| Show P i tf I 4 tt t 0 t I t lit t II THE mf CRUCIFIXiON I OF L STRONG m 11 II t By REV CHARLES M SHELDON 4 4 Author of In 1115 1113 What Would Do O 0 Ot t t Day Etc 1 Q 1 t It t l t I T i t 4 f I o ii Iy Of o DING TEnS LERS I Chapter Strong a t reIves two iwo on one ton to t college coIe f t wn where Jut he mAY 1 liv I a bol r arly life to his the other to 1 ft town the ther Is t dt t work to iu do long the labor closs no th lie more 1 fed nand IL and thAt 4 it numb ot of his for saloons ont und 2 g gamblIng hou houe He fe IntervIews one ot of r them nUl Is 18 that ho he had not sUr UP the Ule subject c antI Mr Win Wint t ot his most 4 loner having property rented for lor t purposes urpo e riles rlee from lila hll st seat rind Si out oaf ot of tho church The net next 1 calls on tho minister and 11 r rI I what 10 lie calls an Insult to then threatening tu to withdraw his sup BUP rt from the II high dul geon The eron creates gt great ox nt and tIm tho next Sunday 0 a lae are crowd church Ilg lug Q a sermon but Phiip Philip t them em on a dit l terent ferent subject entirely I CONTINUED IV 1 the plan hv he hal hail originally 1 out whon ho cum came to 10 Milton ho he much ot o hil hi time Ume In thu tho ote studYing the tho sial or nad civic lC life ot of the tho town Ao l tio tho Sunday ot of L the next month drw rw near hen 1 he hewan Wa wan to speak again on the ot of Christ tt to Imo sorno of oE modern 01 eude ho to the nInn lunn nInna 08 a ond oM ot of lu the Prominent of nod modern rn lo that would naturally be noticed by Chiist ond doubt doubtless 8 i Li dt h by JI n as a grat great 01 evil i In hil hit or of the tho olon he which ho he had done dOM did kUd 1 a thing never bEfore then hen only aCer after very eY much el ellb oM H lie went Into t iio o on different on 00 Io hol never do ilono no such Huch l o thing He wanted o leo know from Crom actual what eort ot of the were What he tW otter atter I a lozen lone to al an man many added tuel to th the fame flame of Indignation that burned already hot It in him Tho a o tho vast Irmy or of ment men Into Inlo bost In dents create In him I a loathing Id and I a hatrel ot of th whole Institution that tha t t failed ltd to lie Ho won wonderer wondered derer dered with unspeakable In his blo lul that a civilized In tw the nineteenth would toler tolerate ote ate for lor ono one thu tho public sale of of an Article led on Ul the slon ot society l ty Itself to crimes Against the tho law ot of thu tho lanI land and or of Go Hs lila In t astonishment deepened y et more It If that wet vero possible when whon M ho Sonar that the tho license ot of otY t Y year I fop tor each saloon Ion wn wa us used b by the UIO town to support the tho schol school eye tuna Ta to Philips mind wal was an ama awful sarcasm on ChrIstan ton tion IL seemed to him Iko liko oling soiling a anan nan poison according to law nod then takIng tM the money moncy from t the 10 sale to tD hell the wIdow to urha mourning I It wt fully al no ne that would be e eHi Ht Hi Wet went to tD f see some ot of the tho other hoping to unite theta them In 0 a cobine combined attack on the tho saloon mo to him that It the church as asa a a entered the tho crusade t th saloon It ft could b b driven out even eyen tra mm llon where It had hod been so 60 long To hil his he round found the tho other to unite in a a public battle whIty men t the ministers tie e een en ended license as thu tho only ot of dealing wih with the tho aloon Al All ot of cont sed It was eI evil Uld and only evIl but under th o 0 I thought It it would Io Go to agi f the Philip Came away from t Interviews IntervIew with the ho min nab ster sad i pod and sick elek at heart Mo Io several or of tho nt men In th the town towia hoping to 0 some ot of them II in the light the thern rn runt IWer power Here he met wih with Ol an un unexpected expected coming 11 In 1 a form torm ho hod not anticipated Ono One citizen n sold Ml rr Strong you ou wi will ruin your our chances h re It If you attack the tn In this avage i manor manner and 11 Il Ill tel tell you OU whY The Tho hll mn hold 1 a tremon dous in Milton In the mater matter ot of the cl city cl election ton come comes or off the middle ot of next month To The men 11 UI tor or office or are dependent tor to election on the votes ot lt of Um UIO saloon m men n and their following You wi will cut your of oft sure 1 lt you OU come out against them hen In nubie Wh Why her Mr Int and so no on ht he nam named halt a ad adon d don nn tt mela In your church who are oro up for tor In the coming The They r cant eMt le be elected without the votes ot of th the and they know I It ter t ct clear ot of U it Mr tHrong The been 1 i regular timing thing In Mi ton for tor Over I tO yenta arl I It Is fl much a a apart part ot the town lown tie th or and I 11 tell you oU i it Is Q a cried In unbounded n do y you u tal toil IO mae you ou a al l ot of thin toWI of oC IG infinite souls that th the saloon hl ht ite grip rp to this extent on the byte lc and alid social bile ot of the pince and Ol you ou to alt down and let are willing fl this devil ot of crime and rin rout t and not ralS mba a nl tr to expel UM Lii monster r JI Is I It possible I It 1 t not is hi Christian America that such A state of affairs In our political te life should I be f i replied the tho T nian Ithel thea ar are the Ald And you will vI simply dash your our own life out a wal wail of solid old roce rock It if you 0 tl try ing to f tight ht this 01 evil You 1110 have m any wan May I not also alo have your our help cre cried PhiLip hun hungry a of Nul lo for rOI rein In the hE lie S was a coming I I It would ruin I my bUIn budne to enie the slon saloon the theman ml man frankly And nd what Is 18 that crIe cried Philip or orn oar n neatly ty It haS already ruined tar Car Carmor mor more that ought to L dr dr to toran you youMan ran Man tuna man what are AN mone money anti Lut bust fm nee com Rl wih with lour own on and bloo blood 1 Po you ou kno know whre yur own cn son eon WI wai to Iwo nl Ig In 11 i i I o of the ot of the Ik lk hll hl II In ct city which you OU a faLle t fn on other man to dt destroy the life or of I own child I IW saw him m lt I Id and may r heart ache ached for tor hint aDd a 01 ou It Is thE he nl I truth Wil yu nm fol Join society let wih with me to wipe out tui ie In iii The merchant tr trembled ad hi his I quivered ut at menton or of hll hat sn eon bt bu IU he be hei ber i r replied I I cannot do what hat you 0 wat want Mr Ir I Stio Strong but you rou On can nion on tY my path lh if IC you OU make the Philip flashy went n hl his t vW t on a i wave ot of mountain Ind nd inure mur and nud an crested Il with j IL I T I t Om and wrath as I ti first r SundaY ot Of ott II month drew ner osar ant anti h he r t I that tM tha battle tc 14 one or tha that ha must wag 1811 argie handed In a town ot of 50 OOOO 1 seide le leHe Me He Wi was not 10 so destitute ot of support I L he There were man mothers lu hear 11 ha that thal hAd ached ad and 11 In agony oy long years a tha that the l 1 would coins om wih with 11 Ills pw r tind Rad IM sweep the Ule curse url away nUl ha had not Wen Ion long enough In to know the entire ot of Le the rt eo tie pie U lit bd 1 ho tar fi touched only the thurl church through I its pail pul Pita lIlt and A tW few ot of the business Inel lain and the result had beeS almOt almost to AD ovll him tast very r little help could I be the publIc gen orally Ito He to Iliad out erl APIl what a tremendous holl hoId whisk jad e en the thc busine l sand nd politicS of at Ihl the lve I It was A a revelation to him of t their lr Tl The whole thin seemed t I him like Ilk I a travesty ot of Ir tree government Ind and a terrible cormen century tr tary on the boasted Christianity ot of tim the 8 So wh when bi he walked Int Into the pulpit th the lt SUndAY ot of the month ho he lel felt me In hi his heart and andon on oil hl Ida lits tie neVer bror before I It seemed me beyond al all that I it Christ WAi was of Calvary church lie He out In plain denunciation ot of the tho whisky power And n 9 so after tho ho open lag fr part of oC th the service Philip rose to Ilk speak Cn n nn na audience that UIt the galleries Ind and In the choir od and nn even sat Int upon the tho Such 0 a crowd had never len been 81 seen In Calvary church be before before fore had not announced his sub feet jeet but bul there wa was an expectation on the tho part ot of that ho he W was going to denounce the saloon 11 In the tho two months that ho he had been preaching In Milton lie ho lad had attracted groat aUen atten ton Hi Ills audience this thle moring morning rep represented resented n a great ent many different 8 or of people Home iome cle came out ot of t ty Othol Others came mo because the crowd 1 goin oln that way Ho I it happened that Phiip Philip faced n a trul truly representative audience ot of Milton people As his eye eyo swept over the tho hou house u ho saw nw tour four ot of the tho six member ot of hil his church who pro vere for tor omco nl at the coining elet flea Uon In two weeks Par For nn an hour Phiip Philip spoke n as hC he hll hati never In ni nil his life before ills subject the cause I It represented tl the Immense audience the entre entire oem ocen slon elan caught hUn UI In I 0 genuine burt burnt ot of fury tury nOI and his sermon rmon swept through the tho houle house like 0 a prairie Ire fire n h I I ft high 1010 gale At the coso close lie ho ct spoke ot of th the hewer ot of the tho church compared with the tho saloon showed how oaly It could win the tho victory Ictor nn any hind of evil It If It were only united and determined Men and anal women ot of llon fathers father mothers and citizens ho said this evi evil II is ono one which cannot be driven out unless the tho Christian Illo people or of this place unite to condemn J It and Ight fight It of at results I It Is to too established I It hu has Il Its clutch on bust bustness ness the tho nl life and even NI The church Itself I It 11 Is 1 a tact that the churche churches hI it Milton have ben been afraid to take the tho right stand In this matter maler Members of the churches have hae become Involved in hI the terrible of th the long established rum rower un until UI til toIA today you ou witness I a condition or of affairs which ought to stir sUr the rl right h elS indIgnation ot of every and father What is 10 It you rou are enduring An Institution which bleats with It un breath evera loul soul that en I it which ruins young manhood which kl kills more citizens In times of 11 leace than the most bloo bloody war over eer slew In times Umes ot of revolution nn an Institution ton tion that is 18 established for tor the open and ot of getting money from the I by the tho sale eabe ot of stuff that createS an institution that robs the hon t ot of h hs s and looks with 01 on the tears of at the wife the ob ot of the mother and institution that never noer given ono one c cOat nt ot of Ite enormous wealth to build churches colel colleges or for lor the need on an Institution that hal has the brand ot of the murderer the harlot the gambler burned Into it with a I wih ot of th the devils own forging In the tho 1 furnace ot of hIs hottest hel hell Tub This lion po rules anti governs this thin town ot of Milton ton today that honest trem ble before I it business men dare not op opp oppose p pose e I it tor or Itar fear ot of losing mone money church members fawn before I It In order to gain nInes In politics and ministers ot of the tho confront Its cOpl Is lulu enee 1 and oy I It II in high time w vc faced this monter monster ot of Iniquity ulY ld and drove It out ot of th the stron stronghold holl It hn has occupied so 80 long longI I I wish YOI you lull could hare gone one with me te thijs ln vast L w week k anti witnessed sonic ot of the sIghts I 1 he have seen I No I retract lint I 1 Would not Wish that any t father th r or mother hind had hand hAIl the i heartache tha that r have felt an I ton the rin ruin ot of young oun Iv Into the decay of premature debility mocking the manhood that Gid God them In the thc intoxicating curse ot of What hare havo I seIn 0 ye e fathers 0 ye e mothers I Do you ou know known what II Is going on In this hiM place of 01 0 GO saloons licensed ly by your our own It act nail made legal logal b by your own wi vilI You ioU OU sir Who vho have together In th the tel and ot of tl the Institution ot It God on earth rh who liao hAe sat lat here hure In front of o this pulpit and par taken W bf th this emblems e which pr you ou of your Redeemer whet where ar are your ions your broth brothers your lovers lown your friends ar are not here this morn ins The chUh Io not list hive hae Iny ny hoW hold os 00 them Tha Thief art re gwing growing up to the duties ot of sI good shIp Tey They ar are walking down the brud broad anu ot of destruction and what I ii thi tiata tow town dol dolg to prevent I It I have seen n young men nien Irm lenin what an cle the beit t homes In this town ton rOI reel In In and nd out of Ct fl ot of evil oh oaths on thir their lp lips In their 11 looks lt the cr ot lul soul b has gone up p to loth O that the lie gl a ant tl the home homp cul their force to are the whisky the IDol olt out of oC or our life so that aa we e feel this the cur CUrSO of 01 I It o h speak k to 1 to In the Mme of In my LoM att and Master I It I is Impossible for o n iii to that if IC tha that Christ ot of no led were standing here hits morning H He wold advise the licensing ot of this as al the mOt moat feasible or ox method of wih with I It I 1 i canoot Hm him using the meat Ilat that tb lon saloon must be fur for th the revenue lt that ma may be from I it to U t the school I annot Ima ln c taking any rt A hore or the whisky power p than thu th r ot of le lie would x It wu evil 11 ad and only nl evl evil ll toad therefore to I be by br ry III hittl and mOl moral restriction that r could uld rr rear I it In 11 MIn speakIng as I 1 believe HI lie would k J If He 11 1 were h here this mo r solemnly declare the Dlo on en the pirt t of d o eer every disciple of oC In et er In Milton Uin ot of piscinE him leU self decidedly And And At once In osen batt t time the It Is II destroyed all until its Ion In business politics Ind and society l p a we thing ot of the lie until w have rid I ril ot of tIme the ful Orva viper which hI has 10 so nn yel years trailed ls its shIm imy through our homes and our Ien church niem mem lia O I oali on you ou tOla today to take up b 01 foe ot of that arms the common fo Irm tl and we hold diet r In church homo home state J I knol know there aN are bUll n slI men who baye bave 1011 bug writhed In se secret c cret at the or of the haier halter about their necks neda h by which the they have been led bed Ther There aN are who have hao havethe the best interests ot of th the community at heart bt who lao have bunt their hel heda II in seeIng limbs shame lt of politIcs brutal whisky dictating the of the tho towns town anti ana ircel lag Ing out their patronage and their tunis Ud and enormous of t the money I know there are church members who ha have tel felt In their hearts the dean shame of 01 bowing the tho kle knee to lo this rum rod god In order to advancement In iii lt life And I Irai call on all these todAy to 1 rise with lh mo me moUI toay al rai UI and I begin ln a fIght against the entire saloon business and Whisky rule In Milton until by the help of at the Lord of 01 Wt We hae got UI ua the victorY he Men Ien women brothers In the great at CamlY of Got God on earth arth wi you OU dig tamely down don and Il worship the great beast ot of this country Wi Will you ou not rather gird Ir your swords upon your and go out to ble against tile PhilIstine who ho hu has defied the lie armies of the God I have havel l spoken my Lt Let us ask sk the tho WIsdom and power of 01 the tho Divine to help Ut us Philips ryer WA vae 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