Hi feopQEMDOLPnaorriL nd LILLIAN QjXSTER ILLUSTRATED ? or CQfP3lffnCN , SYNOPSIS. 9 At s, vottry meeting of th Mnrket Bijur church ami .tiurgint llntcnM to tllnniKiilon snout the sain of the church tenements to Kdwunl E. AlUmni, Incul triiction klnu. ami when aakpil her opin ion of th church by lt"v. Smith It'iyil. iiyn It la uppurxiitly a lucrative business mlcrprliie. Allison tnkca (.lull rtiini? In t.'.n mnlor cur. When he Riirrsls lie In rntltlid to rest on til laurels c. tils rl.lfv.-m.-nK aha nski the illeturhlnn q'ifation: "Why?" r.;iil finds cc.1.1 dlmip I'rnval In tho of Itev. tiinlth llovd. At a hobnli-,1 p irty Alllsi n Hll Jim H.ir PTit th.it hit new nrtihiilon Is to conquer th world, llf marts u curnpulcn for con Rollilniion nnl com ml of the cnilr tnwig liortntlon syim of the world, null tit-omen popular. Allison R.ilna control of trnnm'ontltientnl (rutin and nrranpi-H to bdorb the Vd'lT court tenement .roTr lv of Market ti'innre church, null tcilH Hoyd thut the Kithcdrel Jl.irk.'t Sun-ip' church propone to build will b out i-f profit wruiuc from Kpialor. At a rm-ci'Kr of thy seven flnunclal m ii;mites of the country. Allison nnriinl?.- the Tii'.rna tlonal Trunnportatlon companv. . Hey. Hmlih Royd unlcrtiik.- CeTa nii',tual In struction and (Jul! tiur.in.- Iouh' v elves Al ison a hint that ;.Hv.v tho Vcd.ler court j.robl.-m for him. .! Rn inspec tion trip In Allison's rn-vy uuway. CHAPTER XllContInued. Out In the vn. where the sun paled the electric lights of the car lntr sickly ycuow up Int0 the alri Ieering into -third-story tenements and down narrow alleys, aflutter with ountlesi flapping pieces of laundry work. 'luPn suddenly Into the darkness of ti tunnel again, then out. on the ".Vfaee of country fields, and dreary V inter landscape, to the termrnal. It was more cozy In the tunnel, and they returned there for lunch. Suddenly there came a dull, muffled report, like the distant firing of a cannon; then an Interval of silence, an Infinitesimal one. In which the car ran smoothly on and, half rising, they looked at each other In startled ques tioning. Then, all at once, came a stupendous roar, as If the world had split asunder, a Jolting and perking, a headlong stoppage, a clattering, and lapping and crashing and grinding, deafening In Its volume, and with It all, darkness; blackness so Intense that It seemed almost palpable to the touch! There was a single shriek, and a nervous laugh verging on hysteria. The shriek was from Arly, and the lau.ah from Luclle. There wns a cry from the forward end of the car, as of someone la lain. A man's Jell of fright; Greggory the general man ager. A strong hand clutched Gail's In the 'darkness, firm, reassuring. The rector. "Don't move!" It was the voice of Allison, crlpp, harsh, commanding. "Anybody hurt?" Tim Corman, the J voice of age, but otherwise steady. "It's nie," called Tom, the ruotor tnan. "Head cut a little, arm bruised. Nothing bad." "Gail?" Allison again. "Yes." Clear voiced, with the cour age which has no sex. "Mr?. Teasdale? Mrs. Fosland? Ted? Doctor Doyd?" and so through the list. Kver.vbody safe. "It is an acildentnl blast." said the voice of Allison. He had figured that a concise statement of Just what had happened might expedite organiza tion. "We are below the Fartuouut ridge, over a hundred feet deep, and the tube has caved in oil us. There must bo no wasto of exertion. Don't move until I find what electrical dan gers (hire are." A niateh flared up, and showed the pale fjee of the engineer bending over. "No matches," ordered Allison. "We may need tne oxygen." He and tne engineer made their way back into (lie parlor compart ment. They took up the door of t'ue motor well in the floor, and In a few minutes they replaced It. From the Bounds they seemed remarkably clumsy. "That much 'is lucky," commented Allison. "The next thing is to dig." "In front or behind?" wondered the engineer. "In front," decided Allison. "The ex plosion came from that direction, and has probably shaken down more of the soil there than behind, but It's olid clay in the rear, and further out" Gail felt tho rector's hand suddenly le.ive her own. It bad been wonder fully comforting there In the dark; o firm and warm and steady. He had not talked much to her, Just a few reassuring words, In that low, melo dious voice, which thrilled her as did occasional the touch of Allison's hand, as did the eyeB of Dick Hodley. Put she had received more strength frcm the volc of Allison. He was big, Allison, a power, a force, a spirit of command. She began, for the first BIG DUST CLOUD IN ALASKA Volcanic Ashes From katmal Delayed Progress of Steamer--Explolon Heard Afar. As we approach Kodiak strange dark clouds were seen obscuring the horizon at several points and one so heavy and black that it resecubled moke from a great forest fire. Cap tain Jensen startled us by explaining that thla was dust blown by the st.'tl breeze from the lofty hills all about us. These bills seemed covored with' new, but the whitish deposits proved to be ashes, rained down several feet deep jupn all this section during tin eruption of Mount Katmal in June, 1912. Katmal is still smoking. Tba sun looked like a dull silver dollar as It shone tbrougll the ashy mist. Th dust cloud was so thick that it held our steamer up for four hours untlt the way wrs clear. Pass ing your uand over tho rail of the boat you found your fingers screaked with thfl Impalpable gray powder. When we nmld at Kotilak wt found piles ol "ifl gray ashes sot' large III CRKIIODES time, to comprehend bis magnitude. What have we to dig with?" The voice of Kev. Smith Boyd, and there was a note of eagerness in It. "The benches up In front here, yelled McCarthy, and there was a rip ping sound as be toro the seat from one of them. Fardon nie." It was the voice of the rector, up In front. "The balance, of you sit down, and keep rested," ordered AlliBon, now a'.Ho up In frot.t. ".McCarthy, Doyd and I go first." The lor.g strugglo began. The girls grouped together In the back of the car, moving but very little, for there was much broken glass about. Up in front the three men could be beard making an opening Into the debris through the forward windows. They talked a great deal, at first, strong, capable voices. They were Interfer ing with, each other, then helping, combining their strength to move heavy stones and the like, then they were silent, working Independently, or in effective unison. Tim Corman was the possessor of a phosphorescent-faced watch, with 22 Jewels on the inside and a ruby on the winding stem, and he constituted himself timekeeper. "Thirty minutes," he called out. "Its our shift." Tho men crawled in from outside, but they stayed In the front compart ment. The air was growing a trifle close, and tlwy breathed heavily. "Good by, girl," called the gayly fu nereal voice of Ted TeasdaleJ "Hus band is going to work." Another Interminable wait, while the air grew more stifling. There was no further levity after Lincoln and the motorman and McCarthy had come back; for the condition was becoming serious. Some air must undoubtedly be finding Its way to the car through the loose debris, but the carbonic acid gas exhaled from a dozen pairs of lungs was beginning to pocket, and the opening ahead, though steadily pushing forward, displayed no signs of lessening solidity. They established shorter shifts now; a quarter of an hour. The men came silently In and out, and as silently worked, and as silently rested, while the girls carried that heavy burden of women's hardest labor; waiting! Greggory was the first to give out, then the Injured motorman. When their turns camo, they had not the Ftrength nor the air In their lungs. Strong McCarthy was the next to Join them. The shifts had reduced to two, of two men each, by now; Ted and old Tim, and Allison and the rector; and theae latter two worked double time. Their lips and their tongues were parched and cracking, and in their periods of rest they sat motionlessly facing each other, with a wheeze in the drawing of their breath. Their stentorian breathing could be heard from the forward end of their little tunnel clear back Into the car, where the three girls were battling to pre serve their senses against the poison ous gases which were now all that they had to breathe. Acting ob the rector's advice, they had stood up in the car to escape the gradually rising level of the carbonic gas, stood, as the time progressed, with their mouths asape and their breasts heaving and sharp pains in their lungs at every breath. Arly dropped, silently crum pling to the floor; then, a few minutes later, Luclle, and. panic-stricken by the thought that they had gone under. Gull felt her own Btnses reeling, when suddenly, looking ahead through eyes which were staring, she saw a crack of blessed l'.ght! There was a hoarse cry from ahead! The crack of light widened. Another one appeared, tome four feet to the rifcht of It. and Gall already fancied that she could feel a freshening of the air she breathed with such tearing pain. Against the light of the open ings, two flfurn, the only two which were left to work, strove, at first with the slow, limp motions of exhaustion, and then with the renewed vigor of approaching triumph. She could dis tinguish them clearly now, by the light which streamed In, the stocky, strong figure of Allison and the tall, sinewy. figure of the rector. They were working frantically, Allison with his coat off, and the rector with his coat and vest both removed, and one sleeve torn almost entirely from his shirt, re vealing his swelling biceps, and a long, red scratch. Gall's senses were numbed, so that they were reduced to almost merely optical consciousness, and small pieces of light, friable stone, like pumice stone, which bad been thrown odt by the volcano. United States Marshal F. H. Hren nerman of Valdez, who was a fellow passenger with ,me. says the explosion of the volcano was beard at tbat place, 400 miles away from Kodlak, and sounded like a cannonading. It was followed by a deposit of fine ashes in Valdez. John A. Sleicher In LeBlles Weekly. Deer With Class Eye. Abalardo Cooper of Salinas, Cal., Vhile bunting In the fastness of the sn Lucia range, killed a four point buk that had a green glass eye In one of it sockets. De'ldes, the ears bad been swallow tailed,' common practice In marking the earsXpt cattle, and Us tall bad been cut off !nKome manner to tbat only a tub an infth long stuck out It Is thought possibly the deer was a pet of oneof the ranches down In the Salinas vaY'ey. and when the "run ning" season jtarted tbe deer van swered the ra't J its mates and start ed for tbe wlltwG bo that she saw things lenity; but, even In hern realized that what sh. a trace of weakness in U only the grace- which hau strength. The two figures bent inw eacli other. There was, a rn mighty straining, and the "V center between the two c ' away. A huge boulder bad bar path, and Its removal let down of pure, fresh air from the gro above, let down, too, a flood of da; zllng light; and In the curving, und, rim of the opening, stood the two Stat- wart men who were the survival of the fittest! The mere instinct ot self preservation drove Gnll forward, a cry, toward tho source of that II giving air, und she scrambled thro the window and ran toward tbe men. They came hurried' meet her, and each gave CHAPTER XII4. Gall Dodges the Spotlight. Immediately after GaH had reached home from the accident In the sub way, inl had been 'put to bed and given tea, and bad repeatedly assured the doctor there was nothing the mat ter with her, they brought, at her ur gent request, copies of the "extras," whkh were already being yelled from every street corner and down every quiet residence block. The accounts were, In the main, more or less accurate, barring the fact that they started with the assumption that there had been one hundred In Allison's party, all killed. Later Is sues, however, regretfully reduced the number of dead to forty, six, and finally none, at which point they be came more or less coherent, and gave an exact list of the people who were there, the cause of tho accident, and a most appreciatively accentuated nis- tory of the heroic work of the men. Although she regretted that her pic ture had by this time crept Into the public prints, grouped with the mur ders and defalcations of the day, she was able to overlook this personal discomfort as one of the minor pen alties which civilization has paid for Its progress, like electric light bugs and electric fan neuralgia, and the smell of gasoline. In the meantime, tho representa tives of the gay and care free and ab solutely uncurbed metropolitan press, were by no means discouraged by the fact that they had not been able to secure much, except hectic Imaginings from the exterior Of the Sargent house. They were busy In every other possible direction, with the same com mendable persistence which' we ob serve In an ant to drag a grasshopper up and down a cornstalk on the way home. Little Miss Piper of the Morning Planet, a somewhat withered and puckered little woman, who had sense enough to dress so as to excite noth ing but pity, quietly slipped on her ugly little bonnet with the funny rib bon bow in the back, and hurried out to the magnificent residence of Mrs. Phyllis Worthmore, who loathed pub licity and had photographs taken once a month for the purpose. . The result of that light-hearted and light-headed Interview, in which Mrs. Phyllis Worthmore, by special request, was not quoted, suddenly sprang on the startled eyes of Gall, when she leaped through the Sunday Morning Planet at eight o'clock next morning. An entire page, embellished In the center with a beautifully printed pho tograph, was devoted to the sensa tional beauty from the middle West! Around her were grouped nine smaller photographs: Allison, Dick Rodley, Willis Cunningham, Houston Van Ploon, Rev. Smith Boyd, a Ballow youth who had danced with her three times, a count who had said "How do you do?" and sailed for Europe, and two men whom she had never met. All these crack tllglhles were classi fied under the general head of "Slaves to Her Witching Smile," and a big. boxed-in list was given, in extremely black faced type, stating. In dollars and cents, the exact value In the mat rimonial market of each slave; and the lively genius who had put together this symposium, by a towerlngly happy thought conceived In the very height of the rush hours, totaled the whole, and gave It as the commercial worth oP Gall's beauty and charm. It ran into thirteen figures, Including the dol lar mark and the two ciphers for cents. ' When Luclle Teasdale and Arly Fos land, arrived at Jim Sargent's house at ten o'clock, and had been let In at the side entrance, they found Gall dabbing her eyes with a powder puff, taken from a little black traveling bag which stood open at her Bide. Arlene was a second later than Luclle In clasping Gall in her arras, because she bad to lift a traveling veil. The two girls expressed their condolence and their horror of the outrage, and vol ubly poured out more sympathy; then they, sat down and shrieked - with laughter. 'llt's too awful for words!" gasped Luclle. "But It Is funny, too." Gall's chin quivered. " Start and Bart. "Stars and Oars" was the name of the flag recommended by the commit tee for tho Confederate States. The official description from the report of the provisional congress, March 4, 1861, IB as follows: "That the Hag of tbe Confederate States of Ameri ca shall consist of a red field with a white space . extending horizontally through tbe center, and equal In width to ano-third tho eitilh of tho flag. The red spaces above and below to be of the same width as the white Ttie union blue extending down through the white space and stopping at tbe lowar red space.' In the center of too union a circle of white star corre sponding in number with the number of states In the Confederacy." Th flage ia In plan like the Star and Strlpos, with three bars or stripes In stead of tba 13 stripes, red on top and bottom and white 1 the middle. The square of blue has a circle ot seven Dve-polnted whits stars. A factory in which radium Is being produced has been opened in Scotland by a Scotch chemist ' IB r Jf' 1 J J H ! witf y- r i I f . w Mar ui-f at- , r T M III alT tid your gowa Tiie stunning. Don't go 4 home!" Mrs. Helen Davles cast on her feather-brained daughter a glunce of severe reproof. "Have you no sense of propriety, Luclle?" she warned. "Gail, very nat urally, cannot remain here under the circumstances. It does great credit to her that, immediately upon realiz ing this horrible occu-rence, she tele graphed to her mother, without con sulting any of us, that she was return ing." "I Just wanted to go home." said Gail, her chin quivering and her pretty throat tremulous with breath pent from sobbing. "It'll blow over, Gall," argued TJncle Jim, In deep distress because she was going so soon. If she had only stopped long enough to pack up, they might have persuaded her to stay. "Just for get It, and have a good time." , "Jim," ordered the stern voice- of Aunt Helen, "will you be kind enough to see If anyone Is out in front? . "Certainly," agreed Jim, wondering why his wife's sister was suddenly so severe with him. "It's time to start," called Ted with practiced wisdom allowing tenr niln- Greggory Was the First to Give Out utes for goodbys, parting Instructions and forgotten messages. - The adieus were said. Aunt Grace, clasping Gall In her arms, began' to sob, out ot a full heart and a general need for the exercise. Gerald Fosland took the hand of his wife and kissed it, In most gallant fashion. "I Bhnll miss you dreadfully, my dear," he stated. "I shall be thinking of you," re sponded Arlene, adjusting her veil. Mrs. Davles drew Arlene into the drawing room. '' "It wns so sweet of you to agree to accompany Gail," sho observed. "It would vbe useless to attempt to Influ ence her now, but I look to you to bring her backln a week. Her pros pects are really too, brilliant to be Interrupted hy an. unfortunate episode of this nature." One could readily see that no devia tion from his routine confronted Ger ald Fosland this morning. He had had his plunge and his breakfast, his mail and his paper laid before him, and yet there was something ghastly about the feel of the house. It was us If someone were dcadl Gerald Fosland made as radical a deviation from his dally life as he ever had done. He left his mail unopened, after a glance at the postmark; he left his paper un read; he picked up his hat and gloves and stick, and started to leave the room. As he passed the door leading to.Arly's apartments, he hesitated, and put his hand on the knob. He glanced over his shoulder, as a guilty con science made him Imagine that a serv ant was coming In, then he gently turned the knob, and entered. A tiny vestllule, and then a llttle-French-gray salon, and then a boudoir, all In deli cate blue, and sweet with a faint, dell- HUNT HELPS MAKE SOLDIERS Preparedness for Military' Emergency Is Undoubtedly Aided by out door Sport. While not every- one of the three hundred thousand citizens who se cured hunters' licenses )ast year could qualify as a sharpshooter. Doc tor Kafbfus. secretary of the slate game commission, Is not wholly Imag inative In suggesting that In the main tenance of Its game preserves and In the encouragement of the bunt the state Is contributing to Us prepared ness for military emergency, says tbe Philadelphia Bulletin. An csstnttal of a soldier's equip ment Is to know bow to shoot, and training for marksmanship In the pur suit o bird or rabbit Is obviously of value. But even more essential Is tbe sbldlers health, the mgRerlpess of constitution and physical condition to stand tbe stress of march and work, and' outdoor training Is the Bine jus non. Anything that the state does to got Iti young mm out of doors and to interest thorn ia health building. .mm . n i.i - isji i to Sargent's. uiixlous to see-Luclle. Just in time to Join the mourners. Gerald," greeted Ted. "We're doing a very solemn lot of Galling." "I'll Join you with pleasure," agreed Oerald, feeling more at home and light of heart here than he had any where during tbe day. Luclle seemed particularly near to him, "Have you any intimation that Gall expects to return soon?" "None at .all," stated Ar.nt Helen, with a quoer mixture of, somberuess and impatience. "She only writes about what a busy ti ne they are hav ing, and ( how dellgbtffilly eager her friends have been about her, and how popular Arly Is, and such things as tbat" . "Arly is popular everywhere," stat ed Gerald, and Luclle looked at him wondorlngly, turning ber head very slowly towards him. "What do you hear from Arly?" she Inquired, holding up ber hand as if to shield her eyes from the fire, and studying him curiously from that shadow. "Much the same," he answered; "ex cept that she mentions Gall's popular ity Instead ot ber own. She had her maid send her another trunkful ot clothing, I believe," and he' fell to gazing Into the fireplace. "I am very much disappointed in Arly," worried Aunt Helen. "I sent Arly specifically to bflng Gall back in a week, and tbey have been gone nine days!" '" "?'m glad they're having a good time," observed Jlra Sargent "She'll come back when she gets ready. The New York pull Is something which hits you in tbe middle ot the night. and makes you get up and pack." Yes, but the season will soon be over," worried Aunt Helen. "Gall's presence here at this time la bo Impor tant that I do not see how she can neglect it. It. may affect her entire future life. A second season is never so full of opportunities as the first one." "Oh, nonsense," laughed Jim. "You're a fanatic on. matchmaitlng, Helen. What you really mean is that Gall should make a choice out of the matrimonial market before It has all been picked over." Luclle watched Gerald with Intense Interest. She could scarcely -beiteve the startling idea which had trapped Into her head! ' Gerald's only appar ent deviation from his normal attitude had consisted In abstractedly staring Into the Ore, instead of paying polite attention to everyone. "You scare me." suld Luclle, ritlll watching Gerald. "I'm not going to leave Gail out there any longer. 'I'm going to have her back at once." Gerald raised his head Immediately, and smiled at her. 'Splendid,'' he opproved. "Fact of the matter Is,!' and he hesitated an Instant, "I'm becoming extremely ton, some." Even Ted detected something In Gerald's tone and In his face. "It's time you were waking up..' he bluntly commented. "I should think you would be lonely without Arly."' Yes. isn't It time," agreed Gerald, studying the matter carefully. "You know, both having plenty of leisure, there's never been any occasion for us to travel separately before, and, really, I miss her dreadfully." I think I'll have to get her fof you Gerald," promised Luclle, removing her hand from in front of her eyes. and smiling at htm reassuringly. She could smile beautifully Just now. The incredible thing alio had thought she detected was positively true', ond it made her excitedly happy! Gerald Fosland had been in love with his wife, and had never known It Until nowl "If you can work that miracle, and brfng Gail back with her, you'll spread sunshine all over the place," declared Jim Sargent "It's been like a fu neral here since she went nome You'd think Gall was the most impor tant section of New York. -Everybody's blue Allison, Doctor' Poydf ev erybody who knew her inquires, with long faces, wben she's coming back!"' "What do you propose?". Inquired Mrs. Helen Davles, with a degree of Interest which Intimated that she was quite ready to take any part tn the conspiracy. . , I have my little plan," laughed Lu clle. "I'm going to send her an abso lutely" Irresistible ''reminder of , New York!',' . ' ' 'TO BR CON'TTNtTttri.t muscle-strengthening. ' merve-restlng sport, goes far In preparing eliicient soldiers, and to this physical -condition there is added the practical training in tho handling ot gun and rltle. All Lessons of Life. Tbe worst kind ol trouble and Bor row should only teach us the lesson of a wider sympathy and love. We should never allow ourselves to b come immersed In our own griefs, tor that only Intensities them. Let us sbut them out of our minds as niucu as possible. By letting no day pass without do ing some kindness to others wbo are perhaps far worse of! than wh are, tbe trouble, which seemed so glgatuic at first, will gradually sink to i.ilhpu t lan dimensions. II y thinking sunpv thoughts alio snutilng out ilie.imiuil Ing dark o.ucs we cun run grid ol uli its sting. By admitting oui 1 1) tboiihhtB ot tove and peace we belt ourselves and many oilier. 1 Nsw Yorkers Fein ;dy. New York Is the largest eaudy-CLu Sutuiog center In the world. . l VH3. Acting Director ol Ji 'i v-uiw Ul I HO AlUUUf h Chicago.) i Urn Mawapaper !nMJy JANUARY 2 ,1"irs nrv s lesson TAJttsUrt'm-n--- ' OOLDEN TKXT-VVhftf ha usc)iaea ',! high, lie led captivity taptive, and .gave glfcaunionien.-Kpli.4A., , '-. Mpre and more we are" convinced that the great trouble with-' Christians is that the-life of Jesus for them closes with the gospels. We seem to fall to comprehend that he Is living today as niyc.li and even more than ho was nine teen hundred years ago. The Book ot Acts is a continuation of tho Gospels (v. 1) and Is yet a closed book. I. The Proof of the Resurrection, vv. 1-3. (1) Its reality. No bettor proved event. Is recorded in history than the resurrection (see I Cor. 15:4 S); It stunds absolutely unchallenged. Tiie all sufficient proof was that during "forty days" his disciples had talked with him concerning the kingdom. Note, It was only his disciples wl.o beheld, his enemies never saw him af ter Calvary. (2) Its burden. Just bo fore his ascension JeBUs (v. 2) gave his disciples definite Instructions, com mandments, (Matt. 28:19, 20, etc.) (a) to tarry In Jerusalem, (b) to be clothed with power, (c) to go forth and to pro claim or herald his gospel.. During those intervening days of waiting for the endowment with power they alone knew the gospel and men were perish ing, which gives point, to the necessity of receiving tbe spirit beforo under taking the work, of witnessing. To many the idea of "the kingdom" Is nothing more than the question of sal vation, whereas to be saved Is but to outer Into his kingdom. The agent to carry on his work in tho kingdom ia the Holy Spirit. II. The Promise of the Father, vv. 4-S. Read carefully Joel 2:28, Isa 44:3, apd conuaro with Luke 24:49, and also the words of the Baptl.er, Luke 3:16. (1) To. receive the Holy Spirit Is an obligation upon all, they were '"charged not to depart from Je rusalem" (v. 4) (See also Eph. &:!). (b) Tho reception la to be preceded by repentance for bIo, though the con fession of sin and the acknowledgment of Christ as Savior is only posslblo through tbe spirit (I Cor. 12:3). (c With the spirit comes power, author ity. 7). This power is of God, it is spiritual, It Is not "temporal" nor of tho church. The kingdom Is a spirit ual Idea (i.uko 17:21) and the vice-regent of that kingdom is tho Holy Spirit. The program of Jesus Is "spirit-filled men as witnesses" and' "beginning at Jerusalem." This prom ise of Jesus- (v. 8) suggested to the disciples the restoration of Israel to Its place among the nations and tn his reply he intimates that such Is a pos sibility (see Isa. 1:25-27, Ezrk. 36:23 28, llosea. 3:4, 6, Joel-3:16-21, Amos 9:11-1?), but in a4 most emphatic man ner he tolls them that of that hour God has reserved to himself tbe knowledge (Matt. 24:36, Mark 3:22). Vv'hen they were to receive the king dom he does not tell, but when they should receive power ho tells them plainly, viz: when thg spirit should come upon them. Ths spirit is nq'. for mere happiness or gratification, but comes upon us for usefulness (see j:8-12. 31, 33, 5:32, 6:17, 29) and that beginning at homo, in Jerusalem, then to tho ends of the earth. A splr-It-lilled Christian or church Is a good home missionary and foreign evangel; 1st as well. Finishing his message, he lifted his hands and In benediction ho ascended on high, and this act has ever since boen continued. Jlis ascen sion is a blessed historical fact, fully attested and deeply significant. He as; cenfled to lend captivity captive,- to appenr in God's presence for us In our behalf and to prepare a place for us that where he is wo may, be also (Hob. 9:24, John 14:2), His presence now on high guatantees our. presence there hereafter (John 12:26, 14:3, Rev. 3:21). ' ' : y " llf. The Present Place cf Jesus, vv. 9-11.' Whllo'he talked with hU disci ples he ascended even as ' Enoch walked "and was not '(Gen 5:24, Heb 9.28, R. V.). The query must natural ly have arisen 'in their winds, "When shall we have another interview with him?" As that qmistlonarose behold ,two- were near to answer (v. i0) and their answer -was-a practical one: "Why" stand poking into 'heaven?" There are times to gazeand times to gp. Now is the time, fo be fulfilling bis command (yv. A,' 12) and not to be lost in wcjiulor and speculation. But to cheer their hearts these men in white gave them, and us, a wonderful promise, viz., Jesus Is coming back, visibly, personally (the words ot the original text are very plain and posi tive) and, as be was received in the clouds, he will come in a cloud. This promise Is and has always been the great hope of the church (Titus 2:13). 'IV. The Place of Prayer, vv. 12-14. The disciples were bidden to tarry, to tarry at a specified place, Jerusalem, and to tarry at a specified place for a particular purpose, viz., "poer." They obeyed. Th,e empowering blessing csn only be received through obedience (Acts 5:32). The time of waiting not idly nor listlessly passed, for it ; was spent lu prayer. Tho disciples had seen thp risen and ascended Lord, had seen him disap pear in Uie Shoktnnh.glory beyond the cloud and their hearts were knit to gethor In common prayer. There wns un overwhelming sense of their personal relations to him whe had taught thum during his earjthly life and who continued to do and tc loach after bis resurrection. JoKbs is yet, and shall ever more, bt doing and teaching for and through those wbo love him, who look for bit glorious appearing.. Next Sunday's lesson is the record of the answer to their prayer. . Y 3b' r ', 3l , AT V AbrahWa -v C 5".tV'f supreme;, jfaai Bv REV. P Assistant SuoerlnAnl TEXT Ood did tempt Abraham. Gen. Ood cannot be tempted with evil, and neither. loes he tempt any man to do evil. Yet God tries his own from time to time to strengthen their faith and so give them more of him self and lead them into deeper and richer spiritual experience. He expressly says In the book of James, "Blessed is the man that ondur eth , temptation, for when he la tried he shal re ceive the crown of life." Abraham had been tried by the Lord imany times, but this last supreme trial has some characteristics which are com mon to many Christians' experience. Unexpected. It is said that "after these things God did try. Abraham." After a life Journey of nearly one hundred and twenty-five years. After all the experi ences which were packed into his life. After the birth and coming to age of the promised son. At a time when It would perhaps seam as'though the 11 Co was completed and only needing the final touch of being taken away from 'Jie scene around him. He may have felt that now he could rest a little In his old age and, like Job, "die in bis nest." But there never is perfection in this life and therefore the training' is never done. Today's goal Is but the starting point for tomorrow. Many of the Lord's people come to a time when they feel as though their Ufa woro com plete. They have come over rough paths and hard ways. Trying experi ences have been met, but it seems that thoso are all In the past and now, hav ing passed them, they settle down as though there were an end of the test ings and they had come to rest But suddenly, in sweeps a harder test than any before. It comes all unexpected. Or they think they have conquered some part of the old nature and neei not watch it longer. Then one day there c(rna the fierce attack, unlooked for and unexpected. But blessed is the man that endureth the unexpected temptation. Unexplained. As far as the record goes, the Lord gave Abraham no word of explanation concerning the offering up of Isaac. God simply told him to take his son whom he loved and offer him a burnt UUUI lllg. , JtUIHIlUUl WU9 UUlUttll, lino ourselves, so we can readily bolleve that into his mind, as so often into our own, there sprang the question. Why? We desire to know so much ot the Lord's doings before we aro ready to oboy him. What a mark of unconscious unbelief it is when we try to Inquire as to why God does this or that in bis. dealings with us. . He applies the test and then, before we meet it, we want to know, the "why" for it We show so much of distrust when hanging back from doing as he says because we do not understand. But God's trials are net all explained. He seldom lets us krxw jyhy, for If we knew there would be little opportunity for" faith to ope rate. Unreasonable. God had promised Abraham that in Isaac should his seed be called. Isaac was the heir of tho promises. Througn the years of Isaac's youth Abraham knew that nothiiig could possibly take away Isaac's'-lifc. In Isaac was cen tered the promise cf a great multitude. If anything happened to him, there fore, tho promise of God would be of none eftoct. We can imagine Abraham saying, when sickness . or accident threatened the life of his boy; that it was impossible for him to die or be killed, for how then could the promise be fulfilled? How unreasonable then it seemedvfor God to tell him to take Yta Kav citwI alnv him Wniilrl YiA Tint bo tempted to ask, "How then will the premise , be kept?" Would not the tempter suggest that either God bad forgotten his word or he was making a mistake) br that Abraham had mis understood the message? How 6ften we are tempted to question the reason ableness ot God's actions. But here again? it we understood all that God was doing, the. walk by faith would be changed to sight God wants not rea- soriers hut believers. And blessed M the man who endureth temptation even when it seems unreasonable. And Abraham met this test with su preme faith. The book of Hebrews de clares it was by faith he obeyed. Hi obedience was prompt, unquestioning, uncomplaining, deliberate. He did not hesitate to obey, there was no Inquir ing into the reason for offering Isaac, strange as such a thing would seem. He did not wait to see how God would fulfill his promise, but by faith he ot tered up Isaac, of whom it was said. that "in Isaac shall thy seed be caliea. The secret ot such faith leading to such obedience is found wben the tost has been met and the victory won. Cod said to Abraham, "Lay not thine hand upon tbe lad; for now I know that thou foarest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son from me." Th fear of the Lord is the secret of obedi- 'e. .... J , weed innocent Amusement JH It is doing some service to h'lT jty to amuse innocently. - They i .but little of society who thlnl-' can bear to be always erap'? either in duties or moditatlou, j J out relaxation. II. More. ,1 i - .'-i weeds. The earlier you get the uppe of the weeds, the more you lease later power of mischief. This ! or outer sou nesmc.s that ot tl den. Youth's Companion. swa-W J
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