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

ono from tho outside MIGHT have done.
but Raymond itself felt the touch of
this now dlalrieship and was changed
Ia very many ways. not knowing all
! the reasons for the change.
The winter had gone. aud the year
was ended. the year which Henry Max
| well had fixed NJ the time during
which tho pledge should be- kent ~ DO
rs Jesus would do. Sunday. the ami
verEary " that one year ago. was In
many wnyH the most remarkable day
the Firet church ever knew. II was
more important than the disciples In
the First church realized. Tho year had
/ made history ao fact and 10 serious that
\ the people were not yet able 20 grasp
~ Significance. and the day itself.
which marked the completion u
! whole year of such dinripitahi was
characterized By such revelations and
confessions that the immediate actors
In the events themselves could not un.
deratand the value or what had been
done or the relation o. their trial TO the
rect Of the churches anu cities In the
country
It happened that tho week before
that anniversary Sunday the uov. Cni-
YIN nruco. -. n. Of the Nazareth Az
cnuc church, Chicago. was IN Ray
mond. wher he had come on n visit 10
some old friends and incidentally 10 ncc
HE old seminary clnaamato. Henry Max
N.NNAH ~ WtNH NA""HNN 10 AAf n NN"A
church and was an exceedingly alton
tive and interested spectator. His ac-
count NJ events IN Raymond. ana cape-
cinly n that sunday may throw more
light on the entire Situation than amy
description or record from other sources
nr nrucc'H statement o. therefore here
given.
fLcticr from Rov. Calvin bruce u.
~. ~ the Nazareth Avenue church.
thlcngn, Go itrv Philip 4. CaVtun. u.
H.. New York Crv1
MY near Caxt1n-it N late sun
day uight but am r1 Intensely awake
and rp overlooking with what I have
seen and heard that I feel driven 90
write YOU now some account VI the
situation In RAYMOND nH ] have been
studying lt ana 1n N hnn apparently
como fo the climax today. SO this a. my
only cXcurc Tor wrliins no extended
icttor at thiH time
the seminary. I think you said The lnHi
time I ylHltrd you iu Sew York that
you had not seen him rlnre Wn rfniu-
nted. lie was "a mined, scholarly frl-
low. you remember. ana whom hu was
called 90 the First church ~ Raymond
within year after i0avluH the aemlr-
MY I suid TO my wifci 1l1ymund hnH
made o. good choice. Maxwell Will nutlH-
~ them no u scrmunlaCr' ltn hnH boon
hero eleven years. and ! under bui thnt
NI 70 "a year ANu nc NNN NNNN on 90 enc
regular course u the ministry. Swing
good satisfaction aud drawing Of
congregation 90 hH morning uro1ohilg
service. HIS church was counted 90
lIrgUHt. most wealthy church iu llny-
moui. An the best people attended TO-
and most 90 them belonged. The uulr-
tntte choir was famous Tor lta music.
especially Tor 90 soprano, MlHH VIM
GLOW. OF whom shall have more 90 alY.
ana. on the whole, na I undCrHi1nd che
fact, Maxwell was ln n comic table
berth. with a. very good sniary piaullut
rurIuurdlurt not "a very eNlciing pare
i'h NJ refined. rich. respectable people.
fuCh q church and parish uH nearly lll
Tho young mon ln Tho seminary in our
tlmf looked forward 90 nH very doslr-
able.
'iIut q year ago today Maxwell came
into biz church ON SUNDAY morning and
nt the close ~ h|H service made the
astounding proposition that the meme
hers of his church volunteer Tor q year
not 10 do anything without hrrt asking
the question. what would Jesus dor
and. after answering 10, 10 do what In
tloir honest JUDGMENT lie would do. rc-
r1rilcra OF what the result might De- To
them.
"1ho eject OF this proposition ~ Il
has been met and oheyed hy a number
" the mombors N the First church OF
Raymond has been 20 remarkable that. !
no you know. the attention OF the whole |
country has been directed TO the move |
mont l call Il a movement because |