Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-30
In His Steps.
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would conduct it all so that God s king dom would be evidently the first object sought On those general principles, as say l am working l must have time to complete the detgils
 When Henry Maxwell finally left Milton Wright, he Was profoundly iHa- pressed with the revolution that Was being wrought already in tlla business As he passed crit of tha store ha caught something of tie new spir.tof the place. There was no mistaking the fact that Milton Wright's s new relations to his employees were beginnipe4 even so soon, after less than two weeH. t3 tTansfaHlsl the entire business, This vas aHpa st in the conduct and faces ef the clerks.
 s1f Milton Wright keeps on. he will be one of the most influential preachers iu Raymond, said Henry Maxwell 10 himsel when horeached his stady Tho question rose as to his continuance in this course when be began to 1ese money b3 #. as Was possible. Henry Maxwell prayed that the Holy Spirit, Wh8 bad shown himself Wztb growing power in tho company of the First church disciples. might abide ieHg With them ali and Wi5h tbat prayer on his. lips and in his heart he beSan fIe prep aratiou of q sermon in which he WAS going to present ta Ais people on S5Hn- day the subject 8f the saloon in Ray mond, as he now believed .tesas would do He had never preached against the saloon in this way before He knew that the things he should say would lead to serious results Nevertheless he Tent oa with is work. and every san- terea he wrote OF shaped was preceded with the question, Would Jesus say that2 Once in fha course of his study he 8ent#aoWI OF lis knees. No one ex- cept himself could know what that meant t6 him When had he Gone that in the preparation Of sarMpns before the change tAat had come into Lis thought of dlscipIeshiY2 As he viewed his ministry now he did not dare to preach without Fff7i ill58 for wisdom. He no longer thought of his dramatic 9e- livery aud it's effect oa hIs audience, The great question with him raW WAS, What would Jesus do
 Saturday night at the Bectangle wit messed some of the most remarkable scenes that Mf. Gray and his wife had ever known The meetings had intensi- fled with each night Of Rache13s sing ing. A stranger passing through the Reetangle in the daytime might have heard a good deal about the meetings in one way and another. It cannot be said that up to that Saturday night there was any appreciabte lack of oaths and imparity and heavy drinking. The Rec tangIe would not have acknowledged that it was growing any better or that even the singing had softened It's con- versation or it's outward manner It had too much local pride in being tough. 2 But, in spite of itself. there was yielding to power it had never measured and did not know well enough to resist beforehand.
 Gray had recovered his voice, so that Saturday he was able to speak. The fact that he was obliged to use his voice carefully made it necessary for the peo- pie to be very quiet if they wanted to uedi. N&idNQdttI bu6y IetA GO4liC u u1A- derstand that this man was talking these many weeks and using his time and strength to give them a knowledge of a Saviour. all out of a perfectly un- selfish love for them. Tonight She great crowd was as quiet as Henry Ma0well5s decofous audience ever was. The fringe around the tent was deeper. and the saloons were practically empty The Holy Spirit had co1ae at last, and Gray knew that one of the great prayers of his life was going to be answered.
 And Rachel her singing was the best. most wonderful Virginia CT Jasper Chase had ever kf8wn. They had come together again tonight with Dr. West, wh0 had spent all his spare time that week in the Rectangle with some char fly eases Virginia was at the organ, Jasper sat on 8 front seat looking up at Rachel, and the Rectaugle swayed as one man toward the platform as sine sang:
 ..Juat as am, without one plea,