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fllnrln Kerr, a motherless girl, who has
pent moat of her lire In school, arrives
at her father's homo In Helinont. uaviu
Kerr la ilm luillileal bom of the town
ami I anxious to prevent his daughter
learning- of liU rmil character. Kendall,
riirM.ntlriff th f'hliMiirn narkers. li n0'
cotliilliiK with JucIkb Gilbert, Kerr'a chief
iilvlu r f,ir n valuable f ranchlae. They
fear Ilia opposition of Joe Wright, editor
. At th rern-m nnnnr Kerr asks the BS-
slstanco of Judge Gilbert In Introducing
Gloria to Helmont soelety. and promises
to lielp bitn put through the pacaers
franchise and let him have all the Kraft,
tllorls meets Joe Wrioiit at the Gilberts.
It appears thev are on Intimate term
riavhiK met previously on a touring party
In Kurnpa. The Gilbert Invite Gloria to
lay with thorn pending the refurnishing
of the Kerr home. .Wright begins his light
against the proposed franchise In the col
umns of hl paper, the Helinont New.
Kerr, through his henchmen, exerts ev
ery Influence to hamper Wright In the
jiuhllcatlon of hla paper. Gloria takes up
settlement work. Kerr and hla lieutenants
deelde to buy Kerr's paprr and axk the
e'liuir to meet tnein at uiiocri a oiuce.
Calling nt Gilbert's nfllre to sollrlt a do
.'ration Gloria meets Wright. He propones
I and Is accepted while walling to lie called
tnlo the conference. Wright refuses to
mMI his pnper and declares ha will fight to
a finish. The Heimnnt News appears with
a hitler attack on Kerr. Gloria calls
,' Wright a coward and refuses to listen to
any explanation from him. uroicen-iieart-,
ed. Gloria decides to plunge more deeply
Into settlement work. Sho calls on a sick
' girl of Iho underworld, named Kiln. Hlie
' learns for the first time that her father Is
the head of ft notorious gang of political
' grafters. Sounds of n cntiilli t are hearil
In the room over ICIIa'n. (llorla finds
. Wright unconscious, a victim of an at
tempted assassination by thugs In the pay
of the political ring. Hhe Iddes him In
Klla's room and defies, the thugs. Hhe
,- awes them by announcing that she Is
f Kerr's daughter. Kiln threatens to give
up Wright to the thugs and Is choked In
to unconsciousness bv Gloria, who then
" falls unconscious on Wright's body. They
' are rescued by Pr. Hayes and his wife.
I Wright decides to sell hla paper and
.' leave Belmont
CHAPTER XXII. Continued.
Again his amazement equaled that
the sight of her In hie living room had
occasioned. He permitted It to betray
Itself by exclaiming:
"Since I wouldn't come to see you!
Surely, Miss Kerr, you didn't expect
that? There was nothing whatever
equivocal about my 'dismissal."
This was somotliing she had not
planned, a reference to the past. She
wished merely to warn him and then
tuke leave of him forever.
"I didn't coma with a desire to refer
to that," she answered. "You iiiuhI
realize that what I have to say seems
to me of the utmost importance, tlse
I oh, you can't know the effort it has
cost me to come here."
"I'm sorry If your dislike Is r.o In
tense." Sho shook her head, with a smile
that was only a sad lighting up of her
countenance, like the last flare ot an
expiring flame.
"Let us not speak of like or dislike.
All that is past. It Is true I promised
myself never to see you again, but
since that day In Judge Gilbert's of
fice events have shed such a new light
on Delmont and on me that I feel
some explanations are due you before
you go away."
Quick as a flash he saw that she
had learned the truth, or at least some
part of It. With his characteristic
generosity he wished to relieve her of
the necessity, of making explanations.
"I appreciate your coming, Miss
Kerr, from the bottom of my heart I
do, but If If anything you think you
have to tell causes you pain, I'd rather
far that what you wish to say should
remain unspoken."
"That s generous of you, but I
should And It harder to maintain si
lencebecause I want to be Just."
"Miss Kerrt There Is no occus'lon
for you to "
"Please, planec, don't Interrupt me.
Its hard enough as it is." A Chair he
had brought for Gloria she had re
fused, and nor he sank Into It himself,
his head resting In his hands as he
"The Gods Laugh and Are Our Mas
ters Still.
listened. "I have lived away from Bel
mont," she went on In an even, re
pressed monotone that cut him to the
nrt, "since I was a little girl, too
young to understand, and I was
brought up to believe that my father
was well, Just the opposite of what
w. It was all a mistake, of course.
" was no fault of mine, but I must
suffer for t jU8t the same. I had ev
erything money could buy; and then
you came-and and I had love."
i er voice trembled for the InBtant
Wright could not Btand It.
i7r'a!" he cried, seeking to stop
per, nut Bhe went on again In the same
impersonal manner.
t it?Ui .no one wai! rea"y k'nl to me.
kno 1" tt f001'8 p"adise. I did not
Know the truth." Then vehemently.
!im g COntro1 ot herself: "Oh, why
You f,W Bpeak t0 mo f love!
atlnn L a" men' t0 make my humllla,
tion doubly great."
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"Don't speak so, I betr of you,"
Wright commanded. "Can ou believe
that I have not suffered?"
She chose to Ignore his qut stlon.
"Oh, If I had never come home! If
I had i en not gone to Judge Gilbert's
office that day! It waB fute, Joo. It
was fate. I can see It all now. We
boast that we dominate circumstances,
the gods laugh and are our masters
still. Looking back the way we've
come from that first night I met you
here I can see that every step, relents
less as death, was leading to that day
when I learned the truth about my
father."
"And you know?"
"Everything. That's why I'm here.
It was really such a little time ago
that I came back to Ilelmont, yet It
seems ages. Oh, why didn't you go
away! You must have seen how tt
had to end. Sitico I came homo and
first met you, I'vo lived and suffered
and grown old. And I had dreamed
such dreams!" Here she paused. n If
to fight back the painful memories of
those rainbow dreams. Then she ad
mitted them. "And they became rosier
and rosier bernuso of you. Kven the
disappointments my father's lark of
polish raused mo were nothing be
cause of you. Then you censed to see
me, nnd I didn't understand.
I wanted you so very much then
and you did not come. I know now
what It was; the election was coming
on, you hnd begun to fight my father.
You knew I dkln't realize his position
In Belmont. I'm sincere. I want you
to know I understand how 'hard It was
for you, my friend because I be
lieve you, loved me sincerely."
"Sincerely, Gloria." His reply was
almost a sob. "You know I bugged
you to go away. I would have fol
lowed you, and you would never have
known." -
"That's true, but the gods laugh and
are our masters still. I felt that I
owed It to my father to remain with
him in Delmont. Then camo the day
in Judge Gilbert's office. Hid ever a
girl have a courtship crowded Into half
nn hour? So short a time thero was
between those few words of lovo and
the rudo awakening which followed
Hint there remains to me now not
even a sweet memory of that avowal
which all glrlB cherish so. And then
well, that's why I've come today. I
couldn't let you go away without ask
ing you to forgive me for what I
said in Judge Gilbert's office."
"There's no need of speaking of for
giveness. I'lease do not say any
more."
She was not to he deterred from her
set purposo, and therefore affected not
to hear, going straight on with her
narrative.
"You see, I was proud of my father.
All my life he'd been an ideal, not a
reality, and I thought him Incapable
of anything else. It turned out I was
wrong what I said about you."
"No, Gloria, you Just didn't under
stand." 1
Hut just tho same, I was wrong,
and wanted to tell you so before I
went away. I knew I should not be
here when you return, and so I came
today."
"You're not going to leave Ilel
mont!"
"Yes, I am. Do you think I could
stay!" Her tone made Wright's heart
sink. "No, I lack the courage, Joe,
the moral courage. There's that much
of the butterfly left In me. I'm not
strong and brave like you are."
Gloria could not know how his
strength and bravery wero slipping
from him llttlo by little as tliey talk
ed. Her very presence was weaving
Its subtle spell about him, snaring him
with her wan beauty, maddening him
with the thought that he was losing
her. So she was going away. Ho
wondered why, speculating on how she
had como to learn the truth. This
led him to ask:
"Hut your father?"
Had Wright known what a piteous
outburst this would evoke, he never
would have spokeis
"My father! What am I to him? I
haven't seen htm from that day. Since
then I've been with Mrs. Hayee. Wheu
I learned at luncheon that you were
going away, I had to come because I
can't forgive myself for what I said
In Judge Gilbert's office that came
near ending so disastrously for
you."
"Please don't think of It," he begged.
"I don't connect you In any manner
with the attack on me."
"But I do," she Insisted, '.'because I
know the truth." Here was 'the whole
reason for her coming, she told her
self. "Since you're In this fight to
stay even though you're fighting my
own father I want you to have all the
protection that knowledge of the truth
will afford. I've come to worn you."
Wright saw that he had not made
her understand that he was giving up
the fight.
"But I'm going awtfy."-
"Yes, you've told me; but you're
coming back again because you know
your place Is here. There's work to
do."
He recognized Instantly that It was
her wish for him to remain. Her be
lief In him, such as tt was, centered
about his efforts to make Belmont a
better place. Not wishing to explain
what pain It would constantly give
him were he to do so, he avoided the
matter by referring to her own future.
"What are you going to do?"
"I? I'm going abroad In a few days."
"What does your father say to that?"
Gloria's Hp curled with scorn at the
question. Her answer came with the
coldness of a woman of the world,
"He can't say anything. What is
he to me? I haven't even tent htm
T
word yet. He gave me everything In
the world, but then at the supremest
moment of my life he robbed me of
It all. Would a father do that?" she
asked fiercely. "What allegiance do I
owe him. The claim of blood! Hah!
He's always wished I'd been a boy
He didn't lie to me because he loved
me. He didn't even know me. Do
you think It wrenches my heart to
leave him now? No; a thousand times
no. We've lived too many years apart.
What have we In sympathy? We'd be
strangers though we lived under the
same roof for years."
"But when you go abrond what are
you going to do?" He could ace no
future for her.
"Just drift There Is so much that
I want to forget."
"Much, Gloria?" he asked gently.
"Yes, much." Sho would not let him
trap her into a dumnging admission,
"Everything?"
"Everything painful."
Her attitude, he felt It was antago
nistic. Impatient, even of his kindly
questioning, stirred him to a vigorous
reply. After all, iho was but n child,
and like a child wanted to shirk the
lesson llfo was teaching her.
"Surely I've not born mistaken In
you," ho began. "It's by suffering that
we learn to live. You've only coma
to see llfo as It Is, that's all. Would
you throw away tho precious know!
edge that Is power for an Arcadian
ignorance akin to weakness? You've
just said that you've come to warn
me of something. Were you true to
your theory of life, you would leave
mo In Ignornnco, because the truth
would give me pain. But you don't
believe that."
From the depth of his world-scarred
heart ho pitied her. She was so
young, and so rebellious. He yearned
with a great longing to protect her.
its easy enough to talk and give
advice," Gloria flung back at him
"What has suffering taught you?"
Here was a question ho could an
Bwer, nnd answer decisively.
"It has taught me to be true to my
better self." He spoko sternly. Then
he regretted that he had seemed harsh
with her, for It did not soften her, and
she mude no comment.
"Please Bit down," he sohl. Sho ac
cepted the proffered chair stiffly and
waited.
Wright camo as close to her as he
dared. As he spoke, she abandoned
tho rigid nttttudo sho had felt con
strained to assume and sank back In
the big chair.
"Gloria, I didn't mean to be harsh
Just now. God knows I would spare
you all you have been through could
I have done so. Blot out this terrible
week. Can't we go back to that head
long courtship crowded into half an
hour? Let everything be as it was.
Then I begged you to go away. Now
since you are going, let us go togeth
er. Listen, don't you remember?
The sun Is the flame of the desert,
And you are the flame of my heart,
Dreary Indeed Is the desert unsunned
And dreary without you, my heart.
"You know it's tho truth, Gloria.
Let us go together."
"Don't make it so hard for me, Joe
dear," she begged. "When you kissed
me I thought I knew my heart, but
now nothing In tho whole world will
ever be the same again. You inustu't
blame me; I still llko you, more than
ever, but In a different way. Can't you
understand? You have told me I'm
more than a shallow, frivolous girl
I honor you for tho offer, Joe, but I
wouldn't bo true to that bettor self
you talk about if I accepted."
"I make no offer, Gloria," he plead
ed. "I'm begging you to iove me, to
become my wife."
She trembled visibly at his words.
Yet her resolution was such that she
was not shaken from her purpose. Sho
did not dare look at him, however, as
sho answered: i
"I'm afraid the love one must beg
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UNABLE TO SEE THE JOKE
Statesman. Forced to Admit He Could
Not Read His Own Writing,
Was Annoyed.
Representative William C. Adam
son, chairman of the house committee
on interstate nnd foreign commerce
can perhaps claim the record in the
house for Illegible chirography. He
will admit that it is sometimes Impos
sible for him to read his own hand
writing after it hns grown cold.
Ono day a client entered his law
office at Carrollton, Go., and handed
him a letter.
"Mr. Adamson," he said, "I received
that letter in the mail yesterday and
am unable to read It. I wish you
would translate It for me."
Mr. Adamson took the letter, which
was Bctawled on a plain sheet of pa
per, and regarded it for a long time.
Then he handed it back with the re
mark: "That Is not writing. Some lunatic
has been trying to play a Joke on
you."
.Straightway the visitor handed Mr.
Adamson the printed envelope In
which the letter had been mailed.
"This letter evidently came from
your office, Mr. Adamson; your name
is printed on the envelope," he said,
mildly.
But Mr. Adamson'i remarks were
not mild; In fact, they have been ex
for wouldn't be worth having, Joe.
You wouldn't be happy with me. No
matter where we went you couldn't
forget what happened here. Then
consider me If you'd ever be absentr
minded for a minute, gazing Into
space, I'd know you were thinking of
Belmont and the opportunities you'd
thrown away because of me. I couldn't
stand It I'd alwayi feel that you
wero recalling the past and regretting
the present. It would kill me. No,
Joe, I couldn't"
Wright's proposal bad been totally
unexpected by Gloria. Up to the time
he bad begun to plead with her to go
away with him, the had maintained
fair control of herself. Ills generous
offer, as she termed It, had pierced
her armor of reserve and laid bare
her warm, quivering heart
"Pride, Gloria, pride," the man
whispered. "It'a pride that's keeping
you from being true to yourself and
true to me."
"Don't speak to me, Joe," ihe
sobbed; "I can't stand It."
In his heart ho yearned with all the
ardor of youth and love to gather her
In his arms and comfort her. Yet he
knew her well enough to know that It
could not be. Her humiliation had
rendered Impregnable the barrier she
had erected between them. There was
naught he could do but suffer in si
lence while she wept.
CHAPTER XXIII
Gloria hated herself for the par
oxysm of emotion to which she had
given way in the presence of the man
whose love she had rejected. Thero
was no Interpretation to be put upon
It save that her nerves wero over
wrought, yet she did not kuow how
he would construe her tears. Sho did
not wIbIi him to think her weak. Sud
denly tho girl remembered that tears
wero a woman's weapon. The thought
so enraged her that In her anger at
being so much a mere woman she for
got to weep. She had In her tho spirit
of her father. Drying her eyes has
tily, she turned to say good-by.
Wright saw her turn and hold out
I ,.1
1 iSt
"No, Joe, I Couldn't."
her hand. Could she havo changed
her mind? His heart prompted this
thought, but one glance nt her face
told him sho was still determined to
go her own way alone.
"Good by," sho said.
"Is It to be good by, Gloria?"
"That, and nothing more."
The man looked at her In a dazed
manner. Now that the time of part
ing had come she bail fnr more self
possession than he. He groped about
in his mind for something to say, but
words were Inadequate. There Is no
telling how his feelings might have
betrayed him had there not come a
knock at the door to Interrupt their
parting.
At the sound Gloria exclaimed with
a start. "Who's that?"
Wright walked to the door, saw who
asked for entrance and opened It
w ide for Potty to enter.
"Mr. Joey, there's a man says he
must seo you at once.
"Did you tell .hlin I was busy, and
to wait?"
"Oh, yes, Just like you told me, but
he said to tell you he was David
Kerr!"
"My father!" Gloria took a step
forward. Her exclamation told w hat a
surprise this news was to her.
"What does this mean? ho asked.
"You kuow as much as I. I've told
you I've not seen my father since that
day in Judgo Gilbert's olllce. Ho's
been busy with politics, but, more
than that, I've well, I've preferred
staying with Mrs. Hayes."
(TO nK CONTINUED.)
punged from tho record.
Stnr. -Washington
Modern Traveler.
The modern traveler (the heroic ex
plorers of old belong to another class)
Is formed by lelsuro, opportunity and
a certain easiness In pecuniary mat
ters like that plant whone seed ves
sels burst in heat, so explodes his
shell of habit when the sun of pros
perity BhlneB warmly, and forthwith
ho is scattered to the four winds.
"It's a small world," quoth he bro
tnldlcally, as he goes to and fro over
tho enrth, and finds therein many de
lightful persons rerembllng himself.
Like the man in th cabinet lined with
mirrors, his reflections are numerous,
and all alike. No vonder be feels
llke'Sancho Pancho Pansa's hazelnut
inhabitant of a mustard-seed world.
C. B. D. Phelps,
Japt First to Cultivated Oysters.
As early as 1720, at least, oysters
were grown by artificial means In
Japnn, and long before the descend
ants of the Mayflower pilgrims had
realized the desirability for oyster cul
ture the Japanese had grasped the
situation, and provision for an enlight
ened administration and utilization of
oyster ground). Old as the Industry Is
In Japan, it has not grown to great
Importance In Itself, the aggregnte
output being valued at loss than a
quarter of a million dollars a yaac
I DealingWith
Excuses
Br REV. HOWARD W. POPE
Suptrialaacbal ot Mas .
Maodj BiMs luwuts. Quote
TKXT I pray thee hava ma excused.
l.uka 14:18.
Let us begin
the most common
of all excuses, "I
Am Not Very
Bad."
The mil take
which this man Is
making Is that of
Judging himself
by a false stand
ard. The remedy
is to correct his
standard. Say to
him, "It may be
that you are not
very bad In your
own estimation, or
in the opinion of
others , but let us see what God says
about you. His Word Is the only true
standard."
Open your Bible and ask him to'
read aloud Romans 3:10. Thero Is,
none righteous, no, not ono. Aftor he
bus read it, ask him a few questions:
"Whoso words are these which you
have read?"
"God's Words."
"Docs ho know the real condition
of n mnn's heait?"
"Yes."
"Does ho know a man's heart bet
ter than t ho man hiniBiif?"
"Probably."
"Who does he say Is righteous?"
"Ho says that there Is nono rlght-
sous."
"What, not ono?"
"No, not ono."
"Are you nn exception to this rule?"1
"I suppose not."
"Then you admit that you are not;
really righteous?"
"I suppose I must."
Ask him to read Romans 3:23. Then
lay to him, "Who does God say have
tinned?"
"All have sinned."
"Are you an exception?"
"No."
"Then you admit that you have
ilnned and como short of tho glory ot
God"
Hy this time tho man Is becoming
uneasy. Ho is beginning to realize
that whatever he may bo In his own
estimation. In God's sight he is a
sinner. You have withdrawn his at
tention from tho Inconsistent church
members with whom he has formerly
compared himself, and you have fixed
his mind upon the great God to whom
ho must give nn account, and by
whoso holy law ho must bo Judged.
Another good verse to use with this
class is Isaiah 53:6. After the man
has read It, nsk him, "Who does God
say has gone astray?"
"All of us."
"Does that Inrludo you?"
"I BUppose tt does."
"What does ho say we have done?"!
"We have turned every one to his!
Dwn way."
"Then, according to God's Word,")
having one's own way Is sin?"
"So it seems."
It Is well to emphasize this point,
strongly, for, to tho average porson,
tho word "sin" means some form of
vice or crime. According to this verse
however tho real essence of sin con
sists In having one's own way, In
stead of walking In God's way. It1
may not be an Immoral way, or a dis
honest way, or an untruthful way, but
It Is his way nnd not God's way, In,
which he ought to walk.
Returning to tho verso you can ask,,
"What do you say of a sheep which
bus gone astray?"
"It Is lost."
"Then If you have had your own
way through life iiiBtcnd of doing
God's will, you too are lout, are you
not?"
"So It appears."
"Admitting then that you are a lost
sinner, what does God say that be
has done with your sins?"
And the Lord hatb laid on him the
Iniquity of us all."
"Then your sins have made It neces
sary for Jesus to die on the cross?"
Yes."
When Jesus took your place on the'
cross and died for your sins, you re
fused to acknowledge him as your
Saviour, did you not?"
"Yes."
"And you have never once thanked
him for what ho has done for you,
hove you?"
"No."
"And yet you soy you are not very
bad. If tills Is not bad, will you tell
me what Is? There is only one thing'
worse, and that Is to continue reject-,
ing such a Saviour."
In dealing with self-righteous people
It Is well-nigh useless to argue. Nei
ther would It be a very gracious thing
to tell them that you thought they
were great sinners. They would not
believe It If you did, and qulto likely
they might roton. "And you are an
other." The only effective way of dealing
'with them Is to bring them face to
face with God, and make them realize
that they are dealing with Him rather
than with you. If you have sufficient
time, tt Is a good plan to nsk a porson
to rwd the fifty-third chapter of
Isaiah, using the first personal pro
noun wherever the third occurs, "He
is despised, and rejected of men; a
man of sorrows, and acquainted with
grief. He was despised, and I es
teemed him not. Ho was wounded for
my transgressions, he was bruised
for my Iniquities; the chastisement of
my peace was upon him, and with his
stripes I am healed. I like a sheep
have gone astray;. I have turned to
my own way; and the Lord hath laid
on him mine Iniquity."
Another way is to ask a person If
he knows that he has committed the
greatest sin a man can commit Jle
will probably answer, "No, I have
not" Ask him to read Matthew
22: 27, 38.
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MLMTIONAL
SDNDOTOI
Lesson
(ny R. O. SKLI.KHS. Director of Evening.
Department, the Moody lilhle Iuslltute,
LESSON FOR FEBRUARY 1
THE UNFRIENDLY NEIGHBOR.
LESSON TEXT-I,uke 11:1-18.
OOl-liKN TKXT "Ask and It shall ba
flven unto you: seek, ami ye shall Hnd;
tnoek and It shall be opuiied unto you."
Luke 11:1).
The only record we hnve of this par
able Is In this gospel. This portion of
Scripture Is usually thought of as be
ing a great teaching on prayer. It Is
that, and It Is more than that. It Is a
great illustration of tho sound princi
ples of pedugogy employed by that
wonderful Biblo teacher, our Lord and
Savior.
1. Teaching by cxamplo (v. 1). There
was that In the prayer life of Jesus
that was different than that of the for
mulistic religionists of his day, some
thing that inspired the request, "Lord
teach Vis to prny." His prayer life was
different, It wus effectual. Notice, in
passing, tho respect of the disciplea
"when he had ceased." If there la one
lesson tho oncoming generation needs
to learn It Is that of reverence. Ills
prayers were too sacred to permit of
nny Intrusion. His praying also nwoke
In their memory the prayer llfo of
John tho Huptiser. Thero la deep psy
chology hero. Observation, memory,
perception, concept, all In their logical
order. Tho power of example, this Is
tlio first and tho greatest method of
teaching, and it Is more than a hun
dredfold tho most effectual. It Is t lint
which will awaken and hold attention
It Is that which will nrouso a keen de
sire for knowledge It Is that which
proves the power of your profession.
4S0 teacher can really tench more
than ho has experienced. When will
churches awaken to thn grave, respon
slbllity of carefully scrutinizing tho
character of thoso filling its official po
sitions, partclularly tho teachers in
tho Sunday school?
Most Wonderful Prayer.
II. Teaching by formula (vv. 2-4). Tho
human mind Is weak and needs that
asslstanco which is to bo found in a
clenr statement of truth. Not always
can we have tho benefit of a strong
personality. Hence Jesus gives us a
formula, or prayer, often called tho
"Lord's Prayer," but more correctly
termed "tho disciples' prayer." This
Is in some respects the world's most
wonderful prayer, certainly tho most
familiar. Lacking In personal pro
nouns, It begins with that matchless
conception of God, "our Father," It de
scends step by step from a consldero'
tlon of his hallowed name, his king
dom, and his will. (Luko 22:42) In
heaven and upon earth, down to tho
question of our need of dally food. It
then sweeps backward through the ro
latlons of mniiklnd to each other, to
temptation, to tho power of sin, back
(Matt. G:13) to God once more, back
to the Alpha and Omega.' In it Is in
vocation, supplication and adoration.
It sweeps the whole gamut of man's
need, physical, mental and spiritual. It
begins In heaven, It encircles the
enrth. It rebounds to thoso realms of
glory from which tho Sou came, nnd to
which ho returned. A study of the
prayers of the saints, living and dead,
ought to bo more emphasized. Tills
kingdom here mentioned Is yet to be
fully established. A kingdom de
mands a king (Rev. 22:20); Its begin
ning, though, is in the hearts of men;
it Implies etitlro submission to God's
will (Luko 22:42); it delights In (icing
that will (John 6:38. Eph. C:C); It de
mands an entiro sunctillcntlon of our
lives, and a desire that his will shall
rulo In tho earth (1 Thess., 4:3). Tho
llfth petition Is not tho prayer of the
unsaved sinner (John 9:31). Fellow
ship with God depends upon our will
ingness to forglvo others (Matt. 6:14,
15; Murk 11:25); but that is not tho
ground of God s forgiveness (Eph. 1:7;
4:32). God does not tempt men (Jas.
1:13); ho does permit temptation to
assail us, such as modern economic
conditions (Mark 1:12. 13), but God
never allows us to bo tempted above
what wo can bear (1 Cor. 10:13). Vol
umes hnve been written obout this
prayer and yet Its fulness has not even
been suggested. Tho teachor who
really prays cannot bo a failure, for ho
has tho power of God behind his labor.
Ho must, however, not limit himself to
his prayer only (Phil. 4:6; Jas. 6:13,
14). Tho Christian's prayer must he
in thn name ot Christ, which Is not
named here, for ho wus not yet cruci
fied. The Holy Spirit.
III. Teaching by parablo (vv. 6 10) "A
parable Is nn earthly story with a
heavenly meaning." Only tho teacher
who can translato truth into terms of
"It Is llko" has really begun to teach.
Lot us beware, howover, of a wrong
comparison nnd of to vivid detuils.
This Is not a picture of God, only by
way of contrast Is he suggested. There
are three friends here: (1) The needy
ono In his Journey; (2) the needy ono
who was host, and (3) tho needy one
who was a selfish neighbor. Tho pau
perism ot tho second was Inexcusable
(Phil. 4:13); tho wandering of the
first at night ti mo ennnot go unchal
lenged (Matt 28:20). As for the
third, It was a most unseasonable hour
and his friend's insistence was unrea
sonable, yet, his Insistence emphasized
Uie urgency of tho request and the con
fidence of a friend.
IV. Teaching by contrast (vv. 11-13).
Pedagoglcally considered this is the
application. Notice It Is Introduced by
the word "for" and the summary is the
sum and substance of all good, the
Holy Spirit. Jcbus contrasts bread,
that which preserves life, with a stone, j
which Is dead and tireless. lie con
trasts fish, one of the most common
meat foods, with a serpent, which sig
nifies deception, nnd an egg, which Is
not only nutritious but reproductive
as well, with a ecorplon, which has In
it the sting of death. Each promise U
predicted upon ft command (Jas. 4:t),
ask, seek, kno&
(Conducted by the National Woman's
Christian Tumperanee Union.)
ALCOHOL A DECEIVER.
Dr. David Starr Jordan tellw the fol
lowing story:
There was 'once a man who came
Into his office smacking bis lips, and
said to his clerk: "The world looks
very different to the 'man who hai
bad a good glass of brandy and soda
In the morning." "Yes," said the
clerk, "and the man looks differently to
the world." And this Is natural and
Inevitable, Dr. Jordan points out, "for
the pleasure which exists only In tho
imagination leads to action which has
likewise nothing to do with tho de
mand of life. Tho mind Is confused,
and may be delighted with tho confu
sion, but tho confused muscles trem
plo and halt. The tonguo Is looBened
and utters unfinished sentences; the
hand is loosened and the handwriting
is shaky; thn muscles of the eye are
unharnessed, nnd tho two eyes move
Independently and see double; the legs
are loosened, and the confusion of the
brain shows itself In the confused walk.
And if this confusion Is long contin
ued, tho mental deterioration shows It
self In external things the shabby
hat and seedy clothing, and the grad
ual drop of the man from stratum to
stratum of society, till he brings up
some night In a ditch. As tho world
looks more and more different to hli,
so does ho look more and more differ
ent to the world."
TESTIMONY OF A TRAVELER.
Ono of the greatest explorers of the
day is Mi. A. Henry Savage 1-nndor, a
grandson of Walter Savage Landor.
Ho has traveled in the Antnrctlc, In
Thibet, tho Himalayas, Korea, Mongo
lia, through tho Dark Continent, and
has crossed South America at Its wid
est part, accomplishing one of the
most dlfllrult expeditions ever mnde,
penetrating In a 13,750nillo Journey
parts of Bruzil that were regnrded as
impassable. This latter feat through
a semi-tropical zone occupied one year
and a half, and waa constantly attend
ed by hardships and sufferings, in the
course of which for sixty days, while
shooting tho rapids of tho Ariuos, the
party endured terrible privations, and
afterwards when food fulled, starved
for Blxteen days.
When nsked how he has preserved
Immunity from sickness, exposed to
such varied climatic conditions, ho re
plies, "The wonderful health I enjoy
Is largely duo to my temperate habits.
In all thoso Journeyings neither he nor
his attendants took with them any
alcoholic spirits.
Mr. Lnndor's testimony on this point
Is unequivocal. "It Is not traveling."
he says, "which kills an explorer, It is
tho drinking and smoking and living
In foul nlr in civilized countries. I
don't drink nnd I don't smoke."
DOCTORS AGAINST ALCOHOL.
Whim that great eonclavo of doc
tors took place at Brighton. England,
tinder the auspices of tho British Med
ical association, advantage was taken
of the presence of so many medical
men In attendance to get ncurly forty
anil alcohol addresses delivered on
tho Sunday In Brighton and adjoining
towns. The subject was "Evils of Al
cohol Fpon the Human Body," and
the particularly Interesting thing wns
to seo so many physlclons In pulpits
and on the platforms evidently will
ing to play tho part of crusaders
ngalnst whnt one of their profession
had aptly described as "tho greatest
enemy of tho raco." The aggregate
roBult of these addresses constituted
an all-round Indictment of alcohol of
a remarkably striking nnd education
al nature. As Indicating tho up-to-date
character of the addresses, sev
eral of tho doctors used charts and di
agrams which were projected upon
a screen by a Inntern. thus transfer
ring tho practice of the mod leal lec
ture room to the church, chapel and
schoolroom.
THE UNCOVERED WELL.
It (tho way to alcoholism) was like
an uncovered well Jn a yard whero
children play. It Is small use to tell
the brave little boys toddling their
way along Into knowledge of life thnt
they mustn't play near tho uncovered
well. They will play near It. Any
parent knows that. And wo know that
a certain percentage of them, tho
livest and most daring, will fall Into
tho well. The thing to do we all know
It ts to cover up the well. The. cuse
Is the same with John Barleycorn. All
the no-saying nnd no-prcachlng In tho
world will fall to keep men, and
youths growing Into manhood away
from John Barleycorn when John Bnr
Ieyrom Is everywhere accessible. Thn
only rational thing for the twentieth
century folk to do Is to cover up the
well. Jack London, In "John Barley
corn."
LET IT ALONE.
Not matter how good a drinking
man may be, ho would be a better
man It he would let liquor alone. No
mntter how inferior a total abstainer
may be, he would be still more Infe
rior if ho w ere a drinking man J. F.
Cuneen.
SANCTION CRIME.
No honest man who has his ow n or
hts neighbor's welfare at I heart will
vote for the saloon. When you voto
for saloons you sanction crime in all
Its phases. Father Ward of Detroit.
HARMFUL PLAYTHING.
Alcohol hns seemed to us a nice
plaything or even an amiable friend.
Today, however, we know that the
Jolly comrade, for the 'price of one
hour of exhilaration, cheats us out
of our self-respect, that It brings
ruin-to every being and every na
tion that ylolds to tt. rrof. E.
Kraepelln.
I like not only to be loved, but to
be told that I ara loved; the realm of
silence Is large enough beyond the
grave. George Eliot