Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-10-20

the organ. ami Rachel ASKED her to Il.y
IL few not Of thc hymn
saviour. ! follow IN,
Guided iy tA.c,
Seeing ra' t.t tlo hand
That ieadDth ue.
flushed D. nay l,art and stil
Irr ua further no:
0ut 90 meet thy viii
t.t "ii eutll hc.
Rachel had Lot sung the first line be-
fore the people in the tent were al
! turned toward her hushod and rover
ont Before she had finished the verse
the Rcctaug'e was subdued and tanned
1t lay ike some wild beast at her feet
and She sang it into hm1nlossnc.y. All.
What We're the fippant perfumed.
critical audience in concert halls com
pared with this dirty drunken, impure.
DEGRADED, hosottcd humanity that trem-
Died and wcpt and grow strangely. sad
ly thouehtf-i uu3 the touch If the
divine ministry of this beautiful young
woman Horny Maxwell as he raised
his head aud saw the transformed mob
haa! glimpse Of something that Jesus
would probably DO with a voice like
Rachel Niu-low's .Jasuor Chase sat
with bis eyes GA the singer, and his
create { longing an ambition. author
was swallowed 10 in the thought az
what Rachel Wiz lows love might
some time mean To- him. And or T. in f.
the sha ow outside stood the ust person
any ono might have expected TO sec ut .
a gospel tent service, Rolliu Page. who. .
jostlcd ON every side by rough men and .
wOmcL. who stared At the swell in the .
fine clothes seemed careless of his sur
rounding and ut the same time owl
IDENTITY waved Us the power that Rachel
possessed. lie had iust come over from
the clab Neither Rachel nor Virginia
saw him that night
The song was over. Henry Maxwell
rose again This time he felt calm.
What would Jesus do? He spoke as he
thought once he never could Who were
these people: They were immortal
souls What was Christianity? \ call
ng Of sinners. not the righteous, to r.
)ontance. How would Jesus speak?
What wo0ld Inc say lie could not tell
Ill that his mc~sa~e would include. but
-e felt sure of part Of it. and in that
certainty h. spoke on Mover before
lPd he felt Compassion for the multi
ude. What had the multitude been
o him during his tn years in the First
hnrch lut a vague dangerous. dirty,
Troublesome factor in society outside
# the church ard his reach an clement
hat caused him occasionally an nm
pleasant feeling OF conscience; a factor
n Raymond that was talked about mt
ssociations as the "masses" in papers
written 10y the brethren in attempts TO
how why tue "'masscs' were not being
cached But tonight n he faced the
'massrs' ho asked himself whether.
TER ali THIS was not just about such
mulntuuc as Jesus faced Oftenest. and
@ felt the genuine emotion Of love for
crowd which Is one Of the best indi-
ations lraacacr ever has that he is !,
vlng closa - tt heart of the world 5 :,
tcrnal LIE l. j. easy 10 love an indi-
iGuai nncr. especially if he is person =
lily picturesque or interesting. TO love il
multitude OF sinners is distinctly u y
hristlike quality. y
When tic meeting closed, there was q
o special interest shown. The people Il
lpidly melted away from the tent and o
ne saloons, which had been experience Il Il
~ dul! season while the meetings .
rogressed, again drove thriving :,
ade. The Rectangle, as if to make up 81
II lost time, started in with vigor on /.
usual night life Of debauch. Henry Is
axwell and his little party, including
irginia, Rachel and Jasper Chase, I'll
alked down past the row of saloons IT.
nd dens until they reached the corner ~
here the cars passed uC
"This Is terrible spot, said Henry pl
axwell as they stood waiting for their
r. II never realized that Raymond 81 81
I'd such fostering sore. II does not - -
em possible that this is city full of 80
lristian disciples - ~,
He paused and then continued: +.