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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1931-10-22, Page 3a G 41 s: 4. THE NG �a Aq(� EI By Edward Woodward f •w "I am indulge t father, a"e .of the c1aigis of youth," I said, regarding •riiy daughte ,E el across •the break- . fast table n,... . ' "M.armal�tde;s� ease; Mums.," re- fro..ts_-iu,,.t. , twent. -• first .year 9f he1r"superiority. :,Tut," I h rai'r'ere1, removing the to from my° ,ik` tly-boiled •egg with the air of Mr , tice Avory sumrnin;g- up, `,`i , consIder< Metropolitan race • meetingno pl;t e for.•a delicately-nur- 'tared girl of you '.age on .a Saturday f. , afternoon." :. "Bo•b'ought to know better than f,a_ke 'yott, ;:supporte1 _fines, my'wife , "Bob Itnow$•"hetter. than ,• riot •to," iimiled` ;1;:tlel,• 1, Bob ie,.the• ye4ll hot head who • di ears o:f ,leadingl`my da•tighter to: the ,altar. He Possesses., good looks and,:a ...,, rac1ng ,ear,:::sa :Ethel permits ,trim .to dream. :. "Undesirables trans .if such. places and win other people , money I co'• timed•.+ _. _._-_ _ _... ,__ ._ _._..�.... _._.,1aritglied_3aYehster�_.. "XAu. seo;..:CarterR ",049.4.4 M4?". .I. „natured, "Guess "Pop?" "Got it;"' laughed the ..Aidcomrade. •'.`Major in. the Worcesters, weren't. your'" • "Captain in the Warwicks, " I cur-: reefed. • • '"That's right Deni you recall me, Major Webster" BrigadeStaff,' you knout... 'iia, ha! Of course you dd, • Carter, my boy • Come along and let's have a drink. , . Splendid to seeyou again ' :'• . .7-felt-happy-at-thi man with whom 1, had apparently fought • •,'ler to should r, but whose name and face .ad been washed from my memory by the' •a 1•hips ql`. peace." • "Well;" said Major ,bster, when a drink had put us in • easy: humour. "What aro you ibacki Y for the. `!free o clpck?" .. • 'i' didn't intend, r 1: began "Nonsense," chortled ebster '"The only excuse for coming to'Hurst• oiY. a •SaturdaY:--te'. noon is ,t`!:e-chance.'of making a bit on an 7 utsidep going to. make all' my wsel 's exes a•nd a• blit mfor .charity on. Argosy, , . ':v wve "Can he run,, fast? 1 asked:, accept in,. the smoke. , • a•. A Thoroughbred 41„,005,.. • • R•tssika, • three year-old pure bred df Battle. Creek',. Mrc'liigarL;:- poses ;for leis; picture pelted on runiaers,', giving an, ; appearance oe'. a ivocking s • ,I • atNew-Ypric Sunday. coot , Is arm* Lesson, RT ANNEBELLE WORTHINGTON • lilustratep Dyes$ k ny -Teason,•Pur ,- r . _ ntis'hed Pi'?f/a 'very p,aktterK -. October 25. L' esso.ri i '-Pani In, Cori] th .Acta" 18.: 111,. Golden 'Text•--No.w abideth 'f,aith, hope, charity, these three: ,and the great- est. of these is • charity, -.-1 Corin- thians 13:• 13. ` • ANALYSIS: I,. fErREssrpmActs�i:`• II. BUOYANT, Acts 18 541. III.'nit Wa4 pF LOVE,• 1 Cor. Chap -,13. • • °INa•RenUCTioN Erom Berea ,Paul: -. glade his' way to Athens, the ancient ' intellectual 'capital of the. world, a city filled • with the 'treasures of -rt ` and, jearnir.g: Romans came there to: "finish their education.", • Everything eras discussed there,• but with no great seriousness, 1,4..,was: poor soil for :a '"It they're lucky," retorted Ethel, and, lighting a cigarette, • -she picked •,the morning: paper from the table at . my side. "I shall . back •Paterfamilias for the three o'clock.. He should bring • ••home the 'washing." ° ' I' hate to have the morning"paper second-hand.' It annoyed me. , • To'ung Woman," I ,said,.. "'you .have. •no sense of 'the gravity of life. When you -Were a tot--" • • - i`h!.ow," inte>rupted•.Ethel, "we come • •to the part about the Youth of today never having heard• shells fired' in anger. Take it, as said,. old hero; I'm • off:" She departed like the passing of .a• breeze. My, wife sighed. "I• was hoping, Ethel wotald -accom- • pa pony ran to the. Women's InstitutePete 'this afternoon," she 'said; ",She was asked' to. ,take charge of the . Fishing Pool. "What's.'the '•fishing. pool?"I asked:. T1eYPay -a-perm=y-• =and•, r trey -- to Catch' an' electric. fish With a magnetic pin on the end of `a line. If 'they sac= c'eed they'get•a prise„ "More • gambling,',' I said, feelingly,, owing to • my' having suffered ,consider • able :'disappointment over ' a Derby ` Sweep.. -`•"�'It .yaid Agnes: "What shall you '.do: with.. ourself this afternoon?"' - "Amuse-myseif•intellectuaily,",I aris wcrod, somewhat tersely;. - h had to visit the..hsnk. that morning,- alnd there I met Stewart, -of the Stock Exchange. `. He was ' dressed for holi- day. "Where are•you going?" b asked. "Hu'rat 1 ark;h ..he replied, •with :a grin. - 'Didn't • know' you were a • racing Man." . • _ "I, tin net, I -go • for ,distraction and " to study human .nature." And Stewart moved off. The idea of an astute 'business man L :ng toa race meeting interested me; and when, reaching the station to 'take my train home, I observed 'several •well-dressed people booking for Hurst park, I decided on the- spur of the mo- ` in'ent to ascertain at" first hand: just, wli{ t "the • attraction t,as. Agnes would: be out, arid sd there was a good• ex- cuse for avtkdi•ng a solitary' afternoon. g.. e a• race_'meet- ing, and wishir.. to get the best' view . of the proceedings, '1 went into' the most'expensive enclosure open- to'the public; and as the er- wd• seemed - very ro•friendly amongst. themselves, I soon . felt lonely. • I was,' therefore, ratter pleased when a we•I1-turned-out •gentler °. • man came up t^ me and extended. his hat9'd. , "Well, Tin' hanged!" the said,,, with effusion.4 "If -it isn't dc:.r older. -Dash- •it, what is your name?" ' "Carter," I Bald; tak'•ig his; eit.�r d'ed hand, considerably startled by hijov- ial manner. • • "Of' course! • Of Course! I can, see you don't remember me.... Long time $ since the war. . i -'xp'ect I look a bit different in mufti." I s4111 could not place him. "Where Was it?." I asked. "Now -guess!" .There was a roguish --twinklerin--his eye my friend, i roan in my' position has : • s•upport.a good,ni,anr• charities,'and ~o' I , just• have: to,.'take . a chance in thsse hard times. K. ep a bit of. -,sugar for the bird .End ,pass on' -va'pereentage .to: a deserving 'Rause Sea What I, :mean?" • The excitement . `of° my. surroundings .affected me. I thought. of my wife's. remark about the Fishing Pool gamble having . the 'saving' graco 'of charity; she was touching me 'Eorn a •fat dopa; titer, and, . well,. - "How much are You pitting on? I asked.. . ' ' - "Tw•enty• pounds -as he's sueh a snip," said Webster. ' "Suppose. the horse loses?", I. ex - •claimed. R'Suppose no king- the , sort,"'•re torted -Webeteri; . "If ou. want' td .y OU a bit for your, • If, and: do your• local hospital a bit of good, folio*! my Lead: wenty-quidtw_11.1iring.;you--:two- hund•rred._ fif or •the sick, and a hun= -died and. fifty for' yoiu••• .f. • N 9* •,I knew wary the astute Stewart . came to' Hurst,' and ha • -Ethel man-; aged • to cut the d rssh•' she . did on the mall=but-girto',-eq�.te a-ll'o.wance- I glade h¢r.' I opened', my note -case, and took but. twenty .one -pound notes,. drawn from the' bank; that morning. 77'V ise c ap, " said sten-"`Le't's- . go. for the' Tote:. "Time's getting hort." .1 There 'was' .a, seething -mass •'of :hu= inanity round the..17)1e.. ` '•"Here," said Webster, quickly,, "give me . the cash, I'm ' known here, and I'll get it on• through the Member's `trap.' Meet me 'here• after the race, and draw your winnings. Feeling grateful to my cid comrade -- in -arms, I mi.de :my way'to; dhe stand and watched the race: I missed noth-' ing from the ,start, until the moment When -Pater-familias : came. cantering. Infer ahead of any, of the other horses. Argosy appeared'•to have other buss=-" ,ness down the course. , ' • -I felt disgusted and disheartened. I felt, vexed with Webster, and. decided togo home without seei rg him- again. There was a train at three -thirty-five. • I felt for ~-y-watch:=- It-•wasn't-therel- I put m -y. -hands in my pockets. .They were empty!' •. My note -case had also' vanished -'I hurtled to the Tot" to -find Web- ... _- -either; stere He. was• not there, e. , Then I knew, I'd.�be . `stung; and was wondering how on earth 1 -should ?You're with true.,friepds now. put .our undies on :Paterfamilias arero inp n e., ._ngs.., u'i.s spa._ never'.k-nov--youtve- been -hu-man-...for-. once.' 'Come' and •have s0331e tea.", She led the way to the buffet.. with .her easy -care -free. stride,•. and, follow- ing humbly in. the rear, I knew exactly what my ;-daughter:. was. Shewas the. Saving Grace of Cher ty,!- Tjt°Bits: A Yorkshire Lullaby', Hoosh; loov, thi • father: is coomin home soon. . ' .Softly, ine darling, don't-ery! Happen.'. he'll bring. thee •a scarlet balloon. ' Wipe oop. thi l;,on'nie, blue eye: - We and Twilight Hour " _ 'Pis--a-perfect-hour. From founts of dawn tha , flu.ent, autumn; day Has rippled as a brook right • .pleas- I ' antly1 - Halfway to noon; but .now with widening turn . ' ` Less and fear and Much trembling)... (f Cor. 2-. •3-; • "without were fightings, Makes pause, In aueent meditation within ,were fears," 2 Cor. 7: 5. The gospel of intense 'earnestness.' Paul was, disappointedy'perhaps;disillusion•, ed •there. He• withdrew and came to Corinth •1j I.••'IIEPRESSED,, Acts .18: 1.4. Pail was a man of emotional •iia•-- ture; subject -to rnao"cis• of great eXal- tation and equally'.great depression, sensitivet to environment, ,and with,'a v gr g nr companionship. He p.itered Corinth alone.,: Silas and Timothy not yetarrived: He wa. then passingmthrough probably silme of the darkest days of'his. life. He preached, he said, "in bodily weak - Gently,. doy, mammy Will rock thee' to sleep; . Birdies ,are all in the _nest. . . Never, a sprite or a, goblin shall creep. Near to thee, little 'un,'rest. Close oop them peepers ' an' 'atop. v atch-big-me Shamefulg •g' hegoings on here! • 1 t Darkness cooms.:riding eat over the a And rounds into a silver pool of morn, WBhttoin'd, with clovre-fields.. My - heart just hears • Eight lingering 'sirokes of some far , village bell, • That •-speak•..the .'hour .so.. inxtard- voiced, meseems • • ' Times_..conscience has but whispered hinteight hints' • Of . rev,olution. Reigns that. mild sur-. cease ,That' Stills the midd'e of'each rural • morn --'2 When ,nim 'le noises that• ;with' ion; °scare of all the ' churches" was upon" him.) Evidently, some bodily .illness: overtook him,probably an ,attack of his "stake in the flesh.", , Itwas also •a tine :when a despond- ent view of his whole mission' was almost inevitable.. Ever since he crossed over to . MVlacedoni.a-until' he. carne to his little, trouble, ifi Corinth he .had been .hating - trouble, disappoint - :mut, danger..: Prison in Philippi, riots in Thessalonica, a hurried escape from Berea, laughed ; at in Athens, r.i d now the loneliness of this great anTwieked city. It would all .depress men less emotional than Paul. • Lodging with an . exiled fellow - countryman • and fellow-craftspian, t TAhouthe farms ,have sunk' again to Paul went' to work at his ,trade. • "rest; • : , • . , a • Agustin aged PrisciliW meet us- again- ere .`'a. fin- E iesus- 1 Gor:• 16:.1..9), .then- n. When 'tom rlo more across `thee Rome ricin{ 16:3 On the.' sih bath days Paul . "reasoned" in `. the synagogue and ' {`persuaded" some ..verywhere thereis-•a• sense of -•strain sire - difficuiy and dPpxesslgp. But in thus : dark days, Paul gave. himself to the common:,dutythat lay at hand: It kfr ept him 'om brooding over his troubles. Like Spurgeon and ,Preder- ick Robert'kon, mer. simailar rn' mper- Hooshabye-rockabye-dear-. ' • To :sleepy Dick, nor Dick husk- -I!. P. .Strachan an 'The '"Ch'ristian volved--u-nbrais•-- •-----3. -Scienc4e 4lonitoi.• Thes:�ay-black'd roan for stamping oh his foot - And; kitchenwarit, the rattling bucket plumps , Souse=dow-n,.-the well, ' where _quiver= ing ducks quack :.loud'• And Sirsan Cook is •. singing: • - -From "Poems,;; by .Sidney' Lanier. get home, when a clear young voice sounded in my ear. : "Holy smoke! Here's Pa! • I turiled and faced my•daughter end her young man. "I came 'to ascertain whether this' place was .a fit resort, for you,'• I' ex- plained with what- dignity; I -could- as- sume. "It's a • sink! I've • been rob - 'bed!" - - . Ethel's clear• eyes rested' on the spot where my watch -chain ought' to have been, and she, gave a gurgle of amuse- •melt.£. - • •. "Bob, • my cherub." .she cried. "Poor Pa has been raided." With much- mortification I recounted tile'story of my reunion with the "old comrade"; and Ethel and Bob enjoyed every word of it. • . -"Never-mind; my-i$-nrseta Ethel: "I b'elieVe ii --i emaii ing. Young- in- spirit-as_long_as_possible." "I •am glad to hear you say so." "But I -also 'believe' that no - matter how . young .a man's heart. may 'be he ought•..to realize that there comes a • 't play • baseball. `'ament, he fought through these moods and.'did -the •best he tend. - . -. BUOYA T,. c s : - ', . II_The_arrival•of-Silas __and Timothy A Conquest (v;.5) completely dispelled the cloud. It is, the consciousness of .the under which , Paul was. working. It identity • of that which is realizing •i.•t• was'the`companionship and support of . self within and without us -the con- friends who knew" him • and believed sciousness' that the necessity which in him that worked the miracle. Then: is the precondition of our freedom •is when they took 'pini aside and tori the manifestation of the very- prin- him the good news from Thessalonica ciple that makes us •.free -that turns (1 Thess. chap 1) his cup of joy was morality into •religion. For it'.is thi fai: They helped. him •to believe in alone 'whit .. en . b1_es. usTto regard • the himself again,. to believe again in the h a -�- •power God•. "On all,. occasions. _two realization ' of the highest . ends of .missionaries.' should go together," said u •n life neither: as 'a-happy--ac-'.Tames�,Gilmou-r-o€-M•engolia;--The-one- cident, nor• as a conquest to be won strengthens and encourages the .other, by the cunning of man•. Prom an un Besides : the good news, there was they friendly' or indifferent.. destiny, but gift• of money from'Philippi (2. Cor. • 11:. 9). ; Now, free , from financial •worries. '.Paul could' give ' his whole time to his. mission: • .Like all men, he i.ould ,do his• best work on-ly.when_un_ troubled over ..money matters. • Ininediaiely he chani;ed. h'is preach- ing method•. He now began to "test. fv" (v. •5) to the goodness of ,God' in Christ. He was "pressed. in •. the ssed -spirit.",-drat-lerimre•ledi by=arr inner, urge to share, with others. "What about the so-called Christians," Alex- ander MacLaren asks, "who have no desire to share?" They' are like 'the vessel that does not run over because it is half empty. Such' preachi-r produced the usual results: enthusiastic ..followers and bitter hostility.. Again Paul'was coin - pelted to turn from the ,Jews to the more receptive Gentiles. He - began- to hold his meetings• in -a house hard by the synagogue. The Gentile Cox- inthians attended, in large numbers, and many of •thein embraced .Chris- tianity. The Conversion., of 'Crispin a td his family (v. 8) - must have led to increased hostility.. Paul evidently began to wonder if he had n4'better move on again: But • in a . dream the T.ord helped him to see 'the silver lin- ing of 'the cloud, vs. 11.,-10:' Thus en-' couraged, he stayed for eighteen. months "teaching -the •word of God" Amon •theni,__:v 11- -His main work as the ' result ' towards which . all time when he •'things are working. -Caird. - • ._. .,-. _.- .,. 'Mission of Flowers ' • More Important .• Wily has the beneficent Creator • She planted herself ;firmly in front scattered over'the face of the earth :of him and gritted her `teeth. such a profusion of beautiful flow -"Henry," she snapped; "you thought . - ? y 1 " ` 'that `ever land-- v didn't'see on -~but -l -•did. You --lei ere?' WTiy is it Y I 3' , scape .has i•ts appropriate.; flowers, the maid." every nation has its. national flowers,; • He paled. • every rural hom'd Its Thome flowers? "But, darling, you 'asked me to try Why do flowers enter -and shed their to persuade- her to stay another week." perfume over every scene of life, Her attitude :changed, at.once. front the, cradle to the grave? ' Why "Oh, Henry, tell me quick -did she are flowers made to utter all voices promise to stay?" she asked. of joy and .sorrow in. varying scenes? It is, that flowers have in 'themselves . ,_, _ _ _..._.. a -c-8,- •thi' ; a' real and na• ural signifie .lt Y t •I • have 'a positive relation. to many., they correspond to actual emotions; they have tlieir,,mission-a mission, - Of love and mercy; they. have their language, and from the remotest ages ' this language itas ' found its i ter preters.`.-lienrietha Duri out. American Beauty: "Oh, Harold,youu "Did You• ever see a woman English are too . slow." ,Englishman: was tongue-tied)?" •"Er -I'm afraid I dont grasp you." ;'No,' but I've seen lots of them -Fair-One: "Yco, that's just.it.'K , ought -to -be'`-- tris that At • , The redingote'has already .enjoyed - iniach popularity and Paris doesn't nrean`•to let . this becoming . style drop bjr.the.•wayside. So she has_ designed• ' this smartdress to ,simulate: • a' • redingote. ' It's -just the sort of dress Stuart • '. ' women feel so .happy in for •early wear. Today'smodel is especially design- • ed to';give the heavier figure slimness • :and grace: The- sctky falling ones; ...M. >: sided jt_rev�rorl�bxes with • ti?e "�' plaited skirt inset tb give a lengthen- ed effect. . The curved seaming and drape of the skirt, yoke, 'Help immense- - -1y toward. -disguising hip bulk ••It •can be carried • oat;nicelyi:•in plain , and. printed sheer worsted., • Style NO.'3155 is designed for sizes 36, 38, 40; 42i 44; 46, 48 -and 50 inches. bust measure ....• -:• Size 36 requires -.3%. yards of 39 - inch material''with '1 yard of 35..inch contrasting. ,. • ' It is also •very: smart .made •of black crepe satin with the • rever made .of white •satin crepe. •' HOW: TQ'ORDRR PATTERNS Write your name and address plain • - 1y,Tgzving ,number_-anrl; size-• of such `patterns as you want. :.Enclose 20c is -stamps-or-tofu (coin preferred -Tway- • it . carefully)•.for each' number; and , r • address your order toiWilson Pattern • Service, 73 West Adelaide St., Toronto . was 'instructing , the- crowds of some- what undjsciplined,and: unruly Cor -.w_ __.__> inthians who were flocking into the dint -eh; - IIt.'HE WAY OF TAVE, .1, Co-r,Chap 13. • Paul's letter' 'to , the Corinthians • ' throws much light'upon the character- istics:._of the, Greek -p o I " ` lias always -been-rioted for •division, faction, rivalry of parties!" Paul found these faults • in the,. Corinthian . • ch'urcli... Soine • had emotional •gifts, ' • for, example, the ``gift of tongues"''; others. had intellectual • gifts;, • others Practical gifts -a •great capacity for church and •philanthropic work: ' But eloquence, cleverness, church activities - are •not ' i f u n req Rutty substitutes •fes Christianity ..Unless love ...is-• 'the-•- •-• heart, all these are nothing.. Love is. • the great power which welds 'human• , ity into one_brother"hood. • e sa , Students 'at the University'of'•Edln•• .burgh have, vicited , to wear red 'gowns Hereafter instead of the tra-' ' ditional -black.. Man is not the creature of circum stances. Circumstances, are ' the creatures of men.. -Benjamin D!s- rack. MUTT AND JEFF— ReaBoth Sides carefully. NOW fbt . A 600b OLD OC aAIV _ 'PLUNGG..' "Nit BATWING su11' z Re NTeb 15 THE CATS:.` TWAT SURF' BATIAMIG IS TOE REAL NOW TO' Go Home FoR A MIFrf SWO97. ' By FWD _' FISHER t'u Mu. 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