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CHAPTER XII.?Continued.
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Ramsey looked dogged. "I'm ?
goln' around always urguin' abo
everything when arguln' would Ju
hurt people's feelings about somethii
they're all excited about, and wouldi
do a bit o' good In the world?and y<
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bunks, yet ull coming to chant an e
# temporized battle-cry in chorus, ev<
as they (ought the most wildly.
"Who? Who? Who?" they chunte
"Who? Who? Who says there all
golu' to be no war?"
CHAPTER XHI.
So everywhere over the country, tin
winter of 1SUG, there were light-heat
ed boys skylarking?at college, or t
the farms; and in the towns tl
young machinists snowballed one a
other as they came from the shop!
while on this Sunday of the "frai
snow tight probably several* hundra
of thousands of youthful bachelors, b
tween the two oceans, went walkin
like ltamsey, each with a girl wl
could forget the weather. Vet hot
of nineteen aud in the twenties wei
not light-hearted all the time that wli
ter und that spring and that summe
Most of them knew long, thoughtfi
moments, as ltamsey did, when the
seemed to be thinking not of girls <
work or play?nor of anything aroun
? them, but of some more vital matt<
or prospect. And at such times the
Know yourseu jusi i?"? ^ settles
anything?so I don't?"
"Aha!" Fred cried. "I thought ?
Now you listen to me?"
"I won't. I?"
But at this moment they were lnt
rupted. Someone slyly opened a dot
and a snowball deftly thrown fro
without caught Ramsey upon ' > ba*
of the neck and head, where it flu
tened and displayed itself as an orn
mental star. Shouting fiercely, bo
boys sprang up. ran to the door, we
caught there in a barrage of snowball
ducked through it in spite of all dui
age, charged upon a dozen besweater*
figures awaiting them und began a mi
battle in the blizzard. Some of the
opponents treacherously joined the
and turned upon the auibirthers.
Iu the dusk the merry confli
waged up and down the snow-cover*
lawu, and the combatants threw ut
threw, or surged back and forth, <
clenched and toppled over into sno*
were grave, but not ungentle.
For the long strain was on tbe com
try; underneath all its outward seen
ing of things going on as usual thei
shook a deep vibration, like the a
trembling to vast organ pipes in dh
pasons too profound to reach the et
, as sound; one felt, not lieard, thumb
in the ground under one's feet. Tli
succession of diplomatic notes cam
to an end after the torpedoing of tli
Sussex; and at last the tricky rulin
Germans in Berlin gave their word t
murder no more, and people said, "Thi
ineuu* peace for America, and all I
well for us," but everybody knew i
his heart that nothing was well fi
ns. that there was no peace.
. They said, "All Is well," while tin
thunder iij the ground never eeusedTT
grew deeper and heavier till a
America shook with it and it hecuw
slowly audible us the voice of the ul
American soil, a soil wherein lay tliot
who had defended it aforetime, a so
that bred those who would defend
agalt). t*>r it was theirs; and the meai
~r ! I tfu I ll.urtv un.l r 11n Pn
suit of Happiness?was theirs, an
theirs to defend. And they knew the
would defend it, and that more tlui
the glory ot a Nation was at stak
The Freedom of Man* was at stake. S<
gradually, the sacred thunder reaclie
the ears of tlie young men and gu\
them those deep moments that came t
them whether they sat ill the clns
room or the counting-room, or wulkt
with the plow, or stood to the iiiachln
or behind the ribbon counter. Till
the thunder shook them afid tried thei
and slowly came into their lives an
changed everything for them.
Hate of tlie Germans was not bre<
but a contempt for what Germany hg
shown m lieu of a national heart;
contempt as mighty ami as profoun
as the resolve that the German wti
ami the Uefluuii will should not pr
vail in America, nor in any country <
the world that would lie free. At
when the German kaiser laid his coi
maud upon America, that 110 America
should take his ship upon the fr<
seas, death being the penalty for ai
wins disobeyed, then ihe German kaisi
giii Ids answer, not only io this ?e
law in* mm mime .or lis, inn ui mm
i>tli?*r thoughts of his. Vet the u
i swer was for some time delayed.
There was a hitter Sunday, and I
bitterness went everywhere, to evei
place in the whole world that he
high ami generous hearts. Its hitu
ness came to tfie special meeting
the "frat hall," where tliere we
hearts, indeed, of that right sort, at
one of tlieni became vocal in its hittt
11ess. This was the heart of Fr<
Mitchell, who was now an authorit
being president of the Junior cJas
chairman of the From committee, ai
other things pleasant to he and to li
for at Ids age.
"For me. brothers." he said, "I thil
I'd a great deal rather have been sh
through the head than heard the ne\
from Washington today! I tell yc
I've spent the meauest afternoon
ever did In my life, and I guess |i
been pretty much tlie same with till
ns. The worst of it is. it locks
though there Isn't a thing in the wor
we can do. The country's been I
: rayed by a few blatherskites :u
botieheads that had the power to do
and ail we can do?we've .just got
stand :t. Hat there's some America
that aren't Just standing it, and
want to t? 11 you a lot of 'cm are m
from the universities, just like i
They're over there right now; th
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. haven't said much?they Just packed
! up and went. They're Hying for France
ot and for England and for Canada;
ut they're fighting under every fiag on
st the right side of the western frout;
r?g and they're driving ambulances at
i't Verdun and ammunition trucks at the
>u Somme. WeU, there's going to he a lot
er more American boys en all these Jobs
mighty soon, on account of what those
o! men did in congress today. If they
won't give us a chance to do something
under our own flag, then we'll
>r- have to go and do it under some other
>r, tiag; and I want to tell you I'm one
m thut's going to go! I'll stick it out in
?k college up to Easter, and then if
it- there's still /in chance to go under the
a- Stars and Stripes I'll maybe have to
th go under the flag my great-greatre
grandfather fought against In 177G,
Is, but. anyhow, I'll go!"
n- It was In speaking to Itamsey of this
i.'d declaration that Dora said Fred was a
id "dangerous firebrund." They were
ir taking another February walk, but the
to February was February, 1917; and the
day was dry and sunny. "It's just
ct about a year ago," she said.
?d "What is?" Rarnpey asked,
id "That first time we went walking.
(,r Don't you remember?"
,v- "Oh. that day? Yes, I remember It
x- was snowing."
L>n "And so cold and blowy!" she added.
"it serins a long time ago. I like walkd.
ing with you, Ramsey. You're so quiet
i't and solid?I've always felt I could talk
*r "I Never Liked Any Girl Enough to
,r Go and Call on Her."
ie to you just anyhow I pleased, and you J
ie wouldn't mind. I'll miss these walks |
ie with you when we're otit of college." ,
S He chuckled. "That's funny!"
O "Why?"
18 "Because we've only taken four he- i
sides this: two last year, and another !
11 i week before last, and another Inst
,r j week. This is only the fifth."
"Good gracious! Is that all? It !
j seemed to me we'd gone ever so
~ | often!" She laughed. "I'm afraid you
" j won't think that seems much as If I'd j
ie liked going, hut I really have. And.
d | by the way. you've never called on me j
:e i at all. Perhaps it's because I've for11
| gotten to ask you."
It "Oh. no," Itamsey said, and scuffed
his shoes on the path, presently ex- i
r* plaining rather huskily that h * "never
d was much of a caller"; and lie added.
>y "or anything."
11 "Well, you must come if you ever
care to." she said, with a big-sister
?. graciousness. "The Dorm chaperon |
d sits there, of course, but ours is a jolly |
e one and you'd like her. You've prole j
? ably met her?Mrs. Hustings??when :
s* you've called oil other girls at our old
u j shop."
e- "No." said Ramsey. "1 never was
Is i much of a " He paused fearing t
lu that he might he repeating himself,
j and too hastily amended his intention. '
j "I never liked any girl enough to go
'l and call on her."
1(1 j "Ramsey Milholland!" she cried.
a "Why, when we were in school half
the room used to he talking ahout how
' x you and t?at pretty .Milla?"
"No. no!" Ramsey protested, again
too hurriedly. "I never called on her.
j We just wot.t walking."
A moment later his color suddenly i
i became liery. "I don't mean?1 mean
v ?" he stammered. "It was walking, j
of course- I mean we did go out walking.
hut it wasn't walking like?like
i this." He concluded with a fit of
coughing which seemed to rack him.
IIDora
threw hack her head and
laughed delightedly. "Don't you apoio- :
n. gize!" she said. "1 didn't when I said
l('l i it seemed to me that we've gone walk>r.
ing so often, when in reality it's only !
j? four or live times altogether. I think I
re | can explain, though: I think it came
Kj partly from a feeling I have that I can
,r. rely on you?that you're a good, solid.
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1 | A Ion f of bread more than 600 years 1
I's : old. it is said, is to he found at Amhasof
j ton, in Derbyshire. Kngland. It was .
as j included in a grant of land from the
Id j crown in the reign of King John, and
>e- has remained in the Soar family ever
nd j since.
it. j Almost as great a curiosity as this
to is a house 1,100 years of age, and yet
ns lit for habitation. This old dwelling.
1 the oldest inhabited house in Kngland,
en was built in the time of King oflfa of
is. : Mereiu. It i>' octagonal in shape, the
ej j walls of its lower story being of greut |
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reliable sort of person. I remember
from the time we were little children,
you always hnd a sort of worried, honest
look In school, and you used tc
make a dent In your forehead?you
meant It for a frown?whenever I
caught your eye. You hated me so honestly.
and you were so honestly ufvald
I wouldn't see It!"
"Oh. no?no?"
"Oh. yes?yes!" she laughed, hen
grew serious. "My feeling about yon
?that you were a person to be rolled
on, I mean?I think It began thut evening
In our freshman year, after the
Lusitunia, when I stopped you on the
campus and you went with me, and 1
couldn't help crplng, and you were so
nice and quiet. 1 hardly realized then
that it was tl^e first time we'd ever
really talked together?of course I did
nil the talking!?and yet we'd known
each other so many years. I thought
I\t if- affr>ru-nrH Kilt whnf CUVe me
such a different view pf you, I'd always
thought you were one of that
truculent sort of boys, always just
bursting for a fight; but you showed
tne you'd renlly never had a tight in
your life and hated fighting, and that
you sympathized with my leellng about
war." She stopped speaking to draw
in iter breath with a sharp sigh. "Ah,
don't you remember what I've told you
* \
all along? How it keeps coming
closer and closer?and now it's almost
here! Isn't it unthinkable? And what
can we do to stop it, we poor few who
feel that we must stop It?"
"Well?" Ramsey began uncomfortably.
"Of course I?I?"
"l'oc. can't do much," she said. "I
know. None of us can. What can any
little group do? There are so few of
us among the undergraduates?and
only one in the whole faculty. All the
rest are for war. But we mustn't give
up; we must never feel ufterward that
we left anything undone; we must
fight to the last breath!"
"'Fight'?" he repeated wonderingly,
then chuckled.
"Oh, as a figure of speech," she said.
Impatiently. "Our language is full of
barbaric figures left over from the
dark ages. But, oh. Rnmsey!"?she
touched his sleeve?"I've heard that
Fred .Mitchell is saying that he's going
to Canada after Faster, to try to get
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it's true, he's a dangerous firebrand, I
think. Is It true?"
"I guess so. He's been talking that
way. some."
"But why do you let him talk that
way?" she cried. "He's your rommnte;
sprelv you have more intluenee with
him tluin anybody else has. Couldn't
you?"
He shook his head slowly, while upon
his face the faintly Indicated modelings
of a grin hinted of an Inner t
laughte* at some surreptitious thought.
"Well, you know, Fred says himself
sometimes. I don't seem to be niflch of
a talker exactly!"
"I know. But don't you see? That
sort of thing Is contagious. Others will
think they ought to go if he does; he's
popular and quite a leader. Can't you
do anything with him?"
She waited for liiin to answer.
"Can't you?" she insisted.
The grin had disappeared and Ramsey
grew red again.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Stamp Profiteering Slew.
The lowest Lilliputians In the whole
hierarchy of International tinunce are
probably the stamp peddlers. There
is hardly a person who was born on
the other side who is not dabbling In
some tuigle of foreign exchange, but
ciihiii wilHnir tn nn*?r
lilt' wvv... ........& "I'V.
;?t? on the most fractional margin of
profit. Up and down' the market
streets of the Italian sections they go
every Saturday night, displaying
stamps that were made in Italy. They
offer them to shoppers, generally following
a boy who sells writing paper.
No doubt they are to encourage early
replies to letters in which they are
inclosed. Occasionally a transaction
involving a half-sheet or so of stamps
may he seen, so that small amounts
of money may also he sent in this
way to friends on tlie other side.?New
York Sun.
How Man Spoils the Air.
"Windows open more would keep |
doctors from the door." A very large
quantify of fresh air is spoiled and
rendered foul by the act of breathing, j
A man spoils not less than a gallon |
every minute. In eight hours' breath- >
ing a full-grown man spoils as much
fresh air as seventeen three-bushel
sacks could hold. If he wore shut up
in a room seven feet broad, seven feet
long and seven feet high, the doors
and windows fitting so tigh ly that no
air could pass through, he would die
poisoned by ids own breath, in a very
few hours; in twenty-four hours he
would have spoiled all the air contained
In the room, and have convert
oil it into poison.
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thickness. The upper part Is of oak.
At one time the house was fortified
and known by the name of St. German's
Gate. It stands close to the
River Ver, and only a few yards from
St. Albans aijbe.v.
A marriage proposal 3,400 years of
aire is in existence in the British
museum. It is the oldest mnrrlage
proposal of which there is any definite
record. It consists of about ninetyeight
lines of very fine cuneiform writing.
and is on a small clay tablet made
<if Nile mud. It is a marriage proposal
of a Pharaoh for the hand of
the daughter of the king of Babylon.
It was written about the year 153U
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'TMItt arbiters of fashion are not
those who design the clothes that
pass In review each season, hilt those
who approve them. The way of the
producer would he a straight and
easy path to success If he could make
the right guess at least half of the
time. His brain children have had
their spring tryouts and he knows
now which have survived.
Among the dependable things for
summer wear, very simple sport suits
are already a success. The word
"sport" must be given a broad In
RIVAL OF THE
terpretntlnn in connection with clothe*
this season for it embraces everyday
street dress. As a rival of the tailored
suit, sport suits like that shown
here, or similar to It, enliven the
streets und lend to their wearers,at
least tjie flavor of youth. At flrst
glance it seems there is nothing to
rhese suits?Just a plain skirt and
a Jacket or sinock or slip-over blouse?
hut there is in reality much to them.
It lies In the choice of material, color,
neck and sleeve styles and character
of decoration. The suit pictured
is made of gray honfespun and embroidered
at the neck and on the
sleeves with blue and white chenille.
It has three small pockets, one at
each side of the blouse and one, still
smaller, ut the left of the bust. The
narrow belt is made of the material.
The skirt, as pictured, is shorter
FLOWERS AND
than the mode dictates?eight inches
from the floor Is the limit set for
brevity. Hut in some localities the
younger women insist upon shorter
skirts and go their independent way
with the approval of a considerable
number of people.
Fashion may decree simplicity in
dresses and suits for spring and summer.
hut she is of a different tnim!
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hats we lint! litem elaborated jn many
ways: paying tribute t?? spring by
wearing its blossoms and heralding
the eoming of summer by choosing its
A#Taffeta Frock.
New jaunty ways to trim tbe spring
taffeta froek tire band efforts of ribbon
or velvet, tlrndiinted blnek velvet
or alternate narrow widths si re
pretty on blue taffeta, while colored
ribbon, an ineh or half-inch wide, in
rieii rainbow shades makes a stJirininp
oriental effect on brown. Skirt' tint1
bell sleeves tire tints decorated.
Cushion Looks Better.
When making up a cushion, spread
a thick sheet of wadding over it jlist
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;ar Styles; I
Styles in Millinery I
fruits and flowers for their adornment.
These are the themes, with endless ,
1 varlatjons, that millinery employs to
make its song of summer, and hats (
with no flowers or fruits on?them, are
1 rare. *
Another outstanding feature In the
new displays of millinery is the nami
her of huts with brims? m<?re or less
wide, and therefore more picturesque, t
than their, early spring forerunners, t
i Colors are enchanting, with many v
soft shades of yellow in greut favor. v
In blues, cobalt and periwinkle have t
TAILORED SUIT
been reinforced by a pale tint, arriving
in company with "Princess v
Mary pink." Orchid has an army of h
admirers und gooseberry green is a ol
promising addition to the gay company. R
In more vivid tones there are "spark" t(
and "lip-stick" reds, rust color and p
nusturtlum shades.. But none of these ti
colors outrivals white, which the dis- y,
plays indicate will predominate for tf
midsummer. w
In the group of four hats shown hi
here a little glimpse of the great >;
diversity in millinery styles is given. g<
They nre distinctly different from S(
eucli other. The group Includes a leg- h
horn in the natural color, with soft fl
crown und scarf of pale amber georg- n
ette and a wreath of locust blossoms, j,
A smull hat of orchid straw, wreathed g
with grapes and pansies, has a sash
of narrow blue ribbon. A white fub- w
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rlc lint is dotted with hlack heads 1
that spatter themselves over the hlack j
silk blossoms flattened against the |
brim. It has a collar and hanging ! (
ends of silk braid. Whoever chooses j
timv timl tiiilnrpfl f'lhrir* lints: nn/1 I .
among them thdse of Ha fa via cloth. I .'
i' liko the hat pictured in black, with |
I stiff loops of ribbon and a jet buckle !
, ? n
I for ornament.
1 ' corniCMT n votwn hwwu unioh i fl
i tinder the outside cover, tacking it
: down with a stitch at the corners and
in the middle of the sides. The cushion p
feels softer than it otherwise would; (.
! moreover, the wadding shows up the t|
I work ami makes even a plain cover ,.
i j look well. s
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I ; Fringe.
Fringe is seen on many of the smart- 8
est'of new frocks. Possibly its lasting ^
vogue can he accounted for in the fact ?
I that it is the most tlattering of trim- 8
1} tilings, especially when it is long. a
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BOY
SCOUTS
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Conducted by National Council of the Boy
Scouts of America.)
BRITISH COLUMBIA HERO
Before the eyes of scores of spectaors,
two bo; scouts of Vancouver.
I. C.. Allen Wooton and Hamlsli Daldson
recently covered thetuselvei
[ 1th glory by crawling out on the
reacherous melting ice of Coal Uaror
and rescued Bruce Mclntyre, the
ourteen-year-old Bon of Kev. R. J. Mcntyre.
The boy had been skating
nd was about 200 feet out from shore
fhpn without wnrninir the ice eave
ray, precipitating hlra Into the water,
le made a game struggle to pull hlmelf
out, but the Ice was too rotten to
ling to.
Many people saw the boy's plight,
ut none dared venture out to his
escue as the Ice obviously would
ear no man's weight. Ladders were
un out. Even this Improvised bridge
as precarious, as by this time the
:e was breaking up on all sides. The
wo scouts volunteered to attempt the
escue, Davidson skating out, as near
s be could to the ladder while Wooon
crawled out on the ladder, drop-,
lng a rope and another small ladder
ehlnd him. Between them the resuers
managed to push the extra lader
under the drowning boy and pry
lm to the surface of the Ice. People
n the shore then hauled In the rope
nd all three boys landed safely Just
s the police arrived. First aol was
Iven young Mclntyre. and In the exIteruent
the two rescuers slipped
way. nobody having even Inquired
lieir names. Later, however, the
oung heroes were solicit out, though
hey made light of the incident and
rould not permit their pictures to be
uhllshed until they secured the prom?e
that the fact they were boy scouts
hould be mentioned and the chief
redlt given to the organization which
ad given them the trninlng which had
nabled them to do the good turn. Both
oys have been scouts for over five
ears. Davidson Is troop leader of
he Fifth mountaineers and a King's
?? .. mrwionnnHiiiir somewhat
I'UUI, n I nur\ VWI ic.?|/viniM>0
) the Eagle of the Boy Scouts of
.merlca. Wooton is an assistant
coutinaster of the Sixth Vancouver
oop.
SCOUTS FIND LOST CHILD
/
Consternation reigned in a certain
ome in Shreveport, La. Four-yearid
Perkins Sykes had disappeared,
pparently as completely as last wind's
snow. The frantic- mother apealed
to the police, and at the same
r?e Wayne Durham, a cousin of the
outhful vagrant, took it on himself
) call out the Fox patrol of which he
as lender. Two squads of scouts, one
ended by Durham, and another by
ed Tarver started an organized
?arch thro 'gh the neighborhood. A
pout ndver gives up and though for
ours no luck crowned their efforts;
nally the missing youngster was capired
In Gasser ball park tired, but
npp.v and not at all concerned about
ettlng home. ' "I walked; that's all.'*
e explained, "walked and walked,
anted to find .Terry." Jerry, it
eemed, was a small playmate whose
ociety Perkins had missed greatly
>nce his parents had moved to anther
part of town. "Can't get home
ow." he added. "Don't want to get
ome. Want to play." Nevertheless
e consented to be taken back to his
lotlmr. the scouts taking turns carrytg
him. Sound asleep In his cousin's
rms hp was handed over to ms ueghted
mother.
/ILL MAKE WASHINGTON TRIP
Roy scouts of Wheeling and Moundsille
council. West Virginia, are alpady
beginning to hoard their earnlgs
and spending money in anticlpaon
of their excursion to the national
npital. scheduled to take place next
umnier, according to the present plans
f the council. It is planned to mnke
fie trip by means of auto trucks, travling
by day and making night camps
long the way. This is one of the
lan.v similar education trips which
re being promoted by scout leaders
limughout the country, looking to ard
both pleasure and profit of
routs, jp
i MAN, WOMAN AND BOY SCOUT
TIip Chamber of Commerce of MarInez,
Cal., recently put through a city
leanup, during whidi t hey urged
very body to trim shrubbery, remove
uliliisli, tear down or mend and reaint
old fences, burn over gruss in
acant lots, etc. The city was
looked out in districts for this purose,
with a man, a woman and a
oy scout in charge of each.
RESCUE WITH HOCKEY STICKS
Scouts Rosland Bowers and Donald
'lark of Mllford, Conn., last winter
aved with their hockey sticks a small
oy who had fallen through the Ice.
Vlth characteristic scout modesty,
nf fhu Incident. The I
t-1 I 11 1 v?
rst notification their scoutmaster had
lint his troop hud some sure-enough
eroes was when he received a grate111
appreciation from the rescued lud's
iurents asking him to publicly thank
he boys for their splendid service in
irst aid.
IS STRONG FOR SCOUTS
August Vollmer. chief of police of
lerkeley. Cnl., tells his force to enourage
scouting on their "beats" If
hey do nothing else. "Prevention of
rim? is nine tenths of the game." he
ays. "Xa full-fledged boy scout has
ver been a delinquent in the history
f this department." Chief Vollmer !s
frong for scouts. He likes their ways,
heir loyalty, their habit of the daily
good turn." Above all he likes the
cout smile, and considers It a valuable
sset to society.
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IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
SindaySchool
' Lesson'
(By REV. P. B. FITZWATEK. D. D..
Teacher of English Bible In the Moody . '
Bible Institute of Chicago !
Copyright mi. Ww'trii Nfwip?p?r Unlom.
LESSON FOR APRIL 30 /,
ISAIAH'S 8UMMONS AND RE8PONSE.
LESSON TEXT.?Isa. 8:1-11.
GOLDEN TEXT.?Here am I; send me.
?Isa. 6:8. . '
REFERENCE MATERIAL.?Gen. 12:1-4:
Ex. 3:1-4:17; Josh. 1:1-9; Jar. 1:4-10; Matt
10:5-20.
PRIMARY TOPIC.?God Calls Isaiah to
Help Him. -
J U.\ 1UK TUflC.?A Young Man wno
Was Ready.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC.
?Our Response to the Call for Service.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC.
?The Service to Which God Calls Us.
I. Isaiah's Vision of Glory (vv. 1-4). ,
So definite was this vision that the
prophet remembered the very time of
Its occurrence. It meant so much to
him that he could ever look back to ,
it us a day when his ministry took on
a new meaning.
1. He Saw the Lord on His Throne
(v. 1). Though the death of Uzzlah
left Jadah's throne tenipty it was made
clear to the prophet that the throne
of God -was occupied. The Lord was
high and lifted up, showing that He
is above all kingdoms. This was a
peculiar preparation of Iaaiah for his %
work. The one who has reully seen
God can never be the same ugcfcprftfa
has a fuller meaning aver afterward.
2. He Saw the SerapMms Above (vv.
2, 3). Just who these beings are we
do not know. The word signifies
"fiery," "burning." They wei;e glorious
beings whoso business was to wait
upon the Lord, to go on errands for
Him. They had six 'wings?two for
flight; two to cover (heir face, showing
reverence; and two to cover their
feet, showing humility. These three
pairs show that reverence and humility
ure of equal valug before God.
with activity. The song of the sernphims
shows thfft they saw holiness as
God's supreme attribute. The thrice
"holy" perhaps refers to the Trinity. %
Th? flrct phnlf onnc "Hnlv holv holv."
,,v ,,,M4 v '""1 MM"o? "V? ?- ??
and the secdnd choir responded to
this by spying, "The whole earth Is
full of His glory." ?
3. The Manifestation of Majesty (v.
4). "The posts uf the door moved at
the voice of him that cried, and the
house was Ailed with smoke." The
smoke, no doubt, signified God's wrath
against man's sinfulness (see Psalms
18 :8; 74:1).
II. Isaiah's Conviction of Sin (v. 6).
The vision o\ God brought the
prophet to see hhfself. It is only is
the light of God's kpllness that we see
our unholiness. WTjen Peter got a *
glimpse of who Christ was he begged
Him to depart from Vdrn, saying, "Depart
from me; for I a.ta a sinful man,
O lord" (Luke 5:8). The prophet not
only realized thut lie a sinner,
but that the nation was ? nation of
sinners. What the world needs today
above all things Is a vision j)t God.
III. Isaiah's Cleansing r>?m Sin
(vv. 6, 7).
The taking of the coal from i>e altai
shows that it was connected with
sacrifice. The fire that consume ths
sacrifice wus holy fire. When u Jinnor
gets u vision of God in Christ, ?
Holy Spirit applies the merits <
Christ's shed hlood and cleanses from '
rU sin. The soul touched by the fire
from the altar of God's sacrifice is
freed instantly from all sin. *
IV. Isaiah's Call (v. 8).
Immediately following his cleansing
came the call. Men must be cleansed
from sin before they shall be called
to God's service. Though God has
many angelic beings who willingly go ,
on errands for Him. yet He hus errands
upon which only cleansed human
beings can go. The only ones
who can really declare the gospel of
God's grace ure those who have experienced
Its saving power. God Is
asking this same question or men ana
women. Isaiah readily responded to
his call by dedicating himself to the
task, fie said, "Here am I; send me."
V. Isaiah's Commission (vv. 9-13).
1. The Sending (vv. 9, 10). He had /
a most discouruglng task before him.
He is assured that the people wiTT *
hear his message, out be unmoved by
it. They \vlll even increuse in blindness
and deafness to the divine warnings?they
will neither be converted
nor healed. Such a hopeless task
would only be undertaken by one who
had had a vision of God.
1'. The Eneounivgement (vv. 11-13)
Facing this discouraging outlook the 5S
prophet raised th.? inquiry, "Lord, how V
long?" Tlie Lord in His reply aiSsurec a
him that it would not 1:ist forever. 4
The land would be desolate, the cities
without inhabitants, and the houses
without occupants; but as the oak retains
its vital substance even long
afte* It has been cut down, so from
Juduh shall a remnant be saved. The *
holy seed is the substance which shall
constitute the basis of the kingdotr
which shall come wheu David's sod
shull be king. ( ?
Value of Libraries.
Women can do a grent deal to raise
the rone of lite in the community. Tin
public library ought to have its pluct
and adequate support in every village
town, or city. In some parts of New
England, the law requires that everj *
town, however small, shall maintaic
a public library. It Is discreditable
to us that there is not such a llbrarj p
In many more of our communities. Lei
the beginning he made in a small waj
if necessary, hut let church womer
give leadership In establishing suet
libraries and making them attractive
places of resort for readers, centers 01
intellectual life.?The Bishop ol
Newark.
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The Voice of a Fool.
Be not rash with thy mouth, and let
not thine heart be hasty to utter anj
thing before God; for God is in heav
en, and thou upon earth; therefore lei
thy words be few. For a dream com
eth through the multitude of business
and a fool's voice Is known by a multi
tude of words.?Eccles. 5:2*3.
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