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

have been all In few seconds Of time,
but he had been conscious u defining
his position aud hla emotions nH well ne
u ne had held n noliioquy and Die de-
livery partook of the thrill of deep per-
aonai satisfaction.
Inc Hormpn was interesting. n was
iull OF striking sentence. They would
have commanded attention printed.
spoken with the passion u a dramatic
uttcrance that had the good taste never
70 offend with n suspicion Of rantins or
reclamation, they were very effective.
N the Rev. Henry Maxwell that morn
inN ret satisfied with the conditions u
MS paatotute. the parish u First church
also had similar feeling NJ Il congrat-
ulated Itself on the pfescncc In the pull
pit Of this scholarly. refined. somcWha
striking face and figure. preaching
with such animation and freedom from
ail vulgar noisy or diHngreehble man
suddenly. into the midst u this per.
fcct accord ana concord between
very remarkable interruption. IL would
he dlthcuit 20 Indicate the extent u the
.hnck which this interruption measured.
" was 20 unexpected, au entirely COM
ltniy 70 any thought Of any person
present that ~ offered no roum for ar
gument or. foi the time being. Of rcsis-
lance.
The sermon had come 10 close. The
Rev Henry Maxwell had turned tho
hair N the big Bible over upon his
manuscript and was about 70 III down
a. the quartet prepared 70 rlac and
sing the closing selection
~ for Jesus. an Tor Jesus.
All my being rnnH1med lowers.
Wh.n the cntiro congregation was star
tied BY the sound 90 mans voice. 10
cnmo from the rear Of the church. from
one ui the seats under the gallery. The
next moment the figure u a man came
out % the shadow there and walked
down the middle aisle
lieforu the startled congregation real
Yea what was being done the man had
roached the opgn space in front ~ the
pulpit and had turned about. facing
the people.
i've been wondering since came
IN horc"-thHy were the words he used
under the gallery, and be- repeated Thorn
-'if u would b. Just the thing 60 say
uv q al the close OF this service. I'm
not lux, and I'm not crazy, and I'm
perf,t = harmless. iiut N die, as
there " every likelihood ! shall In "a
Few days, I want the satisfaction of
thinking that I said my say IN q place
IKE this, before Just this sort Of a
Henry Maxwell had not taken his
seat, and he now remained standing.
leaning un his pulpit, looking down at
the stranger. II was the man who had
come To his house Friday morning. the
young man. lie held his fndod hat iu
his two hands. 10 SEEMED 60 b. % Ia
vor1tc gesture. He had not been shaved.
ana his hair was rough and tangled. u
was doubtful " any one like this had
over confronted the First church within
the sanctuary, u was tnlernhly familiar
with this sort 81 humanity out on tho
street. around tho railroad shops. wan
doring up and down tho avenue. but Il
had never dreamed Of such an Incident
a. this 10 near.
There was nothing offensive In the
mans manner or tone. lie was not oN-
cited. aud he spoke In a low but dis
tlnrt voice. Henry Maxwell was con-
nclUuH even a. he stood there smitton
Into dumb establishment az the event,
that somehow the mans action remind
ed him u "a person he had once Noen
walking and talking In his sleep.
No ono In tho church made any mo-
ton 20 stop the stranger or IN any way
Interrupt him. Perhaps the first shock
of his sudden appearance decpcncd into
genuine pcfploNlty concerning what
was best 60 DO. However that may bc
he went on as n he had no thought of
interruption and no thought OF the un-
usual element he had introduced into
the decorum Of tho First church service,
and All the white he was speaking
Henry Maxwell leaned over tho pulpit,
hia face growing more white and sad
every moment But he made no move
mcnt 10 stop him. and tho people sat