It has been held in check by a wonderful continuance of spiritual power, which dates from the first Sunday the pledge was taken a year ago, and also by the fact that so many of the most prominent members have been identified with the movement.
"The effect on Maxwell is very marked.

I heard him preach in our State Association four years ago.

He impressed me at the time as having considerable power in dramatic delivery, of which he himself was somewhat conscious.

His sermon was well written and abounded in what the Seminary students used to call 'fine passages.' The effect of it was what an average congregation would call 'pleasing.' This morning I heard Maxwell preach again, for the first time since then.
I shall speak of that farther on.

He is not the same man.