St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-01-10

d say it, them
1t May ~ cried Stephen, and he VIZ
re so careless for minute Of the way h
r held the basket that Felicia exclaimed
= eyes But, oh, don't drop my goodies !
d 'Why, wouldn't drop anything S
0 precious for all the world, dear Fe
S licia, " said Stephen, who now wake
on air for several blocks, and what els
was said during that walk is privat
g correspondence that we have no RICH
to read, only it is matter of history tina
day that the basket never reached it
/ destination and that over in the othe
direction late in the afternoon thu
bishop, walking along quietly in {
rather secluded spot near the outlyine
part Of the settlement district heard {
familiar voice say "But tell me, Fe,
licia, when did you begin to love me?''
81 fell in love with little pine shay
ing just above your ear that day saw
you in the shop, said the other voice,
with laugh so clear, Sc pure so sweet,
that it did one good to hear it,
The next moment the bishop turned
the corner and came upon them.
"Where are you going with that
basket?' he tried to say sternly
"We're taking it to--where are we
taking it to- Felicia?"
Dear bishop, we are taking it home
to begin"-
"To begin housekeeping with, fin
ished Stephen, coming to the rescue.
care your said the bishop. II hope
you will invite me in to share. | know
what Felicia $ cooking is. !"
Bishop, dear bishop" said Felicia,
and she did not pretend to hide her
happiness 'indeed you shall always be
the most hOnored guest. Are you glad?"
eyes, / am, replied the bishop, in
terpreting Felicia words as she wished
Then he paused moment and said
gently, "God bless you BOTH" and went
his way with a tear in his eye and
prayer in his heart, and left them to
their joy.
Yes shall not the same divine power
of love that belongs to earth be lived
and sung by the disciples Of the man Of
SORROWS and the burden bearer of sinsi
Yea, verify And this man and woman
shall walk hand in hand through this
great desert of human woe in this city,
strengthening each other, growing
more loving with the experience of the
Wolld's sorrows, walking in his steps
I ipGp1 We hooo,1r1 of +1,i,
bringing added blessings to thousands
Of 0retched creatures because they are
to have a home Of their own to share
with the homeless. "FOr this cause, "
said our Lord Jesus Christ, "shall
man leave his father and mother and
cleave unto his wife, " and Felicia and
Stephen, following the Master, love him
with deeper, truer service and devotion
because Of the earthly affection which |
heaven itself sanctions with its solemn
blessing.
Now, it was a little after the love |
story Of the settlement became part of |
its glory that Henry Maxwell of Ray.
mond came to Chicago with Rachel |
Winslow and Virginia Page and Rollin
and Alexander Powers and President |
Marsh and the occasion was a remark
able gathering at the hall of the settle
ment, arranged by the bishop and DR..
Bruce, who had finally persuaded Mr..
Maxwell and his fellow disciples of
Raymond to come on to be present at
this meeting.
The bishop invited into the settle
ment hall meeting for that night men
out of work, wretched creatures who
had lost faith in God and man, anar-
chists and infidels, freethinkers and no
thinkers. The representatives of all the
city's worst most hopeless, most dan,
gerous, depraved elements faced Henry
Maxwell and the other disciples when
the meeting began, and still the Holy
Spirit moved over the great, heaving
selfish, pleasure loving sin stained city
and it lay in Cod hand, not knowing
all that awaited it, Every man and
woman at the meeting that night had
seen the settlement motto over the door,
blazing through the transparency set
up by the divinity student, "What
Would Jesus Dor
And Henry Maxwell, as for the first
time he stepped under the doorway,
was touched with a deeper emotion than
he had felt in a long time as he thought
of the first time that question had come
to HIM in the piteous appeal of the
shabby young man who had appeared
in the First church of Raymond at the
service.
Was his great desire for Christian fell
lowship going to be granted? Would
the movement begun in Raymond actu-
ally spread over the country? He had
come to Chicago with his friends partly
to see if the answer to that question
would be found in the heart of the great
city life. In few minutes he would
face the people. He had grown very
strong and calm since he first spoke
with trembling to that company of
Worklngmen in the railroad shops, but
now, as then, he breathed deeper
prayer for help Then he went in, and
with the bishop and the rest of the dis
clples he experienced one of the great
and important events of the earthly
life. Somehow he felt as if this meeting
would indicate something of an answer
to his constant query, what would
Jesus do?" and tonight as he looked
into the faces of men and women who
had for years been strangers and enc
mics to the church his heart cried out
80 my Master, teach thv church how