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9. TOPEKA, KANSAS, APRIL 15, 1000. "WHAT WOULD JESUS DO?" A Chapter SciQQESTEb as a Sequel to "In flu Jtepj" and ''Philip Jtronq." Those Who Contemplate Adopting the Aotto "What Would cJesus Do?" do not Realize What it Involves. Hence, this Chapter is Necessary. BY FRED DKKM.

"For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first and counteth the cost." Luke 14:28. "In what particular?" "You ignored one of tho most important problems of every day life." "What problem?" "Sickness," replied the guest. "Healing the sick was such an important part of the daily work of Jesus that if He were editing a daily paper I think He would have much to say in reganl to the work of healing tho sick." "You mean ah that He would defend this humbug faith healing of our day." "I mean that Ho would teach tho true method of healing tho method He taught and practiced long ago." The minister-author mado no reply. "I think you made another mistake, Mr. Sheldon," the visitor went on, "when you try induce eople to adopt the motto, 'What would Jesus without telling them what living up to this motto would involve.

Day alter day I scanned the pages of your paper to see if you would csjoubo tho cause of healing the sick as it is taught in tha Bible, and see if you would notify those who contemplated adopting your rnotto that they, too, should have to identify themselves with this cause. But I looked in vain. In your books you present an idea that of following in steps of Jesus. Then you create ideal characters to illustrate that idea. But, except in one or two particulars, they fail to illustrate Jesus' example." "Sir!" exclaimed Mr.

Sheldon, "what do you mean?" "I mean," answered the guest calmly, "that the claim of your heroes, Philip Strong for instance, to do under all circumstances what Jesus would do, was not true." "In what resect? Philip gave when he was aroused by his wife, who exclaimed: "Charles, there is some one walking hack and forth in front of the house." Mr. Sheldon was struck with the thought that this was just what he had made Mrs. Strong say under very similar circumstances in chapter ten of "Philip Strong." He arose and went to the window. Sure enough, there was a man on the sidewalk looking straight at the house, just as the stranger in Mr. Sheldon's book looked at the home of Philip Strong.

What a strange coincidence. The minister opened the door and invited the mysterious stranger in. As the face came into view more clear, ly, Mr Sheldon started. It was Brother Man 1 Could it be that chapter of his own book was about to be acted out right before his eyes The visitor took a scat. For some time he sat in silence, his gaze fixed on the fire, as if in deep study.

At last he slowly raised his eyes and said, I read your paper." "Did you?" asked Mr. Sheldon. "How did you like it?" "It did not nearly measure up to your motto in many resects," answered the guest. EV. Sheldon, the author of "In His Steps" and "The Crucifixion of Philip Strong," was sitting in an easy chair in front of the fire.

He had spent the afternoon in making pastoral calls and in visiting the poor, for his editoral experiment in conducting the Cajrital'the week hefore had absorbed hi3 time so much that he had somewhat neglected the visiting part of his ministerial work. On a stand nearby werea number of books. He picked one up and opened it, not noticing at first that it was a copy of "In His Steps." On the page before him was the sermon of Henry Maxwell, preached to the Frst church, and this paragraph caught his eye: "Our motto will be, 'What would Jesus Our aim will be to act just as He would if He were in our places, regardless of immediate results. In other words, we propose to follow Jesus' steps just as closely and just as literally as we believe He taught his disciples to do." He laid aside the book, and fell to thinking how much better the world would be if professing Christians would adopt and live up to his motto. After awhile he began to get drowsy,.