fellowship in daily interests
before this little company had begun to do as they believed Jesus
would do? It was with difficulty that he thought of his present age
and surroundings. The same thought was present with all the rest,
also. There was an unspoken comradeship such as they had never
known. It was present with them while Virginia was speaking, and
during the silence that followed. If it had been defined by any of
them it would perhaps have taken some such shape as this: "If I
shall, in the course of my obedience to my promise, meet with loss
or trouble in the world, I can depend upon the genuine, practical
sympathy and fellowship of any other Christian in this room who has,
with me, made the pledge to do all things by the rule, 'What would
Jesus do?'"

All this, the distinct wave of spiritual power emphasized. It had
the effect that a physical miracle may have had on the early
disciples in giving them a feeling of confidence in the Lord that
helped them to face loss and martyrdom with courage and even joy.

Before they went away this time there were several confidences like
those of Edward Norman's. Some of the young men told of loss of
places owing to their honest obedience to their promise. Alexander
Powers spoke briefly of the fact that the Commission had promised to
take action on his evidence at the earliest date possible.

Chapter Fourteen

BUT more than any other feeling at this meeting rose the tide of
fellowship for one another. Maxwell watched it, trembling for its
climax which he knew was not yet reached. When it was, where would
it lead them? He did not know, but he was not unduly alarmed about
it. Only he watched with growing wonder the results of that simple
promise as it was being obeyed in these various lives. Those results
were already being felt all over the city. 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, a