El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-16

day school is one of the strongest, most
| powerful influences in our civilization
in this country today. But the paper
will not necessarily be weak because
it is good. Good things are more pow
erful than bad. The question with me
is largely one of support from the Chris
tian people of Raymond There are over
! 90 900 church members here in the
city. IF half of them will stand by The
News its life is assured. What do You
think Maxwell, is the probability of
such support?''
81 don't know enough about it to
give an Intelligent answer. believe in
the paper with all my heart. If it lives
a year, as Miss Virginia said, there is
no telling what it can do. The great
thing will be to issue such paper, as
near as we can judge, as Jesus probably
would and put into it all the elements
of Christian brains, strength, intelli-
gence and sense and command respect
by the absence of bigotry, of fanati-
cism, narrowness and anything else that
is contrary to the spirit of Jesus Such
a paper will call for the best that hui
man thought and action are capable of
giving. The greatest minds in the world
would have their powers taxed to the
utmost to issue Christian daily
Yes, Edward Norman spoke hum
bly,. 81 shall make great mistakes, no
doubt. I need great deal of wisdom.
But 1 want to do as Jesus would.
What would he dor I have asked It
daily and shall continue to do so and
abide by results.
81 think we are beginning to under
stand. said Virginia, 1.-THE meaning of
that command. Grow in the grace and
knowledge of our Lord and Saviour
Jesus Christ. 1 am sure I do not know
all that he would do in detail until 1
know him better
''That is very true said Henry
Maxwell 81 am beginning to under
stand that 1 cannot interpret the prob
able action of Jesus until know better
what his spirit is To my mind the
greatest question in all of human life Is
summed up when we ask, What would
Jesus do?' if as we ask it we also try
to answer it from growing knowledge
of Jesus himself We must know Jesus
before we can initiate him.
When the arrangements had been
made between Virginia and Edward
Norman, he found himself in possession
of the sum of $500, 900, exclusively his
to use for the estab lishment of Chris
tian daily paper. When Virginia and
Henry Maxwell had gone. Norman
closed his door and. alone with the
Divine presence, asked like a child for
help from his all powerful Father. All
through his prayer as he kneeled before
his desk ran the promise, eff any man
lack wisdom, let him ask of Gcd, who !
giveth to all men literally and up
braideth not. and it shall be given |
him Surely his prayer would be an
swered and the kingdom be advanced |
through this instrument of Gods pow |
er, this mighty press which had become |
SO largely degraded to the base uses of |
mans avarice and ambition.
Two months went by. They were full |
of action and results in the city of Ray
mond and especially in the First church
In spite of the approaching heat of the /
summer season. the after meeting of |
the disciples who had made the pledge
to do as Jesus would do continued with
enthusiasm and power. Gray had fin
ished his work at the Rectangle, and an
outward observer going through the
place could not have seen any difference
in the old conditions, although there was
an actual change in hundreds of lives,
but the saloons, dens, novels, gambling
houses, still ran, OVERLOOKING their vile
ness into the lives of fresh victims to
take the place Of those rescued by the
evangelist, and the devil recruited his
ranks very fast.
Henry Maxwell did not go abroad.
Instead of that he took the money he
had been saving for the trip and quiet
~ arranged summer vacation for a
whole family living down in the Rec
tangle who had never gone outside of
the foul district of the tenement The
pastor of the First church will never
forget the week he spent with this fam
lily making the arrangements He went
down into the Rectangle one hot day
when something of the terrible heat of
the tenements was beginning to be felt
and helped the family to the station
and then went with them to a beautiful
spot on the coast. where, in the home
IF a Christian woman, these bewildered
,ity tenants breathed for the first time
IN years the cool salt air and felt blow
about them the pine scented fragrance
If new lease of life.
There was a sickly baby with the
other children, one a
ripple The father, who had been out
If work until he had been, as he after
ward confessed to Maxwell. several
lines on the verge of suicide, sat with
he baby in his arms during the jour
ley, and when Maxwell started back to
Raymond after seeing the family set
led the man held his hand at parting
md choked with his utterance and ,
inally broke down, to Maxwell's great
'onfusion- The mother, a wearied,
woman, who had lost three
children the year before from q fever