A local merchant realized that he should, among other things, treat his staff as partners, not servants. Rather than go on tour with a musical group and become rich and famous, she decided to sing at a local tent meeting, to draw in fallen souls for salvation, and to give lessons to poor people who wouldn't be able to afford lessons for themselves. Another member was a beautiful young woman who sang rather stunningly. No more ads for liquor and tobacco, and no more idle society gossip or stories about prize fights. One church member who signed up was a newspaper editor, so he set about changing his paper to a "Christian" paper. For one year they would try not do anything without first asking themselves what Jesus would do in a given situation, and then do that thing. He then invited those of his congregation, who were willing, to try a test. The hook in the stories was about a preacher who decided that before he did anything, he should ask himself what Jesus would do in a given situation. The weekly stories became quite popular and his church was bulging by the time he finished up. He was pastor of a Congregational church in Topeka, Kansas, some 120 or so years ago. Charles Sheldon told to his parishioners. The book arose from a series of sermons or "stories" Rev. I carried a lot of baggage into this book, but perhaps I'll defer that for later on.
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