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CHAPTER X.?Continued. an ?13? co And. jumping down from the window un 3eut. lie began to dance round his f'( much perturbed comrade, bellowing. Ramsey bore with him for a moment, then sprang upon him; they wrestled ts vigorously, broke a chair and went to the floor with a crash that gave the chandelier in Mrs. Meigs' parlor, be- m' * low. an attack of Jingles. ' "You let me up!" Fred gasped. Rr "You take your solemn oath to shut up? You goln' to swear it?" *r "All right. I give my solemn oath." said Fred; and they rose, arranging <Tl their tousled attire. tr( "Well," said Fred, "when you goln' fo to call on her?" m" "You look here!" Ramsey approached him dangerously. "You Just gave me l'u your sol?" / ne "I beg!" Fred cried, retreating. "I mean, aside from all that, why, I just thought maybe after such an evening e you'd feel as a gentleman you ought to pi go and ask after her heulth.' "Now. see here?" 1 "No, I mean it: you ought to," Fred insisted, earnestly, and as his room- u mate glared at him with complete sus- s J piclon. lie added, in explanation. "You ought to go next Callers' Night, and * send in your card, and say you felt you i ,e ought to usk if she'd suffered any from cu the night air. Even If you couldn't ^ manage to say that, you ought to start ,,<l to say it, anyhow, because you? Keep off o' me! I'm only tryin' to do you a r,u ' good turn, ain't I?" "You save your good turns for yourself." Ramsey growled, still advancing upon him. 'iel But the Insidious Mitchell, evading CU| him. fled to the other end of the room, no1 picked up his cup and changed ins manner. "Come on, ole hag o' beuns, ph let's he on our way to the 'frut house'; fci it's time. We'll call this all off." ' "You better!" Ramsey warned hira; sto and they trotted out together. But as they went along, Fred took yel Ramsey's arm confldentially, and said: hei "Now, honestly. Ram, ole man, when unt are you goln' to?" ? Uomcuo vt'uc ctlll ra/1 4Vnii 1 nnlf . here! Just say one more word?" p{ "Oh, no," Fred expostulated. "I |))e mean seriously, Ramsey. Honestly, I . mean seriously. Aren't you seriously i ji;m goiu' to call on her some Callers' j.j,, Night?" In. "No. I'm not!" , -"But why not?" get "Because 1 don't want to." 4 "Well, seriously, Ramsey, there's * only one Callers' Night before vaca tlon, and so I suppose It hardly will be worth while; but I expect you'll see unite a little of her at home this summer?" "No, I won't. I won't see her at all. Sh? isn't goin' to be home this summer, and 1 wouldn't see anything of iter if she was." "Where's she goin' to be?" "In Chicago." dt "She is?" said Fred, slyly. "When'd W she toil yon?" BV Ramsey turned on him. "You look 1 WT out! She didn't tell ine. I just hap- ^ pened to see in the Bulletin she's n signed up with some other girls to go and do settlement work in Chicago. Anybody could see it. it was printed ; Tfl out plain. You could have seen it just , | as well as I could, if you'd read the ? Bulletin." 1 "Oh," said Fred. H "Now look here?" V "Good heavens! Can't I even say |Pj 'oh'?" fj "It depends on the way you say it." ' "I'll l - ,f..l L'.o.l him I 1 li I'f VU1C1UI, l" iru aooutcu umi, earnestly. "I really and honestly don't mean to yet you excited about all tills. Ramsey. I can see myself you haven't changed from your old opiuiou Ra of Dora Yocutu a hit. I was only try- t In* to yet a little rtse out of you for a i minute, because of course, seriously. | *'? why, 1 can see you hate her just the ac' same as you always did." sir "Yes." said Ramsey, disarmed and guileless in the face of diplomacy. "I J only told you about all this. Fred, he- C01 cause it seemed?well, it seemed so kind o' funny to me." Fred affected not to hear. "What did you say, Ramsey?" *''< Ramsey looked vaguely disturbed. "1 said?why, I said It .11 seemed kind *r o'?" He puused, then repeated plain- ^ tively: "Well, to me. It all seemed to kind o*?kind o' funny." "What did?" Fred inquired, but as he ylanced in seeming naivete at his companion, something he saw In the letter's eye warned him. and suddenly Fred thought it would be better to run. th Ramsey chased him all the way to ot the "frat House." rn foi CHAPTER XI. d<1 Ramsey was not quite nthlete _ enough for any of the 'varsity teams; J neither was he an antagonist safely j encountered, whether in play or In earnest, and (hiring the next few days he tanght Fred Mitchell to he cautious. The chaffer learned that his own agility could not save him from Ramsey, and so l'ouud it wiser to con- w< tain tin effervescence which sometimes ca threatened to hurst him. Ramsey as a se victim was a continuous temptation, T1 he was so good-natured and yet so ac furious. by After Commencement, when the fo roommates had gone home, Mr. Mitch- m e!J'^ < a tit ion extended over the long ! br sunshiny months of summer vacation; ; m lie hr<?kc it hut once and then in well- , tli advised safety, for the occasion wns I T1 semi public. The two were out for a wl b'.roli on a .lulv Sunday afternoon; J su by. oofhTcirkirigtan Illustrations jItvvik AVyer itjiy Doubleday, Pqqo & Company. d up and down the street young uples lolled along, young families d baby carriages struggled to and urn the houses of older relatives, and e rest of the world of that growing :y wus rocking and fanning Itself on \ front veranda. "Here's a right pretty place, Isn't It, linsey, don't you think?" Fred reirlfPtl i n ru?ppn 11 v na thnv nnaQ. g a lawn of short-clipped, bright een grass before a genial-looking use, fresh in white paint and cool in een-and-white awnings. A broad randa, well populated Just now,] ussed the front of the house; tine ?es helped the awnings to give comrt against the fun; and Fred's reirk was warranted. Nevertheless, fell under the suspicion of his comnion, who had begun to evince some rvousness before Fred spoke. "What place you mean?" "The Ytcum place," said Mr. Mltch. "I hear the old gentleman's mighty osperous these days. They keep ings up to the mark, don't they, unsey?" "I don't know whether they do or lether they don't," Ramsey returned ortly. [ 'red appeared to muse regretfully : looks kind of empty now, though," said, "with only Mr. flnd Mrs. Yoiu and their married daughters, and ;ht or nine children on the frout roll!" 'You wait till I get you where they n't see us!" Ramsey warned him I rcelr. 'You can't do it!" said Fred, mani 'ting triumph. "We'll both stop right re in plain si^ht of the whole Yon family connection tiJI you promise t to touch me." And he halted, leaning hack lmicably against the Yocum's iron iee. Ramsey was scandalized. 'Come on!" he said hoarsely. "Don't 'P herel" 'I will, and If you go on alone I'll 1 at you. iou got to stand right e with all of 'em lookln' at you :I1?" I promise! My heavens, come on!" "red consented to end the moment agony; and for the rest of the sumr found it Impossible to persuade msey to pass that house in his comly. "I won't do it!" Ramsey told ii. "Your word of honor mentis nothto me; you're liable to do anything it conies into your head, and I'm tin* old enough to not get a reputa msey Chased Him All the Way to the "Frat House." n for hein' seen with people that j t the Idiot on the public streets. No, > ; we'll walk around the block?at ist. we will if you're goln' with tue!" j And to Fred's delight, though he ucealed it. they would make this deir. l'he evening after their return to ? university both were busy with ?ir trunks and various orderings and 5orderlngs of tiieir apartment, but ed several times expressed surprise it ids roommate should he content remain at home; and finally Ramv comprehended these implications. :S. Elfins I'iKiiiuciici Iiiiivuinici J igJed with the shock of unotlier crash on the floor above. "You let me up!" Fred commanded Ickly, his voice muffled by the pile tlunnels, sweaters, underwear and incoats, wherein his head was being reed to burrow. "You let me up, mi you! I didn't say anything." TO MAKE HEAC jnsecrate and Concentrate, Is the Advice Given by Writer in Forbes Magazine. You want to make headway in the irld, of course. See if this thought 11 help you: First, consecrate your* If to your calling; then concentrate. ie lives of most men of notable hievement have been characterized consecration and concentration. Here one can consecrate oneself, one list be possessed by some bigger and oader and better idea than mere oney making. There must be someIng in the work that appeals to one. ne work must appear to be worth hile. worth effort and industry and criflce. You could not, for exam Till!] UHI And upon his release lie complained that the attack was unprovoked. "I didn't say anything on earth to even hint you might want to go out and see if anybody in particular had got hack to college yet. I didn't even mention the name of Dora Yo? Keep olf o' me! My goodness, but you are sensitive !" As a matter of fact, neither of them 3 saw Dora until the first meeting of the Lumen, whither they went as sophomores to take their pleasure in the agony of freshmen debaters. Ramsey was now able to attend the Lumen, not ] with complacence but at least without shuddering over the recollection of his own spectacular first appearance there, j. He bad made subsequent appearances, far from brilliant, yet not disgraceful, and as a spectator, at least, he usually felt rather at his ease in the place. It cannot be asserted, however, that he appeared entirely at his ease this evening after he had read the "Programme" chalked upon the inrge easel ^ blackboard beside the chairman's desk. I Three "Freshman Debates" were an- c .. n nounced and a "Sophomore Oration,- this Inst being followed by the name, v "D. Yocura, '18." Ramsey made Im- 0 mediate and conspicuous efforts to s avoid sitting next to his roommate, 0 but was not so adroit as to be sue- J cessful. However, Fred was merciful; ^ the lluctuatlons of his frieud's complexion were an Inspiration more to t( pity than to badinage. j! The three debates all concerned the "Causes of the War In Europe," and p honors appeared to rest with a smull and stout, stolidly "pro-German" girl ? "Well, What I Say Is: Dora Yocum, m as an Orator, Is Just an Actual Per. ni feet Wonder. Got Any Objections?" 01 E debater, who hud brought with her ai and translated at sight absa-loot proofs tl (so she railed them), printed In Ger- hi man. that Germany had been attacked tl by Belgium at the low Instigation of 01 the envious English. Everybody knew It wasn't true; but she made an 1m- c< pression and established herself as a w debater, especially as her opponent it was quite confounded by her Introduc- ai tion of printed matter, p: When the debates and the verdicts a were concluded, the orator appeared, bi and Fred's compassion extended itself QI so far that be even refrained from rf looking inquisitively at the boy in the w seat next to his; but lie made one side of a wager, mentally?-that if Ramsey " had consented to be thoroughly con- w lidentinl just then, he would have con- 111 fessed to feeling kind o' funny. Dora was charmingly dressed, and she was pule; but those notuble eye- 01 lushes of hers were all the more notable against her pallor. And as she ' cimU-o with fire, it was natural thai S1 v "" " * -> her color should coine back quite fluraingly uiid that her eyes should flash in shelter of the lashes. "The Christian 4 Spirit and Internationalism" was her subject, yet she showed no meek sample of a Christian Spirit herself when n she came to attacking war-makers tl generally, as well as all those "half- L' developed tribesmen" and "victims of ai herd instinct" who believed that war g< might ever be Justified under any cir- he cuinstances of atrocity. She wus elo- b quent truly, and a picture of grace hi and girlish dignity, even when she w was most vigorous. Nothing could 81 have been more militant than her de- tl nunciatlon of militancy. "She's an actual wonder," Fred 01 said, when the two had got back to u Mrs. Meigs' afterward. "Don't you look at me like that; I'm talkin' about c' her as a public character, and there's s< notion' personal about it. You let me alone." " Itamsey was not clear as to his ^ duty. "Well?" ,r "If any person makes n public u speech," Fred protested. "I got a per- ? feet right to discuss 'era, no matter ^ what you think of 'ein"?and he added hustily?"or don't think of 'era!" "Look here?" "Good heavens!" Fred exclnlmed. f, "You aren't expecting to interfere - . . o: with me if I say anytning anout that ~ little fat NVerder girl that argued for ^ Germany, are you? Or any of the other speakers? I got a right to talk about 'em just as public speakers, j haven't I? Well, what I say Is: Dora Cj Yocum as an orator Is Just an actual t] perfect wonder. Got any objections?" "N-no.' K (TO BE CONTINUED.) ( >WAY IN WORLD J I sl pie, conceive of anyone consecrating a himself to "bootlegging." There isn't t| one honest calling, however, to which n worker could not consecrute him- ? self or herself if animated by the right 0 spirit. Having consecrated oneself to I a line of endeavor, then concentration ! must follow If proficiency und success h ! are to be attained. d The worker, be he employee or em ployer, who hasn't consecrated him- P self to his calling fails to derive from 11 it that deep satisfaction known to h those who have consecrated themselves c' to their jobs. Concentration follows 11 consecration naturally and with Joy Q rather than hard ell'ort.?Forbes Alag | " [ aziiie. I iiKAW uniiAj SSS FOR _CjTjZ?NSHIP ECRETARY OF LADOR DAVIS HAS COME FORWARD WITH COM. PREHENSIVE PLAN. rO COMBAT RED PROPAGANDA las in Mind the Establishment of a Broad Educational System?Need for National Archives Building? Capital as Convention City. , By EDWARD B. CLAK* Washington.?It has recently been olpted out tliut this country bus lei lie ulleu newcomer roam ubout the ountry to find a job and tlnd a home, d to become a citizen pretty much dthout help or guldunce. He came ver here In the steerage and he needs teeruge still, lie Is still a child iu ur ways, with no knowledge of the umense new privileges he enjoys, ecretary of Labor Davis wants Ubcle am to keep track of that man?not 3 regulate him, but to help him, to ?ach and encourage him. He wants Incle bum not in the uttltude of y ollcemun but of a friend, a true uncle. He wants to see every school In the ountry devote Its after hours to the chooling of these prospective and eceptlve new citizens. We need to now how they nre forging on as wagearners and as members of our free oclety, he argues. We need to know tie wherenbouts of these people If It Is nly to protect them from the Insidious olson of red propaganda, which from ersonal knowledge he feels to be an ver-present danger. We need all the lucntional machinery we can organize * hnttio fhis pvli influence. Seeretury avis suys. lie would have every Immigrant regter, wherever he Is, every year?not i order to spy upon him, but only to > sure of his safety, so that we can inch him to teach him. Just as Aineran citizens pay a poll tux for .he lvllege of voting. Secretary Davis hejves the new alien should pay a nomal fee for his certificate of registry, very small fee from several million lens would amply provide the Detriment of Labor, he estimates, with tnds sufficient for the upkeep of a oful educational system, such as he js In mind?to run our schools as jhools of citizenship for these older tlldren. Seeks Bureau of Recreation. One of the most effective ways of taking citizenship attractive to all, to ewcoraer and to old-timer, broadens ut of his plan of registry and revenue, le Is going to ask congress to give him uthority to set up a bureau of recreaon for all America. He intends this ureau to be dedicated to the proposlon that "recreation Is the big brother f education." "Hint bureau should be shaped, accruing to his vision, so as to bring holesome and healthful amusement ito the lives of our people. As soon s times Improve he Intends to push raetical plans toward that end. Such burenu of recreation would naturally elong under the wing of the Departlent of Labor, because the great inks of the American people nre the orkers, he says. Their lives have een dull enough, and he knows all lis, because he, as an Immigrant, orked as puddler in the iron and steel lillS. Secretary Davis quotes his friend )hn Golden of New York, the promipnt theatrical producer: "This bureau would grasp with Its Indly, encouraging arms every posl)le recreative movement of the uv nge people. Its powerful and wise op-ations cannot help but make for bet:r citizenship and a happier people." Need for Archives Building. The long-admitted necessity for a ational archives building, to house ;e priceless historical records of the nited States government, which now re scattered throughout the various overnment departments, and stored i both government-owned and rented uildings, where there is a grave tire Lizard, is ngain urged upon congress, ith the prospect that the present conress will finally act upon this imporint matter, which has been recoinlended by the highest government tiiclals of both political purtles for lore than a decade. William Howard Taft, the present lief Justice, when he was President mt to congress a message In 1912 ressing "the necessity for the erecon of a building to contain the pubc archives." As Chief Executive he npressed upon congress that "the [^satisfactory distribution of recrds, the lack of any proper index or uide to their contents, Is well known i those fumillar to the needs of le government in tlds capital." With Os mpsMnpp he transmitted to con ress correspondence he had had with rof. J. Franklin Jameson, director f the department of historical re?arch of the Carnegie institution of I'nshington, In which Professor Jame>n urged action, as a member of a ommlttee appointed by the execuve council of the American Historiitl association, to bring the matter to le attention of the President and conress. Representative Simeon D. Fess of >hio, chairman of the house comdftee on education, recognized us ne of the greatest students of hisjry and political science and govrnmental research in this country, x years ago delivered an extensive ddress In the house, setting forth ;e importance of early action to safeRIGINALLY CHURCH PROPERTY The Quirinal is one of the seven Ills upon which Rome stands; it was edicated by the ancient Romans to :011mlus, or Quirinus. The Quirinal alace was built in the Sixteenth ceniiry by the Roman Catholic church, ut after the breach between the hurch and state in 1S70 it became the psidence of the Italian kings. The tuirinal, as it is figuratively used, leans the court of united Italy and ie monarchical regime. nw, a. u. guard tin- Iundaiueniul documents .aid historical papers at the natiuu, Itiron^h putting them in a model building, where they will be accessible tu.historiuns. Difficulties in the Way. An act at March 4, 1U13. passed in response to President Tuft's message, us amended by rite act of June 28, | mid. in consequence of Representsi the I-'ess' speech, authorized a site j and building at a permanent lioir.j for the nutlonal arcliives, but it proved tiiat the site was not to be acquired ; until alter the upproval of the designs und estimates for the building by >t commission consisting of the vice president, the speaker of the bouse I of representatives und the secretaries . of the Treusury, Wur and Interior departments. Owing to the character of this legislation it lias not been possible to prepare other titan typical pluns, the arch- , itecturul treatment being largely dependent upon tlie locution and surroundings of the site to be subsequently selected. /\m _I . I .t.^ r A nnnrtruoa uniciui repuns muuc vwu?.to?> showed thut papers of inestimable value are now stored In numerous outof-the-wuy and inaccessible places. It lias for more than a decade been the unanimous conviction of all who have looked into the situation that all possible means for the proper cure und protection of vuluable official documents under existing conditions are now being utilized, and their manifest inadequacy demonstrates the urgent necessity for an archives building. The additional security against loss or destruction of official papers, the economy In time and labor resulting from the greatly Improved facilities for examining the same, und the consequent Increased efficiency In the public service would all uppeur to be strong arguments In favor of the speedy construction of the building. In addition. It Is pointed out that the construction and occupancy of the proposed building would relense much space which Is greatly needed to relieve congested conditions In departmental buildings. It develops that the supervising architect of the treasury told the house appropriations committee that lie doubted if there Is sufficient authority to make the appropriation. There seems to be an honest difference of opinion In congress on that point, although the majority view is that there Is sufficient authority. Capital as Convention City. The numerous udvuntuges of the natlonul capital as a convention city for business orguuizatious were impressed deeply on the minds of several Hundred delegates to the midwinter meeting of the National Association of Ileal Estate boards during their stay in this city us guests of the local board. Don I). Goss of Chicago, director of reseurch for the national association, whose duty it is ordinurily on such occuslons to precede the delegates to the meeting place und urrunge for the convention, on arriving here found that otHciuls of the local board had made complete arrangements for the ? eutire series of sessions. Every desire of the visitors was anticipated and met in advance through a well-arranged program of hospitality and entertainment, in which all the members of the board and a good many of their wives took part. Many of the delegntes did not hesitate to state that the banquet tendered the .executive committeemen by the local realtors eclipsed any function of the kind ever participated in by the committee as n whole. The elaborate souvenir menus, containing colored photographs of the armistice day lighting effects and of the Lincoln memorial, were preserved as a memento of the affair by the guests. Auditorium Is Groat Need. In desiring to cuter to every want of the visitors, representing leading realty Interests of the country, the local board had In mind something more than being considered an able1 i?? ti,? l-nr,,vluilir? fhnf in flip npar ; HUM. 1UC nuw?i.vu6v ? ! future Washington will be equipped with an auditorium capable of accommodating the entire membership of the National Association of Ileal Estate i Boards in annual convention wus an impelling motive, it is understood. Washington has never been selected as the convention place of the whole organization, due to lack of auditorium facilities here, it Is pointed out. The convention last year In Chicago was said to have been the largest gathering of business men In the history of the country. Only cities with hails large enough to Inld the vast assem! binges of realtors have been fortunate ! enough to be selected us the annual meeting place. The convention this year will be held in San Francisco, beginning Muy j j 31 and lasting through the first week ' in June. An idea of the program of such a convention is given In the fob ; lowing announcement concerning the June meeting: "Few uddresses are to be made before the general sessions of the convention. In fact there will be few general sessions. The greater part of the program will be taken up with conferences on Important subjects, such as financing building, city zoning, subdivisions, farm lands, stute reguI latlons and similar subjects. It is to I be known as a dotted line convention, i which to a realtor means 'brass tacks' I or business first. "Among the entertainment features that have been arranged by the San Francisco board are a boat trip arounil the bay to various points of interest i antl out through the Golden Gate into the raciflc; an oriental bail, a feature ' of which will he a darning contest to be participated in by realtors and their families, and alter tlie close of the convention a golf tournament." i PA IN A BAD WAY "Dear Mary." wrote a woman to her 1 absent daughter, "I am sorry to cut your vacation short, but you'll have to ' come home right off. Your pa fell off a load of bay this morning and is feeling terrible. The doctor has just been here and went. He says It will take some time before your pa will be up. because the fall lias separated his diagram from his liver. I want you should catch the 6:4G In the morning. | Ma." aH (Copy for This Department Supplied b7 the American Legion Newi Service.) LUKE FOUGHT HIS OWN WAR Young Lieutenant's Devotion Lives on in Sister Now Cheering Ex-Soldiers In Hospitals. Frnnk Luke's devotion to duty lives on in the character of his sister. The ? American ace who so gallantly gave his life one duy in the early autumn of 1918 found the same Joy in service to his country that Anna Marie Luke now finds in serving ex-soldiers in the hosp'tals of Phoenix, Ariz. Her songs are known wherever veterans uc nuartered and her noDBlarltv at the American Legion post, which bears her brother's nume, is often remarket!. Further honor was recently paid the memory of Lieutenant Luke when the Italian Croce di Guerre was awarded him posthumously. The cross, witli a certificate of award signed by General Diaz, is now in possession of the late officer's family, together with a Congressional Medal of Honor, a Distinguished Sendee Cross with oak leaf duster, and several minor decorations. The lieutenant was one of the best known and most picturesque flyers In any army. Workwent. Known by reputation to every man In the A. E. F.. he represented all that was romantic in modern warfare. He fell In action with enemy airmen near Murvaux, after a forced landing of his plane. He had previously shot down three German balloons while under terrific fire from ground batteries. THE TYPICAL YANK FIGHTER Sergeant William Mettlen, Omaha, Stacks Up With All the Required Dimensions. How would you look If a slacker back In the States had taken your Job and married your gir|? Xo, that Jjf didn't happen to JSergeant William mlin.''" The-' photogruphers. on an official mission from Mie government, scratched their heads a long while beffire they thought of anything that would make him look tierce enough. If you want to be "typical" you will hate to stack up as follows: Height, 5 feet 10% Inches; weight, 100 pounds; huir, light brown, and eyes, blue, Mettlen's other specifications are that he enlisted when nineteen years old, while still a fresnman at Nebraska university : that he w.\s cited four times for bravery; that he is as active in the American Legion now as he was In the Sixteenth infantry then, and that, In addition to being a typical American, he is Scotch-Irish. LEGION WINS COURT BATTLES Damages Allowed National Organization in First Litigation Instituted '?Two Editors Indicted. From the first court action which it ever instituted to protect Its name, the American Legion emerged victorious. Judgment by default and damages were- awarded the Legion in the suit against Franciu H. Shoemaker of Omaha, Neb., who was quoted as saying that the Legion was "subsidized by big interests" and was "opposed to osgunized labor." Shoemuker, wh^ is an alleged radical worker, made a speech last December in Omahg, during the course of which he is said to have referred to the Legion as "an organization of trained murderers opposed to organized labor." Suit w-ns brought by the Legion commancler in Nebraska on the ground that the statements were "wicked, false and malicious" and for the purpose of "stopping such contemptible lies and showing union labor that we resent charges of being opnosed to them." Tlie Legion has also secured Indictments against two editors of the Illinois Stoats Zeitung, a (Jerman-language n?*vspaper, for an editorial which appeared in their paper libeling ex-service men. "Second Annual Tour." Spurred by the success of Its tour of Kurope last summer, Hyde Park post of the American Legion in Chicago has arranged for its "second annual tour" of the battlefields and principal cities. The party will start in the early part of June. A trip to Nice and Monte Carlo, excursions to Alpine mountains, a voyage down the Rhine, and several days In Paris are among the attractions which are making it hard for Legionnaires to "keep their minds on their work." WPRUVtD UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL SimdaySchool * ' LessonT (By REv. R. B. FITZV*Aitrt. D. D.. 9 Teacher of English Bible in the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.) Copyright, 1922, Western Newspaper Union. LtSSON FOR APRIL 16 EASTER LESSON LESSON TEXT-John 20:19-3L GOLDEN TEXT?The Lord is risen Indeed.?Luke 24:34. # PRIMARY AND JUNIOR TOPIC?The First Easter. * INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC ?Why We Observe Easter Day. .? \uunu fZOt'Lih a.nu AULlt topic ?The i^ix'dc'. of Belief In Uie R?aurr*ctloa. I. Jesus Manifests Himself to the Disciples, Tnomas Being Absent (vv. liKloj. lie uppeared to several of His dls ciples at severul different times during that day. This Is the tirst appearance 4o the disciples as a body. The ruuiors -it His severul appearuuces on that day caused tlie disciples to assemble to '.uik over the mutter. For fear of the lews, they met in a prlvute room and *>arred tlie door. While they were discussing the strange huppeniugs of the day, tlie Lord mysteriously appeared " before them with the greeting of good cheer, "Peace be unto you." He did not come with censure for their failure and desertion. At His birth the angels announced "Peace." Just before he took His departure, He said: 'Peace 1 leuve with you; my peuoe I ?ive unto you" (John 14:27); "Let not vour heurt be troubled" (John 14:1); . nun now the first word after His resurrection is "Peuce." Huving calmed ? Uieir fears, He gave them an ^umlstukable eyldence of His resurrectioo. "And when He had so suit). He showed onto them His hunds and His side, l'hen were the disciples glad when they saw the Lord." Their doubts needed to be scattered, and His Deace oeeded to be upon them. Consider: 1. The disciples' commission (v. 21). "As my Futher bath sent Me, even so send I you." This commission was not simply to a class, as the eleven, but is to all Christians. In Luke 24:33 we tind that there were others there inthat meeting besides the eleven when Jesus showed himself to them and ? commissioned them, showing that the commission is not co/.flned to a class or order, but is wide as the Christian body Itself. All Christians, therefore, are envoys and representatives of Christ. The exercise of this great function Is not merely optional with the Individual, but is obligatory upon him. The Lord placed It upon a plane with His own commission from the Father?"As ray Father hath sent me, so send I you." 2. The disciples' equipment (v. 22). "He breathed on them,- and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost." The mission of the disciple Is a very great one, but every one who goes ^ forth in its execution He clothes with tbe power of a new life by the bestowi ment of His spirit. No oneNvho hus this equipment shall ever fall. The ? Lord's representatives have His life in theip. The barrenness of onr efforts is due to our failure to take by faith our equipment. 3. The disciples' authority (v. 23). "Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained." This authority was not by virtue of office, hut hy virtue of having the Holy ' + Ghost. This would give the spiritual discernment to know who Itad or who had not repented, and consequently, to pronounce pardon or not. II. Jesus Manifests Himself to the Disciples, Thomas Being Present (vv. 20-29). Thomas was absent at the first appearance of Jesus. His absence denrtvPfi him of a vision of the Lord. Ab , sence from the assembly of believers always occasions loss. The other disciples go to Thomas at once with the glad news of the resurrection, but he will not believe. His stubborn disbelief is such that he doggedly declares that unless he sees the prints of the nails, etc., he will not believe. It Is right to demand evidence, but to prescribe terms Is rank unbelief. Note: 1. The Lord's kindness to those who '"* have difficulties. Thomas deserved rebuke, but the Lord kindly supplied the evidence which he demanded. 2. The revelation of the Lord transforms a doubter Into a possessor. III. The Conclusion of the Gospel (vv. 30-31). In these verses John's arguments are summarized, and an explanation is (1 given as to why he wrote this Gospel. I Many other things could have been 1 written, but these that he wrote he ? Judged adequate to prove his point: To prove that (1) Jesus of Nazareth was the expected Messiah; (2) that He was divine?the very Son of God; (3) that those who believe on Him as God's only Son?the Messiah?would receive eternal life. Eternal life is in nim and only as He Is approprif ted by faith can men be saved. God Is Victorious. If He bowed Hla meek head to mortal pain for a time for us men and our salvation, If He emptied Himself of His glory voluntarily In order to do this for us, 1/ He, on Easter day, by the power of the Father rose from the grave and said on Easter morning. 'I am He that llveth and was dead, and behold I am alive for evermore. Amen, and have the keys of hell and death" then I have got a gospel of ' victory, then I have got a gospel of hope; that, great enemy Sin and that great enemy Death were met In fair tight and were conquered by Jesus Christ, and God Is victorious.?The Bishop of London. To Draw Our Faith. Here In the Cross Is the source from which to draw our faith: here Is the demonstration of love, and it is with the faith drawn fVom this that ? we face the facts of life. Conviction of sin follows conviction of love; It is when I realize against what tremendous love I hnve sinned. It is then that I can begin to repent.?The Blshop of London. # '4ft Sfir