Whenever he lectured among the working-men the hall was filled to overflowing.

He would not acknowledge even to himself that the church could long withstand the needs of the age and the place.

He had an intense faith in it as an institution.

He firmly believed all that it needed was to have the white light of truth poured continually on the Christ as he would act to-day and the church would respond, and at last in a mighty tide of love and sacrifice throw itself into the work the church was made to do.
So he began to plan for a series of Sunday-night services different from anything Milton had ever known.

His life in the tenement district and his growing knowledge of the labor world had convinced him of the fact that the church was missing its opportunity in not grappling with the problem as it existed in Milton.