“No. But of course I mean they could not grasp its full meaning. Neither can we. There were dozens of newspapermen there.”

“Yes. Didn’t you say there was an Editorial Convention here this week?”

“From all the states. This appearance of Jesus will be the event of their lives.”

“And of ours, Richard. To think that he actually saw us and singled us out in the crowd, and asked us to come to him where he is staying this evening!”

“Yes. I understand and feel exactly the same, Virginia. Jesus has hallowed our love, and it will go always with us. Did he not appear at the beginning of his ministry at the wedding feast? Did he not teach the world his deep and tender interest in human love?”

Both Virginia and her husband began their letters at the same time. Stanton wrote with great rapidity, as was his habit, and threw his great-hearted enthusiasm into his vivid descriptions of that day’s event.

[Letter from Rev. Richard Stanton, visiting in New York, to Rev. Henry Maxwell, Raymond, describing the wonderful appearance of Jesus in Wall Street and its effect on the city.]

My Dear Mr. Maxwell:

Jesus is here! At last he has appeared in public and begun what I believe will be a ministry of power such as this great and wicked and good city needs for its future.

The papers and telegraph will of course give you details, but it was Virginia’s and my good fortune to be at the scene in Wall Street today, and I must write out of the fullness of my heart as an eyewitness.

Virginia and I had been in Trinity Church, enjoying the quiet and the playing of the organ by an old man who was rendering Guilmant’s “Evening Devotional.” When we came out, we started to walk through Wall Street, but had not gone half a block when the street seemed to fill right up with men.

We could hear the cry on every side, “Jesus is here!” The crowds that poured out of the offices were all sorts, but New York money was represented in men who are worth hundreds of millions, or who at least control such fabulous amounts. I think I have never seen a similar crowd of men anywhere. Virginia and a sprinkling of woman clerks and stenographers were conspicuous in comparison.