Pittston Gazette

              I PMl V" F vjjA 4|B| Vf* iy "vyj| ton •  Oldest Newspaper in the Wyoming Vallev ■ifMHhed 1SSO. I ▼Ola. L Mo. *7 ( PITTSTON, LUZERNE COUNTY, PA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1900. A Weekly Local and Family Journal. i SI 00 » Year . lsAdTHMi ♦ M + +♦♦•*• + M  11 nil By REV. CH/ 4* f Author of "In Hia 8 tap® *C ► Kirk," "Bobaf Oam/rlotO, 1899, by ♦ ♦"♦»♦♦♦ f to create a sensation, he could not have done anything more radical to bring It about If he had stood on the platform and fired a gun Into the audience, It would not have startled the members of Calvary church more than this calm proposal to them that they move their building a mile away from its aristocratic surroundings. Nothing that he had said in his previous sermons had provoked such a spirit of opposition. This time the church was roused. Feelings of astonishment, indignation and alarm agitated the members of Calvary church. Some of them gathered about Philip at the close of the service. nestly. It was the personification of the church confronting the laboring man, each in a certain way asking the other, "What will the church do?" And it was a noticeable fact that the minister's look revealed more doubt and anxiety than the other man's look, which contained more or less of lndif- tornaao. ' Borne one tHrew a nanatnl of mud and snow toward the prisoner. In an Instant every hand reached for the nearest missile, and a shower of stones, muddy snowballs and limbs torn from the trees on the lawn was rained upon the house. Most of the windows In the lower story were broken. All this time Philip was eagerly remonstrating with the few men who had their hands on Mr. Winter. He thought If he could only plead wfth them to let the man go he could slip with him around the end of the veranda through a Bide door and take him through the house to a place of safety. He also knew that every minute was precious, as the police might arrive at any moment and change the situation. for the men. He had thrown him out of the office into cue of the new mill excavations and Lit him there to die like a dog in a ditch. So the story ran all through the tenement district, and In an Incredibly swift time the worst elements in Milton were surging toward Mr. Winter's house with murder In their hearts and the means of accomplishing it in their hands. man do not come together on that] sacred ground of friendship, even whenj one is indebted to the other for his life. A man may save another from1 hanging and still be nnable to savel him from selfishness. And Mr. Winter' went his way and Philip went his on' a different basis, so far as common greeting went, but no nearer In tbej salvation of men In a whole year. I protest out of the soul that God gave me against such wicked selfishness. And I will protest If society spurn me from It as a bigot, a Puritan and a boor. For society in Christian America is not Christian in thlB matter—no, not after the Christianity of Christ!" to think W having something to myself." if SDK Philip's wife looked a little remon'l strance, but Philip did not see it, anC$ wheeling an easy chair before the flrtf he made the man sit down, and, pull-j ing up a rocker, be placed himself opt posite. The stranger seemed a little surprls-, ed at the action of the minister, but made no resistance. He took off  hat and disclosed a bead of hair whiter as sd£w and said in a voice that sounded singularly sweet and true: ference and distrust. Philip sighed, and his visitor soon after took his leave. RLES M. SHELDON, What Would Jem* Dop" "Kalcom Hardy's Seven Daya," Etc. "What can you do about it, Philip 7* His wife asked the question sadly. She bad grown old fast since coming to Milton, and a presentiment of evil would, in spite of her naturally cheery disposition, cling to her whenever she considered Philip and his work. So It came about that Philip Strong plunged into a work which from the time be stepped into the dingy little hall and faced the crowd peculiar to it had a growing influence on all his strange career, grew in strangeness rapidly as days came on. Mr. Winter had finished his work at the office and gone home to sit down to a late lunch, as his custom was, when he was Interrupted by the mob. The rest of the Incident is connected with what has been told. The crowd seized him with little ceremony, and It was only Philip's timely arrival and his saving of minutes until the police arrived that prevented a lynching In Milton that night As it was Mr. Winter received a scare from which it took a long time to recover. He dreaded to go out alone at night. He kept on guard a special watchman and lived In more or less terror even then. It was satisfactorily proved In a few days that the man who had gone to see Mr. Winter had never reached the office door; but, coming around the corner of the building where the new work was being done, he had fallen off the stonework, striking on a rock In such a way as to produce a fatal wound. This tempered the feeling of the workmen toward Mr. Winter, but a widespread unrest and discontent had seized on every man employed In the mills, and as the winter drew on affairs reached a crisis. The Advance Publishing Co. "You do me much honor, sir. The fire feels good this chilly evening, and the food will be very acceptable. And I have no doubt you have a good, warm bed that I could occupy for the night." "I can preach on it, and I will." "It will not be possible to do this thing you propose, Brother Strong," said .one of the deacons, a leading member and a man who had defended Philip once or twice against public criticism."Be wise, Philip. You tread on difficult ground when you enter society's realm." CHAPTER VIIL The first Sunday was beginning to be more or lees dreaded or anticipated by Calvary church people. They were learning to expect something radical. slon If you will run it after it Is up. We will attend our church up town here while the mission is worked for the poor people down there.' That is not He was invited again and again to address the men In that part of Milton. They were almost all of them mill employees. They had a simple organization for debate and discussion of questions of the day. Gradually the crowds Increased as Philip continued to come and developed a series of talks on Christian socialism. There was standing room only. He was beginning to know a number of the men, and a strong affection was growing up in their hearts for him. But in spite of his pleas the mill owner was gradually pushed and dragged down off the veranda toward the gate. The men tried to get Philip out of the way. "Well, dear, I will be as wise as a serpent and harmless as a dove, although I must confess I never knew just exactly how much that verse meant. But preach on it I must and will." Philip stared hard at his unexpected guest, and his wife, who had started out of the room to get the lunch, shook her head vigorously as she stood behind the visitor as a sign that her husband should refuse such a strange request. He was taken aback a little, and he looked puzzled. The words were uttered In the utmost simplicity/' what will meet the needs of the situa- iwecplng, almost revolutionary In Philip's utterances on "Christ and Modern Society." Some agreed with him as far aa be had gone. Very many had been hart at his plainness of speech. This was especially true of the property owners and the fashionable part of the membership. Yet there waa a fascination about Philip's preaching that prevented so far any very serious outbreak or dissension in the church. He was • recognised teauer. *jn bis presentation of truth he was large minded. He had the faculty of hold' Ing men's respect There was no mistaking the situation, however. Hr. Winter, with others, was working •gainst him. Philip was vagueiv conscious of much that did not work out into open, apparent fact Nevertheless, when he came up on the first Bun- tion. What that part of Milton needs, Is the chnrcb of Christ in its mepK ben—the whole church on the largest t possible scale. What 1 am now golnf to propose, therefore, Is something which I believe Christ would advocate, if not in the exact manner I shall explain, at least in the same spirit." "Why not?" asked Philip simply. He was exhausted with his effort that morning, but felt that a crisis of some "We don't want to harm you, sir. Better get out of danger," said the same man who had spoken before. And when the first Sunday of the month came Philip did preach on it, to the dismay of several members of his church who were in the habit of giving entertainments and card parties on a somewhat elaborate scale. Philip for answer threw one arm about Mr. Winter, saying: "If you kill him, you will kill me with him. You shall never, do this great sJtg against an Innocent man. In the name of God, I call on every to"— But his words were drowned In the noise that follower. The mob was in sane with fury. Twice Mr. Wintei was dragged off his feet by those down on the walk; twice Philip raised hlu. "Why, yes, we can arrange that right," he said. "There Is a spi room, and—excuse me for a momei while I go and help to get our lunch.' Philip's wife was telegraphing to him to come into the other room, and he obediently got up and went "Now, Philip," she whispered when they were out in the dining room, "you know that Is a risky thing to do. You ' are all the time inviting alL kinds of characters in here. We can't keep this man all night Who ever heard of: such a thing as a perfect stranger coming out with a request like that? I believe the man is crazy. It certainly ' will not do to let him stay here all night" Philip looked puzzled. "I declare it is strange! He doesn't appear like an ordinary tramp. But somehow I don't think he's crazy. Why shouldn't we let him have the * bed In the room off the east parlor. I can light the Are in the stove there and make him comfortable." "But we don't know who he is. Toil let your sympathies run away * with your judgment" "Well, little woman, let me go in and talk with him awhile. You get the lunch, and we'll see about the res' afterward." So he went back and sat down aga' He was hardly seated when his vis.' said: "If your wife objects to my st' here tonight of course, I don't v I don't feel comfortable to where I'm not welcome." "Oh, you're perfectly welcou. Philip hastily, with some embar* ment, while his strange visitor weft* an: "I'm not crazy, only a little odd, you know. Perfectly harmless. It will be •Cwtly safe for you to keep me over- Philip paused a moment and looked over the congregation earnestly. The expectation of thd people was roused almost to the point of a sensation as he went on: That was Just before the time the trouble at the mills broke out. He had just come back from the nail where he had now been going every Thursday evening and where he had spoken on his favorite theme—"The Meaning and Responsibility of Power, Both Financial and Mental." He had treated the subject from the Christian point ot view entirely. He had several times roused his rude audience to enthusiasm. Moved by his theme and his surroundings, he had denounced! with even more than usual vigor, those men of ease and wealth who did nothing with their money to help their brothers.. He had mentioned, as he went along, what great responsibility any great power puts on a man and had dealt in a broad* "I can preach on it, and I wGLn real thing, whicu . ueart communion Impossible, For the time being Mr. Winter's hostility was submerged under his Indebtedness to Philip. He returned to bis own place in the church and contributed to the financial support. He had never preached on the subject of amusements, and he stated that he wished It to be plainly understood that be was not preaching on the subject now. It was a question which went deeper than that and took hold of the very first principles of human society. A single passage in the sermon will show the drift of it all: "I have consulted competent authorities, and they say that our church building here could be Moved from its present foundation without serious damage to the structure. A part of It would have to be tern down to assist the moving, but It could easily be replaced. The expense would not be more than we could readily meet We are out of debt, and the property is free from incumbnuice. What I propose, therefore, is a very simple thing —that we move- our church edifice down Into the heart of the tenement district, where we can buy a suitable lot for a comparatively small sum, and at once begin the work of a Christian church in the very neighborhood where snch work is most needed. The difference between the mills and the men over the scale of wages could not be settled. The men began to talk sbont a strike. Phllln heard of it an* at once, wltu nib l'-- utOO and boldness, spoke with downright plainness to the men against it That was at the little hall a week after the attempt on Mr. Winter's life. Philip's part in that night's event had added to his reputation and his popularity with the men. They admired his courage and his grit. Most of them were ashamed of the whole affair, especially after they had sobered down and It bad been proved that Mr. Winter bad not touched the man. So Philip was welcomed with applause as he came out on the little platform and looked over the crowded room, seeing many faces there that had glared at him in the mob a week before. And yet his heart told him he loved these men, and bis reason told him that it was the sinner and the unconverted that God loved. It was a terrible responsibility to have such men count him popular, and he prayed that wisdom might be given him in the approaching crisis, especially as be seemed to have some real Influence. "We have reached a time In the history of the world when it is the Christian duty of every man who calls himself a disciple of the Master to live on a simpler, less extravagant basis. The world has been living beyond its means. Modern civilization has -been exorbitant in its demands, and every dollar foolishly spent today means suffering for some one who ought to be relieved by that money wisely expended. An entertainment given by [people of means to other people of means in these hard times, in which money is lavished on flowers, food and dress, is, in my opinion, an act of whlcb Christ would not approve. I do not mean to say that he would object to the pleasure which flowers, food and dress will give, but he would say that it is an unnecessary enjoyment and expense at this particular crisis through which we are passing. He would say that money and time should be given where people more in need of them might have the benefit. He would say that when a town is in the situation of ours today it is not a time for any selfish use for any material blessing. "Unless I mistake the spirit of the modern Christ, if he were here he would preach to the whole world the necessity of a far simpler, less expensive style of living and, above all, actual self denial on the part of society for the brotherhood of man. What is society doing now? What sacrifice is It making? When it gives a charity ball, does it not spend twice as much in getting up the entertainment to please itself as it makes for the poor in whose behalf the ball is given? Do you think I am severe? Ask yourself, D member of Calvary church, what CHAPTER X. One day at the close of a month Philip came into the cozy parsonage, and instead of going up to his study, as his habit was when his outside work was done for the day, he threw himself down on a couch by the open fire. His wife was at work In the other room, but she came in, and, seeing him lying there, Inquired what was the matter. fa day of the next month and began to anaoonce his subject, he found an audience that crowded the house to the doors, and among them were scattered numbers of men from the working- men's district with whom Philip had tatted while down there. It was, as before, an Inspiring congregation, and Philip faced It, feeling sure In his heart that be bad a great subject to unfold and a message to deliver to the churcb of Christ such as he could »ot but believe Christ would most certainly present If be were living today In Milton. He began by describing the exact condition of affairs in Milton. To assist this description he had brought with blip Into the churcb his map of the town. "Look now," he said, pointing out the different localities, 'iat B street, "It will not be possible to do this thing you, propose. Brother Strong." sort had been precipitated by his message, and so he welcomed this show of interest which his sermon had aroused. "The church will not agree to such a thing." way with the whole subject of power In men as a thing to be used and always used for the common good. w "Nothing, Sarah, with me. Only I'm sick at heart with the sight and knowledge of all this wicked town's sin and misery." He did not recall his exact statements, but felt a little uneasy as be walked borne, for fear he migbt possibly have influenced bis particular aur dience against the rich as a class. He had not Intended anything of the bind, but bad a vague idea that possibly be ought to have guarded some words or sentences-more carefully. "There are certain objections to this plan. I think they can be met by the exercise of the Christ spirit of sacrifice and love. A great many members will not be able to go that distance to attend service any more than the people there at present can come up here. But there are six churches left on Q street What is to hinder any Christian member of Calvary church from working and fellowshlpiqg with those churches if he cannot put in his service in the tenement district? of these churches is crowded, 'they will welcome the advent of more members. But the main strength of the plan which I propose lies in the fact that if it be done It will be a live illustration of the eagerness of the church to reach and save men. The very sight of our chnrcb moving down off from this street to the lower part of the town will be an object lesson to the people, and the church will at once begin to "A number of them favor such a step," replied Philip, who had talked over the matter fully with many In the church. "Do you have to carry it all on your shoulders, Philip?" "Yes," replied Philip almost fiercely. It was not that either. Only bis reply was like a great sob of conviction that he must bear something of these burdens. He could not help It "A majority will vote against It." "Yes, an overwhelming majority," said one man. "I know a good many who would not be able to go that distance to attend church, and they pets tainly would not Join any other church on the street. 1 know, for one, I wouldn't" "If von kill him, you will kill me." He bad gope up into bis study to finish some work when the bell rang sharply, and he came down to open the door Just as Mrs. Strong came in from the other room, where she had been giving directions to the girl, who had gone up stairs through the kitchen. to his feet feeling sure that If the crowd once threw him down they would trample him to death. Once some one threw a rope over the wretched man's head. Both he and Mr. Winter were struck again and again. Their clothes were torn into tatters. Mr. Winter was faint and reeling. Only his great terror made his clutch on Philip like that of a drowning man. At last the crowd had dragged the two outside the gate into the street. Here they paused awhile, and Philip again spoloe to the moh, "Men, made In God's image, listen to me! Do pot take innocent life. If you kill him. you kill me also, for I will never leave bis side alive, and I will not pernui sueii .. . vent it" "Kill them both—the bloody coward and the priest!" yelled a voice. "They both belong to the same church." "Yes, hang 'em! Hang 'em both!" A tempest of cries went up. phtflp towered up like a giant- In the light of the street lamp he looked out over the great sea of passionate, brutal faces, crazed with drink abd riot and a great wave of compassionate feellijg swept over him. Those nearest never forgot that look. It was Christlike In Its yearning love for lost children. His lips moved In prayer. And Just then the outer circle of the crowd seemed agitated. surged up nearer the light with the evident Intention of banging the mill owner on one of tfie crosspieces of a telegraph pole near by. The rope had again been thrown over his head. Philip stood with one arm about Mr. Winter and with the other stretched ouf. In entreaty, when he beard a pistol shot, then another. The entire police department bad bevn summoned and bad finally arrived. There was a skirmishing rattle of shots. But the crowd began to scatter In the neighborhood of the police force. Then those nearer Philip began to run as best they could away from the officers. Philip and the mill owner were dragged along with the rest in the growing confusion until, Mrs. Strong did not say anything for a moment Then she asked: where we now are. Here are seven of the largest churches of the place on this street The entire distance between the first of these church buildings and the last one Is a little over a milf. Threp of these churches are only two blocks apart Then consider the - - people It is is, the ?eoreandand wealth "Don't you think you take It too seriously, Philip?" "Not If yon thought Christ's kingdom in this town would be advanced by itT' asked Philip, turning to this man with a directness that was almost bluntness. "Other people's wrongs. You are not responsible." "What?" The minister and his wife opened the door together, and one of the neighbors rushed into the hall so excited he could hardly speak. "Am I not? I am my brother's keeper. What quantity of guilt may 1 not carry into the eternal kingdom if 1 do not do what I can to save him! Oh. how can men be so selfish? Yet I am only one person. I cannot prevent all this suffering alone." "I don't see that that would be a test of my Christianity." He had not spoken ten words when some one by the door cried: "Come outside! Big crowd out here want to get In." It was moonlight and not very cold, so every one moved out of the hall, and Philip mounted the steps of a storehouse near by and spoke to a crowd that filled up the street th front and for a long distance right and left His speech was very brief, but It was fortified with telling figures, and at the close he stood and answered a perfect torrent of questions. His main counsel was against a strike In the present situation. He had made himself familiar with the facts on both sides. Strikes, be argued, except in very rare cases, were demoralizing—an unhealthy, disastrous method of getting justice done. character of the residences ant ta the vicinity of this street what Is called desirable—that henna are the very finest, and the pie, almost without exception, fined, respectable, well educated Christian In training. All the of the town centers about B the soclpty life extends om «|ch side: Tt considered thr" nshtonabls street for drives anC* enadea. It Is well lighted, weF WeU kept The people who of the bouses on B street are , well dressed. The people who go these seven churches are as a dressed W*d comfortable looking, you," continued Philip, raisin? luoid with a significant gesture, not want to £ave you think that I rider good clothes and looks aa un-Christian or •gainst the people who present appearance. Far from It I mention this fact to make the con "That Is not the question," said one of tlie trustees, who had the reputation of being a very shrewd business man. "The question is concerning the feasibility of moving this property a mile into the poorest part of the town and then maintaining It there. In my opi^: ion 1$ fipnnot be done. The expenses of the organization cannot be kept up. We should lose some of our best financial supporters. Mr. Strong's spirit and purpose spring from a good motive, no doubt, bat viewed from a business point of view the church in that locality would not be a success. To piy mind 1{ would be g very unwise thing to do. It would practically destroy our organization here and not really establish anything there." "Oh, Mr. Strong, won't you go right down to Mr. Winter's house? You have more Influence with those men than any one around here." "What men?" "Of coarse you cannot Philip. You wrong yourself to take yourself to task so severely for the sins of others. But what has stirred you up so thia time?" Mrs. Strong understood Philip well enough to know that some particular case had roused his feeling. He seldom yielded to such despondency without some Immediate practical rea- Bon. . ft an spread his jtreet All from'It Cm jpa$ prompaved,come ont mean something to them. Once established there, we can work from it as ft center. The distance ought to be no "The men who are going to kill him Jf spme one doesn't stop it!" "What!" cried Philip, turning pale, not from fear, but from self reproach, to think be might have made a mistake. "Who is trying to kill him—the mill men?" watched :h a in all liscouragement to any healthy person. There Is not a young woman in this church who is in the habit of dancing who does not make twice as many steps during an evening dancing party as would be necessary to take her to the Mrs. I always Into rule well Mind hi? "I do "Yes! No! I do not, cannot tell. But be Is in great danger, and yon are the only man lp thjs town who can £elp to save him. Come!" ha* been the for the world this demn me for being too tlcular. It Is because we b times that the law of service upon us with greater Insistence tiw ever. And now more than during any of the ages gone Christ's words ring in our ears with 20 centuries of reverberation, 'Whosoever will not deny himself and take up his cross, he cannot be my disciple.'" Philip sat up on the couch and clasped his hands over his knee with the tenement district and back again. Surely any Christian church member la as willing to endure fatigue and sacrifice and to give as much time to help make men and women better as be is to have a good time himself. Think for a moment what this move which I propose would mean to the life of this town and to our Christian growth. At present we go to church. We listen to a good «boir, we go home again, we have a pleasant Sunday school, we are all comfortable and well clotbed here, we enjoy our services, we are not disturbed by the sight of disagreeable or un- Pbilip turned to his wife. "8arah, it la my duty. If anything should bappen to me, you know my soul will meet yours at the gates of paradise." that characterised "Why, Just look at that strike in Preston, England, among the cotton spinners. There were only 600 operatives, bnt that strike, before It ended, threw out of employment over 7,800 weavers and other workmen who had nothing whatever to do with the quarrel of the 600 men. In the recent strike in the cotton trade in Lancashire at the end of the first 12 weeks the operatives had lost in wages alone $4,000,000. Four strikes that occurred in England between 1870 and 1880 Involved a loss In wages of more than 135,000.000. In 22.000 strikes Investigated lately by the national bureau of labor It Is estimated that the employees lost about 151,800,000, while the employers lost only 130,700,000. Out of 853 strikes In England between 1870 and 1880 181 were lost by the strikers, 71 were gained and 01 compromised, but In the strikes that were successful tt took several yefirs to regain In wages the amount lost by the enforced Idleness of the men." him when he was roused. . concomfortableanything such an limply "I do not believe we can tell until we try," said Philip. "I certainly do not wish the charch to destroy itself foolishly, but I do feel that we ought to do something very positive and very large to define our attitude as saviors In this community. And moving the house, |a J propose, tort "the advantage of being a definite, practical step In the direction of a Christlike use of our powers as a church." , "Sarah, this town slumbers on the stroking crest of a volcano. There are more than 15,000 people here in Milton out of work. A great many of them are honest temperate people who have saved up a little. But It Is nearly gone. The mills are shut down and, on the authority of men that ought to know, shut down for all winter. The same condition of affairs Is true in a more or (ess degree In the entire state and throughout the country and even the world. People are suffering today in this town for food and clothing and fuel through no fault of their own. The same thing is true »f thousands and even hundreds of thousands all over the world. It ts an age that calls for heroes, martyrs, servants, saviors. And right here in this town, where distress walks the streets and actual want already has Its clutch on many a poor devil, society goes on giving its expensive parties and living in its little round of selfish pleasure Just as if the volcano was a downy little bed of roses for it to go t« sleep In whenever it wearies of the pleasure and wishes to retire to happy dreams. Oh, but the bubble will burst ope qf these days, and then"— WVtUftKU *T UM.U TTVU1U UC IUU1CU1U1C IX 'its reality and truthfulness did not compel ns to record it as a part of the life of Philip Strong. No one will wish to deny the power and significance of this event as it is unfolded In the movement of this story. He kissed her and rushed out into the sight CHAPTER IX. i fun going to show you aQ the plainer for ns tea ve B street now and go Sown Into the 0at« hf the river, wher* nearly all the mill people have their homes. 1 wish yon would note first the distance from B street and the fhurches to thin tenement district It la nine blocks—that is, a little over a mile. To the edge of the tenement ' •*aass farthest from our own church It la a mile and three-quarters. When Philip reached the residence of Mr. Winter, he foupd £imself at once tn'the midst of a mob of howling, angry men, who surged over the lawn and tramped the light snow that was falling Into a muddy mass over the walks and up the veranda steps. A large electric lamp out In the street in front of the bouse threw a light over the strange scene. Of all the sermons on Christ and modern society which Philip had thus far preached none had hit so hard or was applied so personally as this. The Goldens went home from the service in a towering rage. "That settles Calvary church for me!" said Mrs. Golden as she flung herself ont of the building after the service was over. "I consider that the most insulting sermon I ever heard from any minister. It is simply outlandish, and how the church can endure such preaching much longer is a wonder to me. I don't go near It again while Mr. Strong is the minister!" Philip did not know it yet, but be was destined to find out that society carries a tremendous power in its use of the word "outlandish" applied either to persons or things. [to be contistjxdJ A gimlet waa once devoured by an oa;rich in captivity, and another is said to lave swallowed a lighted pipe without experiencing dhy apparent discomfort or Injury. A fox and a hound belonging to a gentleman in Kennebec, Me., are affectionate companions and constantly sport and aleep with each other. When both were yonng, they were placed together and have ever since continued frolicsome comrades.ANIMAL LIFE. There was more talk of the same sort, but it was plainly felt by Philip that the plan he had proposed was distasteful to the greater part of the church, and If the matter came to a yoje }t would tDe defeated- Be talked (he plan over with his trustees, aa be had already done before be spoke in public. Four of them were decided in their objection to the plan. Only one fully sustained Philip. During the week he succeeded in finding out that from his membership of 500 less than 40 persons were willing to stand by him In so radical a movement. And yet the more Pnilip etudlpd the pi-ob-' jem of the town the more he was persuaded that the only way for the church to make any impreasloQ op the teaement district was to put itself directly In touch with the neighborhood. To accomplish that necessity Philip was not stubborn. He was ready to adopt any plan that would actually do something, but be grew more eager every day that he spent In the study of the town to have the church feel its opportunity and tatffre Christ a reality (o those most In need of him. "But Is that Christianity? Where do the service and the self denial and the working for men's souls come In? Ah, my dear brothers and sisters, what is this phurch really doing for the salvation ot men in this place? Is It Christianity to a comfortable church and go to It once or twice a week to enjoy nice music and listen to preach- congenial people. Philip wedged t)ls way iq among the wen, crying out his name and asking for room to be made so that he could see Mr. Winter. The crowd, under the impulse which sometimes moves excited bodies of men, yielded to bis re- T'est. There were cries of "Let him WDat entlpp district, meaanearly two by three miles, there »s not a church building. There are two feeble mission schools, which are held in plain, unattractive halls, where every Sunday a handful of children meet, bat nothing practically is being done by the church of Christ in this place to give the people in that part of the town the privileges and power of gjjjjfe e? the !'*» «?o«» *Pw "Tbe booses down there are of the cheapest description. The people who come out of them are far from well dressed. The streets and alleys are dirty and ill smelling, and no one cares to promenade for pleasure up and down the sidewalks in that neighborhood. It is not a safe place to go to at night The most frequent disturbances come from that part of the town, ill thebard characters find rerbg* there. And left me say that I am bof now speaking of the working peopip, TkPf ft re almost without exception Uw abiding. Bqt lq e?ery towi| like purs the floating population of vicp ihkI ciiwe mto naturally that part of I toWll Where the poorest bouses are, and the most saloons, and the greatest darkness, both physical and moral. "It there Is a part of this town which needs lifting up and cleaning and healing and inspiring by the presence of the church of Christ, It la right there Mere tbere is no c£urCb. The people ftstMtefand lor six or eigbt blocks t*ch side know the gospel. They have large numbers of books and paper* and Boob Cbri«ti#P literature, They have barn taught the Bible truths; tbey are famHiar with them. Of what value is It, then, to continue to support on this ■bort street, so near together, seven churches, of as many different denominations, which have for their members tbf respectable, moral people of the town? I do net mean to say that the Well to do, respectable people do hot Deed tbe influence of the church and the preaching of the gospel. But tbey pto get these privileges without such a FferfuJ WM1* 9f naateri&J iutf powej:. If we bad only three or four churches to this street tbey would be enough, W§ its wasting our Christianity with the present arrangement We are giving the rich and the educated and well to do people seven times as much church as we are giving the poor, the Ignorant and tbe struggling workers In |be tenement district- There is qo gbestfob, there pan b» bo question, tbaf 111 this Is wrong. It is opposed to evwy principle that Christ advocated; ind In tbe face of these plain facts, rhlch no one can dispute, there is a ' *r before these churches on this 01 which cannot be evaded without ■* fhe very purpose of a church. !uty which 1 am now going n fhls Calvary church. lDe«j said by some of the . ! )C1 members of the cburcheil !gbt combine In an effort am] 1 a large and commodious mission Ins, and then go home to a good dinner, and that la about all? What have we sacrificed? What have we denied ourselves? What have we done to •how the poor or the sinful that we gftre anything far {help souls er that Christianity is anything but a comfortable, select religion for those who can afford the good things of the world? What has the church in Milton done to make the worklngman here feel that it Is an institution that throbs with the brotherhood of man? But suppose we actually move our cbnrch down there and then go there ourselves weekdays and Sundays to work for the uplift of Immortal beings. 8hall we not then have the satisfaction of knowing that we are at least trying to do something more than enjoy pur church all by purselves? Shall w? R9t be ftbJe to hope that we have at least attempted to obey the spirit of our sacrificing C (4Drd. who commanded his disciples to go and disciple the nations? it seems to me that the plan Is a Christian plan. If the churches Id this neighborhood were not so numerous, if the circumstances were different, it might not be wise or necessary to do what 1 propose. But as the facts are, J solemnly believe that t6ls church has an opportunity before It to show Milton and the other churches and the world that it is willing to do an unusual thing, that it i)M within it the spirit of complete willingness to reach and lift up mankind in the way that will do it best and most speedily. If Individuals are commanded to sacrifice and endure for Christ's sake and the kingdom's, I do not know why organiiatlons shoflld not do the same. And ID this Instance something on a large scale, something that represents large sacrifice, something that will convince the people of the love of man for man, is the only thing that will strike deep enough Into the problem of the tenement district fn Milton to begin to solve It In any satisfactory or Christian wajr, "Give the |«u. «. c.do praying where ua ueu-ieU mighty bad!"' and so pn. 1'hilip found a way opened for A ailco uuc• watching pppqrtuqity,"Philip pull$d Mr. Winter behind one of the large poles by which the lights of the street were suspended. The "walking fish" of Santa Catalina channel, California, is a member of the pediculati tribe and has congeners among the gulf weed of the.Mexican gulf. Its pectoral fins are shaped so as to serve for legs, and it can rest on them so as to nap lta prey. It builds a neat of seaweed.There were enough hard thinking, sensible men In the audience that night to see the force of his argument The majority, however, were In favor of a general strike to gain their point In regard to the scale of wages. When Philip went home, he carried with bin*' the conviction that a general strike In the mills was pending. In spite of the fact it was the worst possible season of the year for such action and la spite of the fact that the difference demanded hy the men was a trifle compared with their loss of wages the very first day of idleness, there was a determination among the leaders that the 15,000 men lq the mills should all go out in the course of a few days If the demands of the men in the Oceaq paly were not granted. When the evening service was over, Philip, as his habit was, lay down on the conch In front of the open fire until the day's excitement had subsided a little. It was almost the only evening In the week when he gave himself np to complete rest of mind and body. him as he struggled toward the house, and he hurried forward, fearing some great trouble, but hardly prepared for what he saw when be finally reached the steps of the veranda. Here, sheltered a little, but struck by many a blow, Philip managed to shield with his own body the man who ooly a little while before bad come into his own house and called him a liar and Philip swept his hand upward with a fine gesture and sank back upon the couch, groaning. POLITICAL QUIPS. Half a dozen men bad the mill owner In their grasp, having evidently dragged him out of his dining room. Hit coat was half torn off, as if there had been a struggle. Marks pf'bloody fingers stained his collar.' His face was White', and £19 eyes filled with the fear of death. Within, upon the floor, tytf his wife, wtw bftd (aimed, A eon and ft daughter, his two grown up children, clung terrified to one of the servants, threatened to withdraw his church support because of the preaching of Christ's principles When flually the. officers reached the two men, Mr.'Winter was nearly dead from the fright Philip was hftd!y bruised, but not sertously, SUd he help, ed Mr, Winter back to the bouse, while a few of the police remained on guard the rest of the night. It was while recovering from the effects of the night's He bad been lying there about a quarter of an hour when Mrs. Strong, who had been moving a plant back from one of the front windows and had been obliged to raise a curtain, stepped back Into the room frith an exclamation.In some parts of Mexico whisky is sold for 1 cent a drink. Almost anybody could afford to run for office down there. —Chicago Times-Herald. "Don't you exaggerate?" The minister's wife put the question gently. "Not a bit! Not a bit! All true. 1 am not one of the French revolution fellows, always lugging in blood and destruction and prophesying ruin to the nation and the world if \% doesn't gee and haw the way J like U to. But I teU yoy. Sarah, It takes no prophet tyl see that a man who Is hungry and out of work is a dangerous man to have around- And H takes no extraordinary slged heart to swell a little with righteous wrath when in such times as these people go right on with their useless luxuries of living and spend as much on a single evening's entertainment as would provide a comfortable living for a whole month to some deserving family." Just think of itl The senate will try to get a vote on the financial bill some time early in February. The suddenness of such dispatch will shock the country.— Detroit Journal. "Philip, there Is some one walking uacK ana rorin m rront or tne House! It was at this time that Philip was surprised ope evening bjr ft Pfl»l from one' of the worktngmen who bad been present and heard his sermon on moving the church into the tenement district.Recent calculations establish that the average service of men in public life in this country does not exceed ten years. The large majority of congressional and legislative members are chosen for a single term, and they come and go unheeded.—Syracuse Herald. I have heard the steps ever since we came home. And just now I saw a man stop and look in here. Who can it be?" who kneeled half fainting herself by attack that Philip little by little learn- the side of the mill owner's wife. ed of the facts that led up to the as- Whftt was surprise of every one in Milton, therefore, the very next day when It was announced that every milt In the great system had Shut dowa and not a wan of the 15,000 laborers Who marched to the buildings in the early gray of the winter morning found entrance! Statements were posted up on the doors that the mills were shut down until further notice. The mill owners had stolen a march op, the employees, and the big strike was on; but it had been started by capital, not by labor, and labor went to its tenement or congregated in the saloon, sullen and gloomy, and as days went by and the mills showed no signs of opening the great army of the unemployed waUted the streets of Milton In growing discontent and fast accumulating debt and poverty. table overturned and fragments of a sault. "Maybe It's the man with the burglar's lantern come back to get his knife," said Philip, who had always made a little fun of that incident as his wife had told it. However, he rose and went over to the window. Sure enough, there was a man out on the sidewalk looking straight at the house. He was standing perfectly still. ••I came to see you particularly, Mr. Strong, about getting you to come down to our hall some evening next week and give us a talk on some subfeet connected with the fttgns of the '" " ' late dinner scattered over the sideboard and on the floor, a broken plate, the print of a muddy foot pn the white tiling before the open fite—the whole picture flashed upon Philip like a scene out of the French revolution, and he almost rubbed £ls eyps to know If he was pwake and in America in the nineteenth century. He was Intensely practical, however, and the nature of his duty never for a moment escaped him. He at once advanced and said calmly: "What does all this mean? Why this attack on Mr. Winter?" There had a growing feeling of discontent in aU~the mills, and it had finally taken shape in the Ocean mill, which was largely owned and controlled by Mr. Winter, The discontent arose from a new scale of wages submitted by the company. It was not satisfactory to the men, and the afternoon of that evening on which Philip had gone down to the hall a committee of the mill men had waited on Mr. Winter and after a long conference had gone away without getting any Stisfactlon. They could not agree on e proposition made by the company Two Cnilet*. I read the other day that as Sir Henry. Irving was leaving the White House recently the veteran doorkeeper of the president's room showed him his, Sir Henry's, autograph, which he had written many years ago. Under it the genial "Billy" Florence had placed his own name and the couplet: I feci myelt so undeserving To write my nunc 'Death Htmtj Irving. "I'll come If yon think I can do any good In that way," replied Philip, hesitating a little, "Well, I'll tell yon. I've figured It out I will leave It to any one of good Judgment that any one of these projected parties mentioned here tn the evening paper"—PhlUp smoothed the paper on the head of the couch—"any one of them will cost In the neighborhood of |100 te 9150. Look here! Here's the Qoldens' party—members of Calvary churoh. They wtll spend at least $25 to $30 In flowers, and refreshments will cost |50 more, and music another $25 and Incidentals $25 extra, and so on. Is that right, Sarah, theoe times, and as people ought to live now?** "Bow do you know they do?" "I believe you CDan. The men are beginning to take to you, and while they won i come up uD cuunU iuc*y will turn out to hear you down there." Philip and his wife stood by the window looking at the figure outside, and, as It did not move away, at last Philip grew a little Impatient and went to the door to open It and ask the man what he meant by staring Into people's houses In that fashion. That was neatly done, bat then Florence had a way of doing aeatiy whatever he attempted. Bill Nyvt once gave a friend of mine hia photograph, and over hla autograph, at the bottom of it, he wrote, "I send yon this to prow that, la my opinion, there la nothing too good for you.M n "All right, to come?" When do you want me "Say next Tuesday. You know when the hall isT" " The moment Mr. Whiter mt Philip anh'heard his voice he cried out, trembling: "la that you, Mr. Strong? Thank Cod! Save me! They are going to kill me!" "Who talks of killing or taking human life contrary to law?" exclaimed Philip, cominft up closer and placing his hand on Mr. Winter's arm. "Men, What are you doing?" and by their own labor organization. Later in the day one of the committee, under instructions, vent to see Mr, Winter alone and came away from the interview very much excited and angry. He spent the first part of the evening in a saloon, where be related a part of bis interview with the mill owner, and said that be bad finally kicked bim out of the office. Still later "Now, do be careful, won't you 7" entreated bis wife anxiously. Philip nodded. IJe had been by it in hl« walks through that part of Milton. "Tea. I presume it is some tramp or other wanting food. There's no danger, I know." The spokesman for the workmen expressed his thanks and arose to go, but Philip asked him to stay a few mofoPflU; He wanted to know at first hand what the man's representative fellows would do If the church sbpyld at any time decide to act after Philip's plan. Ths poet Young's couplet; which is recalled by Florence's, has never been su»- passed as a specimen of the fine ait of compliment Borrowing Stanhope Lord Chesterfield's pencil, he wrote: Meanwhile the trial of the man arrested for shooting Philip came on, and Philip and his wife both appeared as witnesses In the case. The man was convicted and sentenced to 15 years' Imprisonment. It has nothing special to do wWh the history of Philip Strong, but may be of Interest to the reader to know that In two years' time he wan pardoned out and to Milton to open his pld saloon, where he actually ibid more than once the story of his attempt on the preacher's life. He flung the door wide open and called out In his clear, hearty voice: "Anything you want, friend? Come up and ring the bell If you want to get In and know us Instead of standing there on the walk catching cold and making us wonder who you are." "But some one gets the benefit of all this money spent. Surely that Is a help to some of the working people." Accept * miracle tnitetd of wit; See two dull line* with Stanhope'* pencil writ. —New York Mail and Express. For a moment the crowd fell back a in the evening he told several of the little from the mill owner, and one of men that he was going to see Mr. Wlnthe men wio had been foremost In the ter again, knowing that on ccrtaln attack replied with some respect, al- evenings be was In the habit of staythough In a sullen manner: "Mr. |ng down at the mill office until nearly ■ Strong, this Is not a case for your In- half past 9 for special business. The terference. This man has caused the mills \yere undergoing repairs, and death of one of his employees, and b$ ' winter was away from home ijeaerves hanging!" more than usual. "And hanging be will get!" yelled an- That was the last that any one saw Other. A great cry arose. In the midst 0f the man until, about 10 o'clock, of It all Mr. Winter shrieked out his gome one going home past the mill Innocence. "It is all a mistake! They office beard a man groaning at the foot . do not know! Mr. 8trong, tell them 0f a new excavation at the end of the they do not know!" building and p|{mbjng down dlscover- The crowd closed around Mr. ed the man who had been to see Mr. agjllty phlllp knew enough about meq winter twice that afternoon. He had to know that the mill owner was In | a terrible gash In bis head and lived genuine danger. Most of his assail- only a few minutes after he was dls-4nts were the foreign element In the covered. To the half dozen IQCn who mills. Many of them were under the stood over him In the saloon, where he influence of liquor. The situation wa§ had been carried, hp had murmured frltjpnl. Mr. Winter- flung {a I'liiilp the name of "Mr. Winter" and had i fFi\a the frantic clutch of a man wliq then expired, sees only one way of escape and cUogs A very mUe adds fue, to the braJn of to that with mad eagerness. Pb p men ajready heated with rum and haturned around and faced the mob He tred The rumor spread Uke lightning raised his voice, hoping to gain a hear- that the wealthy mill owner had killed tog and reason with It, but he might as emploJIHS. who h*d gone * ' **" tott ratecd bis WCt *|VM« m MW ntTMhW — m,||M1 ' 'm ■ m *»• - HP '■ - "Yes, but how many people are helped by such expenditures? Only a select few, and they are the very ones who are least In need of It. I say that Christian people and members of churches have no right to Indulge their selfish pleasures to this extent In these ways. I know that Christ would not approve of It," Ml do not expect the church to act on my plan without due deliberation. "Well, to tell the truth, Mr. Strong, I don't believe very many of them would Join any church." In response to this frank and informal Invitation the figure came forward and slowly mounted the steps of the porch. As the face came Into view (pore clearly Philip started and fell back a little. I have arrived at my own conclusions after a careful going over the entire ground. And in the sight of all the need and degradation of the people and In the light of all that Chrift baa made clear to he doty a* hiC Jiaclples U aeemi to hie there (s but one path open to us. If we neglect to follow him as be beckons ua, I believe we shall neglect the one opportunity of Calvary church to put Itself In the position of the church of the crucified Lamb of God, who did not please himself, who came to minister to others who would certainly approve of "ipl steps his church on earth In this age might honestly make to reach men and love them and become to theui the helper and savior and life giver which the great Head of the church truly intended we should be. I leave this plan which I have proposed before you for your Christian thought and prayer. And may the Holy Spirit guide us all [into all tbe truth. Amen" I It Philip had deliberately planned "That is not the question. Would they feel the church any more there than where It is now?" R There came also during those stormy times In Milton the trial of several of the men who were arrested for the assault on Mr. Winter. Philip was alsg summoned as a witness in these cases. As always, £e frankly testified to what he knew and saw. Several of the accused were convicted and sentenced to short terms. But the mill owner, probably fearing revenge on the part of the pen, did not push the matter, and post of the cases went by default for tack of prosecution, Styes, \ hopestlj' think they would, would come out to hear you," It was not because the face was that of an enemy nor because It was repulsive nor because he recognized an old acquaintance. It was a face he had never to his knowledge seen before. Yet the impulse to start back before It seemed to spring from the recollection of Just such a countenance moving over his spirit when he was la prayer or in trouble. It all passed tn a second's time, and then he confronted the man as a complete stranger. "Well, that would be something, to be sure," replied Philip, smiling. "But as to the wisdom of the plan—how does it strike you on the whole?" "You think he would not. PhlUp?" "No, I know he would not. There Is not a particle of doubt In my mind about It What right has a disciple of Jesus Christ to spend for the gratification of his physical aesthetic pleasures money which ought to be feeding the hungry bodies of men or providing some useful necessary labor for their activity? I mean, of course, the gratification of those senses which a man can live without. In this age of the world society ought tQ dispense with some of Its accustomed pleasures and itself for the sake of the great suffering, needy world. Instead of that, the members of the very church of Christ on earth spend more lit a stogie ercalats Mtertaluatst for people who ttupt MM* It-to— they ctve to toe "I would like to see It done. I don't believe I shall, though." "Why 7* "Your church won't agree to It," "Maybe they will iu turn "I hope tii lt*t ui«* tell . btiti»i J'll you. Mi. hi In 8utt.ii„ come tutu t would tiud tDuuij i.i there wlio wouldn't go to hear juu.' Mr. Winter's manner toward Philip underwent a change after that memorable evening when the minister stood by him at the peril of his own life. There was a feeling of genuine respect, mingled with fear, lp his der portment toward PWUp- To say that they were warm friends would be Baytug too much. Men as widely different «D• minister and toe wmtOa milk There was nothing remarkable about him. He was poorly dressed and carried a small bundle. He looked cold and tired. Philip, who could never resist the mute appeal of distress In any form, reached out his hand and said kindly: "Come In, my brother; yoo look cold and weary. Come In and ait down before- the firev end weH katt* pru|).v to oiiict you my »t I CM] ben jj tenement district. Bat that, to ind. would not settle the problem' as It should be nettled, l\ is *{} ' i laiy thing for church memtheir hands In their pockto a few other church •nt "I suppose thnt Is so. But, oh, tliat We might do something.'" i'hilip ojU t ed his hands over his knee and gazeC earnestly at the man opposite. TU» ■an returoed the me almost aa taF