The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-01-25
.sThank you" said Philip.

ing. "For forgetting your!
IL would rather be forgotten by you
than remembered by any one else, re-
Piled Philip CALAMITY. And you are
such delightful little flatterer that
feel courage for anything that may
happen.
@It's not flattery; it's truth, Philip. l
do believe in you and your work. and
am only anxious that you should sue
coed here can't bear TO think or
trouble in the church. 1t would almost
kill me to 90 through such times as we
sometimes read about"
eve must leave results to God.
am sure we are not responsible Tor
more than our utmost doing and living
of necessary truth" Philip spoke cour-
ageously.
"Then you don't feel disheartened 0y
this mornings work."
mo, | don't know that l do. I'm
very sensitive, and feel hurt at Mr..
Winters threat of withdrawing his
support, but | don't feel disheartened
for the work. Why should /? Am |
not doing my bestY
81 believe you are. Only. dear Phil
10, be wise. Do not try to reform
everything in week or expect people
to grow their wings before they have
started even pinfeathers. 1t isn't nat
ural"
"Well. l won't" replied Philip, with
a laugh. Better trim your wings, Sa-
rah; they're dragging on the floor"
He hunted up his hat, which was one
of the things Philip could never find
twice in the same place, kissed his
wife and went out to make the visit
at the mill which he was getting ready
to make when Mr.. Winter called.
To his surprise, when he went down
through the business part of the town,
he discovered that his sermon of Suns
day had reused almost every one. Peo-N
pie were talking about it on the street,
an almost unheard of thing in Mil
ton. When the evening paper cameR
out, it described in sensational para
graphs the Rev. Mr.. Strong's attack onk
the wealthy sinners Of his own churchE
and went on to say that the church,
was very much wrought up over the
sermon and would probably make it'll
uncomfortable for the reverend gentle-H
man." Philip wondered, as he read
at the unusual stir made because Al
preacher of Christ had denounced am
undOubted evil.
"Is it, then" he asked himself, "suchn
a remarkable piece of news that mini
lister of the gospel has preached fromn
his own pulpit against what Is withoutH
question an un-Christian use of proper-v
ty? What is the meaning of the churchk
in society unless it is just that? Is It'll
possible that the public is so little ac-N
customed to hear anything on this SUBJ
ject that when they do hear it it is inn
the nature of sensational newsW
He pondered over these questions asx
he quietly but rapidly went along With
his work. He was conscious as thel
days went on that trouble was brewt
ing for him. This hurt him in wayb
hard to explain, but his sensitive spirit
felt the cut like lash on sore place.
When Sunday came, he went into his
pulpit and faced the largest audienceH
he had yet seen in Calvary church. AS
is often the case, people who had heardz
Of his previous sermon on Sunday
thought he would preach another like
it again. Instead of that he preached
a sermon on the love of God for the
world. In one way the large audience.
was disappointed. 1t had come tcH
have its love of sensation fed, and
Philip had not given it anything of theE
kind. In another way it was profoundA
ly moved by the power and sweetness
of Philips unfolding of the great subj
ject. Men who had not been inside off
a church for years went away thoughts
fully impressed with the old truth of,
Gods love and asked themselves what
they had done to deserve 1.-THE very
thing that Philip wanted them to ask.
The property owners in the church
who had felt offended by Philips SER
mon of the Sunday before went away
from the service acknowledging that
the new pastor was an eloquent
preacher and man of large gifts In
the evening Philip preached again
from the same theme, using it in an en-
tirely different way. His audience
nearly filed the church and was evi-
IDENTITY deeply impressed.
In spite of all this Philip felt a GER
tain element in the church had arrayed
itself against him. Mr.. Winter did not
appear at either service. There were
certain other absr .ces on the part of
men who had been constant attendants
on the Sunday services. He felt, without
hearing 1t, that a great deal was being
said in opposition to him; but. With the
burden of it beginning to wear little
on him, he saw nothing better to do
than to go on with his work as If moth
ing unusual had taken place.
ITO be Continual