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By Edward Woodward
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"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$•"hetter. than ,• riot •to,"
iimiled` ;1;:tlel,• 1,
Bob ie,.the• ye4ll hot head who
• di ears o:f ,leadingl`my da•tighter to: the
,altar. He Possesses., good looks and,:a
...,, rac1ng ,ear,:::sa :Ethel permits ,trim .to
dream. :.
"Undesirables trans .if such. places
and win other people , money I co'•
timed•.+ _. _._-_ _ _... ,__ ._ _._..�.... _._.,1aritglied_3aYehster�_.. "XAu. seo;..:CarterR
",049.4.4 M4?". .I. „natured,
"Guess
"Pop?"
"Got it;"' laughed the ..Aidcomrade.
•'.`Major in. the Worcesters, weren't.
your'"
• "Captain in the Warwicks, " I cur-:
reefed. • •
'"That's right Deni you recall me,
Major Webster" BrigadeStaff,'
you knout... 'iia, ha! Of course you
dd, • Carter, my boy • Come along and
let's have a drink. , . Splendid to
seeyou again ' :'• .
.7-felt-happy-at-thi
man with whom 1, had apparently
fought • •,'ler to should r, but whose
name and face .ad been washed from
my memory by the' •a 1•hips ql`. peace."
• "Well;" said Major ,bster, when a
drink had put us in • easy: humour.
"What aro you ibacki Y for the. `!free
o clpck?" .. •
'i' didn't intend, r 1: began
"Nonsense," chortled ebster '"The
only excuse for coming to'Hurst• oiY. a
•SaturdaY:--te'. noon is ,t`!:e-chance.'of
making a bit on an 7 utsidep
going to. make all' my wsel 's exes a•nd
a• blit mfor .charity on. Argosy, , . ':v wve
"Can he run,, fast? 1 asked:, accept
in,. the smoke. , • a•.
A Thoroughbred
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• R•tssika, • three year-old pure bred df Battle. Creek',. Mrc'liigarL;:-
poses ;for leis; picture pelted on runiaers,', giving an, ; appearance oe'.
a ivocking
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Sunday. coot , Is arm*
Lesson,
RT ANNEBELLE WORTHINGTON
• lilustratep Dyes$ 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. •'
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-
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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.
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