The churches and ministers were electrified by his coming. Never had there been such powerful preaching as since the time of his first message. Pulpit and pew demanded in his name that tremendous evils like the saloon be removed from the life of the city. Day by day, the agitation grew for a more brotherly rule of financial life. The very Spirit of the Master seemed to be on the streets, and men’s hearts throbbed with new passion with every dawn, as they awoke and said to themselves, “Jesus is here!”

The friends in Raymond were in some ways even more excited over it all than the people in the big city. They had already felt the touch of his life, and they followed every movement of his plans through the New York press.

So it was with no ordinary curiosity that Mr. Maxwell opened his New York newspaper four days after Stanton’s return, and read the following, written evidently at white heat by an eyewitness of an event that followed closely on the Wall Street incident, about which, according to the writer, men were still talking with no abatement of interest and wonder.

Mr. Maxwell read aloud to Stanton, Virginia, Rachel, and Rollin, who had stepped into the study that morning to talk over Rectangle matters.

The appearances of Jesus in the city have been without a parallel in history, except possibly his own. There is no question he is what he claims to be. Since the place in the East Side tenement where he has been staying has been discovered, he has come into the city and is openly and boldly working and preaching in the churches.

He has created even in this short time the most intense and enthusiastic devotion among the ministers and churches. All denominations are flocking around him. It seems probable that a new chapter in interchurch union will result from his presence, and a working plan grow out of his counsel that will tremendously increase the power and influence of his disciples.

His preaching is indescribable in its beauty, it power, its persuasiveness, its appeal, its singular simplicity, and its captivating charm. All ages, classes, parties, and nationalities feel its winsomeness. He does not scourge the church nor call attention to its weaknesses. He speaks with transcendent power of its mighty history, its unparalleled achievements, its sacrificial martyrdoms. The effect is irresistible. There is no question he is giving the church and the ministry such a marvelous vision of their opportunities that they are preparing to enact again the triumphs of the great centuries of Christian conquest. What the results will be for Christianity, no one can predict, but it is safe to say they will be something very remarkable.