| Show C J 3 CRUCIFIXION OF r PHILIP li tm I jt 1 I II I ot By REV CHARLES M SHELDON 9 I Author of In Ills His Would Do Dot e Hary Soven DAY Etc t 1 p f i 1 Ol J W tW C cc t i f t i iu 1 u M hh j f 1 ChAPTER 1 could not hat hata ha a to 10 J h t that reghl two leter and he reading thom them Ir lie sa et wih wit th clasped over his iI kte knee in hia chair and 1001 ng out ou 1 h gh hi ls Ils udy I lIC Was W thInking r harl hard tend and u dint were the cuse cause of It it J t ho he rose t lilA hIs LUd l nd called down the tei rab I 1 wIl 0 would come Up UI her here ur help sta Philip Il Ill be lp up In ii a mm tW ft a voIce from below Yoon thu wife 10 omni her tudy the matter she ns MX rn tl Into tho room I It must be bc somethIng for or you 01 dont pp her here unless OU ar are In hi grot groat al J rOt oU r remember the met tim yot Cl nie you OU hud bud shut the tho tassel f lour gown under the tho 11 4 1 deek and I had hal to out cut J yop o 10 loOse so YOU rou arent anywhere nOw at are You ou out t I Yes I nm In n ft strait betwixt two Iwo Let mo mc mold Jn cad ld tHese tor aitI you wi will see eec seef lie he be begin r nt at once we vl f th loters omitting ft t Church Milton D rel At n a meeting ot of the Milton Uton h hut bet week I it was wn waste te to extend you ou n a cn call of o this thin nt at u n artof b of 0 n a year Wo We truet that ibid I It In with the tho j I of the he head d of the church to accept II decIsion on the part par of Calar t huch h and become Is its pastor The Tho church I II le In good condition and has the tho herlY hearty of most moH of the leading In tho town I It Ia 18 the strongest 11 in and fInancIally of the ven principal churches here We yoUr reply relly hoping You OU wi will de leto to conic come to us We hYo liac ben been without 1 a settled pastor now for forI I a year sInce the deth of Dr Ind and we have un united lied you th the person most fitted fled to tofU tou u t ot of Caha church The fU grace grac Of our rord be with you OU In be beI half ot of the church I WIrA Wl WINTER ot of the Board of Trustees What do you think of that Sarah J I 8 Philip Strong as ho he ed the tho Jeter letter To dollar Is twice as much as you are getting now you OU mercenary Il little creature do you thInk of the lilt I did not think of It once In awhile I I doubt It if you OU would hare havo 0 a de Ii It ItI I 44 S I t 1 I i f n REV X t nt meal or ngod a good suIt ot of replIed the wife lookIng nt at with I a smie smile wel well that ma be Sarah But Dut f rad read you the tho other letter he went on without dIscuss discussing In the tho salary 1 matter Chapel Church Elmdale Be Philip StronG Strong Dear a meeting of at the tho Chapel 11 church held I last t tw w v Ik ek Thursday It I WIS was unanimously voted to extend you OU a to become pastor o of the church at t a salary ot of U 32 f 0 a year ear with lh two months vacation to be selected at your our own convenience The Tho hapel Chapet church le Is In a prosper ou ous condition JI and an many man ot of the tho mom h hers rs recal recall your tarr career In the college w Ith much Thil This Is nn an t ally strong center for tor church work work the proximity of tho boys academy Ind and tho thol university nl making the situation ono one tot l of great nt power to a mm man wito ho thorough tily i 1 understands and enjoys young men menns menas ns as we w know you do We most earnest f r hope op you wi viii consider this cal call not al as 1 but ns as from the j p I lure tt f the tho People We are ver very cordially J It In behalf of the church J WELLMAN J I Chairman ot of the tho Board of Trustees t What do you think of that 1 aske asked the S Tb The salary Is just the same t i Now Sarah said aid the tho mInIster It If ItI I know what n a generous unselfish 1 fish b h heart you realy really 1 have ve I should got get xe It at you ou for tor talkIng about the salary ni as It if that was the most hn i portent thing The le salary II ii very er Important though But OU know I 1 would I lt lC al a willing lS as you OU arc to 10 live on no salary It If the tho grocer and butcher would c t to feed us for tor nothing I wl wish h hI I from the bottom ot of ray my heart that we could liVe wIthout lve money J I It I Is n a bother In it replied Phi Phil Philip ip II so r ely that hI hIs wie laughed 4 heartily tt at Ills Itis tone Wll Veli the queston question I Ie what to do o wih with the Jetti letters resumed the minister Which ot of the two churches do you OU OUt t J prefer er asked his wIfe wifeL r L would rather go to the CHapel i l L ns as tar far as my preference Is cn con I hen why not their call I if that Is the way Wl OU L 1 I use while I should Jko like to go goto o oto to I feel J ns as I it I ought to go to 1 Milton I 1 I Now Philip I dont tont see se why h In InA a of this kInd you OU dont do as ast A OU feel inclined to do and acut accept the tl that pleases you OU most Wh Why should I t minister be doing what they ought In stead ot of what they Iko like You nor never pleas rou tJ Wel Well Phlp Philip Jt good I this l is the wa way ot of I it The curch In Is In a I toI t T The o atmosphere ff of 1 the thI lI hi I t I C You know I 1 palo tour four I I at B student ule nt Ifo life there there Wih With the exception of the there thero are not nott t I people 11 In the village a at t eli py dull retired studious I 1 Pikes I love the memory or of I It I II I Q ld ro iO te there A ts the thu pa pastor tor ot of the thet t clur h and pr h to nn an au an 1 t of coUeS college bos eIght months In th y ar and to about S e r no schol scholl l 1 ry the rest ot of the time t 1 l 1 indulge t my wt taste tor or reading Ind and and enjoy enjO a inlet 1 I I to Ule ept of my days daysI I h 1 o Then Philip I dont M see YIt yo oU I dont to their 01 call and tel tell fun I you wt will accept and we O wil will move It U and di there to t anti live I It 1 ii s 8 and I tun am lur sun WI We live very vory comfortably on the thi salary and 1 the tho ctol There II is no m vacation In tit the other rai call lut hit the other hand th the minister us IS It he were and nd arguing with wh himself Ind and henr heard hil his words on the tho other otho hand there l is Milton a town of plOp people e tives I Jt is 18 the oller c of much flint be ba longs to the stirring 10 ot of the tho times it In WI ve Iv lIve The fhe labor question II ij In tle the Iho lives of those operatives Ther There are nrc seven loven churches ot of to tIe the best of at my know knowledge legE ledge aJ all strIving after popularity ond ant I much hard stern work vor to b be lone done In llo by the tue true church ot of Christ to apply Hs ills t teachings to h In s needs and I 1 cannot help hearIng 1 a voice olce say ay Strong Stron go to Milton Uon and work for Christ Christ Abandon your 1 roam of n a parish where you may indulge your love loe of scholar scholarship scholarship ship In the quIet atmosphere or of n a uni university town and plunge into Inlo the hard disagreeable but bt necessary work of 01 this age In the atmosphere of oC labor here Jat great questions are being beIn discussed and ond the masses ar Are engross cd Co In the struggle for tor Ibort and homo home whore 10 life thrust thrust Itself out Into society tramping down Isel the spiritual and intellectual and tie Ie manding ot of lie tho church and the er the fighting of giants or of to restore In mons mens souls a mor more just proportion o of the value of the le life ot 01 lan man on earth SO you see Ree Sarah the minister went vent on ater after n a Ile little pause I 1 want to te tego go to but the Lord 10 wants me to go to MIlton Mrs r Strong wal was silent She had the utmost faith In her husland husband that lie JIO would do exactly lct what he knew he li ought to do when once he decIded t tI I It was PhIlip Strong was alto silent a moment At lit last lie he said Dont Dont you OU thInk so Sarah SarahI I dont sel see how we e can always tel tell exactly what the tho Lord Ird ants us to 10 do now cnn can you OU tell lie he want you to go to Ar Are ther there not great opportunities to young oung student life In I a unIversity town Wi Will not some one go to and nud be become become come ot of that h No doubt there Is a necessary w work rk to be done there The only Is IsAm IsAm Am I the on one to do tb I It or Is the cal call to MIlton Ion more Imperative The more I ot of I it the more I nm aun convInced that I 1 must go to Milton Miton Then said IO the ministers wife ne 11 r suddenly and speaking with t a amock mock nl seriousness that her husband fully understood I dont see why you OU called mo me UP here to decide you u had evidently settled before you OU caled called me Do you consider that fair trent treat treatment men ment I sir It wi will serve yoU rIght If those I 1 ut In the ovel oven when I IOu you Ou caled called me are fallen us is completely o Os Iab lon AldI wi will make you OU ct eat half 1 a dozen ot of thom them sir to punish you Wo We cannot alord afford to waste alte on any anything thing these times What crIed Phiip Philip slyly not on 2000 n a yeAr nut But Ill Ill eat cat the hey cant possibly be any worse wone titan than we had 0 a week eek after Wo were ones we bought hought from the the balcony you OU remember Phlp Philip added hastily You saved yourself just In time then hen replied the ministers She came doze up to the desk and In I a di dIf dIfferent ferent cose tone saId Philip you know I bleve believe In you OU dOlt dont you ou I Yes said Philip sImp simply I nm am sure ure you OU do I 1 om ant Impulsive Im Impractical practical but heart henrt and soul and bod and mind I simply want to do the wi viii ot of God 1 Is It not so soI I know It Is she sold said and It OU go 0 to Milton It will I be because you to do tb Is his wU moro more than to yourself our lr tonight Yes Then Ihal shall I answer the leter letter Yo Yes I if YOu hare hac decided wih with my help ot of cOurse Ot of course coune you OU foolish creature you OU know I 1 could not settle sette it I without you And t as the biscuits As for tor the biscuits saId the mInis mInisters tons wife thO wi will be settled with without out ml me too It I dont go down and se see seeto I Ito to them ahe hurried down stair stairs and I Philip Strong a Imle smile and 1 a sigh took UP hI his pen and wrote replies to the calls he had received refusing the cn call tO I and accepting the one oneto oneto to Milton tIO And nl f so the strange story of ofa a great Marte hearted man renly really began When lie he lund wrIting these two I letters Ite r he another which throws 8 so much light on his character and hIs In going to Milton llon that we wi that In this story 15 as bu be being Ing necessary tu to It its full ul understandIng This Is the leter leterA letter A My Dear years ear ago when wo lef left the seminary you OU remember remember ber we promised ed other in case eIther of us lof loft hil hits present parIah arIsh he would let the other know at once I 1 Idid did not suppose when I came that I shoUld leve leave so soon but bul I have just written u a leter letter which means the begin beginning ning ot of a now le life to me The Tho Calvary church In Milton has given me a cal call calland and Ind I 1 have accepted it I Two ago m my church here practIcally wont out of existence through 1 a unIon wih with the tho other church on the street The history or of that movement Is to too long Ions for tor me to relate here but Since ince It took place I have been preaching os as u a sup II lilY pending the fInal settlement of v n I f I 4 felt mu affairs and s so J I was It at liberty to no nolt lt I a esli al elsewhere I must confess tH the CI call from Milton t lon WI was n a surprise to If Ins I hM have never been en ther there yoU know I do not In c for n a ad and 1 o t I suppose theIr church me up to listen to 1 ins Two ao would have In dl dured me to IO go W to Milton I It seems perfectly cler clear that the t S to me Go You It know now my natural inclination Is II toward I a quiet scholarly rl Wel Veil Nilton Is Isa isas a as you OU know n ii nol noisy dirty turing town tonn full t workingmen men cursed wIth anti black with Ith Cl oal smoke oat nI humanity The church Is quite strong in II membership The Tho Year nok Book K I It fOO o members itt year el audi and It Is composed ly Iy of tho leading antilles In the tho place What I mn can do in 11 such a 0 church t ic IMin to be seen Men My Iy there there Brown sermonizer sermonize Ur lr was I CL and I believe lie He am q 14 man of the tho old school anti and ni I understand to bring Iho hi church Into with the You wi will say that such euch a church II Is n I pour poor place II lii which to attempt t t a dl dif e nt work Ido not nol think thin to 80 The Tho church or of Christ Js is In itself I lele 1 a powerful engine to set In Uon ton against ni all 01 evil I have hae glat groat In the of almost An In title thIs cOln to to wonderful things for or humanity I and andam ni I Iam am going to 10 Milon Milton wih with that ver strung In ml me I feel eel as I If a vry very grea wk could b be done there Think ot of it I Alfred A town of 00 ot of them foreigners n a town lown wih with mor tItan than 0 CO saloons In tul full blast I Itow tOWI tow with h seven seon churches u of many dlf erent denominations tons all I situated on onoto em oto street and that the mOlt moe In time the place n a town lawn where when the police records how an amount ot a crime and depravity almost unparalleled holed In municipal Buch Bucha sue suea a place presents an opportunity for tho true church hurch ot of Christ to do fome some eplen splendId dId work I 1 hope I do tot not tIme the neds needs of the vince place I have hac known the tho general condition of things In Mil Milton U ton ever sInce you and r I did our sum summer mner mer work In tIme neighboring town of o oClifton Clifton I If ever eor there n ground In America I it Il 14 there I cannot canno just wh why tho cal call comes 10 h mp me to go to a place and take up won that II in many wa ways Is o 0 to tome ti time me In ono one sense I from It with witha 1 a sensitiveness which no one except m I wire wife and you could understand You Yot I know an almost ridiculous ex cx Ces cuss of sensibility I 1 have have I It impossible for tor me to do tho thi work that the active ministry ot of this thu ace oge demands ot of n a man It almost his me to know that I Im criticised or r ul UI that I fa say anti anel do And yet t I know kno that the ministry wi will always be the tat target et fot fOl criticism I haw hart nn an almost morbid shrinking rem the thought thai people do not Jko hiko me that I am not loved b by everybody and yet J I mow no that if I speak the truth In my preach Ing speak I it without regard to c n sequences some one Is sure to beO offended and In the limo enl end dislike ml rue I I I think God Clod never made 0 a man with fO s Intense I a craving for or the tho JOI love of his him follow men IMn as I 1 and and yet et I air conscious that I cannot make malte ms understood b by vr very man many people The 1 e will 1 always la say how low coll cold and nd he Is when In reality I Iloe I Ilove love loe them wih with yearnings or of heart henrt Now then therm I am going to Milton llon wIth al all thIs complex thought ot of myself and et dear chur chum thero is IR not nol the tho least doubt after ni nh that I ought to go 0 I hope hopu that In the tho rush ot of the work there thore I Ihal shall be Ible able to forget and then the work wi stand out prominent ns as It ought ought Wih With al all my doubts ot 01 m myself I never neer question the wisdom ot ci entering the ministry tr I have 1 a vcr very I work that I nm am positive assurance al as I doing wha what 1 to do what can cun a man ask mor more I om am not dissat I ed wih with the ministry only with my mr myown own acton action within I It It I Is II the or of al all 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