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c am e s u d d e n ly fa c e to fa c e a g a in . “ W h a t Is t h is fo u l, b la s p h e m o u s m o v em e n tT W h a t d o e s it m e a n ? ” a s k e d th e S e c r e t a r y . " I s t h is a b e g in n in g o f o r g a n iz e d la w le s s n e s s o n th e p a r t o f th e A n t ic h r is t ? ” “ I th in k n o t,” r e p lie d R a lp h . “ I s h o u ld r a t h e r s a y t h a t i t w a s a b it o f w a n to n o u t r a g e o f a l l th e d e c e n c ie s o f o r d in a r y life , a n d a r r a n g e d b y s o m e o f th e r u d e f e l l o w *— m a le a n d fe m a le— o f th e b a s e r s o r t . T o u n o tic e d , o f c o u r se , t h a t m o s t o f th o s e im m e d ia te ly c o n n e c te d w ith th e tw o c a r s , lo o k e d lik e th e d r in k in g , s m o k in g , s p o r t in g fe llo w s w h o a r e th e h a b itu e s o f th e m u s ic - h a lls a n d th e p r o m e n a d e s o f th e t h e a t r e s .” A n u p r o a r io u s c h e e r in g o f th e m ig h ty th r o n g in te r r u p te d R a lp h f o r a m om e n t. O n ly th o s e w e ll to th e fr o n t o f th e p r o c e ss io n c o u ld k n o w th e c a u s e o f th e c h e e r in g , b u t th e w h o le m a s s o f p e o p le jo in e d in it. A s th e r o a r d ie d aw a y , R a lp h B a s t in to o k u p th e b r o k e n t h r e a d o f h is r e p ly : “ Y e t, f o r a l l I h a v e j u s t s a id , I f e e l it in m y b o n e s a s M rs. B e e c h e r S to w e ’s o ld n e g r e s s ‘m a m m y ’ u se d to s a y , t h a t th is fo u l d e m o n s tr a tio n o n t h is g o ld e n S u n d a y m o r n in g , is th e u n a u th o r iz e d u n o ffic ial b e g in n in g o f th e A n tic h r is t m o v e m e n t.” T h e r e w e r e a c o u p le o f h u n d re d y a r d s b e tw e e n th e t a il o f th e a c t u a l p r o c e ss io n , a n d R a lp h a n d h is c om p a n io n , h u n d r e d s o f p e o p le th r o n g e d th e s id e w a lk s , b u t th e r o a d w a s f a ir ly c le a r , a n d a lo n g th e g u tte r -w a y th e r e sw e p t a g a n g o f b o y s w ith c o a r s e , r a u c o u s la u g h te r , k ic k in g— fo o tb a ll fa s h io n — tw o o r t h r e e o f th e h a lf- b u r n e d B ib le s t h a t h a d f a lle n fr o m th e c a u ld r o n - a lt a r o n th e c a r . T h e c h u rc h S e c r e t a r y v is ib ly s h u d d e r e d a t th e s a c r ile g e . A p a in e d lo o k s h o t in to R a lp h B a s t l n ’s fa c e , a s h e s a i d : “ S u c h w a n to n , o p e n s a c r ile g e a s t h a t c o u ld o n ly h a v e b e c o m e p o s s ib le b y th e g r a d u a l d e c a y o f re v e r e n c e f o r th e W o rd o f G o d , b r o u g h t a b o u t la r g e ly b y th e s o - c a lle d ‘H ig h e r c r it ic s ’ o f th e l a s t t h ir t y y e a r s , th e m e n w h o b r o k e S p u r g e o n ’s h e a r t , th e I s s a c h a r s o f th e n in e te e n th a n d e a r ly tw e n tie th c e n tu r y , th o s e ‘k n o w in g o n e s ’ w h o , lik e I s s a c h a r , t h o u g h t t h a t th e y k n ew b e tt e r th a n G o d .” T h e tw o m e n w a lk e d o n t o g e th e r in d e e p t a lk . R a lp h le a r n e d t h a t h is c om p a n io n w a s R o b e r t J . B a r in g , p r in c ip a l o f th e g r e a t s h ip p in g firm , a n d o f m e r c h a n ts a n d im p o r te r s. B a r in g w a s a n e d u c a te d m a n , a n d o f c o n s id e r a b le c u ltu r e , a n d R a lp h a n d h e fo u n d t h a t th e y h a d v e ry m u c h in c om m o n . B u t t h a t w h ic h p e r h a p s c o n s titu te d th e c lo s e s t tie b e tw e e n th em w u b th e f a c t t h a t b o th h a d lo s t th e ir n e a r e s t a n d d e a r e s t, a n d w e r e l e f t a lo n e to fa c e th e c o m in g h o r r o r s o f th e A n t ic h r is t r e ig n , a n d th e n id e o u s n e s s o f th e g r e a t T r ib u la tio n . “ G od g r a n t ,” R a lp h s a id o n c e , a s th e y t a lk e d , “ t h a t w h en th e m o m e n t c o m e s, a s c om e it w ill, t h a t w e a r e c a lle d u p o n to s t a n d f o r G o d , o r d ie f o r H im , t h a t w e m a y w itn e s s a g o o d c o n fe s s io n .” (C o n tin u e d n e x t m o n th .) " I f is a w on d erfu l thing that straight talking, in G od’s name, d oes not em pty churches; no, blessed be G od I it fills them. P e o ple com e back to be battered and pounded where you struck them last w e e k ; to g et it all o ver again; fo r I do believe that w here w e are honest uhth the sure truth o f God, though men may fe e l badly, and even say hard things against the preacher, «'» the secret soul there is a bell ringing responsive to the truth." — J o h n M c N e il l . djft m m Send The K ing 's Business to your friends as a Christinas G ift! See page 6 9 5 .
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