The first Sunday was beginning to be more or less dreaded or anticipated by Calvary Church people.  They were learning to expect something radical, sweeping, almost revolutionary in Philip’s utterances on Christ and Modern Society.  Some agreed with him as far as he had gone.  Very many had been hurt at his plainness of speech.  This was especially true of the property owners and the fashionable part of the membership.  Yet there was a fascination about Philip’s preaching that prevented, so far, any very serious outbreak or dissension in the church.  He was a recognized leader.  In his presentation of truth he was large-minded.  He had the faculty of holding men’s respect.  There was no mistaking the situation, however.  Mr. Winter, with others, was working against him.  Philip was vaguely conscious of much that did not work out into open, apparent fact.  Nevertheless, when he came up on the first Sunday of the next month and began to announce his subject, he found an audience that crowded the house to the doors, and among them were scattered numbers of men from the working-men’s district with whom Philip had talked while down there.  It was, as before, an inspiring congregation, and Philip faced it feeling sure in his heart that he had a great subject to unfold, and a message to deliver to the Church of Christ such as he could not but believe Christ would most certainly present if he were living to-day in Milton.

He began by describing the exact condition of affairs in Milton.  To assist this description he had brought with him into the church his map of the town.

“Look now,” he said, pointing out the different localities, “at B street, where we now are.  Here are seven of the largest churches of the place on this street.  The entire distance between the first of these church buildings and the last one is a little over a mile.  Three of these churches are only two blocks apart.  Then consider the character of the residences and people in the vicinity of this street.  It is what is called desirable; that is, the homes are the very finest, and the people almost without exception are refined, respectable, well educated, and Christian in training.  All the wealth of the town centres about B street.  All the society life extends out from it on each side.  It is considered the most fashionable street for drives and promenades.  It is well lighted, well paved, well kept.  The people who come out of the houses on B street are always well dressed.  The people who go into these seven churches are, as a rule, well-dressed and comfortable looking.  Mind you,” continued Philip, raising his hand with a significant gesture, “I do not want to have you think that I consider good clothes and comfortable looks as unchristian or anything against the people who present such an appearance.  Far from it.  I simply mention this fact to make the contrast I am going to show you all the plainer.  For let us leave B street now and go down into the flats by the river, where