It was a meeting of reminiscences and of the most loving fellowship.

I was irresistibly driven in thought back to the first years of Christianity.

There was something about all this that was apostolic in its simplicity and Christ imitation.
"I asked questions.

One that seemed to arouse more interest than any other was in regard to the extent of the Christian disciple's sacrifice of personal property.

Maxwell tells me that so far no one has interpreted the spirit of Jesus in such a way as to abandon his earthly possessions, give away of his wealth, or in any literal way imitate the Christians of the order, for example, of St.Francis of Assisi.