Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-11-25

A
 l CHAPTER XII.
 tbou one thing. Sell all that thou fsess .,h,,fa snsq into the poor, and thou shalt
 als,';h l.s ;r heaven. And, come; follow me. < Henry Maxwell began to speak Ep1ls $ crowded into the settlement |st ||S'll1 night, it is doubtful if he had sfore E faced such an audience in l '9s t is quite certain that the i Raymond did not contain such E.r m If humanity. Not even the k.lo at it's worst could furnish So
 san and women who had fallen P I ont of the reach of the church Religious and even Christian in- l did he talk about He had al- |Iseided that point. He told in %nlest language he could com Esne of the results of obedience bledge as it had been taken in .'rd. Every man and woman in |bdience knew something about nbrist They all had some idea of Tacter, and. however much they sWn bitter toward the forms of Ebn ecclesiasticism or the social l they preserved some standard l and truth, and what little some @|n still retained was taken from kon of the peasant of Galilee. |beY were interested in what Max Ed' oWhat would Jesus do?'' He Eo apply the question to the social k in general after finishing the 8 Raymond. The audience was aplly attentive. 1t was more than a was genuinely interested. AS |6xwell went on faces all over the sned forward in a way very sell Nn in church audiences or any |alse. except among workingmen Epeople of the street when once "a thoroughly aroused. What |jesus do2'' Suppose that were ato not only of the churches, but 1Hsiness men, the politicians, the 1pers. the workingmen, the so- eople How long would it take, such standard of conduct, to aonize the world7 What was the aYith the world7 ' 1t was suffer m selfshness. No one ever lived a succeeded in overcoming self Nike J Jesus. If men followed him, kss of results, the world would Ebegin to enjoy q new life.
 \ Maxwell never knew how $ meant to hold the respectful an of that hall full of diseased zful humanity. The bishop and bee bee. sitting there. looking on. Iaany faces that represented seorn @s hatred of the social order, "a narroWness and selfishness, N that even so socn. under the Ee of the settlement life, the ng process had begun to lessen krness of hearts, manY of which aFn bitter from neglect and in. &e
 #hll. in spite of the outward 6 respect of the speaker, no one, 4 the bishop. had any true con. Rf the pent up feeling in that Mt night. Among the men who Mf of the meeting and had re Etc the invitation were 20 or 30 Hork, who had strolled past the zht that afternoon. read the no- Hthe meeting and had come in hriosity and to escape the chill H 1t was 3 bitter night, and xns were full, but i'll that whole
 f oYer 30, GOO souls, with the M of the saloons, there was not |8pen to the people except the Hre Christian door Of the settle N here would 5 man without | H without work CT without |45afnzally go unless to | saloon 7 H been the custom at ttiile set tle-
 2 free and open discussion to 4 open meeting of this kind, # Henry Maxwell finished and A the bishop, who presided to. @Fe and made the announcement K man in the hall was at liberty
 estions, 10 speak out his feel. < |aEfclare his convictions. always < Understanding that whoever 3 was tG observe the simple & governed parliamentary bod &Obey the three minute rule,
 common consent, would be
 on account of the numbers
 Fly a number of voices from
 had been at previous meetings
 md exclaimed. "Consent, con
 |hop sat down, and immediate
 hear the middle of the hall
 pegan to speak.
 to Say that what Mr. Max
 ald tonight comes pretty close
 knew Jack Manning, the fel-
 pld about, who died at his
 worked on next case to his in
 shop in Philadelphia for two
 X was 9 good fellow. He lent
 when l was in 2 hole, and
 q chance to pay it back. He
 New York, owing to q change
 nagenent of the office that
 out, and I never saw him
 hen the linotype machine
 was one of the men to go
 ss he did. I have been out