly arranged "A Summer vacation iui
whole family living down in IT," Rec
tangle who had never gone outside OF
the foul district of tn tenement TN
pastor of the FIRST church viii never
for sct the week he 81, mt with this fam
ilv making the arrangements lie went
down into tce Roctanglc ole hot day
when something of the terrible heat of
the tcnements vas BEGINNING TO be felt
and helped the family to the station
and then went with them To beautiful
spot ON the coast. where, in the home
of a Christian woman these bewildered
city tenants breathed for the first time
in years the cool salt air and felt blow
about them the pine scented fragrance
of a new lease Of life
There was a SICILY baby with the
mother-:hrce other children, one a
cripple The father. who had been ont
of work until he had been, as he after
ward confessed to Maxwell several
times on the verge Of suicide, sat with
the baby in his arms during the jour
ney. and when Maxwell started back to
Raymond after seeing the family set
tied the man held his hand AT parting
and choked with his utterance and
finally broke down, 10 Maxwell 5 great
confusion The mother wearied
wo. nout woman. who had lost three
children the year before from fever
scourge in the Rectanglc. sat by the
car window all the way and drank in
the delights of sen and SKY and field II
was all miracle to her and Henry
Maxwell coming back into Raymond
at the end of that week feeling the
scorching siCkcIing heat all the more
because of his little taste Of the ocean
breezes. than:ed God for the JOY he haG
witnessed and entered upon his disci
pleship with humble heart. KNOWN
for almost the first time in his life this
special kind of sacrifice for never bc
fore had hc denied himself his regular
summer trip away from The heat OF
Raymond whether be felt in any great
need Of rest or uot
at is a fact he said in reply TO sev
eral inquiries on the part Of his church
Il do not feel in need Of n vacation th.~
year am very well and prefer to stay
here 1t was with Il feeling of rcHCi
that he succeeded in concealing from
every one but his wife what he had
done with this other family lie Eel,
the need OF doing anything of that sori
without display OF approval from others.
So the summer came on, and Henry
Maxwell grew into larger knowledge Of
his Lord. The First church was still
swayed by the power of the Spirit
Maxwell marveled at the continuance
of his stay. He knew very well that
from the beginning nothing brt the
Spirit ; presence had kept the church
from being torn asunder by this re-
markable testing it had received Of its
1iscipleship. Even now there were
many of the members among those who
lad not taken the pledge who regarded
he whole movement as Mrs Winslow
I'd in the nature Of fanatcal inter
1tiou of Christian duty, and looked
Il return Of the old normal condi
ID Meanwhile the whole body of dis
irlcS was under the influence Of the
spirit. and Henry Maxwell went his
way that suu,aer doing his parish work
in great JOY, l.ccping up his meetings
with the railroad men. as he had prom
Used Alexander Powers, and daily grow
ing into better knowledge Of the
Master
Early one evening in August, after a
day of refreshing cColness, following a
long period Of heat, Jasper Chase walk
ed TO the window of his room in the
apartment house on the avenue and
looked ont
On his desk lay pile of manuscript
Since that evening when he had spoken
to Rachel Winslow he had not met her
His singularly sensitive nature, sensi-
tive 10 the point of irritability when he
was thwartcd seemed 10 thrust him
into an isolation that was intensified
by his habits as an author
All through the heat of the summer
he had been writing. His book was
nearly done now He had thrown him
self into its construction with Il feverish
strength that threatened at any moment
to desert him and leave him helpless
He had rot forgotten his pledge with
the other church members at the First
church 1t had forced itself upon his
notice all through his writing and evei
since Rachel had said no to him. IL
had asked a thousand times. Would
Jesus do this2 Would he write this
story ?" II was "A society novel. written
in style that had proved popular II
had no purpose except TO amuse. 1t:
moral teaching was not bad, but mel
ther was il Christian in any positive
way Jasper Chase knew that such g
story would sell He was conscious OF
powers in his way that the social world
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