Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-30

you to say whether you will go on with the meeting here. think perhaps the best plan would be for q few volunteers to go down to the Rectang1o with me. prepared to helR.in the after meeting, and the rest ral1a here and pray that the Spirit Bo3ad aay go with us. ''
 Sc half 2 dozen of the men went with Henry Maxwell, and the rest of the an- dience soaid in the lecture room. Max well could not escape the thought as he left the room that probably in his entire church membership there might not be found q score of disciples who were capable of doing wo28 that would sec= cessfuily lead needy sinful men into the knowledge of Christ. The thought did not finger in his mind to yex him as he went CD his way, but 1t was sim ply 8 part of his whole new conception of the meaning of Christian disciple ship.
 When he and his Httlo company of volunteers reached the Rectangle. the tent was already crowded. They had difficulty in getting to the little plat- fGrm Rachel was there, with Virginia and Jasper Chase, who had come in stead of the doctor tonight
 When the meeting began with q song in which Rachel sang the solo and tho people were asked Co join in the chorus. lot 8 foot ef standing room was left in the tent. The night was mild, and the sides of fhe lent were up, and great border of faces stretched around. look ing in and forming part of the audience.
 After tha singing and 8 prayer by one of the city pastors who were present Gray s8a6ed the reasons for his inability to speak aad ia lis simple manner turned fhe service over to Brother Maxwell of the First church. .
 "Whoss de bleke 7 asked hoaTse voice near tlae outside of the tent.
 De F0st church parson. We've got de whole high tone swell outfit to- night.
 Did you say Fust church? I know him. Ny landlord has got front pew up there. said another voice, and there was a laugh. for the speaker was a sa- loon keeper
 "T TOW out de life line 1cross de dark wayel" began q drunken man near by. singing in such an unconscious imita- ton of local travelling singer nasal tone that roars of laughter and jeers of approval rose around him. The people i'll the tent turned in the direction of the disturbance. There were shouts og Put him outl1 .sGiye the Fust church a chance!" 'SOng. sourt Give lis an other songH
 Henry Maxwell stood up. and . great wave of actual terror went over him. This was Lot like preaching to tho well dressed, respectable good hammered people on the= boulevard Ee hegan to speak, bat the confusion increased. Gray went down iGso the crowd. but did not seem able to quiet 1t. Henry MazweH raised his arm and lis voice. The crowd in the tent began to pay some attention, but the noise on the outside increased In few minutes the audience was beyond Maxwell control He turned to Rachel with sad smile '.s'ing something, Miss V inslo8 They will Iis5en to you, la said and then sat down aad put his face in his hands.
 It WIS Raebel's opportunity, and she was fully equal 10 it. Virginia was at the organ, and Rachel asked her u play a few notes of the hymn
 sasi9nr, I follow on,
 Guided by thee,
 Seeing not get the hand
 That leadeth ne
 Hushed be my heart and still;
 Fear nc fHrebet il;
 Only 10 meet thy viii
 Ny vlll shah be.
 Rachel had not sung the first line be- fore the people i'll the tent were all turned toward her hashed and rever- ent. Before she had finished the verse the Reetansle WIS subdded and tanned Tt lay ike some wild beast at her feet and she sang # into haIniessness. Abl What were the fippant, perfumed, critical audiences iii concert halls com pared with tais dirty, drunken. ilnpare degraded besotte6l humanity that trem- bled and Nvept and grew strangely, sad ly th0Hghtful undef flle touch of the divine ministry of this beautiful youny wonan2 Banfy Maxwell as he raised his head and saw the transformed mob had 8 glimpse of something that Jesas would probably do with s voice like Rachel Minslow s. Jasper Chase sat with his eyes on the singer. and his greatest longing as an ambitious author was swallowed up in the thought of what Rachel Windows love might some time mem to him And oyer in the shadow outside stood the faat Hafsan any one might have expected to sac at a 8ospel tert service Rellin Page Wisas josfled en every side by r0ush men and women. who stared at tle swell in [ 3 fine clothes, seemed careless of his suI- reundings and at tue same timescYi- dently sWayed by the poWer that Rachel possessed sIa had 5ast come over hom the club Neither Rachel nor Virginia ssaw him ti3t night
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