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| |[ A F< BY fcL.LA A\lOt)L.E Authc.r of 'The SnitiirRlt-r,"' AiL hUJHTS * . Cupyrln'il- "in; < 7 K. LirPIN<X)1 1^???????????? CHAPTER X. 10 J Continued. 1 "He was- iu evening dress," she f said, "and carried his overcoat on his ( arm He came in from the street f and looked all around. 1 think he saw and recognized you, Mr. Leigh, i for he went out in a great hurry. No, I am not mistakeu. Jt was Mr. Starr, ( and he had a white carnation in his i buttonhole." f Thic white carnation was 5.S much i a part of Starr's evening toilet as the i coat itself, and was to mc a convinc- I ing proof of his identity. I again c sought the desl: and questioned the \ clerk. That young man had appar- { ently begun to look suspiciously upon 1 me, for his answers were brief and i rather snappy. No, there was no one stopping in the house by the name of ; Starr. No. of course he had not no- \ ticed the gentleman come in. Many j people came and went, and it was i not his business to spy upon them, f Boston was quite a city, and there were a number of people in it he had c not the pleasure of knowing, also \ some he did not care to know. I reg- i istered a mental resolve to complain i to the management of the Fremont \ House about the manners of the r clerk, and was ready to srdmit myself f baffled again^ when I noticed Julie c Schuyler close behind me, apparently t engaged in selecting a picture postrnrri from snmp disnlaved for sale. s "Don't look," she whispered; c ""don't even turn your head. He's 1 still there?just outside. And he's c ' -watching you through the crack of t the door whenever it opens." t "Are you sure?" t "Quite sure. Oh, Mr. Leigh, don't s let him get away. Remember Aunt p Harriet. I don't believe he murdered r her, but where is she? Remember 1 Mr. Casey, in prison for something v he didn't do at all. Why don't you have Mr, Starr arrested and force I f hini to explain? You can do it, for a of bourse he is being looked for in r every city." e bi#. I would not with my own hand h set in motion machinery to capture e and perhaps crush my friend, and I said so. Then the girl with red hair n and corresponding temperament e showed me that she knew sho had t Y the whip-hand and meant to keep it. n "Don't forget," she said very a pointedly, "that your own liberty is e .entirely in my hands. 1 should hate il / ^to interfere with your honeymoon, of c course, but there are times when one a must do one's duty, however unpleasant it may be. I have never felt ex- e actly comfortable about Mr. Casey h anyhow. I am quite sure he is per- t fectly innocent, but I cannot help P having dou-bts about you, and \v[ho a knows when my conscience may get t the better of my naturally kind 8 heart? Now will you notify the police about Mr. Starr?" b At that moment I disliked Juiie c Schuyler intensely. She had inter- r fered with my every plan since she t first cast herself into my arms in the b cab and buried her head on my shoul- ^ der, and I vindictively hoped Fer- n guesson might get oft entirely free, e and that the lady was young and c pretty. n "Well?" said Miss Schuyler. I glanced over my shoulder toward s Nancy. She was lookiag at me with v the light in her eyes that was so v dear to me, and 1 could not bring v myself to darken it. "Oh, very well." I answered; "as 0 you will. I should like nothing better than to find Starr and get to the 0 bottom of this muddle." v I got my hat aud coat, then turned e defiantly to the girl. n "Will you come with me?" I in- 0 quired. 1 Julie Schuyler hesitated. She was a plainly divided in her mind bet.veen suspicion of me. and fear of missing the return of Randy 'and his friend. In the end love, or perhaps jealousy, a triumphed. "I will wait here," she said, ' ..ith a Nancy." The latter clause showed me that s Nancy was to be retained as a hostage 0 to insure my safe return, and I felt s a grudging admiration for her gen- a eralsbip. i Once safely outside the hotel, 1 j paused to consider. Not for a mo-! inent. did 1 intend to inform about j OIO.I i , j x wars db aiiAtuuo anyone to discover his whereabouts. " A motor stood at the curb, and in- j* side I caught a glimpse of a large hat with a white feather. A man c' stood with his back toward me, talk- 1 ing to the chauffeur, his hand upon c the door of the machine. As he 11 turned his profile toward me I 1 started, incredulous, foi it was Starr himself. j1 I shouted his name, and hurried forward, but with one hasty glance in J ray direction he sprang into the " motor and it. glided swiftly away. I looked about for means of pursuit, and discovered a taxicab about ^ to depart, having deposited fresh arrivals. c "Follow the motor,'' 1 called, and s jumped inside. It was an exciting chase that en- j sued, dodging street-cars and swing- ,, ing round corners, but always keep- a ing within h.'iU' a block ot' the big red s car ahead?the car that contained j, Starr and the bat with a white a feather. 1 Suddenly we stopped. t "Trouble ahsad," announced rny ^ chauffeur. tAnd trouble there was, sure n enough. An old gentleman, stout r and apoplectic, was shakiug bis stick li and gesticulating wildly. A police- f man was busy taking names and ad- li dresses, while a hansom minus a n wheel told its owu story. "The fat old party," commented r my chauffeur, "was in the hansom. 3R ION TYBOUT, "Polsetown Peopie," Etc. IKSFkYED. -lis hat got smashed, but he's lucky t wasn't his head." 1 got out aud tried to force my way hrough the crowd toward the red ar. Now was my opportunity to orce Starr to explain. "Fare!" called my driver, evidenty fearing to lose sight of me. I tossed him a bill, whether more >r less than the allotted toll I did lot stop to inquire, and plunged iliead desperately, for the red car low showed symptoms of motion. As ny hand touched the door the wheels legan to turn, and as 1 wrenched it ipen and sprang inside the machine vas running swiftly and easily. Nevjrtheless. I landed on my knees, with lardly enough presence of mind renaining to close the door after me. I expected to hear exclamations, md perhaps a stifled scream from the vhite feather. Judge, then, of my urnrise when, the silence remaining mbroken. I scrambled to my feet and ound myself alone in the tonneau. Where I was going I did not, of :ourse, know, and my first inclination vas to call to the chauffeur to stop md let me out. Second thoughts, lowever, convinced me that this vould be an unwise proceeding for nany reasons, so I made myself comortable and tried to plan a plausible (xcuse in case I was discovered when he car stopped. Something white on the leather eat caught my eye, and I lifted it uriously. It proved to be a hand ^ercniei, nue 01 texture, auu innately scented. One corner was ;notted and seemed to contain somehing hard. I untied the knot, and he light of an arc lamp in the street howed me that I held in my hand a lain gold ring, new and shining, and nuch like the circlet I had so proud- : y placed on Nancy's finger the preious night. i But with a difference. The ring held was bent and almost shapeless, s though crushed intentionally ather than the result of accident. I i xamined the handkerchief, but it 1 ad no mark except the letter "M" ; mbroidered in the corner. i When I had seen this much the:! nr.tnr stonned. There was a delib-1 ration about this pause that seemed . o indicate we had reached our desti- i ation. and it appeared to me ad vis- : ,ble to make a silent and speedy xit, as explanations were inevitable i [ I should be discovered, and dis- i overy was more than probable under 1 ,ny circumstances. The chauffeur, however, did not 1 ven turn his head as I alighted, and ad apparently received full instruc- s ions beforehand as to what was ex- J ected of him, for he simply went way without looking to the right or i he left, or being any the wiser re- ; arding his change of passengers. I looked about and tried to get my ' earings. It was surprising to dis- : over that I had been deposited at a < ailway station, and I will confess ] bat I felt a decided inclination to ] oard the first train for New York; ut the thought of Nancy restrained ' ie. I went, however, into the gen- j ral waiting-room and sat down to ; ollect my thoughts and decide what : ext. ! The usual throng of travelers treamed through the station and I t /atched them idly, wishing in a < ague kind of way that. Nancy and I -ere among them, starting on a per- < ectly orthodox honeymoon, with no 1 omplications to annoy us, and no one I o be interested in our movements 1 \cept ourselves. Was it possible, I fonuerea. mat omy inree uays uuu lapsed since I went out into the 1 ighr. to meet Nancy on the street orner? 1 felt that in that space of i ime J had lived tremendously, and I lso felt that perhaps elopements . /ere unwise when a little patient ,'aiting might have straightened ; hings out for us matrimonially after 1 11. But in that instant I forgot to morlize?forgot everything, in fact, save hat at the other end of the room I aw a face I knew. Not Starr indeed, f whom 1 was in search, but Fer- j uesson. whom 1 had thought to be , t the theatre with the unknown j idy. ( CHAPTER XI. Jt was Ferguesson?yes, even ( hough he had a harassed look quite < nnatural to that happy-go-lucky per- ( uu, aiiu tai i icu in mo iiaiiu a uu^u , andbox. It was the latter that aused me to doubt if it could indeed , ie true, for Randy adsoluteiy de- , lined to carry anything, unless it ( night be golf clubs or the most cor- . eel ot suit-cases. Experience had ; nade me wary. I did not hasten to ] ny friend with outstretched hand, as , should once have done. He should ' iave no opportunity to escape as j itarr had done, so I determined to i talk my prey and approached cauiously from the rear. Perhaps if 1 ' eturned Randy unharmed to Julie 1 Ichuyler. that. red-haired damsel vould allow me to depart with Nany, untrammelled by her conipanionhip. So I drew near the unconscious i'ertuesson with care, and when 1 i ' ^as within a stone's throw paused for ' not'ner look. Randy seemed to have ^ hrunken surprisingly; his coat lumped up in the middle of his back nd he had a most unfamiliar narrow ook across the shoulders. Also he hitched the bandbox with almost everish care, guarding it anxiously rom any danger of crushing, and [ lever lor an instant allowing it to est upon the floor. Altogether, he lad the appearance of the head of a amily who is subject to his better 1 lalf and sorely afflicted by continual tagging. Approaching quietly, still from the ear, I touched him on the shoulder. " All right." he said, without even ! looking around; "I'm stil! here. I haven't even moved." Randy,'' I said, "what nndcr the sun? If I had ever doubted Ferguesson's affection for me, all doubts would have vanished then and there. His | face lit up surprisingly, and he gripped my hand until the bODes fsirly cracked. "Billy." he exclaimed, "you are a good oid sort after all." "Ob. yes, very likely," I returned. "But what do you mean by all this? I And how are you going to explain [ things to Miss Julie Schuyler? She^s waiting at the Fremont House this minute, and?" Randy looked hurriedly over his shoulder. "Here," lie said, "just hold on to this blasted box one minute, will you? I've got something to show you." Very foolishly I complied. Having known Randy long and intimately, 1 should have known better than to j agree to anything he suggested. Nevertheless I took the box?in fact, he fairly forced it into my hands and stepped back hastily. It was then, and then only, that I realized we stood beside the elevator. I had a glimpse of Ferguesson next the wire grating as it went down, and he seemed to be shouting something to me and pointing toward the staircase. I thought he meant me to join him below and started in that direction, when I felt my shoulder gripped from the rear, and saw the fingers of a white kid glove against the black of my coat. "No. you don "t," said a woman s j voice, metallic and convincing. "Try- i ing to run away from me again, were I you? Oh, yes. you were, don't deny ! it?don't dare to deny it." I did not deny anything. In fact, | I did not speak at all. for it seemed J to me I was up against it again, and that this was the last straw. I set ihe box upon the ground, with a feeling that without it I could be more manly and assertive. Instantly there war. a sharp excla- ! mation. "Pick it sp," she commanded. I "Haven't I told you never to drop it j for a minute? Don't argue with me. i Can't I have you arrested? Didn't j you abduct me?an unprotected fe- ! male in a cab alone and at night? Didn't?" She collapsed into the nearest seat, speechless with mingled surprise and indignation. I saw a stout woman, past middlo age, with an astonishinglv Youthful bonnet (now rakishly over one eye) and a velvet cloak badly in need of brushing. She was slowly turning purple in the face, and I believed was getting ready to 3cream, which was alarming indeed. [ did not wish the attention of the police again dravn toward me, so I sat down beside her with my best ' and most persuasive manner. "Believe me, madam," I said, "it ! is all right. Mr. Ferguesson will aoon return, and in the meantime he lias entrusted you to my care." "Entrusted!" she ejaculated. "Entrusted!" I set the bandbox on the seat be side me and was about to speak when she broke in excitedly: "Don't let it touch the floor. Hold it on your lap. On your lap, I tell you!" I began to understand why Randy svore such a worried expression, as [ obediently lifted the box and put in | an ray knees. It was surprisingly heavy, and I thought I felt something move. "Would you mind," I ventured, 'telling me where you and Mr. Fer;uesson were going? Since I repre- ! sent him, perhaps I can tye of use to ; you. My name is Leigh?Fergues- i son and I live together in New York." j "Birds of a feather," murmured she of the velvet cloak, and the inference was not complimentary. "I should be glad to be of use," I continued. "We always feel perfectly free to ask each other to do little things. So when he found he had to j leave suddenly he asked me?" I paused uncomfortably, for she tvas looking at me with distinct un- j iielief in her eyes. "Tarred with the same stick," she j remarked. Then she rose and shook out her i skirts. "Come," she remarked, "the gates j ire not open yet, but we might as j ivell be in time." L-rcse also, bandbox in hand. To be Continued. Down With Billboards! No city that makes any pretension :o decent appearance can afford to permit billboards anywhere within ts limits. These most unsightly hings offend all taste and sensibility; :hey give the city the appearance of i cheap and nasty place; even on vacant lots they should not be allowed. The push clubs and improvement :lubs and city-beautiful clubs should ill take up the war against them. Objection to disfigurement of buildings ft'ith great letters that advertise igars and other things should be included in the raid. A public opinion igainst these and all similar abominxtions ought to be created in Portland that would taboo such monstrosities.?Portland Oregonian. / ? A Star That Winks. There is iu the constellation Pegasus a little variable star that may reasonably be said to wink. Two or three times in the course of a single night this curious star can be seen hn f.nrlo nnrl th<?ri In Viriirhtpil likf? a signa' light. For about two and I three-quarters hours it becomes faint- I er and fainter; then comes a change, | and at the end of two and three-quar- J ter hours mors it as bright as at the i beginning. Unfortunately, it can be | seen only with a telescope. Yet it { ranks as a sun.?Harper's Weekly. Whalebone Itecomes Scarcer. Whalebone cost only thirty-five cents a pound half a century ago. To-day it costs about five dollars a pound. The total product landed from the American fisheries during the nineteenth century exceeded 90,000.000 pounds. A single whale may yield up 3000 pounds. The Portuguese navy has five thousand men. Wf- ffMtl <#? 4>.Mlg New York City.?Norfolk jackets I are always becoming and attractive as wen asi practical and this season they are being extensively worn. This one takes exceedingly smart lines and is adapted to the entire costume and to the separate wrap. In the illustration it is made of serge, matching th?i skirt, hut coats of this kind also ar? much liked made from either Berge or broadcloth in bright colors to be worn over white skirts or lingerie dresses. They can be finished just as illustrated or with collar and cuffs of contrasting material, and dotted foulard is exceedingly fashionable for trimming purposes. The coat made from bright red serge lined throughout with black and white Paquin dotted foulard with the collar and cuffs of the lining material and ? ? ?1*1% ? 1 + or Kolt VAlllH WUILL Willi a IJttLCUU Jtmuv,! TfvM.? be exceedingly smart. The jacket is made with the fronts, side-fronts, back and side-backs. The pleats are separate and applied over the seams. The Eleeves are of the regulation two piece sort finished with rolled over cuffs. The collar is joined to the neck and the fronts are turned back to form the lapels. The quantity of material required for the medium size (16 years) is three and one-half yards twenty-seven, three yards forty-four or two and three-quarter yards fifty-two inches wide. Striped Gingham. Practical little striped gingham fiocks for .tiny folks of two to four y'aars are in Russian style, or with a long French waist and. full-kilted Bxirts in bright or dark colors. One of the prettiest models for a dainty little afternoon gown of batiste !s sh<^wn above. The wee yoke is of fine ecru lace, the batiste being of i:hat color, and there's just a touch of light blue in the embroidery. Ruffled Petticoat. The short under petticoat covered with narrow overlapping ruffles from the bottom to within six or eight inches of the waist line is a convenient garment which is included in the outfit of the very tall and sdirn girl. Strappings and Buttons. There is quite a fad for sxlk strappings held by ornamental buttons over lace or lingerie chemisettes, vests and narrow panels. Caracul For Coat. Brown caracul or brown pony are among the accepted coats when fur is used. The style in which they are made shows amttlv loose single breasted fronts, and a box back with a generous swing from below the shoulders. Lnrge pearl or cut steel buttons are used to fasten. Ribbon Embroidery. Bits of ribbon embroidery nicely executed give an exceedingly dressy look to small etoas belonging to afternoon costumes. blMS?? Irlr l Clever Coat Su-it. White linen and broderie Anglaise are the materials used in a clever coat suit. Soft Brocades in Style. The soft satin brocades, that one i or two Paris houses recommended for , dinner and ball gowns, have become more fashionable. To a certain w tent they will replace the long series j of Liberty satins, and charmeuse satin, we have worn uninterruptedly for ten months. The flowered brocades, however, do not lend themselves to so many draped effects as the plain soft satin. Their style de- ] mands a more classical scheme, at all j events where the skirts are concerned. We shall sot return to Louis XV. panniers, nor to the Louis XIV. draped overdress and train. Coiffure Accessories. There are new flat top pins. And'' pins wRh square heads. Round and j oval headed pins, too. Sometimes ! they are of plain tortoise shell, highly j polished. Then, again, they may be j set with rhinestones and ornamented [ with delicate gold tracery. Round buckles, too, there are, to hold the fashionable braid in place. All sorts of new barrettes to keep stray locks [ from straying. And there are new j turban-like arrangements to take the I place of the now-banished "rat." . Braids, swirls, switches and puffs? ] you may have as many as you like? or your purse affords, "ready-made." I /e*y steer white muslin and embroidered flouncing are used in this j dainty lingerie dress. i ne am is a uuuiuninuuu m I straw and pleated net ruffles. A j small bunch of pink flowers nestles j under the lace on the right side. The ribbon on the crown and at the waist is also pink. Semi-Princesse Gown With Tunic? j To be made in one or with separate i guimpe. The tunic that terminates in j points at the back is a graceful one j and in the height of style. I I Collar and Frill. The very high "Sarah Bernhardt" collar with its pleated Toby frill of tulle or lace, edged with a tiny band of fur, is one of the smart, possibilities for some girls with long necks, but it is not for any one else. Handkerchiefs With Crepe. Black-bordered handkerchiefs are, worn with crepe or plain black; also j onyx jewelry, silk watch guard and : white lisse for neck and sleeves. . Ribbons. I Painted ribbons, metallic ditto, rib bons studded with crystals, pearls, | peacock's eyes, with latticework in , gold or silver, precious stones of turquoise. baroque pearls, etc.. variety, gauze ribbons of gold or silver, and j dozens of others are among the dc- ; signs shown for the bandeaus or fillets worn in the dress coiffures of to-day. Parasols to Hatch. Parasols are to match the gowna thi* season, whether of cotton, linen ; or Bilk. 1 ? - ^ ?_? I "the pulpit" i \ i c f BRILLIANT SUNDAY SERMON BY , THE REV. J. H. MELISH. Theme: The Trinity. Brooklyn. N. Y.?The Rev. John Howard Melish, rector of the Church of the Holy Trinity, preached a sermon on "The Trinitarian Conception of God," which has attracted much fcttention and the publication of which has bee:i requested. The text was from St. John 15:26: "When the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even ' the spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, He shall bear witness of Me." Mr. Melish said: The vital religious thinking of our day is concerned with experience. A creed or theology is of little value because it is old and has the authority of some council; its worth, its truth, springs from its ability to make articulate the facts of life. "Does this theology," we ask, "interpret experience or is it a mere academic fonnula which a few intellectuals have spun for themselves?" We of to-day have distinguished between religion and theology-. Religion is the l.fe of God in the soul of man. Theology is the interpretation of this life. It is therefore related to religion as botany is related to the flowers. A man may be religious and be entirely ignorant of theology. He may be religious and reject the theology of the past. He may be religious and hold the New a Theology. The theology which is of v real value, whether old or new, is that which interprets the religious life, which takes those experiences of the common folk, the average man, and tells him what they mean. In the light of this new approach to theology does the Trinitarian conception of God mean anything? Or is it a mere dogma of the church which some will accept out of loyalty to the church, and others will reject out of loyalty to t'ne truth and their own intelligence? Is there any real experience which receives interpretation from the Trinitarian theology? Does this Trinitarian conception of e the life dmne bring to our human a life enough to enable a man to accept t it with loyalty and sincerity? It was a once my privilege, as university lec- i tu-rer, to come into somewhat inti- D mate relations with some young men ^ who were studying to become Jewish \ rabbis. What interested them was v this Christian thought of the trinity, i They wondered how any intelligent E person could believe in the Trinity,, _ for to their monotheism it seemed E like deifying a man -v whom they a were willing to regard as second only j to Isaiah?and so denying the funda- e mental truth of their religion that v God is one. It is only by going c deeper into life itself, by getting a broader view of the larger human life we call history that we are able i to enter deeper into God. The Trin- e itarian conception of the divine life, a if it is to be accepted with loyalty t and sincerity, must give a more in- r cof iufintnrv i n f ornro_ _ ICUI5CUI auu cauQiav/iui j iuigij;jg- y tatlon pi life and history than the E Unitarian conception of God. As i Gwatkin says in his book, "The g Knowledge of God," "The surface 0 drift seems Unitarian in our time, and advanced thinkers take it for certain that the religion of the fu- t fmi/v tit II1 V\ r\ r.AiYin fnrrvi r\ t TT ?Uor^n_ _ IUIC Will uc aWAXIC JlUI UI VI uunuimu- U Ism. Were the political outlook dif- a ferent I might have less difficulty in s agreeing with them; but a broader ^ view of history seems to point an- 0 other way." 1 7n .the New Testament there is no t Trinitarian theology. In fact, there t is no theology of any kind if by the- n ology we mean organized knowledge t of religion. Even the Fourth Gospel s and St. Paul's letters, said to be the- n ological, are not theology in our mod- a ern sense of a systematic divinity. a The New Testament is a book of re- i ligion; it is th" -;?cord of experience; r it deals with 1*not the theory of v life. There is, how.-er, in the gos- t pels and epistles what we may call a v Trinitarian experience. In this text, j] for example, there is reference to the { Comforter, the Father and to Jesus t Himself. Father, Son and Spirit in s mis ana in manv ouier jjciaE>a&es aic t spoken of as concerned with life, the t, life which men are living here on t earth. The spirit which is to be in t, men, comforting, guiding, inspiring ^ them in all the vicissitudes and ef- r forts of life, is said to bear witness t] to Jesus. It will take of Him His ^ truth and life, and show them unto n men. As a scholar bears witness to 7 his teacher, even though he may go f( far beyoni him, so the Spirit wit- n iiesses to Jesus. On the other hand, M the spirit has its origin in God; it comes from the Father, from whom j? Jesus Himself also came. Behind 0 both Jesus and the Spirit ic the Fa- j.; tlier, who lovetn all His children. ^ This is not academic language, but 0 the words of life, descriptions of S| actual experience of Christian men g and women all through the cen- ]| turies; all for whom the person of jj Jesus has deep spiritual value and 0 who have confidence in the spirit of v truth and believe in the fatherhood tl of God have shared this three-fold s life and exnerience of the men of the a New Testament. n It is this experience which forms 0 the foundation of the Christian religion. Every man who shares it belongs to the church by virtue of this life. It is the misfortune, nay, the calamity, of the church that it has t< not kept this fact clearly in mind. S Again and again it has substituted a for it some theory of organizzation r< or doctrinal statement which imme- a diately destroyed the church's unity " and created rivalries and separatists, tl This is the only possible basis of a re- n united Christendom; not ihe Catholic tl creeds, nor the historic opiscopate, h not the sacraments or any external tc bond, nothing but the three-fold life fs and experience can fulfil the Master's vi prayer that "they all may be one D even as we are one; tnou in ne anu ji I in thee, that they may be one in ni us." A To this personal experience of the h; Individual Christian we should add b the larger experience of the cen- d< turies. What witness does history tc bear to the thrce-l'old Hie? o< In Uie experience of the race na- g< tur<? nas played a great pan. At the d< p-event inomeut the minds of innumerable persons are turned to the heavens. Whether men interpreted the facts correctly or incorrectly, the tc *acts themselves have inspired in ^ man of every age wonder, and, in tlie old days, worship. Both in the stars j.'( overhead and nature underfoot and around men have felt the presence ^ of r power not themselves, it has inspircn poetry and created religions. The worship o" nature was man's first worship. It is th<~ object of the man's most exact knowledge. To know this world outside one's self hi in some of its marvelous workings H has been tlie aim of our science. &! Now, what religious interpretation pi ha!l we put upon nature? Shall we pell it "with a .capital N and regard t as the cause of all things, as many lo? Or shall we regard it as the outvard, visible manifestation of a presince whose Dwelling place is the setting sun, _ * And the round ocean and the living air. And if behind nature there is this Power, using nature as a garment, vhat shall we call it? What is Its lame? The old catechism says: "I earn to believe in God the Father, vho hast made me and all the vorld." What an interpretation e? nan's experience of nature is this? o know that behind and through all his universe is God, whose relations' o it is that of father or creator; vhose attitude toward it is fatherly^ Such is the first interpretation of the ? Crinity. In one's experience of life our hunanity as well as nature plays an. mnnrtant nart. Thfcre was a tim& vhen nature was here in all Its lower, but man had not yet apleared. The earth was the home of least and bird and fish. Then came be human creature, related to all ither living things in many physical vays, but mentally separated from he animal world by an ocean of disance. For unnumbered centuries low has this human creature lived ipon this planet. He has worked out nstitutions, literatures, philosophies, eligions, arts and crafts. Here is a luman development corresponding to lature's life, and yet higher and nore complex. What is the interpretation whichi hrows light upon the facts of human listory? Is man the lord of creation, jr is there some spirit higher than he human, manifesting himself in ind through the human, incarnating limself in humanity? Does man find lis highest life in serving and admirng himself, or in serving a divine ipirit which reveals itself to him in lis reason and his conscience? And f there is some spirit, akin to the luman spirit and yet different from t, calling men ever to follow him, vhat shall we name him? Again I ind the answer in the old catechism >f our childhood: "I have to believe n God tho Son who hath redeemed >ne and all mankind." In mankind here is at work, and has been hroughout its life on this planet, Jod. He has not been simply a creitor, a father, calling man into beingmd sustaining man as He sustainshe physical universe. He is In man ls He Is in nature, but revealing: iimself to the human as He coultf lot to the brute, as the Power which ipholds the human, feeds it, inspires t, calls it ever back from the senslal to the moral and spiritual, leads t ever forward to its goal and puriose. In Jesus of Nazireth this Sod ?God, who is in every man, has aanifested Himself most completely md perfectly. There is seen, as St. ohn says, "the light which Ughtenth every man that cometh hito the vorld." As nature bears witness to Jod the Father, so humanity bearsfitness to God the Son. So does our human life find it? llumination in the divine life. Our xperience with nature, humanity nd our own souls finds its interpre* ation in the truth that God is Father evealed to us through the nature fhich He has made; that God is Son, aanifested in the humanity which le is redeeming; that God is Holy ipirit, known in the spirits of each ne ot us wnoxn He is sancinying. aw The truth of the Trinity does not nd here. It *r??erts further that H hese three are one. So frequently B aen find themselves unable to dwell Eg t home, in more than one of these- H ides of life. Our scientists are stu- Kg ents of nature; they know the world SH f physics, chemistry and biology. H 'heir spirits roam at home withiD M hose fields. They know God the Fa- ,H iier and worgNip Him. But for hu- S aanity they h.i?o little interest; his- H ory doe? n"? r>rer.k to them; and the Bj p.ritual experiences of individual H nen puzzle them and seem morbid fl nd pathological. Other men there ^ re foi whom nature means nothing. 'hey are appalled ty the apparent BH uthlessness and injustice of her /ays. Their spirits are at home in , HB he life of humanity. History is the Bfl oice of the Eternal to them, speakng words of life. God the Son is BH ueir God and about God the Creator hey are frankly agnostic. There are 98 till other men for whom neither of Mi hese voices has any meaning. Hisory is the voice of dead ages. Na- H are has no voice at all. What is real 5 them is that Spirit which they HB now at first hand through their own M easons and consciences. It is God 9|U he Holy Spirit which is their God. igain and again we find tbat these len misunderstand each other. ?& 'heir neighbor seems to speak a dif- 9H grent religious language. Other ^ :en. they sometimes frankly sayr gB worship a different God. The undying truth of the Trinity i that these three are one. There is JW nly one God. But to different men [e manifests Himself in different EHfl rays; to soms through nature, to JSC thers through humanity, to others 9BS till through individual experience. lut behind nature, humanity and the idividual life, binding all together ifiQ i a splendid unity, is the One Sou) f the universe, related to the unierse as the human soul is related t<* M ie body. God grant that from this oul, our Father, may proceed to you nd me the Holy Spirit, to bear wit- ma ess in us to the life and character HI f the perfect Son, Christ Jesus. HH A Story on the Theme'. ^^H There is a quaint legend ^whicb Ha ?lls how, some years after the event, RHE t. Thomas. was again troubled with H9R gonizing doubts as to our Lord's ^^H asurrection. He sought the apostles QH nd began to pour his soul's troubles HH ito their ears. But first one. then 1UB ie other, looked at him in astonishtent, and told the unhappy doubter HH lat he was sorry for him, but really Hill e had so much to do he had not time ) listen to his tale. Then he was lin to impart his woes to some deout women. But they, as busy as ?l;Irr* /amnlnvmont ^nnn ureas, auu ill unv lade him understand that they had H0 o leisure for such thoughts as these. t last it dawned upon him that per' EBB aps it was because they were so usy that they were free from the ^HDB jubts by which he was tortured. He HSK >ok the hint; he went to Parthia, BBD :;cu pied himself in preaching Christ's aspel, and was never troubled with HHp Dubts any more.?Peloubet. BH Peace Iireakers. _ HH Acid dropped on steel, and allowed Bjw > remain there, will soon corrode it. nd if we allow worries, anxieties, MB ireworn questioning to brood in our arts, they will noon break hp our ^Hnj ;ace, as swarms of tiny gnats will ake a paradise uninhabitable.?P. HHB Prepare a Place. What can God give you whose BH3B inds are filled with other 'things'? n wishes to bestow upon >ou His^NHK its ard does not see where He canH^Hj it them.?Aupustine. JH9H