Norman, editor of the DAILY NEWS, which has made such a
sensation in the newspaper world; Milton Wright, one of the leading
merchants in Raymond; Alexander Powers, whose action in the matter
of the railroads against the interstate commerce laws made such a
stir about a year ago; Miss Page, one of Raymond's leading society
heiresses, who has lately dedicated her entire fortune, as I
understand, to the Christian daily paper and the work of reform in
the slum district known as the Rectangle; and Miss Winslow, whose
reputation as a singer is now national, but who in obedience to what
she has decided to be Jesus' probable action, has devoted her talent
to volunteer work among the girls and women who make up a large part
of the city's worst and most abandoned population.

"In addition to these well-known people has been a gradually
increasing number of Christians from the First Church and lately
from other churches of Raymond. A large proportion of these
volunteers who pledged themselves to do as Jesus would do comes from
the Endeavor societies. The young people say that they have already
embodied in their society pledge the same principle in the words, 'I
promise Him that I will strive to do whatever He would have me do.'
This is not exactly what is included in Maxwell's proposition, which
is that the disciple shall try to do what Jesus would probably do in
the disciple's place. But the result of an honest obedience to
either pledge, he claims, will be practically the same, and he is
not surprised that the largest numbers have joined the new
discipleship from the Endeavor Society.

"I am sure the first question you will ask is, 'What has been the
result of this attempt? What has it accomplished or how has it
changed in any way the regular life of the church or the community?'

"You already know something, from reports of Raymond that have gone
over the country, what the events have been. But one needs to come
here and learn something of the changes in individual lives, and
especially the change in the church life, to realize all that is
meant by this following of Jesus' steps so literally. To tell all
that would be to write a long story or series of stories. I am not
in a position to do that, but I can give you some idea perhaps of
what has been done as told me by friends here and by Maxwell
himself.

"The result of the pledge upon the First Church has been two-fold.
It has brought upon a spirit of Christian fellowship