Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-10-07

The Sunday morning tina, d..
the city q Raymond v'ns .vs,,i,..l 4
the Sunday u the weak befare IA
maxwell entered hia pulpit h. go
% the largest cougreeaiions ~.
gNer crowded First church. ia
natsaid and looked as n be- ma
risen from a long illness. fiie W. ~
~ home with the little Riri NJ "a
come on the morning train an
Yer her father died. He lay IN ths.
room, his troubles over ava ~
Maxwell could see tho face es b. 1
the hihle and arrrtnasl his M
notices on the side o. the desk AZ s,,.,,,i
been In the habit ~ doing for A., !. ~
The service that morning coui,i,'.,h
Nv e..heht. No one could plfa..et
when the minister had prerrb T. ...',af
morning without notes. "A a ,..i, r.
fact, he had done 20 occest,plifl 2
he nrst entered the ministry Is. na
long time he had carefully wfitf.,i
every word Of his morning Sem.
nearly always HE evening dIse,....
Wen II cannot be said that hia,
this morning wae very rtrlkirt.
preesivc. 10 talked with CONGO
hesitation. II was evident tb,t -
great idea struggled In his tb9pst,
uticrancc, but Il was not oxpr'..' L
the theme he had choeon for hi No..
ing. II was near the close Of hla 49,
that he began TO gather r.-,..
.trength that had been painfully M
ing AZ the beginning. lie clor a a.
ilble and, etcpping out nt ,hr N.
the desk. he faced his people ana 49,.
20 talk 10 them about tho ror.,,5.,..
scene u the week before.
''Our bruther'-somchnw Tho v..,.
sounded o little strange coming ~
Henry MaNwelln lipa-"pasiast ~.
this morning ! have not yet had ~,
20 learn all his history. lie had ons J..
ter living IN Chicago. have 100
hcr and have not yet received ar \.
swcr His little Girl r. with us ma m
remain FOR the time"
lie paused and looked over tls hon.
He thought he had never seen =, NJ,
earnest faces during the ontlfs nlsis.
ate. He was not able yet 10 teli M r.,
pie HE experience, the crisis thrlsa
which he was even now moving H..
something u his feeling pass.d f.I.
him to them, and II did not seen I.
him that he was acting under a r,r...,.
impulse az All 10 20 on and trs.t !.
them thls morning something of a.
message he bore In hla heart So l.
went on;
THE appearance and words n ih.
stranger In the church last g1nitv
made very powerful lmprpaaI4B i
me. ! am not able 60 conceal fram w.
Or myself the fact that what be- "a
followed, aa u has hcon. by h.a i.sn
In my house. hHa compelled mo tl nd
ne never asked before. What docs n.
lowing jcaus meauf' I am not ln b.
Hlti0n yet to utter any c1ndtmuaU-
Of this people or to certain extent y
myself either In our ChrIHtllts r.f.
tiona 10 this man or the number b. rsf.
rcfents IN the world Hut all That a.
not prevent n'e from feeling that muh
that the man said was 20 YnHF iHas
that We must face II In an nttrmrt b
answer II or elsc stand condemned i
,nrlstlnn disciples. A good deal ihu
was elld here lust sunday wac 10 b,
nature Of a challenge 20 Christianity =
u Is fecn and feit In our chuvhes 1
have felt this with Increasing emphis.
every day since. and I DO not kn5H
that any time IL more appropriate tha
the present Tor me To propose place
a purpose which has hdcn forming IL
my mind ns q satisfactory rpIy 70
much that WIS aaid here last sunday
Again Henry Maxwell paused ana
looked into the fncea ~ hlH nanhs
There were some strong, earnest ma
and women In the First church T,i
minister could see Edward Ndrmia
editor Of the Raymond Daily News a.
had hecn a member % First church b.
ten years. No man WIS more honmi
In tho community. There wal Aicxas.
der Powers. superintendent OF the un.
road shops. There was Donald MasA
president Of Lincoln college, situated ID
the suburbs OF Raymond. rhote vas