Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-03-15

ly in the face he know that he must
speak outswhat burned in him.
lie had been year in Milton Every
month of that year had impressed him
with the deep and apparently hopeless
clIIsm that yawncd between the work
inS world aud the church. There was
NJ point Of contact. One was SuSpi-
cious. the other was Indifferent. Some
thing was radically wrong, and some
thing radically positive and Christian
must be done to right the condition
that faced the churches of Milton.
That was in his soul us he went his
way like one OF the old prophets, i'm
hucd with the love of God as he saw it
in the heart of Christ. With infinite
longing he yearncd TO bring the church
TO- Il sense of her great power and OPP
purtunity. So matters had finally
drawn TO Il point in the month of No
Vcmber. The Brother Man had come
in October. The sick man recovered
slowly Philip and his wife found
room for the father and son and shared
with them what comforts they had. 1t
should be said that after moving out
Of the parsonage into his house in the
tenement district Philip had more than
given The extra thousand dollars the
church insisted on paying him. The
demands on him were SO urgent the
perfect iinpossihility of providing men
with WORK and SO relieving them had
been such Il bar to giving help in that
direction. that out of sheer necessity.
as it seemed to him, Philip had given
fully half of the thousand dollars re-
served for his own salary. His entire
expenses were reduced TO the smallest
possible amount Everything above
that went where il was absolutely
needed. He was literally sharing what
hc had with the people who did not
have anything. II seemed to him that
hc could not consistently do anything
less in view of what he had preached
AID intended to preach.
one evening in the middle Of the
month he was invited 10 a social gath
crinc mt the house of Mr.. Winter. The
II II owner had Of late been eXpcrienc-
il; a revolution Of thought. His atti-
tudc toward Philip had grown more
and more friendly.
1t was a gathering Of personal
friends of Mr.. Winter. including some
of the church people. The moment that
Philip stepped into the spacious hall
and caught glimpse of the furnish
iugs of the rooms beyond. the contrast
between all the comfort and bright
ness of this house and the last place he
had visited in the tenement district
smotc him with n sense of pain. He
drove ii back and blamed himself with
H. inward reproach that he was grow
jng narrow and could think of only one
idea.
he could not remember Just what
brought up the subject. but some one
during the evening. which was passed
in conversation and music mentioned
tie rumor going about of increased dis
turbancc in tho lower part of the
town and cnrclcSSly wanted TO know if
thc paper did not exaggcratc the facts.
Some one turned TO Philip and asked
HIM about it as the one best Informed.
lie did not know how long he talked.
i" knew there was Il great hush when
h. had ended. Then before any one
could change the stream of thought
some young woman in the music room
VINO had not known what was going
on began TO sing to a new instrument
tai variation Home, Sweet Home"
Coming as it did after Philips vivid
description OF the tcncmCnts. it seemed
like "A sob Of despair or a hooking
Hypocrisy He drew back into one of
the smaller rooms and began to look
over some art prints on n table. As he
stood there, again blaming himself for
lis imp"tUous breach of society cti-
Quettc in almost preaching on such IN
OCCASION. MIR Winter came in and
- id:
1T does not seem possible that such
state of affairs exists rs YOU describe.
Mr.. Strong. Are you sure YOU do not
eNaggeratoE'
"EXaggerate, Mr.. Winter you have
pardonod my little sermon here to-
night. / know. 1t was forced on me.
TUt"-- He chokcd. and then. with an
energy that was all the stronger for
being repressed, he said. turning full
toward the mill owner: "Mr. Winter,
y
fer yourself? In the name of Christ
VIII YOU see what humanity is SHINING
and suffering not more than a mile
from this home of yours"
Mr.. Winter hesitatcd and then said;
'les, I'll go. Wheni'
Say tomorrow night. Come down
TO my house early, and we will start
from there"
When Mr.. Winter came down the
next evening, Philip asked him tC
come i'll and wait a few minutes, as hC
was detained in his study room by 4
caller. The mill owner sat down anC
visited with Mrs. Strong n little while
Finally she was called into the Other
ROOM and Mr.. Winter was left alone
The door into the sick mans room was
partly open. and he could not hclr
hearing the conversation between the
Brother Man and his son Something
That was said made him curious. ano
when phlhp came down he asked hin
n question concerning his strang,
boarder.
Come in and see him." said Philip.
He brought Mr.. Winter into the lttl,
room and Introduced him to the pa
ti"nt. He was able to sit up now. A
mention of Mr. Winters name h,
flushed and trcmbIed. 1t then occur
rGI n Dbilin for bo fret TINA TINT I