Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-04

row. and damn with earthly and eternal
destruction o. hundred LoreeuH before
the year had drawn 10 ~ bloody closer
All This. with voice that rang and
iromUlod and broke ln goba Of anguish
Tor the reault dii Henry Maxwell pour
out upon HE people that Sunday morn
INK and men aud women wcpt ua he
spoke. Donald Marsh sat there. his
usual erect. handsome. firm. bright,
aolf-counuent bearing all gone. his
head bowed upon his breast. the great
tears rolling down his checks, unmind-
fui Of the fact that never before had he
shown outward emotion In a public
service Edward Norman near by sat.
with his clear cut. Keen face erect. but
bic iip trumhled and he ciutchcd the end
% the pow with "a feeling on emotion
that struck deep into his knowledge u
the truth nf Maxwell spoke ~ Il. No
man had givon or suffered more 10 In
nuonCe public opinion that last week
than Norman. The thought that the
Christian conscience had been aroused
too late or too fcobly lay with weight
N accusation upon the heart Of the
editor What n he had begun to do
ne Jesus would long nEo7 Who could
toi what might have been accomplished
BY this umcf And up In the choir
Rachel Winalow, with her face bowed
on the railing % the oak screen. gave
way TO "a feeling she had not yet al
lowed 10 master her. but II 20 united
hUf Tor her part that when Henry Max
well finished and she tried 20 sing her
closing solo after the prayer her voice
broke. and Tor the first time IN hor iifc
she was Obliged 10 Vt down robhinR
and unable Co ru on.
over the church In the silence that
followed this strange scene. aohH and
The noise NJ weeping arose. Whom had
tho ritrt church Yielded 90 such q hfp-
O. d. o.. D.
REGULAR. precise. cold. cunventinued or
lcr of service. uniiaiurbrd By any vui.
rar emotion and unmovod hy any fool
iHh excitement liut the people had
lately had thoir deepest convictions
touched. They had boon living % long
o. thgir surface feeling. that they had
almost forgotten the deeper wells nf
ne NON that they had broken 10 the
surface tho people were convinced "
the meaning u their discipline.
Henry Maxwell ala not ask this
morning fur volunteers Co Join those
who had already pledged 20 DO a. Jesus
would. but whom the congregation had
nnnlly gone and he had entered the lee
turu room 10 needed hut % glance 20
show him that tho original company of
followers had been largely Increased.
The meeting was tender II glowcd
with the spirits presence. ID was alive
with strong ana lasting resolve 90 begin
"a war on thN MNiNNN power OF Kay
mond that would break IT, reign Since
the nfHt sunday when the first come
pnny % volunteers had pledged them-
solves To do nH Jesus would do the dlf-
fornt meetings had been characterized
hY distinct Impulses Or Impressions.
To-day The entire force of tho gathering
roUmcd Co De directed 10 this one large
purpose. n was meeting fun %
broken prayers Of c1utritiun. cnn-
fusion. confession. ~ strong ycnrninr
for now and letter city lie. and all
through u ran the one general cry FOR
dellNgranco from tho saloon and It's
awful curse.
But II the First church was deeply
stirred by the events % the week gone
the itcctnnrlc also fOlt moved strongly
ln &C. own way The death u t.orrrn
was not ln Itself 20 remarkable a fact
n was her recent acquaintance with
the people from the city that lifted her
into special prominence ana surrounded
her death with more than ordinary Inn
rorinrro, Every one In the tcctnugiu
knew that isornun was al this moment
lyinE IN the Page mansion up on the
avenue. Exaggerated reports Of the
murnihcouce Of the caakot had already
furnished material Tor eager gossip.
The RcctlnHle was excited To- know the
details of the funeral Would II be
publicf What ala Miss Page Intend to
dol The noctanrle had never before
mingled even In this distnntiy personal
manner with the nristocrncy on the
boulevard. The opportunities for doing
80 were not frequent Gray and his