The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-11


Gradually. as he marshailed his proofs
and brought forth ons after tho othor,
be began by n sort OF unconscious hypno-
tism OF the eye. to mako tho seat where
Schuabe and the strange woman eat his
| objective
Many speakers have this automatic
habit OF addressing one or two persons
ms II they were tho ear OF the whole 4
| congregation. 1t Ia said that by such
means. even II tinconsciously employed,
the brain becomes more concentrated and
clearer for tho work in hand.
| Slowly the preachers voices becomes
more resonant and triumphant. TO many
of the congregation the Overwhelming
and Htupendous evidences for the truth
OF the Gospel narratives which the study
of late years has collected was entirely
new. The Higher Criticism. the fact that
1t is not only in science that discoveries
East and tho newly discovered MSS.
with their variations OF reading. the
| possibility that the lost Arnmaic original
of st. Matthew's Gospel may yet be dis
covered, were all things which came to
them for tho first time In their lives.
Gortre's words began to open up to them
an eitraly new train Of thought. Their
interest was profoundly quickened.
Very few clergymen OF middle ags arc
| cognizant OF the latest theological
| thought. Time. money. ahd hack Of edu
cation alike prevent them. Tho slight
| mental endowment and very ordinary
education which arc all that Is absolutely
necessary for nm ordination candidate.
are not realized by the ordinary member
of a church congregation Tho mass Of
! the English clergy to-day are content
| to leave such questions alone. to do their
duty simply. to impose upon their flock
| the necessity OF "fafth." and to deny the
right OF individual Judgment and specn
lation.
hoy do not realize that the world Of
| their middle ago is morn educated. and
so more intelligent, than the world OF
| their youth, and that. II tho public intel
loot Is nurtured by the public. those
whose duty It is TO keep It within the
fold OF Christianity must provide It with
food suited to its development.
, Gortre In his SERMON, had orystaI1fzcd
and boiled down into pregnant para
graz hs, without circumlocution or OBJ
security. all tho brilliant work OF Latham.
Westcott, Professor Ramsay, and Homer
| sham Cox. He quoted Renan's passage
from LES Apotres." dealing with tta
| finding OF tho empty tomb. and showed
| the flaws and fallacies In that brilliant
piece Of tt-Chr1stian suggestion.
AS he began to bring his arguments
to a close no was conscious that the poo
pie were with him. Ho could feel tho
brains around him thinking IN unison:
| II was almost MS II he heard tha thoughts
Of the congregation The dark. hand
some woman stared straight up at him.
! Trouble was in her eyes. an awakened
| consciousness. and Gortre knew that the
truth was dropping steadily into her
mind, and that conviction was mwel-
como and alarming.
| And he felt also the bitter antagonisu
which was alive and working behind the
| tvvyy. s-f,, IN t.r1s -v~
the millionaire below. It was silent
duel between them. He knew that his
I words were full of meaning. even Of con-
| yiction. to the man, and yet he was sub
| iectiveiy conscious of some reserve of
force, some hidden sense of fearful
power. desperate resolve which he
/ could not overcome.
| His soul wrestled in this dark inyste-
rious conflict as with a devil. but could
1 not prevail.
He finished all his argument. the last
| of his proofs. There was u hushcd silence
In the church.
Then swiftly, with voice which trcm-
| he called them to repentance and a new
| life. II, he said, his words had carried
conviction OF the truth OF Chrlst's resur
| rectlon. of His divinity. then, believing
that. there was but ono course open to
them all. For to know the truth, and to
believe 1T, ana TO continue IN indtTerence,
was to kill the SOUL
nounoed the blessing. the great organ WAS
laundering out the requiem of another
Sunday, and Sir NIicbae! was shaking
hands warmly with Basil tn the vestry.
Gortr1 WAS tried and shaken by the
long, nervous strain, but the evident
pleasure OF Father Ripon and Sir Michael,
! the knowledge that he had acquitted him
l al al s11 or
He walked home, down quiet Holborn.
CAUTIOUSLY dead without the traffic OF
week day and the lights OF tho shop
fronts, and not reanimnted by the stroll
ing pedestrians. young people OF the lower
| classes from the East End, who throngrd
lit
| Itncoln's Inn was wonderfully soothing
and quiet as his footsteps echoed IN the
| old quadrangle. After a lonely. tranquil
supper-Hands was at dinner~party
somewhere in Mayfair and Spence was at
| tho Office of The Daily Wire preparing
for Mondays paper-he wheeled small
writing desk UP to the Preside and began
a long letter of news and thaEkfulness to
Helena.
He pictured the pleasant dining room
Mt wnlktown. the Sunday nights sup
per-an institution at the vicsrage after
the labors Of the busiest day In the
week-with a guest or two perhapa-
He knew they would be thinking of him.
as he OF them, and pictured the 1ove-lixht
in his lady's sweet. calm eyes.
CHAPTER ri.
"NErTHER DO I CONDEMN THEE"
Autumn came to London, a warm. lin
gertng season. There was a hint of tina
South In the atmosphere of town. All
business moved with languor; there was
more enjoyment in life as people went
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ripe and genial a sun.
| Gortre had settled down to steady,
regular work. At no time before had
routine been so pleasant to him, His
days were full of work which. hard as
| 1t was. came to him with far more appeal
than his duties Mt Walktown. Nothina
ever stagnated here, at the very hub and
center of things.
The splendid energy and force of Fa.he,
Ripon. the magnificent unconvention OF
his methods. animated his STAFF to con-
slant and unhagging exertions