Show I t 4 JI f f it t I J eI eITHE m THE CRUCiFIXION ml OF L PHILIP STRONG m II i r t By REV CHARLES HARLES M SHELDON Ii 11 Author of In Stops What Would Jeu Jelu Do DoP 1 i t t q rk lUrk Robrt Ruy hardy DAY Thyi Et Etc i I I I i t f OPo b by n Th 0 c 1 0 I 1 1 I I I i i fJ i OF CHAP CUA CHAPTERS i I i f strong n a rc Ies two ono to n college t wh where ru ho may 10 I a quiet hol I arly to hla to tho otlie to n a 1 town where th r Is plent plenty of work to do among the labor laborg g Ing 10 Mo the tho moro more active i feld field I II and an discovers that c i IL number of his Wealthy have pr for tor Inlo ns and i gambling no lIe ole one ot of them nd Is advised that he hal hasi better i not stir aUr UP tho subject and Mr Ir WIn WiniA iA ter one Of his most prominent parish 41 Ioner having property rented for tor Ilch nuch nuchI I rises from lila Ills sent scat and aM walks l out ot of the church rho next 1 calls on the tho and ro re what ho cals calls tn an insult to himself l then threatening to withdraw hi sup support J port from the dud dudgeon 1 geon The sImon sermon creates great ex anil the tho next Sunday Sunda a lar lari i crowd attends church expect In lug I a sermon Bermon but Philip them preaching on n a dif diC different ferent subject entirely at Attacks tacks tio tho and Preaches tem them to a a large congregation lie He cals calls 1 upon pon his people to Join wih hIm In ni an anI I to exterminate them Later ho leaves his house to visIt I a sick child and tJan a nian on the tho opposite side BIde ot of the tho t Ores fires two shots nt at him him ii Ip jia huH beel been severely though not mor inor taly tally wounded Is Ills assassin Is ar arrested rete rested and lt at Philips request request Is Isi i r ought before him Phiip Philip assures him dilt that ho he bear bears him no Ill will and prays for him preaches on the tho SUnday queston and 11 makes new en cn emles Coining home ono one evening he fl hs hla In n a tant taint on the for floor 1 a knIfe stuck Into the th desk and two scraWls ono one addressed To o othe the Preacher the tho other To tho Preachers Wife O i VI VII VIII I Te The teter letters or rather scrawls which Philp Philip found by the tho side Bile ot of hil his vIo u u ho stooped e to raise her UP I as tol fol follows lows I pack up end and h leave ave Is not flOt hh enough to holt hold you OU ni lI I U lake war I 1 In tl tinie lon long l as you I In hi Milton there Is danger of two funerals Dynamite kills women as wul as men f Philip sat by the study lounge hold Ins lug these In his hand a as his 1 wIfe recovered from her fainting f fit after ha lied had applied restoratives Ills 10 Js heart was wa filled wih with horror nt at the tho I thought ot of the tho cowardice c cOuld uld the ICo life ot of an In innocent Woman Woman There Thoro WI was wih with I It a woman There Thoro WI was wih with It i 1 a f feeling o Intense contempt ot of such dime novel ot ofin In n a that ot of sticking In a into the stud stuW desk I If I It had not been for tor Its effect on hIs wife would laughed nt at the tho liolu I thing A As It It WI was ho he wa was surprised e mu alarmed that sho had tainted a he haU never known her to do doand Ind and as soon I a she aho wn was able to speak he anxiously to her stor storI story I it must a beel nn an hour ater after ou had gOne one Phiip that I thought I Ih h heard d t a UP stairs nd and thinking p vernais ralls YOU had left ono one ot of your our win dews d dOwn wl nt at the tho top MIl anti the tho curtain I Was I 1 went rIght up and the tho minute I 1 stepped Into the rm room I had the that some somo one was ther there YOU OU carr carry up 1 a light No To The lamp was sas burning I at t the tho end of the upper hall and 10 so I never ot of 1 more ore Wel Well as I mOld noved oVir over toward the window still 1 reeling that strange of some ono one there 1 a man stepped out ut from Crom behInd your our desk walked up Ull to me and held out r th leter letters In ono one hand wih with the tho other he threw the tho light from a ai i small Lull bulls eye eo or burglars lantern r upon them themi i Philip listened In amazement Ii Sarah YOU must have dreamed 11 all allI I that Jt It likely that any man manti ti would do such a thIn Philip I not dream I was 1 ter terribly terI I w wide de awake and so that I oVen scream Mr h tongue seemed to bo entirely u useless oless Jut I 1 felt to read what was writ written wrItten Cel ten And the Ule man held the papers there thero until the words seemed to bur burn m my eyes ces lo lie then walked over ocr to the tho thod d dk k dud wih with one blow drove the k knife ton down Into tho woo rood and then I fainted away nd and that Is 11 all I en can reo re remember m member Amid what bemo became ot of the man a asked ked Philip sti stilL Inclined to think b that his Ife 0 hail had In some Bomo way fallen e asleep a and dreamed nt at least 0 a Part ot of 4 this strange scene Ine she nis q went Ut UP to 10 the study ROl and discovered tr the tho I dont know ho hoIs hois Is tn In the house yet ret Philip I l am 01 al almost most d dead d for tor fearnot for myself but buttor for tor your our 1 life t tI I never 1111 hint om any fear of at anonymous letters or of at threats replied Phiip Philip Jeters contemptuously eyIng the thc knife which wis vis bUl still In the tho desk Iri BI dently the saloon mon J I nm am ama a child to be frightened these I t bugaboos which have figured In every story sInce time tho tm time ot of c i Captain j ii Then you ou think this Is 18 the work of the saloon men ment t Who Who can I It be We Ve have no oher other ot of thIs sort In Milon 4 But Dut they wi ki kill you OU Oh I cannot bear the tho thought ot of living here in this wa way Lt Let UI us leave this dreadful lilace Illo LIttle woman sall said Philip ho bravely drove IWI away u any hI he II have hae had for tor himself dont you OU think I It would b be cowardly to rn run awa so soon i It be better to run ln nW away I so BO soon than to be kie killed 1 Is there an any bravery In In Il a place whIrl where you are likely to bo be murdered b some m coward T TJ J I dont think I shall be sold MId Philip PhilipI I confidently And I 1 dont want you to be afraid The They wi will not dal dare to toI I harm you OU OUNo No Phiip PhIlip exclaimed his wife 0 ea eagerly gerly rl OU must not be mistaken I Idid Idid did nt not faint aWRY away tonight because c I 1 Ij j wal was afraid for tor mI myself Surl I bave bao baveno i no there I It W was the thought of oC I J the peril In whIch you OU stand dal u as asI I you OU go o out among thel these men Inen I as I i you 10 go back and forth to your our met meet I 1 Inc ing In the lark dark I ant am rowIn n nerv n d OUI OUM and una anxIous ev over r imie th shoot hot L ins and when I wa was b the tho thoman theT T man huN hurt tonight J I was so weak wak that I 4 fainted flut Dut I 1 nm era IU sure that th they do doot dos s ot CoN care to hum me Are the ob 4 te i n n ot of theIr hatred I It they strike any anyon anyone on one It wi will bo iou ou That Is in tho th reason J I want to leae leave this II place ace S ay you wi Surely lre are other churches whore you OU coul l preach ns as you to anti BUl not be In such constant I It required all of wisdom and lovo and conscIousness It of hIs Ito ate dut tO tb answer his appel and Iny say no to It it I It wa was one of oC the tho I so verest 10 ho ever eer had There as to be taken Into the not his own hut but that of his wIo wife 1 an wol veIl For think what he would hI he could not shake or off the feel In that t a moan man so as to f re resort sort ort to the assassination ot I a man would not be oven It If I It should chance chanco to ho be a a woman oman Phiip Philip man enough to be entirely unshaken en cn by anonymous threats A thou thousand sand n a day would not have him In the tho least leut Ito Ho would have under the tho souse of the Ireat groat sin they revealed but that I Is 11 nil the tho tt t they would have had When Is cm came to hil his wife however that was another queston Question For R a mo me moment ment hi lie tel felt like sending In hi hits naton nation and moving out ot of Miton Milton I as son soon ns as possible Mrs Mr Strong did not oppose hIl his 1 when one once hI he had declared his She knew Philip must 10 ilo what to hIm WS was the Ule wl will ot of othIs hIs Mator Master and wih with that finally she WM was content Rho had her hor nervousness and dread now that Philips cour coura courageous strengthened her and eho aho hogan to tel tell him that he had bet better better ter hunt for tor the Ial moan who a appear appeared pear ed cd 10 so mysteriously In the study I convinced myself yet ot that there thero Is any Confess Sarh Sarah that you ni nil haL haLI I Ild did not his wife a little indignantly Do you think J I wrote those letters ald anti stuck that knife Into the he desk 1 HI tOt Of course not hut But hoW how could n a aman man Ret get Into th the stud study and neither you nor tho ho girl know I it t 1111 hear n a noise and that Is what started 11 inc tin II stairs And he ma may bo be bein 11 in time the hou house yet I shah hal nt not re rest t oal easy untIl you lOok laok IntI into al oil the tho closets and down celar and everywhere So to Quiet his wIre search searched ed tho house but found Time The servant and the mm WIfe followed It at R a ro re respectful distance behind ono one armed wih with th the bokor and the tho olor other wih with I a fre fire shovel while ho pulled open cOtH doors door wih with reckless disregard ot of any possible man hiding within and Pretended to look Into time the most unlike unlikely ly y places for tor hIm Joking al all the while hlo to reassure hIs trembling followers The They fould found ono one ot of the windows In study partly But that party Iut not Ilot anything although a moan an have hao crawled In and out again through lint from nn an cl eli eliof ot of the tho parsonage the tho roC roof ot of whIch ran mn near enough to the tho wIndow f so that nn an active could gain entrance that erson val tho me whole affair remained more mON mONor or less I IL mystery to however the tho lelor letters aiL tho Im knife were real took them down town next day to the or of the tho evening paper and ask sk ell the clor editor to publish tile letters and describe the tho knie knife I It was waa to too good 1 a apiece piece ot of news to omi omit and Milton peo pie were treated to 1 a genuine when the tho article came out PhilipS object In givIng the Incident publicity wag waa to w time tho n a murderous element It wan wao In Inthe Inthe the saloon power ocr Those hose and the tho klc preached n a sermon to tM people ot of Milton and dU iti zens who had n never er the question belan began to ask now Are tre W wo to endure s monster much long longor crT or As iz for Cor Philip lie ho wen his way the tho same ns as ever Somo or of hIs friends and church members ten even him to carry t a revolver and be careful about goll going out alone at night Philip laugh laughed ed cd n at the tho idea of oC n a revolver lud amid said saidI I It Ih the saloon men want to get rid ot of me the tho trouble ot of shooting rl mo me they had betor hotter make me I a Present ot of 1 a sliver mount mounted I 1 would manage the shooting lY my myself self And as aa for tor being careful about going omit evenings what Is this town or of that It wi continue to license and an institution that Is its ct citizens ens advise now new to Itay stay at home for tor fear of as aa assassination No I shall J go about I my work Just lS as It if I lived In the most mORt law Jaw abiding In AmerIc And It ItI itI I nm am murdered b by time the whisky men I want time the PeoPle pollo ot of Milton to under understand stand that the tho are arc as much to blame for Cor the murder as the saloon For n a community that wi will 1 it cease censo such 1 a curie curge ought to ber bear the tho Ihl shame ot of the legitimate fruits ot of I it The Thc trial of the man wih with the hare harelip lp lip had b been n postponed for tor some lell legal rason reason and Philip felt relieved eVe some somo somewhat what lIe He dreaded the tho ordeal ot of the tho court Scene And ono one or two visits nado at the jai jail hlll had not been helpful to him The man 1111 had refused d each time to le see the minister amid ht he hud gone Iwa away feeling hungry In hIs Bul soul for tor til the mans rt and ralz realizing Ini ing something ot of the Spirit ot of Chrit Christ whet when lo lie WIS was cm lo to cr cry out The They wi will not come unto me that they ha have eternal life That los always seemed to Philip th the most awful tel tea ture ot of the history ot of time tho very tr people le lie loved loed and yearned after spit u upon n Hm him and finally broke Is Ills heart theIr hatred le He continued his study stud ot the tho Ilm leni ot of the town that every everyplace place ha has peculiar local char r which every OYer church nUl and preacher ought to study lie He wn was struck by br the aspect ot of the lower JIt Part of oC the town where n nearly a al all time the llor er cr ople Jive lived 11 lie went ent dowl there an arni studied the situation thoroughly I It 11 hI not take 1 it very Ir giust amount ot of to convince hm that tho church power In Milton was wai not prop orly distributed the fhe seven largest In th place wore al all on ono one street fol celt up In the wealthy reel MI dance denet portion and not lore more than two tO tOor or three blok blocks Down In the tenement district there Wt was not 1 a sin glo gb church building and only one or two eak mission schools which did not touch time problem or of the district nt at atall al all The from this por poor pArt of this town to 10 the tho churches WRt was fully I l lule mile a that certainly stol stood n as a obstAcle to the church attendance ot of tl time neighbor neighborhOOd hOOd even cen the people le were eor or to C go to the large churches whIch was as not lt at al eli he fact Indeed loon that th the people were r Indifferent In time the mater matter The on the fashionable street treet Il In tOWI lP less thai nothing to then Tey They never would o to them and there wal was lite little hop hope anything the lutor or members could do would draw tim 01 Popl people that distance to come within l r I The tat fact ot of hi mat matter was tb the seven chure churches ot of dlf different nt denominations In Ii had hada n a whatever With th time nearly population and tat that t the mOt most needy r hal half ot of the place The studied l the i the In more tan I It loke looked to him and tb the moro mor hI he lunged longed to thanie change It It Ie lie went over the ground again ond agahi Ve very carefully lie Ho talk talked wih 0 Ih th the different minister ministers and the thc meat advanced 1 In h hIs own church There Thero Wa was I a variety of oC o oIn n nIon Ion Il as to what be done but no noOn noone On one w ready for the tho radical move mOe which Philip when 1 ho calo caine teak 1 ak on the tho subJect the tho tret first Bun d du f C the month n VI The first Sunday wa was beginning to tobe tobe be more or lUl less dreaded or anticipated by Calvary church people were crt to radical expect something almost revolutionary In 1118 utterances on ChrIst and Society Some Somo agreed wih with him as asfur fur u as ho had Ione gone Very many hd had been hurt nt itt his plainness or of speech This truo ot of the was true prop trl ermy owners and the tho fashionable part ot of the membership Yet there thero was 1 a about Philips preaching that so 80 tar far tny any very serious outbreak lk or dissension In the church lie 1 a recognized leller leader In his presentation of oC truth h he wa was large minded lo lie hall had the tho ot of hol hold holdIng Ing 1111 reSH ct There tele WI was no mis mistaking taking tl tho situation however Mr lr Winter wih with others was workIng |