The Post=Signal (Pilot Point, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, March 23, 1900 Page: 2 of 8
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CHAPTER XV.
IJ' fore much more could lx- aald the
different applicants came, and un the
cuatoiu wan, ufter a brief talk with
them about their purpoae In uniting
with the church and their dlaclpleahlp
the.v withdrew, nud the committee
formally acted on the names for pres-
entntlou to the church. The name of
Henry Itolnud. the
Ihe 'ddcs, where aevefal of
workmen friend* ant. a hiss
wan slight, but heurd by the
v''u<regatioii Philip glanced up
the,,-, and It instantly ceased.
a... '!■' !,nn*hci word he stepped
dunu riwm the platform am! begat, to
tvnd the list of those who hail l»eeu re
«;l'<’d into chtireli membership. He
had almost reached the end of it when
pel soil whose name was called last
lose from his seat uenr the front I
where all the new* received members’
wmc In the habit of sitting together
and, turning partly around so as t„
i n:/c;;^r""'‘ “u<i ■*»* «-'><-«
CHAPTER XVI.
The day was beautiful nud the !
[ ehurol, us usual crowded to the doors 1
I here « us „ feeling of hardly conceal
, excitement on the part or Calvary
churcli. The action of Thursday eight
had been sbari,ly criticised. Very n.nnv
Very many
beyond lii.s
...-ury K,m,,1.1. the sexton, was Huai- 'T,7 "J. "‘■“K'UK »"‘h an Important
l.v reported unfavorably, three of the U‘f,,r<' *» "until a meeting of
voting against It, Deacon ." ‘"‘“‘■x’l’s. and the prospect of the
thought Philip had gone
fisht In bringing such
committee
Sleurns at last voting with tiie n,Inis'
ter to present the sexton's name with
the others.
“Now, brethren." said Philip, with a
sail smile, as they rose to go. “you
know I have always Is'eu very frank In
all our relations together, and I am go
tug to present Ihe sexton's name to the
Church Thursday night and let the
church vote on It In spite of the action
lo re tonight. You know we have only
roconimcmlmg power. The church Is
the final authority, and It may accept
or reject any names we present I can-
not rest satisfied until we know the
verdict or tin church in the matter.”
"Brother Strong,” said one of the
committee who had lavu opposed to
im- sexton, "you are right as to the ex-
tent of mu authority, but then, Is no
question In my mind as to the outcome
Of the matter. It Is a question of —
*PPM,teltlug baptism and communion
of the sexton hail drawn In a crowd of
people i,ho ordinarily slald away from
that service.
"Mr. Strong. I do not feel as If after
what has taken place here this morn
Thu ! UUlt<' wUb **»»• church.
1 s man who has Is-eu excluded from
I church membership ,* „u. Hon of u
I ",rn lu"’ "‘“very on the estate of
I one of my relatives. That slave wo
man once nursed her muster through
a crude Illness ami saved his life
lids man. her son, was then a little
old But In the strange changes that
have gone on siuee the war tin
the old muster has
gten burdou. bearing hint down to the
! earth with sorrow and heartache
He had been In the habit of going
i out to comm union Sunday with the
emblems of Christ to observe the rite
by the bedsides of the aged or III or
those who could not get out lo church.
He carried with hint this time a basket
containing a part of the communion
service. After going lo the homes of
one or two Invalid church members he
thought of the person who bail been
mentioned by the man iu the luorulug
as living In the tenement district and
In a critical condition He bail secured
his address, and after a little Inquiry
he soon found himself In a part of the
tenements near to him.
He climbed up three flights of stairs
anti knocked at the door. It was open-
ed by tbo sexton. He greeted Philip
wllh glad surprise.
The minister smiled sadly.
nothin
and fell upon the bowed head of t,
sexton amt remained there as if ju i(
edletlou \n t so I he shadow d,
ami at last it ivaa like unu,
else known to the sons of
earth, and the spirit leaped out of |i
clay tenement with the brenth of ,
communion wine still on the lip.
the frail, perishable body.
Philip reverently raised the arm
laid It on the bed. The sextou riK,
and. wlille the tears rolled over
face, he gaxed long into the count,
nance of the sou of Ills old master \,
division of race now ; no false and >■„
ish prejudice here. Come, let tl,.
neighbors of the dead come In i.
the lust hud offices to tile casket f,,-
the soul of this disciple Is In the man
alons of glory, and It shall lntngci ,,,.
more neither thirst any more, neither
shall the darkness of death ever again
smite It, for It shall live forever In
sou of
been reduced t»
poverty and obliged to work for „ liv,
r H r no" ,n “‘is town He Is
ts.r.L^^ ':Vl"K “POP “ Hick bed In
I lillijs generally had no preaching on
somtnuulou Sunday. This morning he
remained on the platform after the
oiM’niUg exercises, and In a .stillness
v»hid, was almost painful lu iu ln-
tensity he began to speak In a low but
aud iiiipivhMivo voice:
“i'VUow disciples of the church of
t-hrist on earth, we meet to celebrate
the memory of that greatest of all be , Ut ,hls tnb,e ,,K any Christian here
lugs. who. on the eve of his own great ‘ “1?i ,v<onelle the rejection
the tenement district. And this bin,
umu has for several weeks out of his
H mil) earnings helped the sou of bis
mothers master and cured for him
hiough his Illness with all the devo
tlon of a friend.
this morning.
“Don’t say anything. Mr. Strong.
Von did all you could, but you are Just
in time to see him.” The sexton point-
ed Into a siimll hack room. "He Is go-
ing fast. I didn’t suppose he was so
near. I would have asked you to come,
but I didn't think he was falling so.”
Philip followed the sexton Into the
room. 1 he son of the old slave master
the life everlasting.
Philip did what he could oq such an
occasion. It was not an unusual even,
altogether. He had p payed by
many
Continued on 7th. page.
fads h , T y lnte,v l«traed these
fH ts IS,It. knowing them ns I ,i0 u,,,!
believing that he Is n«
worthy to
ext agony, prayed that his disciples
Mi ght nil lie one. lu Miat prayer he
whl nothing about color or race or
ou nce Of *|H*ooh or social sur-
roundings. ills prayer was that his
disciples might nil Is one- one i„ their
aims, in their purposes, their sympa
my own purpose
therefore desire
pedlency. I do „„t have sny feeling t^f’ tl“‘lr fnl,h, their hope, their love
against ihe sexton, but I think It would . cvt‘nt bas happened iu this
church very recently which makes It
necessary for me to say then* words.
The Holy Spirit enute Into this room
last Sunday and touched the hearts
of several young men. who gave then,
selves then and there l„ the l.ord Jesus
thi 1st. Among the men was
another race thuu
oe Verj hum Is, to receive him Into
membership. «,„] I do not believe tbe
church will receive him. If you pre-
mmt the mime, you do so on your own
responsibility.”
HI, mine, said Deacon Stearns.
, Wlls U"' ,aHt to shake bauds with
I he minister, and his warm, strong
hump gave Philip a sense of fellowship
that thrilled him with a sense of com
age ami companionship very much
needed, lie at once went up to h.x
Hludy after the committee was gone.
-%VkfK Strong, coming up to so,/ in, , i„,
tr. found him, as she often did now on
his km-,-s In prayer. Ah. thou follower
Ot Jesus In this century. What but lh.-
prayers shall strengthen
one of
,, *he Anglo-Saxon.
He was „ black man. Ills heart was
melted by the same love, his mind II
luuiinatoi! by tbo snim* truth. He do-
Hired to make confession of bis belief,
with
to unite here. | i
,. .. In withdraw my an-
pl.ca Ion for membership here.' Mr I
tal e .ff , lr,’t0 !,P ''‘".tlxcd and par
take Of the communion as a disciple „f
nlst slmpiy, not as a member of Cal- I
vary church. Can I do so?"
HilUp replied In a choking voice
can. ri,o rto;vn , I
was not the place for any demonstra-
tion. but again from the gallerv came
* alight bur distinct n„te of „ppian® !
.\s before. It Instantly subsided as i
) hilq, looked up. For a mom, nt ev
f..rH>l“' "‘,l(1 hlS h,vttl1 “n(l waited
for the ministers action Philip', fa, ,.
divorce evil sermr to grow with
every year 7.500 divorces were granted
in the jtate of Ole,> last year We aglet-
that there are (anils on both side* tat the
great problem is A.e those faults remedi
able' To a great extent there is no doubt
the conditions which result in divorce mav
be remedied ('.lieu a dyspeptic hnsband
an, a wife suffering from female trouble
and we have the ready made elements of a
divorce case In view of the facts there
">»"-V women
the strange days to come? * a vo,e of :l refused to present
Thursday evening was storm, A . ?"'UV "’i,h '‘‘''onimemlctions for
heavy rain had set In before dark and ! Hi m™1* P' °n ,n> own ""Pmmibill-
" hlkh wind blew great sheets of water li„ ’P Pl"'Tnr"torT wvlcc riiursday
hr,-Ugh the streets an„ „ttIwl | n'n h""'" *-• upon
boards ami shingles about the tee- w!, 1 ' n"mo' "'ns a
nieuts. Philip would not let his wife 1 r! 'I"°n"u, of the church present.
*“ «»*• 'I was too stormy 80 1 Zl ™ ^ tb. applicant for
"f UlHrt :’* c .item,.Intel the -n j!
prospect of a Rtnall attendant e on what ea,m, t ^ uus-tlng the
be ha . planned should b, .... 1.......- ... t0 1 •* an ' '*'** that he
occasion.
However, sonn
jv9 tyc ,:r; j
feu ring that he was about to fa,0> concerning his peace with God a smile
r; '"""‘"""'•'■O' to the commands For » nionieut there wus .. hesltat'o. ^ssed over l,b f„(.„ „nd
rcu ’ HN nn ' tb" ’":l <h?t S"UK‘ 'hoiwlit he was going to j d"" thought occurred to PhiUn e
tte restTt T“" pr,’':' n,('" " Ith lea'“ »h« church. But he quickly opened the basket, took out the been f
hi - l ist ' " Kulac committee meet- cd on his will to assert Its power nn,, I wine, set them
he’- , ‘f°,n'.,a'V' ,ini1 ,hnt committee, ,ahing up the regular < otnmunion secy I aiJlt Nal'l
lw. he calmly took charge of It as If ] “KIselple of Jesus, would you like to
nothing out of the way had occurred 1 Pni'tnke of the bless,.,1 ’ l°
II. did not even allude to tb- | once more before y «re gone, nud 11, - 1 •♦band"come.,"
lug's Incident in bis prayers. Whateier ! 1 Ih Rlory?” y thp Kfu« ln j hotor “ * b“''cn of st anrt co,lfort
else the people might think of Philip
they e-’itniuly could find no fault with
his self possession.
nut the bread
oil the small table
^ |k m,. °Jn ol)llk * 'on» thev ,|„
fcvl fitted to fulfill Women are not to
blame, rhey have looked forward to their
home ,tc a* a dream of paradise. Then
•Wpfssr 1,keaeerpt'"t*°d
drin,0,'"7n„Who uflr" ' 11,1 debilitating
, ‘ T1: 11 ulceration, f,
ieri i rdt ’ n,”r <I,,W" v,i 1 And
rertam relief and cure in Doctor Pierce’s
Kavontr Prescript ,n It so invigorUea
lb. ;^ans pecuharly feminine am? reg„
at ;, then function- that they are rsUi
The old ti v P<‘rfeCtl7 h a,tl‘T condition
ine obi lightness of lean comen .ack
!o_.re'“Jyht!" the eyes and 1 amilr o> tbe
. .i,rTlt",i< 1 and nerv..,. ness
to hi»
lips
ncoonling’
IIIh conduct of the
service on Hint memorable Sunday was
admirable. 1
When It was over, he tins surround-
ed l\v different ones who had
nn imiHirtnnf „.n ----- lilul "v was m, f1011 cllb, r far or aguiris,
i*.!-/0 unl,‘‘ will' Hie church, know- [ d'b. i h h mu. li s,,| ,,|
taken
tiie sexteu.
The gleam of
■ - s. i ■' ^'
Hatlsfaetlon in the
u.«n s eyes told Philip enough The
sexton said In a low voice. "Ho be-
longed to the southern ICplscopol
"hun I, In \ li'gliiui Something In t'hv
wlstfill look of the sexton gave I*IiJi:i>
Inspiration for what followed.
“Brother," he said,
sexton, "what Is
8»"T"d"T:.1
( ^_____ «lk
rcc ?. metlicine.
began hd-:. y Mir mr.licme ! cmitd „o”l
,1* ’ do *|, III,, ho,,s, work
w -ihaskr. I Dr Hcrcc •
Ik w)iet j
to have,
nan t ter.
Of the church were out. The very ..ties
111" meX!" TerT In" <VeVl'Sy of HmMfa In'"™ "'** 1 hnrr'^
presettf. and that led to an unex bers had r‘‘p",,,Pn,n,lou °* ™n,.
pecteii result when the names of the Propnra
U’e had s long talk over the
Since then
applicants for membership came be-
fore the ohureli for action.
! hlllp read the list approved by the
committee and then very simply bu<
powerfully, told ,|„. sexton's story and
■ m refusal of the committee to recoin-
tueiid him for membership.
Now 1 do not see how we can shut
Urn, disciple of Jesus out of |,lx
church, concluded Philip. "And I wish
topreaent him to this church for its ac-
Uon. He Is a Christian; he needs our
h< Ip and our fellowship, and
comments on the affair could not ro-
m.,ve th, heartache from Pluiij) He
con'd not reconcile the a, tlon of the
hiirvl, with the spirit of the chureli.'s
M.iNtiu-, Jesus, nil,| when lie finally
ton,Ji,.,) home aud calmly reviewed the
even’s of the morning he was more
and more grieved for the eharch and
for his Muster, it seemed to him flint
a great mistake had been made and
far said , tTnX'*' * I ^"a" d'^aced the
tory meeting there Is a possibility that
the number voting against receiving
tb. applicant would have been much
larger than those who voted for him.
( ndcr all these circumstanced i
have doomed It my duty to
have thus far said ,,'ml t;je
i ------ **o^ iu*- . UtttUL* of (’Urifttlanitv.
ho'/ \v° tUki> the aotloa 1 ,,WNV Pro* I Ah 110 lin,i lw>on fn the habit of <Jo!n~
fun mcnzs:t,^:rr,i2 ">v ..........■'
sthwvr,rsFi r-rr• z:\rz
! S't'd
“n“ wmvera. ns disciples of the Man H Is '.Tut leVln "tlVl' ^t'"’ r^‘' ',f a,nol,nt ”r "«Ccrlng and trouble'1 'Vs
ot 1,11 Hie race, us those who believe Ch-istlan r V* I,ou*«‘- There Is no spring came ot, some few „f m|,l8
U,at "* >"■ «. dlstSctmn^l ...... — »"« round wmk
the
Amen."
"A
bed.
J°HN H XIWG,,
BHot, ,>olnt, Tex.
jFarm Laud mid Ranches
°r ri y property .old
muse in, ' '** *t with lucaml i
H^fprpmvi
urn lug to the
to hinder your bap
V " of the communion? j
VM. this Is I hrlst S church wherever
Then the sextou brought u basin of
! r|!r,V";1 ,,N down by Um I""
1 H.-„ .t, TSSU LSK i
......rj:r 1 "Ss.AKi"■
. , _ ATTOlUtKrs-AT-J.AW
Amen, murmured the man on tu-’ P°lnt nn'1 Oollinsvlile, Texa*.
Hpeeiul attention to collections
Ami Philip, still standing as he was !!01>RV *’l BUC In oftce Office
lemV Nayln®' Hlossed Lord’ T.'.v,, n"u*H Buildiog. Pilot Point.
Jesus, accept these children of thine
bless ibis new disciple, and unite our
hearts In love f„r thee and thy king
dom as we remember thee now i„
service.”
A
Tire Insurance.
souls
to l>e
hereafter that shall separate
imm by prejudice, I hope you will vote
’< receive this brother In Christ to our
nuemberHliip."
The voting on new members wb«
done by ballot. When the ballots were
?hnt nn ,<0Un‘ed' “ WUH “loot,need
Hist all whose names were presented
"ere unanimously elected except that
of the sextou. There were 12 votes
against "bn. but 20 for him. and Cbm,,
•’hue,11 Mint according to the const!
t tlon of the church he was duly elect
e “feting u,«u went „u In the
uaua1 manner eharacterlstic of prepur
atm'.v service. The sexton had u“
present the back part of ,he room
n < at the close of the meeting, after
all the rest had gone, he and Philip bad
long tulk together. When Philip i
reached home, he and Sarah had !,!
oHmi- ong talk on the same subject
" u>" cannot tell until wc
cm,,,, to record the events of the
menmn Sunday, a day that stood on,
,, h111p s memory Lke one „r u„.
bb’edlug palms of hi. Mast,., pierce,
whb .o.row but eloquent with saeri
the church to vote
ceptan, - „r rejection of Henri Boland,
disciple of Jesus, who I,ns asked for
permission to this body of
Ids name Will all those
thus receiving our
................... a. sox ..
! ~, T,oL,nutate,
lu the name of the Master who said J THAW Poikt. TKXAff.
c V';.1!!:V::f<:r,\t,).asl; ‘V lnplul,,‘rx of «nire history of the enforced Idleness
again on the ne “
<'hrlst in
In favor of
brother Into the
rrent family „f faltl, signify It by rals
•ug the right hand?”
I'or a moment not a person In the
Church stirred Every one seem,si - --
smitten Into astonished Inn, tlon by the “any
sudden proposal of ............... Then
Lunds began to go up. Philip counted
hem, 1,1s heart healing with anguish
HH he foresaw the coming result He
walled a minute It
like several
of thousands „f men l„ Milton during *ho"1' words, eat. remembering his W
Hi.it eventful winter would make a ,or U8"
urge volume of thrilling narrative. Tl.o dying man eouhl uc
* V’7 ,’"1 tOU<l“'H 0,1 ,!lis ""i- h*1"1 to ,ak<' Hie bread from the plnle
r „, V, ,'7 rapidly familiar Philip gently placed a ertimb hetw .
with the different phases of life which hlli H|>« The sextou still t„
ionfed and Idled and drank Itself awn, Part.wk ami. bowing k“" lln»’
during that period of Inaction Iltm bis hands, sobbed
pompunien.
N. WILSON, Agent
seemed to many
....... minutes—and then said.
All those opposed to the admission „f
tbe applicant Signify „ by the same
dreds of men had drifted away to oth-
er places In search of work Almost as
more had taken to the road to
H"cll the ever Increasing number of
professional trump# nud iu time to do
v"lop Into petty thieves aud criminals
But those who remained had a despot
ate struggle with poverty Philip grow
«H’k nt timrt nn h<»
Ills head between
.. Philip poured out I
Hm Winn and said, “In the name of the
3^’td Jesus, Ibis cup Is the now testa
nemt It, his blood shed for all mankind
fur the remission of sins." Harried I
Sve-'otl7,lp-0f^' “an„ndth«
dying
KOBT. WILSON . . . . .
8oec«««or to D„ty * Kyle.
First-class
barber shop
water Item,. Age„t for Jllnil,T
T.nnnrlry
GOOD NEWSPAPERS
AT A VKRY Low PRICE.
Cave to the sexton Tl„ . ,,,’n.......‘T‘‘ L IHK 8KMI-WKI-. KLY NEWS tt;*l
•l.vlng man's fa,,, died. The gray ! anVThn'riSl#"3 P;l!,Uhed *»nid=ti'»
4 | .. I ' ' Ul lit III' Ji |)P
“lrnda t^" "HH th‘‘ Mnn'P M|kTnlfl' nnt. 1 the church people nt„1 these ; pi
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