That must feel good." "Yes," replied Philip, "it does feel good.

Do you think, Brother Man, that this will help to solve the problem ?" "What problem ?" "Why, the problem of the church and the people--winning them, saving them." "Are your church members moving out of their elegant houses and coming down here to live ?" The old man asked the question in utmost simplicity.
"No; I did not ask them." "You ought to." "What! Do you believe my people ought literally to leave their possessions and live among the people ?" Philip could not help asking the question, and all the time he was conscious of a strange absurdity mingled with an unaccountable respect for his visitor, and his opinion.
"Yes," came the reply, with the calmness of light.

"Christ would demand it if he were pastor of Calvary Church in this age.

The church members, the Christians in this century, must renounce all that they have, or they cannot be his disciples." Philip sat profoundly silent.

The words spoken so quietly by this creature tossed upon his own soul like a vessel in a tempest.