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uu m the saving grace by edward woodward i am indulgent father aware o the claims of youth i said regarding my daughter ethel across the break fast table marmalade please mums re marked ethel who is in the twenty- first year of her superiority hut i persevered removing the toy from my lightlyboiled egg with the air of mr justice avory summing up i consider a metropolitan race meoting no place for a delicatelynur tured girl of your age on a saturday attornoou hob ought to know better than take you supported agnes my wife hob knows belter than not to smiled ethel bob is the young hothead who dreams of leading my daughter to the altar le possesses good looks and a taeing car so ethel permits him to dream undesirables frequit such places and win other peoples money i con tinued if theyre lucky retorted ethel and lighting a cigarette bho picked the morning paper from tho table at my side i shall back paterfamilias for tho three oclock he should bring home the washing 1 hate to havo tho morning paper secondhand it annoyed me young woman i said you have no sense of the gravity of life when you wore a tot now interrupted ethel wo come to the part about tho youth of today never having heard shells fired in anger take it as said old hero im off sho departed liko the passing of a breeze my wife sighed i was hoping ethel would accom pany me to the womens institute feto this afternoon sho said sho was asked to take charge of tho fishing pool whats tho fishing pool i asked people pay a penny and try to catch an electric fish with a magnetic pin on the end of a line if they suc ceed they get a prize more gambling i said feelingly owing to my having suffered consider able disappointment over a derby sweep it has the saving graco of charity said agnes what shall you do with yourself this afternoon amuse myself intellectually i ans wered somowhat tersely f had to visit the bank that morning and there i mot stewart of the stock exchange lie was dressed for holi day where are you going i asked hurst park ho replied with a grin didnt know you wore a racing man im not i go for distraction and to study human nature and stewart moved off the idea of an astuto business man i lag to a race meeting interested me and wlion reaching the station to tako my train home i observed several welldressed people booking for hurst park i decided on the spur of tho mo ment to ascertain at first hand just what tho attraction was agnes would be out and so thero was a good ex cuse for avoiding a solitary afternoon never having beon to a raco meet ing and wishlrj to get tho best viow of tho proceedings i went into the most expensive enclosure- open to the public and as the crwd seemed very friendly amongst themselves i soon felt lonely i was therefore rather pleased when a wellturnedout gontle- man camo up t me and extended his hand well im hanged ho said with effusion it it isnt tier old dash it what is your name carter i said takig his extended hand considerably startled by his jov ial manner of course of course i can see you dont remember me long time since the war xpect i look a bit different in mufti i still could not place him where was it i asked now guess thero was a roguish twinkle in his eyo bapauoie i ventured gu6ss again pop got it laughed the old conirad major in the worcester werent you captain in the warwicka i cor rected thats right dont you recall mo major webster brigade staff you know ha ha of course- you do carter my boy come along and lets havo a drink splendid to seo you again i felt happy at this reunion with a man with vlioai i had apparently fought mer to should r but whoso name and face iad beon washed from my memory by tho -art- hips of peace well said major w faster when a drink had put us iu easy humour what are you hackir tor the hree oclock i didnt intend i began nonsense chortled yebster the ouly excure for coming to hurst on a saturday toioon is te chance of making a bit on au utslder im going to make all my weks exes and a bit for charity ou argosy have a cigar can he run fast i asked accept ing the smoke east enough for ny purpose laughed wsbster you see carter my friend man in my position has t support a good man charities and 50 i just have to take a chance these hard times k cp a bit of sugar for the bird and pass on percentage to a deserving cause see what i mean the excitement of my surroundings affected me i thought of my wifes remark abnut the fishing pool gamble having the saving graco of charity sho was touching mo for a fat dona tion and well how much are you pitting on i asked twenty pounds as hes such a snip said webster suppose the horse loses i ex claimed supposo nothing tho sort re torted webster it you want to make a bit for youi if and do your local hospital a bit of good follow my lead vwenty quid will bring you two hundred fifty for the sick and a hun dred and fifty for your x nov- i knew why tho astuto stewart came to hurst and he ethel man aged to cut the dash sho did ou the small but quj ef to allowance i ratle her i opened my notecase and took out twenty onepound notes drawn from the bank that morning wise chap said ster lets go for the tote timej getting short there was a seething mass of hu inanity round the tile here said webster quickly give mo tho cash im known here and ill get it on through the members trap meet mo here after the race and draw your winnings feeling grateful to my eld comrade- inarms i nwle my way to the stand and watched tho race i missed noth ing from tho start until the moment when paterfamilias camo cantering in far ahead of any of the other horses argosy appeared to have othor busi ness down the course i felt disgusted and disheartened 1 felt vexed with webster and decided to go home without seoi lg him again thero was a train at threethirtyfive i felt for watch it wasnt there i put my hands in my pockots they were empty my notecase had plso vanished i hurried to tho tote to find web ster ho was not there cither then i knew id bo stung and was wondering how on earth i should get home when a clear young voico sounded in my ear holy smoke heres pa i turned and faced my daughter and her young man i came to ascertain whether this placo was a fit resort for you i ex plained with what dignity could as sume its a sink ive been rob bed ethels clear eyes rcstod on the spot where my watchchain ought to have been and she gave a gurgle of amuse ment bob my cherub sho cried poor pa has been raided with much mortification i recounted tho story of my reunion with the old comrade and ethel and bob enjoyed ovory word of it nevor mind my iamb said ethel a thorouytred rossika three yearold pure bred of poses for his picture poised on runners a rocking horse battle creek michigan giving an appearance of youre with true friends now wo put our undies ou paterfamilias and aro rolling in the doings mums shall never know youve jeeu human for once come aud have- some tea she led the way to the buffet with her easy carefree stride aud follow ing humbly in tho rear i knew exactly what my daughter was she was the saving grace of charity titbits twilight hour a yorkshire lullaby hoosh loov thi father is cooming home soon softly me darling dont cry happen hell bring thee a scarlet balloon wipe oop thi bonnie blue eye gently doy mammy will rock thee to sleep birdies are all iu the nest never a sprite or a goblin shall creep near to thee little un rest close oop them peepers an top watching me shameful the going- on here darkness cooms riding out over the lea hooshabyerockabyedea r p p strachan in the christian science monitor tis a perfect hour from founts of dawn the fluent autumn day has rippled as a brook right pleas antly halfway lo noon but now with widening turn makes pause iu lucent meditation locked and rounds into a silver pool of mora bottomd with clovrefields my heart just hears eight lingering strokes of some far village bell that speak the hour so inward- voiced meseeins times conscience has but whispered him eight hints of revolution reigns that mild sur cease that stills the midde of each rural i morn when nimbe noises that with sun rise ran about the farms have sunk again to i rest when tom no more across the horselot calls to sleepy dick nor dick husk- voiced upbraiis the sayblackd roan for stamping oa liis foot and kitchenward the rattling bucket plumps souse down the well where quiver ing ducks quack loud and susan cook is singing from poems by sidney lanier 3 a conquest it is the consciousness of the identity of that which is realizing it self within and without us the con sciousness that tho necessity which is the precondition of our freedom is the manifestation of the very prin ciple that makes us free that turns morality into religion for it is this alone which enables us to regard the realization of the highest ends of human life neither as a happy ac cident nor as a conquest to be won i believe in remaining young in spirit as loug as possible am glad to hear you say so but i also bolievo that uo matter how young a mans heart may be h the cmm of man from an un ought to realizo that there comes a time when he caut play baseball friendly or indifferent destiny i as the result towards which i things are working caird mission of flowers more important why has tho beneficent creator 1 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- j henry she snapped you thought i didnt see you but i did you kissed the maid he paled ers why is it that every land scape has its appropriate flowers every nation has its national flowers every rural homo its home flowers why do flowers enter and shed their perfume over every scene of life from the cradle to the grave why are flowers made to utter all voices of joy and sorrow in varying scenes it is that flowers have in themselves a real and natural significance they have a positive relation to many they correspond to actual emotions they have their mission a mission of love and mercy they have their language and from the remotest ages this language has found its inter preters henrietta dumont but darling you asked me to try to persuade her to stay another week her attitude changed at once oh henry tell me quick did sho promise to stay she asked american beauty oh harold you english aro too slow englishman er im afraid i dont grasp you fair one yes thats just it dm you ever sec a woman thai was tonguetied no but ive seen lots of them that ought to ho sunday school lesson october 25 lesson iv paul in corinth acts 18 111 golden text now abideth faith hope charity these three and the great est of these is charity 1 corin thians 13 13 analysis i depressed acts 18 14 ii buoyant acts 18 511 iii the way of love 1 cor chap 13 introduction from berea paul made his way to athens the ancient intellectual capital of the world a city filled with the treasures of re and learning romans came there to finish their education everything was discussed there but with uo great seriousness it was poor soil for a gospel of intense earnestness paul was disappointed perhaps disillusion ed there he withdrew and came to corinth i depressed acts 18 1i pitil was a man of emotional na ture subject to moods of great exal tation and equally great depression sensitive to environment and with a great yearning for companionship he ntered corinth alone silas and timothy had not yet arrived he was then passing through probably some of the darkest days of his life he preached he said in bodily weak- less and fear and much trembling cor 23 without were fightings within were fears 2 cor 7 5 the care of all the churches was upon him evidently some bodily illness overtook him probably an attack of his stake in the flesh it was also a time when a despond ent view of his whole mission was almost inevitable ever since he crossed over to macedonia until he came to his little room in corinth he had been having trouble disappoint ment danger prison in philippi riots in thessalonica a hurried escape from berea laughed at in athens cud now the loneliness of this great and wicked city it would all depress men less emotional than paul lodging with an exiled fellow- countryman and fellowcraftsman paul went to work t his trade aquilu and priscill meet us again in ephesus 1 cor 1g 19 then in rome rem 1g s on the sab bath days paul reasoned in the synagogue and persuaded some everywhere there is a sense of strain and difficulty and depression but in thos dark days paul gave himself to the common duty that lay at hand it kept him fiom brooding over his troubles like spurgeor and freder ick robertson mer similar in temper ament he fought through these moods and did the best he coild ii buoyant acts 18 511 the arrival of silas and timothy v 5 completely dispelled the cloud under which paul was working it was the companionship and support of friends who knew him and believed in him that worked the miracle then when they took him aside and told him the good news from thessalonica 1 thess chap 1 his cup of joy was full they helped him lo believe in himself again to believe again in the power v god on all occasions two missionaries should go together said james gilmour of mongolia the one strengthens and encourages the other besides the good news there was the gift of money from philippi 2 cor 11 0 now free from financial worries paul could give his whole time to his mission like all men he vuld do his best work only when un troubled over money matters immediately he changed his preach ing method he now began to testi fy v 5 to the goodness of god in christ he was pressed in the spirit that is imneled by an inner urge to share with others what about the socalled christians alex ander maclaren asks who have no desire to share they are like the vessel that does not run over because it is halt empty such preachiig produced the usual results enthusiastic followers and bitter hostility again paul was com pelled 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 cor inthians attended in large numbers and many of them embraced chris tianity the conversion of crispus a d his family fv 8 must have led to increased hostility paul evidently began to wonder if he had not belter move on again but in a dream the lord helped him to see the silver lin ing of the cloud vs 9 10 thus en couraged he stayed for eighteen months leaching the word of god amonf them v 11 his mam work what new york is wearing by annebelle worthington illustrated dressmaking lesson fur- kisked with every pattern the redingote has already enjoyed much popularity and paris doesnt mean to let this becoming style drop by the wayside so she has designed this smart dress to simulate a redhgote its just the sort of drew smart women feel so happy in for early fall wear todays model is especially design ed to give the heavier figure slimness and grace the softly falling one sided jabot 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always been noted for division faction rivalry of parties paul found these faults in the corinthian church some 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 infrequently substitutes for christianity unless love is the heart all these are nothing ixive is the great power which wolds human ity into one brotherhood it was a ct political candidate to hold a rather re some of his remark greeted with storms ot- suddenly one of the tit e back of the hall shouted per- ience teaches fools the candidate was equal to the oc casion that he returned is why 1 nk you to profit by my experience at a fair in the north of england the champion wrestler invited auy of his listeners to try a fall with him a huge miner grinning sheepishly ac cepted the invitation later in the local pub he gave this description o the bout e got old it me round the mid dle and then e got a straiigleod and ba goom he twisted me into knots there was me lyin on ma back and ah thought something had to e done lookin upwards i ees some girt big indquirters so 1 oil em hard and ba goom they was mj own what do you mean stormed tha indignant mistress by telling peopl my husband is in prison i only repeated what i card from your own lips mum replied the char woman what on earth do you mean i never said my husband was in prison well perhaps not in so ruany words but i enrd you say as ow you was givin a cominout party next month and i drew my own con clusions an american murderer was about to reet his doom and the prison chap- kin asked him is there one last favour i can do for you yes sir im tcrrilby afraid will you hold my hand while im in tha chair a prosperous estate agent had given his little girl a splendidly equipped dolls house on his return after a weeks absence he asked her how she liked it its very nice dad she said but where is it he inquired sur prised at not seeing it in the nursery oh i rented it furnished to cousin betty for threepence a week the motorist had been in an accident and was making a short stay at tho village while his car was being re paired on the first evening he went up to the village constable when does the theatre open ho asked there is na theatre here retorted the policeman well cinema then na na theres nothin o that kind here good gracious my man have you no evening amusement then well sir replied the policeman if ye wait til eight oclock yell see them shunting the goods train what do you think of our mural tablets asked the cathedral verger waal drawled the american visitor i put a penny in the box over there but nothing came out so i guess i didnt get a chance to try them nurse entered tha professors study and said softly its a boy sir the professor looked up from his desk wei he said what does ho want maid when would you like to bo awakened madam the haughty one i will ring v hen i wish to be awakened students at the university of edin burgh havo voted to wear rod gowns hereafter instead of the tra ditional biuck patient angrily the size your biil makes my blood boil doctor calmly that will of man is not the creature ot circum stances circumstances are tho creatures of men benjamin dis- raoli r want to marry your said the nervous young he entered her fathers exclaimed the father marry my daughter im astotished what on earth do you mean now now replied tho youth soothingly dont talk like that i youre prejudiced against the gitl shes all right really the stagedoor attendant was hav ing sharp words with a young mm who had hern hanging about persis tently and asking for one of tha actresses go away cant you said the do-ir- kceper i tell you miss daphne dont want no admirers cant be bothered with them buhut pleaded the young man im not an admirer im her son liutchor to lad applying for a job your wages will bo fifteen hil lings a week now my boy what or- perience havo you had can you dresa a chicken applicant no sir not on fifteen bob a week a scot and an englishman wcra indulging in an argument about their respectivo countries well after nil the latter said at last thero is a little difference between th englishman and the scotsman pcrhvps youro right replied tho scot but thank heaven for tha difference