Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-10-14
IN HIS STEPS.
WHAT WOULD JESUS DO?"
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his employees. to the people who were
his customers and to the general busl'
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 ac-
ton He was very thoughtful as ne
looked up and met Milton Wright's
eager gaze
do you believe you can continue to
make your business pay on those hnesr
| ii do Intelligent unselfshness ought
to be wiser than intelligent seltishness,
don t you thinkf If the men who work
as employees begin to feel personal
share in the profits of the business and
more than that, personal love for
themselves on the part Of the firm.
won't the result be more care less
waste, more diligence more faithful
nessf'
"Yes: think 30 A good many other
business men don't, do theyf mean
as a general thing How about your re-
lations to the selfish world that Is not
trying to make money on Christian
principlesf
THAT complicates my action. OF
course
docs your plan contemplate what is
coming to be known as cooperation
"Yes: as far as have gone. it does
As told you. am studying out my
details carefully am absolutely con-
vinced that Jesus in my place would be
absolutely unsAfsh 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 30 that Gods king
dom would be evidently the first object
sought. On those general principles, as
say. am working. 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 mistaking 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.
"lf 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 1t. 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 a 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
that9" 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 discipleshipH 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 dor
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 Rachels 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 appreciable 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 OF its outward manner. 1t
had too much local pride in being
tough But in spite of itself. there
was yieldin.. to power it had never
measured and did not know well enough
to resist beforehand
Gray had recovered his voice, so 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 un-
derstand that this man was talking
thesa MANY weeks and usino his time