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"I thought you did a little while ago. "
"It was tlie mill owner's money I
wanted. You're the preacher , ain't
you , up at Calvary church ? "
"Yes. How did you know ? "
"I've seen you ; heard you preach
once. I never thought I should come
to this holding up a preacher down
here ! " And the man laughed a hard ,
short laugh.
"Then you'ro not" Philip hardly
knew how to say it. lie wanted to say
that the man was not connected in any
way with the saloon element. "You're
driven to this desperate course on your
own account ? The reason I ask is he-
cause I have been threatened by the
whisky men , and at first I supposed
you were one of their men. "
"No , sir , " was the answer , almost in
disgust. "I may be pretty bad , but I've
not got so low as that. "
"Then your only motive was hun
ger ? "
"That was all. Enough , ain't it ? "
"We can't discuss the matter here , "
said Philip. He hesitated , rose and
stood there looking at the man , who sat
now with his head resting on his arms ,
which were folded across his knees.
Two or three persons came out of a
street near by and walked past. Phil
ip knew them and said good evening.
They thought he was helping some
drunken man , a thing he had often
done , and they went along without
stopping. Again the street was de
serted.
"What will you do now ? Where will
you go ? "
"God knows. I am an outcast on hs !
earth ! "
"Have you no home ? "
"Home ! Yes ; the gutter , the street ,
the bottom of tlie river. "
"My brother ! " Philip laid his hand
on the man's shoulder. "Come home
with me , have something to eat , and
stay with me for awhile. "
It was all said so calmly , so lovingly ,
so honestly , that the mail softened un
der it. A tear rolled over his cheek.
He brushed his hand over his eyes. It
had been a long time since any one had
called him "brother. "
"Come ! " Philip reached out his hand
and helped him to rise. The man stag
gered and might have fallen if Philip
had not supported him. "I am faint
and dizzy , " he said.
"Courage , man ! My home is not far
off. We shall soon be there. " His
companion was silent. As they came
up to the door Philip said , "I haven't
asked your name , but it might save n
little awkwardness if I knew it. "
"William . " Philip did not hear
the last name , it was spoken in such a
low voice.
Mrs. Strong at once set food upon
the table , and then she and Philip with
true delicacy busied themselves in an
other room so as not to watch the
hungry man while he ate. When he
had satisfied his hunger , Philip show
ed him the little room where the
"Brother Man" had staid one night.
"You may make it your own as long
as you will , " Philip said. "You may
look upon it as simply a part of what
has been given us to be used for the
Father's children. "
The mau seemed dazed by the re
sult of his encounter with the preach
er. He murmured something about
thanks. He was evidently very much
worn , and the excitement of the even
ing had given place to an appearance
of dejection that alarmed Philip. After
a few words he went out and left the
man , who said that he felt very drew
sy.
sy."I
"I believe he is going to have a fe
ver or something , " Mr. Strong said to
his wife as he joined her in the other
room. He related his meeting with the
man , making very light of the attack
and indeed excusing it on the grouud
of his desperate condition.
His fear was realized. The next
morning he found his lodger in the
clutch of fever. Before night lie was
delirious. The doctor came and pro
nounced him dangerously ill. And
Philip , with the burden of his work
weighing heavier on him every mo
ment , took up this additional load and
prayed his Lord to give him strength
to carry it and save another soul.
It was at the time of this event in
Mr. Strong's life that another occur
red which had its special bearing upon
the crisis of all his life.
The church was dear to his thought ,
loved by him with a love that only
very few of the members understood.
In spite of his apparent failure to rouse
them to a conception of their duty as he
saw it , he was confident that the spirit
of God would accomplish the miracle
which he could not do. Then there
were those in Calvary church who
sympathized heartily with him and
were ready to follow his leadership.
So he began to plan for a series of
Sunday night services different from
anything Milton had ever known. His
life in the tenement district and his
growing knowledge of the labor world
had convinced him of the fact that
the church was missing its opportuni
ty in not grappling with the problem
as it existed in Milton. It seemed to
him that the first step to a successful
solution of that problem was for the
church and the workingman to get
together upon some common platform
for a better understanding. He ac
cordingly planned for a series of Sun-
I great purpose was to unite the church
and the labor unions In a scheme of
mutual helpfulness. His plan was
very simple. lie invited into the meet
ing one or two thoughtful leaders of
the mill men and asked them to state
in the plainest terms the exact condi
tion of affairs in the labor world from
their standpoint. Then he , for the
church , took up their statements , their
complaints orthe reasons for their
differences with capital and answered
them from the Christian standpoint
what would Christ advise under the
circumstances ? He had different sub
jects presented on different evenings.
One night it was reasons why the mill
men were not in the church. Another
night it was the demand of men for
better houses and how to get them.
Another night it was the subject of
strikes and the attitude of Christ on
wages and the relative value of the
wage earners' product and the capi
talists' intelligence. At each meeting
he allowed one or two of the invited
leaders to take the platform and say
very plainly what to his mind was the
cause and what the remedy for the
poverty and crime and suffering of
the world. Then he closed the even-
Ing's discussion by a calm , clear state
ment of what was to him the direct
application of Jesus' teaching to the
point at issue.
CHAPTER XX.
We cannot do better than give the
evening paper account of the last serv
ice in the series. With one or two
slight exaggerations the account was a
faithful picture of one of the most re
markable meetings ever held in Milton :
"Last night , it will be safe to say ,
those who were fortunate enough to
secure standing room in Rev. Philip
Strong's church heard and saw things
that no other church in this town ever
witnessed.
"In the first place , it was a most as
tonishing crowd of people. Several of
the church members were present , but
they were in the minority. The mill
men swarmed in "and took possession.
It is not exactly correct to say that
they lounged on the easy cushioned
pews of the Calvary church , for there
was not room enough to lounge , but
they filled up the sanctuary and seem
ed to enjoy the comfortable luxury of
it.
"The subject of the evening was
'Wealth , ' and the president of the
trades assembly of Milton made a
statement of the view which workingmen -
men in general have of wealth as re
lated to labor of hand or brain. He
stated what to his mind was the rea
son for the discontent of so many at
the sight of great numbers of rich men
in times of suffering or sickness or
lack of work. 'Why , just look at the
condition of things here and in every
large city all over the world , ' he said.
'Men are suffering from the lack of
common necessaries while men of
means with money in the bank con
tinue to live just as luxuriously and
spend just as much as they ever did
for things not needful for happiness.
It has been in the power of men of
wealth in Milton to prevent almost if
not all of the suffering here last win
ter and spring. It has been in their
power to see that the tenements were
better built and arranged for health
and decency. It has been in their
power to do a thousand things that
money , and money alone , can do , and
I believe they will be held to account
for not doing some of those things ! '
"At this point some one in the gal
lery shouted out , 'Hang the aristocrats -
-crats ! ' Instantly Rev. Mr. Strong rose
and stepped to the front of the plat
form. Raising his long , sinewy arm
and stretching out his open hand in ap
peal , he said , while the great audience
was perfectly-quiet : 'I will not allow
auy such disturbance at this meeting.
We are here , not to denounce people ,
but to find the truth. Let every fair
minded man bear that in mind. '
"The preacher sat down , and the au
dience cheered.
"The president of the trades assem
bly resumed the discussion , closing
with the statement that never in the
history of the country had there been
so much money in the banks and so
little of it in the pockets of the people ,
and when that was a fact something
was wrong , and it was for the men
who owned the money to right that
wrong , for it lay in their power , not
with the poor man.
"He was followed by a very clear
and intensely interesting talk by Rev.
Mr. Strong on the Christian teaching
concerning the wealth of the world.
Several times he was interrupted by
applause , once with hisses , several
times with questions. He was hissed
when he spoke of the great selfishness
of labor unions and trades organiza
tions in their attempts to dictate to
other men in the matter of work.
With this one exception , in which the
reverend gentleman spoke with his
usual frankness , the audience cheered
his presentation of the subject and
was evidently in perfect sympathy
with his views. Short extracts from
his talk will show the drift of his en
tire belief on this subject :
" 'Every dollar that a man has should
be spent to the glory of God.
" 'The teaching of Christianity about
wealth is the same as about anything
else. It all belongs to God and should
be used hx the-inon. as .God .would
it in
" The accumulation of vast sums of
money by individuals or classes of men
has always been a bad thing for so
ciety. A few very rich men and a
great number of very poor men arc
what gave the world the French revo
lution and the guillotine.
" There are certain conditions true
of society at certain times when it Is
the Christian duty of the rich to use
every cent they possess to relieve the
need of society. Such a condition faces
us today.
" 'The foolish and unnecessary ex
penditures of society on its trivial
pleasures at a time when men and
women are out of work and children
are crying for food is a cruel and unChristian -
Christian waste of opportunity.
" 'If Christ were here today , I be
lieve 'oo would tell the rich men of Mil
ton that every cent they have belongs
to Almighty God , and they arc only
trustees of his property.
" 'The church that thinks more of
fine architecture and paid choirs than
of opening its doors to the people that
they may hear the gospel Is a church
that is mortgaged for all It is worth
to the devil , who will foreclose at the
first opportunity.
" 'The first duty of every man who
has money is to ask himself , What
would Christ have me do with it ? The
second duty is to go and do it after
hearing the answer.
" 'If the money owned by church
members were all spent to the glory
of God , there would be fewer hun
dred thousand dollar churches built
and more model tenements.
" 'If Christ had been a millionaire ,
he would have used his money to build
up character in other people rather
than build a magnificent brownstone
palace for himself. But we cannot
imagine Christ as a millionaire.
" 'It is as true now as when Paul said
it nearly 20 centuries ago , "The love of
money is a root of all kinds of evil. "
It is the curse of our civilization , the
greatest god of the human race today.
" 'Our civilization is only partly
Christian , for Christian civilization
means more comforts ; ours means
more wants.
" 'If a man's pockctbook is not con
verted with his soul , the man will not
get into heaven with it.
" 'There are certain things that mon
ey alone can secure , but among those
things it cannot buy is character.
" 'All wealth from the Christian
standpoint is in the nature of trust
funds , to be so used as the adminis
trator , God , shall direct. No man owns
the money for himself. The gold is
God's ; the silver is God's. That is the
plain ami repeated teaching of the Bi
ble.
" 'It is not wrong for a man to make
money. It is wrong for him to use It
selfishly or foolishly.
" 'Tins consecrated wealth of the
men of Milton could provide work for
every idle man in town. The Christian
use of the wealth of the world would
make impossible the cry for bread.
" 'Most of the evils of our present
condition How out of the love of mon
ey. The almighty dollar is the god of
Protestant America.
" 'If men loved meu as eagerly as
they love money , the millennium would
be just around the corner.
" 'Wealth is a curse unless the owner
of it blesses the world with it.
" ' "If any man hath the world's
goods and seelh his brother have need ,
and shutteth up his compassion from
him , how dwelleth the love of God in
him ? "
" 'Christian socialism teaches a man
to bear other people's burdens. The
very first principle of Christian social
ism is unselfishness.
" 'We shall never see a better condi
tion of affairs in this country until the
men of wealth realize their responsi
bility and privilege.
" 'Christ never said anything against
the poor. He did speak some tremendous
deus warnings in the face of the selfish
rich.
" The only safe thing for a man of
wealth to do is to ask himself , What
would Christ do with my money if he
had it ? '
"It would be impossible to describe
the effect of the Rev. Mr. Strong's talk
upon the audience. Once the applause
was so long continued that it was a
full minute before he could go on.
When he finally closed with a tremendous
deus appeal to the wealth of Milton to
use its power for the good of the place ,
for the tearing down and remodeling
of the tenements , for the solution of
the problem of no work for thousands
of desperate men , the audience rose to
its feet and cheered again and again.
"At the close of the meeting the min
ister was surrounded by a crowd of
men , and an after meeting was held , at
which steps were taken to form a com
mittee composed of prominent church
people and labor leaders to work , if
possible , together toward a common
end.
"It was rutnorod yesterday that sev
eral of the IP ng members of Cal
vary church aicry much dissatisfied
with the way things have been going
during these Sunday evening meetings
and are likely to withdraw if they
continue. They say that Mr. Strong's
utterances are socialistic and tend to
inflame the minds of the people to
acts of violence. Since the attack o"n
Mr. Winter nearly every mill owner
in town goes armed and takes extra
precautions. Mr. Strong was much
pleased with the result of the Sunday
night meetings and said they had done
much to bridge the gulf between the
church and the people. He refused to
credit the talk about disaffection in
Calvary church. "
In another column of this same pa
per were five separate accounts of the
desperate condition of affairs in the
town. The midnight hold up attacks
were growing in frequency and in
boldness. Along with all the rest the
sickness in the tenement district had
assumed the nature of an epidemic of
fever , clearly caused by the lack of
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