[The Crucifixion of Philip Strong by Charles M. Sheldon]@TWC D-Link bookThe Crucifixion of Philip Strong CHAPTER XX 1/15
We cannot do better than give the evening paper account of this last service in the series.
With one or two slight exaggerations the account was a faithful picture of one of the most remarkable meetings ever held in Milton.
The paper, after speaking of the series as a sensational departure from the old church methods, went on to say: "Last night, it will be safe to say that those who were fortunate enough to secure standing-room in Rev.Philip Strong's church heard and saw things that no other church in this town ever witnessed. "In the first place, it was a most astonishing crowd of people.
Several of the church-members were present, but they were in the minority. They[sic] mill-men swarmed in and took possession.
It is not exactly correct to say that they lounged on the easy-cushioned pews of the Calvary Church, for there was not room enough to lounge, but they filled up the sanctuary and seemed to enjoy the comfortable luxury of it. "The subject of the evening was Wealth, and the President of the Trades Assembly of Milton made a statement of the view which working-men in general have of wealth as related to labor of hand or brain.
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