Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-01-24

Will take QlLn III. IL iS queer case.
must find out more about him. But
I'm hungry. Can have bite Of some.
thing?"
Haven't you had dinnerf'
"No; haven't had time"
"Where have you been"
"Among the tenements."
"How are the people getting on
there"
81 cannot tell. 1t almost ehokes me
to eat when think Of It."
"Now, Philip. what makes you take
1t so seriously? How can you help all
that suffering? You are not to blame
for It."
maybe | am for part Of 1t. But
whether | am or not there the suffer
Ing Is. And don't know that we ought
to ask who ls to blame In such cases.
At any rate. supposing the fathers and
mothers in the tenements are to blame
themselves by their own sinfulness,
does that make innocent children and
helpless babes any warmer or better
clothed and fed? Sarah, | have seen
things In these four hours time that
make me want to join the bomb throw
ers Of Europe almost"
Mrs. Strong came up behind bis chair
as he sat at the table eating and placed
her hand on his brow. She grew more
anxious every day over bis growing
personal feeling for Others, 1t seemed
to her 1t was becoming passion with
him. wearing him out, and she feared
its results as winter deepened and the
strike In the mills remained unbroken.
"You cannot do more than one man,
Philip" she said, with sigh.
mo, but If can only make the
church see It's duty at this time and act
the Christlike way a great many per-
SONS will be saved" He dropped his
knife and fork, wheeled around ab-
ruptly in his chair and faced her with
the question, would you give up this
home and be content to live In a SIM
pier fashion than we have been used
to since we came hereT
EYES," replied bis wife quietly. IT
will 20 anywhere and suffer anything
with you. What is it you are thinking
Of now?"
81 need little more time. There Is
q crisis near at hand In my thought of
what Christ would require of me. My
dear, l am sure we shall be led by the
spirit of truth to do what Is necessary
and for the better saving Of men,"
He kissed his wife tenderly and went
up stairs again to his work. All
through the rest Of the afternoon and
in the evening, as he shaped bis
church and pulpit work. the words OF
the brother Man" rang In his ears
and the situation at the tenements rose
In the successive panoramas before his
eyes. AS the storm Increased In fury
with the coming darkness. he felt that
1t was typical in certain sense OF his
own condition. He abandoned the work
he had been doing at his desk. and
kneeling down at his couch he prayed.
Mrs. Strong, coming up to the study
to see how his work was getting on,
found him kneeling there and went
and knelt beside him, while together
they sought the light through the
storm.
So the weeks went by, and the first
Sunday of the next month found Phil
ip's Christ message even more direct
and personal than any he had brought
to his people before. He had spent
much of the time going into the work
ingmen's houses. The tenement dis
trict was becoming familiar territory
to him now. He had settled finally
what his own action ought to be. In
that action his wife fully concurred.
And the members Of Calvary church.
coming in that Sunday morning, were
astonished at the message OF their pas
tor as he spoke to them from the
standpoint of modern Christ.
81 said a month ago that the age In
which we live demands simpler. less
extra VACANT style of living. | did not
mean by that to condemn the beauties
of art or the marvels OF science or the
products OF civilization. merely en-
phasized what believe Is a mighty
but neglected truth In our modern civ.
ilization-that If we would win men
TO Christ we must adopt more Of his
spirit of simple and consecrated self
denial. | wish to be distinctly under
stood as 60 on that do not condemn
any man simply because he Is rich or
lives In a luxurious house, enjoying
eyery comfort OF modern civilization.
eyery delicacy Of the season and all
nhysical desires. What do wish dis.
tinctly understood Is the belief. which
has been burned deep into me ever
since coming to this town. that II the
members of this church wish to honor
the Head of the church and bring men
to believe him and save them in this
life and the next they must be willing
to do far more than they have yet
done to make use Of the physical COM
forts and luxuries OF their homes for
the blessing and Chrstianlzlng Of this
community. In this particular have
myself failed to set you an example
The fact that have so failed Is my
only reason for making this matter
public this morning.
THE situation in Milton today Is ex-
ceedingly serious. do not need to
prove it to you by figures. If any busi-
ness man will so through the tene-
ments. he will acknowledge my state
ments. If any woman will contrast
those dens with her own home, she
will, If Christ Is a power in her heart,
stand in horror. before such a traVesty