Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-10-12

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many Of the most prominent members
have been identified with the move
ment ~
Tho effect on Henry Maxwell is
very rsarked I heard him preach at
our state association four years ago. He
impressed me at the time as having
considerable power in dramatic deliv-
cry, of which he himself was somewhat
conscious His sermon was well writ
ten and abounded in what the seminary
students used to call fine passages.
The effect of it was what the average
congregation would call pleasing. This
morning heard Maxwell preach again
for the first time since then. I shall
speak Of that further on. He is not the
same man. He gives me the impression
of one who has passed through crisis
of revolution. He tells me this revolu-
tion is simply new definition Of Chris
tian discipleship. He certainly has
changed many of his old views: His at
Mtude on the saloon question is radical
" opposite to the one he entertained q
year ago, and in his entire thought Of
his ministry, his pulpit and parish
work ! find ne has made complete
change. So far as l can understand,
the idea that is moving him on now is
the idea that the Christianity Of our
times must represent more literal i'm
itation Of Jesus. and especially in the
element Of suffering. BE quoted to me
in the course Of our conversation sew
eral times the verse from Peter, For
ihereunto were ye called, because Christ
also suffered for you. leaving you an
example that ye should follow his
steps. and he seems filled with the con
viction that what our churches need
today more than anything else is this
factor Of suffering for Jesus in some
form
II do not know that I agree with
him altogether; but. my dear Caxton,
1T is certainly astonishing to note the
results of this idea as they have i'm
pressed themselves upon this city and
upon this church.
"You ask how about the results on
the individuals who have made the
pledge and honestly tried to be true to
it Those results are, as have said, a
part of individual history and cannot
be told in detail Some Of them, Lean
give you. SO that you may see that this
form Of discipleship is not merely SEN
timent or fine posing for effect.
For instance, take the case Of Alex.
ander Powers, who was superintendent
Of the machine shops Of the L. and T,
R. r. here. When he acted upon the
evidence that incriminated the road, he
lost his position, and, more than, that,
I learn from my friends here his family
and social relations nave become 80
changed that the family no longer ap;
pear in public. They have dropped out
of the social circle where onces they
We're so prominent. BY the way, Cax,
ton, understand in this connection
that the commission, for one reason
and another. postponed action on this
case. and it is now rumored that the
L. and T. R. R. will pass into receiv-
er's hands very soon. The president Of
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