"lin't It Odd That You and I Stand Ing Here by the Rail Have, In a Way, Held the Destinies of the Whole Great Earth In Our Hands." IF IIIUSjTRAIIONS COPYRIGHT 1908 bf THE 8YNOP3IS. Count dl Rmlnl, the Italian ambas sador, la at dinner with diplomats when t messenger summons him to the cm baiisy, where a beautiful young woman asks for a ticket to tha embaimy ball. The ticket Is made out In the mime of Miss Isabel Thorne. Chief Campbell of the secret service, and Mr. Grimm, his head detective, are warned that a plot Is brewing In tVashlng-ton, and Grlmm g-oea to the state ball for Information. His at tention Is called to Miss Isabel Thorne. who with her companion, disappear. A shot Is heard and Senor Alvares of the Mexican legation. Is found woundod. Grimm Is assured Miss Thorne did It; hs visits her, demanding knowledge of the affair, and arrests Pletro Petroxlnnl. Miss J home visits an old bomb-maker, and they dlm'US a wonderful emertmeni Wtv thousand dollars Is stolon from the office of Senor HodrlKUel, the minister from veni'iuvls, and while detective are In vestigating the robbery Miss Thorne ap pears us a truest of the legation. Grimm accuse her of the theft; the money Is fhfV but a new "y"tery occurs In lhfV.Hppearance of Monsieur Rolsseiriir I I'cnch ambassador. Elusive Miss Ihnrne reappears, bearing a letter which ales ihnt the ambassador ha been kld napei and demanding ransom. The am i'ina.or returns and strain strangely dis appears. I-atur he Is rescued from an old In the suburbs. It Is discovered L ,". .V",r? p"-'lnnl shot Senor Alvares n.l that he Is I'rlnee d'Abrunl. Grimm noma n a mysterious jail delivery. He t.,i b"!h Mls Thorne and dAbrussI to leave the country. CHAPTER XIX. By Wireless. They paUge(i In tha office, the three f them, and while Miss Thorne was living some Instructions as to her bai-'Knge the prince went over to the telegraph booth and began to write a Hesaage on a blank. Mr. Orluiui ap peared at hB elbow. ' "N'o." he said. "Can't I send a telegram If I like?" euiandud the prince sharply. "No, nor a note, nor a letter, nor "'ay you speak to any one," Mr. Grimm Informed him quietly. 'Why, it's an outrage!" flamed the Prince, "It depends altogether on the view Mm. your Highness," said Mr. g imro courteously. "If you will par m me I might suggest that It Is KHeM to attract attention by your Pwwnt atUtude. You may-I .ay you f-nipel me to humiliate you." Ll Jl I Blared-ftt hlm ""Kriiy- "i "Handcuff mer If i! 8'10u,ldn't hBltate. your Highness, " it was necessary." After a moment Miss Thorne slgnl- out a, 'eadlDe88' Btarted At the door Mr. Qrlmm stopped Sel hl b8Ck t0 the desk- lu t 1 VOB8 8uddei1 tnouht. '"8 them together. . "Oh. Mis. owe one" Me n . message tor the clerk "St, ''T W" "8aymg to toward 7' 9 turned and S'mced C hur,..d tbe1clerk'8 eyeafo1- nu' p'eae give It to me." mntai8, PM8ed over wlthout com drsPd a Bealed envelope ad kln 1 1 r: Charle" w"throp Ran PwterinH Grlmm land at the su bW tor8 the envelop. Into w. in it, T a88l8tln8 MlM Mobile tha? he Prlnce ,nt0 t"e car m' M WalUn ln t. As Mobiles ST a7ar two oUler ttut- by and tr from corner n8ar tation tT8h'ied bhlnd to the toent-car wastn e i'.rlvat9 comDart' It . ? ,n rellnes for them. tu! .iu nf' drearr rlde- rld8 clatter I T ,aVe for roar an rlmm .,, e. movlnet train, Mr. Cmi t?'' lPl"able, sat at toevttah I horne. resigned to the "eath falm- 1uet face from be 'ul'n Bcotll?g "dl,: and th" Prince. hl teat Ph,?' ?e,rvou" wr88led In anl Trenton "ad,elphlft wai PaB8e. t i and th"n the dawn be- j9ey ch "ght wb6n they rolled into lm "rry for M thg !nconvenIeno ELUSIVE mm JACQUES fUTRELLE by M.G.Ksrllrvet- ASSOCIATED SUNDAY MAGA2INE3 I have caused," Mr. Grlmm apologized to Miss Thorne as he asHlHted her to alight. "You must be exhausted." "If It were only that!" she replied, with a slight smile. "And Is It too early to ask where we are going?" The prince turned quickly at the question. "We take the Lusltanla for Liver poo! at ten o'clock." said Mr. Grimm obligingly. "Meanwhile lot's get some coffee and a bite to eat." "Are you going to make the trip with us?" asked the prince. Mr. Grimm shrugged his shoulders. Weary and spiritless they went aboard the boat, and a little while later they steamed out Into the stream and threaded their way down the bay. Miss Thorne stood at the rull gazing bock upon the city they were leaving. Mr. Grlmm stood beside her; the prince, still sullen, still scowling, sat a dozen feet away. "This Is a wonderful thing you have done, Mr. Grlmm," said Miss Thorne at lat. "Tbunk you,", he said simply. "It was a destructive thing that you In tended to do. Did you ever see a more marvelous thing than that?" and he Indicated the sky line of New York. "It's the most marvelous bit of mech anism In the world; the dynamo of the western hemisphere. You would have destroyed It, because In the world-war that would have been the first point of attack." She raised her eyebrows, but was silent. "Somehow," he went on after a mo ment, "I could never associate a wom an with destructiveness, with wars and with violence." . "That Is an unjust way of saying It," she Interposed. And then, musing ly: "Isn't It odd that you and I standing here by the rail have In a way held the destinies of the whole great tarth In our hands? And now your remark makes me feel that you alone have stood for peace and the general good, and I for destruction and evil." "I didn't mean that," Mr. Grlmm said quickly. "You have done your duty as you saw It, and " "Failed!" she Interrupted. "And I have done my duty as I saw It" "And won!" she added. She smiled a little sadly. "I think, perhaps you and I might have been excellent friends If It had not been for all this." "I know we should have," said Mr. Grlmm, almost eagerly. "I wonder If you will ever forgive me for for ?" Forgive you? she repeated. "There Is nothing to forgive. One must do one's duty. Rut I wish It could have been otherwise." The Statue of Liberty slid by, and Governor's Island and Fort Hamilton; then, In the distance, Sandy Hook light came Into view. "I'm going to leave you here," said Mr. Grlmm, and for the first time there was a tense, strained note in his voice. Miss Thome's blue-gray eyes had grown mistily thoughtful; the words startled her a little and she turned to face him. "It may be that you and I shall never meet again," Mr. Grlmm went on. "We will meet again," she said gravely. "When and where I don't know, but It will come." "And perhaps then we may be friends?" He was pleading now. "Why, we are friends now, aren't we?" she asked, and again the smile curled her scarlet lips. "Surely we are friends, aren't we?" "We are," he declared positively. As they started forward a revenue cutter which had been hovering, about Sandy Hook put toward them, flying some signal at her masthead." Slowly the great boat on which they stood crept along, then the clang of a boll in the engine-room brought her to a standstill, and the revenue cutter came alongside. "I leave you here." Mr. Grlmm said again. "It's good by." "Goodby," she said softly. "Oood by, till we meet once more." She extended both hands Impulsive ly and he stood for an Instant staring into the limpid gray eyes, then, turn ing, went below. From the revenue cutter he waved a hand at her as the great Lusltanla, moving again, sped on her way. The prince Joined Miss Thorne at the rail. The scowl was still on his face. "And now whnt?" he demanded abruptly. "This man has treated us as If wo were a pair of children." "He's a wonderful man," she re plied. "That may be but we have been fools to allow him to do all this." Miss Thome turned flatly and faced him. "We are not beaten yet," she said slowly. "If all things go well we wo are not beaten yet." The Lusltanla was rounding Mon tauk Point when the wireless brought her to half speed with a curt message; "Isabel Thorne and Pletro Petro- zlnnl aboard Lusltanla wunted on war rants charging conspiracy, l ug boat will take them off, Intercepting you beyond Motitauk Point. "CA.MP11KLL, Secret Service." "What does that ueun?" asked the prince, bewildered. "It means that the compact will be signed In Washington In spite of Mr. Grimm," and there wns the glitter of triumph In her eyes. "With the aid of one of the maids In the depot at Jer try City I managed to get a telrgram of (.'''lunation and Instruction to Do Foe In New York, and this Is the re sult. He signed Mr. Campbell's name, I suppose, to give weight to the mes sage." An hour later a tug boat came along side, and they went aboard. CHAPTER XX. The Light In the Dome. From where he But, In a tiny al cove which Jutted out and encroached upon the line of the sidewalk, Mr. Grlmm looked down on Pennsylvania Avenue, the central thread of Wash ington, ever changing, always brilliant, sploshed at regular Intervals with light from high-flung electric arcs. The early theater crowd was In the street; well dressed, well fed, care less for the moment of all things Bave physical comfort and amusement; au tomobiles, carriages, cabs, cars flow ed past endlessly; and yet Mr. Grlmm saw naught of It. In the distance, at one end of the avenue the dome of the capital cleft the shadows of night, and a single light sparkled at Its apex; In the other direction, at the left of the treasury building which abruptly blocks the wide thoroughfare, were the shimmering windows of the White House. MotlonlesB, moody, thoughtful, Mr. Grimm sat staring, staring straight ahead, comprehending none of these things which lay before him as In a panorama. Instead, his memory was conjuring up a pair of subtle, blue gray eyes, now pleading, now coquet tish, now frankly deflunt; two slim, white, wonderful hands; the echo of a pleasant, throaty laugh; a splendid, elusive, radlant-halred phantom. Tru ly, a woman of mystery! Who was this Isabel Thorne .who, for months post, had been the storm-center and directing tnlnd of a vast international Intrigue which threatened the world with war? Who, this remarkable young woman who with ease and as Burauce commanded ambassadors and played nations as pawns? Now that she was safely out of the country Mr. Grimm had leisure to speculate. Upon him had devolved the duty of blocking her plans, and he had done so merciless alike of his own feelings and of hers. Hesitation or evasion had never occurred to him. It was a thing to be done, and he did It. He wondered If she bail under stood, there at the last beside the rail? He wondered If she knew the struggle It had cost him deliberately to send her out of his life? Or hud even surmised that her expulsion from the country, by his direct act, was wholly lacking In the exaltation of triumph to him; that It struck deep er than that, below the listless, official extorlor, into his personal huppluess? And wondering, he knew that she did understand. A silent shod waiter came and placed the coffee things at his elbow. He didn't heed. The waiter poured a demi-tasse, and Inquiringly lifted a lump of sugar in the silver tongs. Still Mr. Grlmm didn't heed. At last the waiter deposited the sugar on the edge of the fragile saucer, and moved away as silently as he had come. A newspaper which Mr. Grlmm had placed on the end of the table when he sat down, rattled a little as a breeze from the open window caught It, then the top sheet slid off and fell to the floor. Mr. Grlmm was still staring out of the window. Slowly the room behind him was thinning of Its crowd as the theater bound diners went out In twos and threes "be last of these disappeared finally, and save for Mr. Grlmm there were not more than a dozen persons left In the place. Thus for a few min utes, and then the swinging doors leading from the street clicked, and a gentleman entered. He glanced around, as If seeking a seat near a window, then moved along In Mr. Grimm's direction, between the rows of tables. His gaze HngereJ on Mr. Grlmm for on Instant, and when he came opposite he stooped and picked up the fallen newspaper sheet. (TO BE CONTINUED.) Destructive Volcano. Mount Taal, the volcano In the Philippines whose eruptions caused a tidal wave that destroyed Ave towns and carried death to not less than 300 people, rises from the middle of Lake Taal, a body of water about fif teen miles In circumference, and thirty-four miles from the city of Ma nila. Taal's height Is 1,050 feet and Its crater Is 7,650 feet In diameter. Its last severe outbreak was In March, 1900, and It has overflowed many times with great loss of life. The volcano Is the second In Importance In the Island of Luzon. The fear of death Is more to be dreaded than death Itself. For the MM2ZellDBIfl A Pendule Party. Who . originated this unusually clever party I know not, but I see Its possibilities and I am sure our readers will appreciate the efforts of the one who worked It out In the first place "Pendule" means clock. It Is the French and adds a bit of mys tery to the Invitations which should bear the race of a clock. Have six tables, four players at each.' I will now quote from the description given me: Twenty minute were allowed at each tnhle, then the men progressed; tn this way they met all the ladles. Places at the table were found by booklet In which was space to write ths answers; a quotation and picture of a clock were on the cover of each. Kor table 1, couple I, the hour hand pointed to on o'clock and the quotation was: "One truth I clear." Pop. For table 1, couple 1, ths hour hand pointed to two o'clock and the quotation was: "Two head are better than one." Heywood. Questions. Answer. I. Inferior one-horse t. f'artlal one-sldcd I. Condition of many veterans. .one-leggml I. FalseT. two-faced I. Peuce two-spot I. Southern name for 25 cents two-bit TAftl.E 2. COUPLB I: "Three corners of the world." Shakes pear. fABLE t, COUPLE 4: "Four rogue In Buckram.' Bhakespeare. The questions at this table were repre sented by card on which war pictures of- Questlons. Answer. 1. A ysrd measure three feet 1 A tray card three spot I. An animal four-footed t. A gallon measure four quarts I. A flower four-o'clock 1 A necktie four-ln-hand TABLE I. COUPLE I: "My dear, five hundred friend. Cow per. TABLE J, COUPLE : "8I1 hundred pound a year.' Swift. Questions. Answer. 1. An afternoon function.. five o'clock tea 1. A game five hundred !. Pedro five pot 4. One-half of an eagle. ..five dollar, gold 5. An English coin six pence I. One hour slity minutes TABLE 4. COUPLE T: "Seven half-penny losve. Old Testament TABLE 4. COUPLE I: "At the usual hour of eight." -Hood. Questions. Answer. 1. A game at cards seven-up I. A religious sect seventh day Baptists I. What Is Home called., .seven-hilled city 4. A kind of clock eight-day 6. By Louisa M. Alcotf eight cousin 6. In olden times In ICtigland what rung at eight o'clock curfew bell T HE pretty little dress at the left Is of white muslin made with One tucks and Valenciennes lace insertion. The yoke Is of Val enciennes lace bordered with a scroll embroidery through which a pale blue satin ribbon Is run. The elbow sleeves and the skirt are trimmed In the same way. The sash Is of pale blue satin rib bon drawn up high on one side, where It Is fastened with a rosette, from which bangs a long end finished with a ball fringe. The next dress Is of fine white nain sook. The square yoke Is composed of embroidery, Valenciennes lace and bands of the nainsook embroidered with French knots. Down the center of the front of the dress there Is a band of embroidery with valeuclennea lace and groups of fine tucks on either side. IN fO()UD The tapettry bag Is quite the rage. Much plna linen In coarse' weave Is S9en. Beaded bags are In great favor again. We see white and black with every thing. Black satin trims some of the dainty pique collars. Many of the new motor veils are as large as scarfs. Parts prophesies that the fall will aee wide gowns. Large collars In pique are worn with serge suits. White serge suits often show a tench of bright color. Suede shoes, with tiny straps over the Insteps, are popular, Embroidery Is the dominant note In i miner dress decoration. The use of numerous small buttons Children's Dresses 530 Hostess o30 TABLE t, COUPLE : "A woman hath nine live tike a cat." I ley wood. TABLE 6. COUPLE 10: "I'd set my ten commandment In your face." Shakespeare. A SHORT STORT. Substitute word beginning with nine and ten She came from fa southern state). lived on (a kind of beef) and their marriage was a (sensation). Me was a (greenhorn), not hard ened to life In the mining camp and did not like living In a (portable she ter). But life would have been rather (strained) for them In the eas for he only posseed (XC) dollars so this (delicate) young couple re malned In the west, and his chief amuse ment wa singing (a well know Oospel hymn), with his fin (th part above the bail) voice, while she played (a game). Answers Tennessee: tenderloin; nine dsys' wonder; tenderfoot: tent; tense ninety; tender; "Th Ninety and Nine' tenor; tennl. TABLE i. COUPLE 11: "I'd rather eleven die nobly for their country.' Shakespeare. TABLE . COUPLE U: "The twelve good rules." Shakespeare. Questions. Answers. 1. In lvil eleven state (soceded) 1. Every college hns a. ...eleven (football) 3. At eleven o'clock Elk.. (drink a toast) 4. A dozen twelvi 5. The Kplphany Twelfth-day t. A year twelvemonth For prizes for the girl who answers most questions, give a pair of silk ciocgea stockings and the same for the boy. A small traveling clock is also a suitable prize. Serve small cakes, the tops frosted to represent clock faces, the bands and figures done In a colored Icing. An Airship Dinner. Every one Is more or less Inter ested In the great experiments being made In aviation, so with this In mind a hostess used a lovely miniature air ship gotten at the toy department, over her table at a dinner given for eight guests. The favors were dlmlnu tlve airships and the place cards were painted with balloons and airships floating over the surface of the card, Each guest was asked to express bis or her opinion upon the success of aeroplanes; as several of the guests had bad actual experience this was a most Interesting feature of the af fair. One of the women had been "up" and another was about to accept an Invitation, so It was all very ex citing. Perhaps the ttmd Is not far distant when "sky" pilots will be f necessary as those on the sea. MADAME MERRI. Two bands of Valenciennes Insertion separated by a band of the nainsook with the French knots form the belt, while the skirt Is finished at the bot tom with tucks, Valenciennes Insertion and embroidery. The third sketch, at the right, shows a charming little dress to be made up In white pique. The skirt Is so made that It give the effect of a very deep hem turned back at the top at the left side to form tiny revers which are ornament ed with buttons. Below these revers there are knots and loops of cord. The blouse, ' with short kimono sleeves, Is made and trimmed to cor respond, and Is finished In front with a knot of pale blue satin ribbon, or which the girdle Is also made. The gulmpe and undersleeves are of tucked muslin and English embroid ery. as a trimming for waists, etc.. Is feature of Interest There are ribbon effects galore tn present coiffure dtcoratlon. Dainty Accessory. A woman who Is always devising lit tle accessories for her wardrobe re cently achieved at small cost one of the smart little bags that are being carried with lingerie frocks this sea son. She found among her remnants piece of art linen of the requisite size. II y cutting an envelope down the side Bhe obtained an excellent Idea for a pattern, making It square Instead of oblong. The linen was cut with the envelope flap folded over, and was beautiful with hand embroidery Across the bottom and at the edge of the envelope was a row of the tiny dangling Irish crochet balls one can buy by the yard In the stores. A white silk cord with tassels finished the bag, which could be copied In col ors to match gowns, or la dainty silks. AWFUL CURSES OF ALCOHOL Robt Man of His Beit Friends, of Strength, Honor, Reason, Love, Money and Even Life. (By Silt WILFRED T. GREENFELU M D ) Why don't I wunt to tee liquor used at Bcu? Hecuuse when 1 go dodwn for a watch below, 1 want to feel that the Hum at the wheel sees only one light when thure Is only one light to Bee; thut when the safety of the Blilp and all It carries depends on the cool head. me instant resolve and the steudy hand of the helmsman, there Is not standing there In place of the ipan, the poor, debased creature that all the world has seen alcohol create even out of Bucb gifted men as Burns and Coleridge and hosts of others. I have seen ships lost through col liiilon because the captain had been taking a "little alcohol." I have had to tell a woman that she was a widow and that her children were fatherless, because her husband, gentle and lov ing and clean livlns, had been tempt ed to tuke "a drop of alcohol" at sea, and gone out Into a drunkard'B eter nity. I nave had to clothe children and feed tliem when reduced to starvation, because alcohol had robbed them of a natural protector and all the necessi ties of life. have had to visit In prisoners the victims of crime, caused as directly In honest men by alcohol as a burn is caused by falling Into the Are Why do I not want alcohol as a bev erage In a country where cold Is ex treme, exposure Is constant, and phy sical conditions are full of hardship? Simply because I have seen men go down In the struggle for want of that natural strength which alcohol alone had robbed them of. The fishermen that I live among are my friends, and I love 'hem as my brothers, and 1 do not think I am unnecessarily preju dicer or bigoted when I say that alcohol Is inadvisable, after one has Been It robbing bis best friends of strength, honor, reason, kindness, love, money and even life. During 20 years' experience on the sea and on the snow In winter an experience coming after an up bringing In soft places I have found that alcohol has been entirely nu necessary. I have bocn doctoring sick men and women of every kind and I have found that I can use other drugs of which we know the exact action and which we can control absolutely with greater accuracy In cases of necessity for stimulating the heart. I contend we enn got Just as good results with out It, and I always fear Its power to create a desire for Itself. It Is not necessary for happiness, for I have known no set of men happier and en- Joying their lives more than the crews of my own vessel, and the many, many fishermen who, like our selves, neither touch, taste nor handle it. I would be willing to allow that the manufacture of It gives employment. that the sale of It Is remunerative, that a desire for It can be easily created. But the desire for It bas to be "cultivated." and once cultivated the "market" Is certain to open up for the desire becomes an Insatiable, uncontrollable lust In many. I have no controversy with anything that gives employment and clrculutes money, and should possibly be satis- fled if after all the good grain and good foodstuffs had been fermented and converted Into this particular kind of poison, Instead of being pour ed down men s throats, It were pour ed Into the ocean where at least it would do no harm. I have seen me nrobbed In many ways, but they have been able, by the help of God to wipe out any lasting results of such transient losses. But the robberies of alcohol are Irreme diable. I burled In a lonely grave on a projecting promontory, far down the coast of I,abrador, a young girl of IS. She was some one's da ugli er and some one's sister. I had taken her aboard our little hospital ship for the last week of her life. She should have been alive today, but she had no desire to live. All that could possibly make life worth living for her had be.n robbed from her through the means of alcohol, and she could not face the home-going again. If I ever have the opportunity j?en to me to say a word at any time or In any place, which could help to In hibit the use of alcohol as a bever age, so long as I can stand upon my feet I shall be proud to get up and speak It. Product of Public House. A unique but consistent method of churglng home to the liquor seller the evil and damage inherent In and re sulting from the deadly tralllc tn which he engages Is furnished In a news item from Denmark, stating thut In Copenhagen, as In Amsterdam, pro vision Is made for the safe conveyance home of Inebriated revellers. When a policeman In the Danish capital finds an Intoxicated man wandering at largo he places him in a cab uud takes hlm to the nearest police sta tion, where he Is examined by a doc tor. The following morning the bill for the doctor and the cab Is sent to the publican who served the man with his last drink. The publican Is thus made to bear the responsibility for the manufactured product of his own public house. Effects of Liquor. The liquor traffic la a drunkard making business. It cannot thrive without making drunkards. It turns Innocent boys Into drunken brutes. It hates Its own finished product drunk ardsand disowns them as soon as their money Is gone, but It cannot escape from the responsibility of be ing first, last and all the time a com plete, detestable drunkard-muktng In stitution. Wiping Beer QUsses. Speaking of public drinking cups, did you ever see the bartender wipe the beer glasses? 30 Morality By Rev. Guy E. Shlpler AMiitsal Rector of St. Pt St. Louis 330 There Is In our civilization a clau of women branded as moral lepers, the presence of any one of whom would not be tolerated In our borne. Yet our daughters are allowed to min gle freely with the men who prey upon these. women; to receive them Id our homes and too often to marry them. Such is custom and conviction, so totally an Inversion of the teachlnf and practice of Jesus Christ, who ate with harlots and sinners, not to con done their acts, but to save them from evil. Let us ask In all frankness, Is It not time for the church to Inquire rather more seriously Into this matter of conscience and morality? Shall we go on being satisfied that custom and convention huve said tho last word on theso vital matters? There are too many false Judffjtients of morality in society, as a result of untrained conscience. The thing we call convention Is too often but cloak for false morality. Custom and convention are made up of clement! both good and bad. though most of us. If a thing is conventional, adhere to Its pronouncements without stopping to qiientlon the right or wrong of It Convention and custom are good when they conserve the good of the past; they are viciously evil when they cloak evil, and even worse w hen they so enslave the minds of the peo ple that they stupefy all moral prog ress. There Is a tendency In most of us toward legalism; this false use of the law, and the subtlest foe with which Christianity has had to cope. One of the most remarkable things in history Is the speed with which Christianity morally "ran off the track" and al lowed Its freedom to become elaborat ed and stiffened into dogma, and tbea Into legalism. The church, which was to bring Ood and man together, became burdened with ecelesluatleal machinery, which kept God and man apart What It the standard? Shall we frankly be come legalists and accept the law as our standard of conduct? Or shall we accept what are called the average Judgments of mankind the consensus of opinion as our standards? If so, . what shall we do with the prophets; those men of vision who sometimes rise in our midst, to point the way to a clearer conception of truth than the average man has attained? And If we do not listen to the prophets for example, those men of vision we have In our political life today how can we hope to progress as a civilization? Or shall we accept as our standard that which satisfies us? Or shall we accept that which works pragmatism, which has be-' come popular among certain ethical thinkers. This matter of cmisclence calls for clearer thinking than we bave be stowed upon it as a church or as In dividuals In the post. Consclonce Is the soul's discernment of right and wrong for the purpose jf Its own moral choice. It has as a standard not any exterior law, which means the reduction of religion and morals to Jurisprudence and restraint; but it must have an Inner law, w hich means freedom. Jesus Christ's most emphatic teach ing, about which centered all else he said and did, was the sacredness of the self. We have Christian morality then when we set before the task of developing this self. This self loyalty Is the only morality we know. It Is truth for truth's sake, not truth for expediency. Conscience Is the voice of God wit nessing to eternal right within the In dividual soul. It Is the voice of man's true self, and the true self Is one with Ood. As our sense of beauty leads us on to things beautiful, bo our moral sense should lead us to things moral. And, as In art, we turn to great mat ters, whose genius has wrought tn the world of beauty for the standards of valuation; so In the world of morals must we turn with ever-Increasing earnestness and appreciation and longing to the master of men. And as our study of the great can vas reveals ever and anon some deep er truth that lay In the heart of tha artist, so our serious study of Christ must reveal more of the truth that lay like gold In the depths of his heart It Ib for each one of us to say for ne one else can say It for us whether the light that Is In us shall become darkness and so spread the gloom of Itself through the hearts of humanity or whether It shall become a part of that light that lightetb every man that cometh into the world. WHAT ONE TESTAMENT DID Whole Current of Immigrant's Lift Changed Through Perusal of the Scriptures. A Swede was recently coming Into our country through Ellis Island. At he landed, a worker of the New York Bible society stepped up to him, of fering him a Swedish New Testa ment. Tho Swede stopped, apparent ly startled, and stared at the worker, saying: "Weren't you here twenty six years ago? I think you are tht same man yes, you are the same man." The worker told him he hud been engaged for twenty-eight years distributing the Scriptures to the Im migrants and giving to each one a book In his mother tongue. "Well." said the Swede, "twenty-six yeara ago I landed here a si ranger, and you gave me a New Testament In the Swedish language, Just as you offer ed me one now. I read It, and through reading It I became a Chris tian. After a few years I made up my mind to become a preacher, and for twenty years I have been preach ing the Gospel lu Colorado. It all begun with your offering me a New Testament." The Word of God Is still "quick and powerful." The Lutheran.
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