Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-12-15
AT the FIRST church Henry Maxwell.

AT the FIRST church Henry MAXWELL
bearing ON his face MARS Of the scene
he had beca throc3h the ui"lt bofoa
confronted IN Immense Con.r. ion
and spoke of it with passion and "a
power that came 50 naturally out 81
the profound experiences Of the cay be-
fore that Lis people felt for him some
thing of the old feeling of pride they
once had in his dramatic delivery
Only this was a different attitude, and
all through his .impassionod appeal this
morning there was note of sadness
and rebuEe and storm condemnation
that made many Of the members pale
with self accusation or with inward
anger
For Raymond ii awakened that
morning TO tAe f.o chat tho city had
como for license Afr all The rcmor
at the Rectaryle Tat the second and
third wards had gene 40 lc,I prove.
TO be false. II was trIa that tn" victor.
was won by very moagcr ma5orli,
but the result was the same rs If IL had
been overwhelming Raymond had
voted TO continue another year the sa
loon The Christians of Raymond stood
condemned by the result More than
hundred Christians, prof. M diacil I,s
had failed to 20 10 tn" polls, and many
more than that number had voted with
the whisky men II all the church
members of Raymond had voted against
the saloon, it would today be ou,loWCd
instead OF crowned kim Of the Iuunici
pality That had been the fact i'm Ray
mond for years The saloon ruled No
one denied that What would Js-cs dot
And the woman who had been utctll
ly struck down by the Very hand that
had assisted SO eagerly to work h.r
earthly ruin what Of hory VAST any
thing more than the logical sequence O.
the whole horrible system of license
that for another year the saloon that
received her so often and compass "a hen
degradation, from whose Wry spot thu
weapon had been hurled tina, struck haI
dead, would by the law which Tin,
Christian people Of Raymond voted e.
support open its doors. perhaps taIcr
row. and damn with earthly and cieGal
destruction hundred Lareeus before
the year had drawn - its bloody Glossy
All this, with voice that rang and
trembled and broae IN sJbs Vi anEui- j.
for the result. G.6
out upon his people g.. s.; sa.r 4.ru
ing and mon and N.l a- ho
spoke Donald N..4 s.t al ra. his
usual erect, ham.une, firm. bright
self confident bcaJn@ an GONE. his
head bowed upon bis breast, the great
tears rollirg down his checks, uumiu6-
full of the fact that revsr before had he
shown outward emotion in public
service Edward Norman near 10y SAT-,
with his clear cut, keen face erect, bit
his lip trembled and he cutchel the end
of the pew with feeling Of emotion
that struck deep into his knowledge OF
the truth rs Maxwell spoke Of it, No
man had given or suffered more to In
Auence public opinion that last week
than Norman. The thought that the
Christian conscience had been aroused
too late or too feebly lay with a weight
of accusation upon the heart of the
editor What if he had begun TO do
as Jesus would long ago? Who could
tell what might have been accomplished
by this timer And mp in the choir
Rachel Winslow, with her face bowed
on the railing Of the oak screen, gave
way TO feeling she had not yet al
lowed to master her, but it SO untitled
her for her part that when Henry Max
well finished and she tried to sing the
closing solo after the prayer her voice
broke, and for the first time in her life
she was obliged to sit down sobbing and
unable to go on.
Irn DE CnNTTNTED.l