of Assisi.  It was the unanimous consent, however, that if any disciple should feel that Jesus in his own particular case would do that, there could be only one answer to the question.  Maxwell admitted that he was still to a certain degree uncertain as to Jesus’ probable action when it came to the details of household living, the possession of wealth, the holding of certain luxuries.  It is, however, very evident that many of these disciples have repeatedly carried their obedience to Jesus to the extreme limit, regardless of financial loss.  There is no lack of courage or consistency at this point.

“It is also true that some of the business men who took the pledge have lost great sums of money in this imitation of Jesus, and many have, like Alexander Powers, lost valuable positions owing to the impossibility of doing what they had been accustomed to do and at the same time what they felt Jesus would do in the same place.  In connection with these cases it is pleasant to record the fact that many who have suffered in this way have been at once helped financially by those who still have means.  In this respect I think it is true that these disciples have all things in common.  Certainly such scenes as I witnessed at the First Church at that after service this morning I never saw in my church or in any other.  I never dreamed that such Christian fellowship could exist in this age of the world.  I was almost incredulous as to the witness of my own senses.  I still seem to be asking myself if this is the close of the nineteenth century in America.

“But now, dear friend, I come to the real cause of this letter, the real heart of the whole question as the First Church of Raymond has forced it upon me.  Before the meeting closed today steps were taken to secure the co-operation of all other Christian disciples in this country.  I think Maxwell took this step after long deliberation.  He said as much to me one day when we were discussing the effect of this movement upon the church in general.

“‘Why,’ he said, ’suppose that the church membership generally in this country made this pledge and lived up to it!  What a revolution it would cause in Christendom!  But why not?  Is it any more than the disciple ought to do?  Has he followed Jesus, unless he is willing to do this?  Is the test of discipleship any less today than it was in Jesus’ time?’

“I do not know all that preceded or followed his thought of what ought to be done outside of Raymond, but the idea crystallized today in a plan to secure the fellowship of all the Christians in America.  The churches, through their pastors, will be asked to form disciple gatherings like the one in the First Church.  Volunteers will be called for in the great body of church members in the United States, who will promise to do as Jesus would do.  Maxwell spoke particularly of the result of such general action on the saloon question.  He is terribly in earnest over this.  He told me that there was no question