Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-02-10
had satisfied his hunger, Philip show

had satisfied his hunger. Philip show
ed him the little room where the
Brother Man" had staid one night.
"You may make it your own as long
as you WILL" Philip said. You may
look upon 1t as simply a part of what
has been given us to be used for the
Fathers children"
The man seemed dazed by the re-
suit of his encounter with the preach
er. He murmured something about
thanks. He was evidently very much
worn, and the excitement Of the even
ing had given place to an appearance
Of detection that alarmed Philip. After
few words he went out and left the
man, who said that he felt very drow-
Sy.
81 believe he is going to have a fe-
yer or something" Mr.. Strong said to
his wife as he joined her in the other
room. He related his meeting with the
man. making very light Of the attack
and indeed excusing it on the ground
of his desperate condition.
His fear was realized. The next
morning he found his lodger In the
clutch Of fever. Before night he was
delirious. The doctor came and pro-
nounced him dangerously Ill. And
Philip, with the burden Of his work
weighing heavier Oh him every mo-
ment, took up this additional load and
prayed his Lord to give him strength
to carry it and save another soul.
1t was at the time Of this event in
Mr.. Strong's life that another occur
red which had its special bearing upon
the crisis of all his life.
The church was dear to his thought,
loved by him with a love that only
very few of the members understood.
In spite of his apparent failure to rouse
them to conception Of their duty as he
saw it, he was confident that the spirit
of God would accomplish the miracle
which he could not do. Then there
were those in Calvary church who
sympathized heartily with him and
were ready to follow his leadership.
So he began to plan for series of
Sunday night services different from
anything Milton had ever known. His
life in the tenement district and his
growing knowledge Of the labor world
had convinced him Of the fact that
the church was missing its opportuni-
ty in not graphing with the problem
as it existed in Milton. 1t seemed to
him that the first step to successful
solution Of that problem was for the
church and the workingman to get
together upon some common platform
for better understanding. He ac-
cordingly planned for series Of Sun
day night services, in which his one
great purpose was to unite the church
and the labor unions in q scheme Of
mutual helpfulness. His plan was
very simple. He invited into the meet
ing one or two thoughtful leaders Of
the mill men and asked them to state
in the plainest terms the exact condi-
ton Of affairs in the labor world from
their standpoint Then he, for the
church, took up their statements, their
complaints or the reasons for their
differences with capital and answered
them from the Christian standpoint
what would Christ advise under the
circumstances? He had different sub
jects presented on different evenings.
One night 1t was reasons why the mill
men were not in the church. Another
night II was the demand Of men for
better houses and how to get them.
Another night it was the subject OF
strikes and the attitude Of Christ on
wages and the relative value Of the
wage earners' product and the capt.
talists' intelligence. At each meeting
he allowed one or two Of the invited
leaders to take the platform and say
very plainly what to his mind was the
cause and what the remedy for the
poverty and crime and suffering Of
the world. Then he closed the even
ing's discussion by a calm, clear state
ment Of what vas to him the direct
application of Jesus teaching to the
DOint ut issue.