Who could measure their influence at the end of a year?
One practical form of this fellowship showed itself in the assurances which Edward Norman received of support for his paper.
There was a general flocking toward him when the meeting closed, and the response to his appeal for help from the Christian disciples in Raymond was fully understood by this little company.

The value of such a paper in the homes and in behalf of good citizenship, especially at the present crisis in the city, could not be measured.
It remained to be seen what could be done now that the paper was endowed so liberally.

But it still was true, as Norman insisted, that money alone could not make the paper a power.

It must receive the support and sympathy of the Christians in Raymond before it could be counted as one of the great forces of the city.
The week that followed this Sunday meeting was one of great excitement in Raymond.

It was the week of the election.