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Events of the Day Notes and comments on impor- tant happenings of our times

Settlement of THE settlement of the Grand Duchesses (1)—Charlotte of heralded with great joy, and it is to be French War- French war-debt to the Luxemberg. hoped that the emancipation will prove Debt to America United States is based a harbinger of happier times for that Emirs (4)—Amanullah Khan of upon a sixty-two years' agreement. sorely tried people. One feeble old wo- Afghanistan, Mitab of Jebel Shammar, For the first two years £6,000,000 will man was so filled with joy and gratitude Saud of Nejd and Hasa, and Abdullah be the annual payment, an extra £500,- that she placed in the hand of Mr. Bar- of Transjordania. 000 being added for the following two r ard an amber ring. Her great comfort years. The payment will then gradually Beys (0—E1 Habib of Tunis. was that nevermore would she be separa- increase until a maximum annual amount Forty-two nations now have presidents ted from her family through sudden sale of £25,000,000 is reached. The sum or other republican heads : Albania, An- to another master. The "Times" com- total of the payments is expected to dorra, Argentina, Austria, Bolivia, menting upon Mr. Barnard's experiences reach £1,369,600,000. For the first five Brazil, Chile, China (including Tibet), says : "The expedition to the Nagas was years no interest will be required, but Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czecho- full of danger, owing to the treacherous according to the "Times," "thereafter Slovakia, Danzig, Ecuador, Esthonia, character of this otherwise simple-minded the rate will gradually increase from 1% Finland, France, Germany, Greece, people. The unpleasant possibilities of for the first ten years to 3i% for the last Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Irish Free attack by animals and the attentions of twenty-two years. There is said to be State, Latvia, Liberia, Lithuania, Mexi- leeches were the chief inconveniences. no safety olause." co, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Thirty-four villages agreed to give up Peru, Poland, Portugal, Russia (includ- human sacrifice. Others suggested that ing Chita, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Ar- if the Government would provide victims The World's ALL over the world great for holding one final and complete sacri- Rulers menia, and Georgia), Salvador, San changes in forms of govern- Marino, Santo Domingo, Switzerland, fice the practice would be stopped." It ment have taken place during recent Turkey, United States, Uruguay, and is estimated that south of the Patkai years and the following list of rulers is Venezuela. range, in an area of 2,000 square miles, of special interest. It is taken from the there are 25,00o people living in 138 vil- "Pathfinder." Human Sacrifices ASTONISHING condi- lages, and "all hankering after human Emperors (2)—George of India and in the Twentieth tions have been re- sacrifices." Yoshihito of Japan. Century! vealed by Mr. J. T. Empresses (0—Waizeru Zauditu of 0. Barnard during his heroic endeavours Abyssinia. to stamp out the slave trade and abolish Three-in-One AN airship, claimed by Dirigible Kings (17)—George of Great Britain the practice of human sacrifices among its designer, Baron Boris and Ireland and the British possessions, the Nagas of Burma. Already 3,445 von Loutzkov, to be absolutely storm- Albert of Belgium, Wangchuk of Bhu- slaves have been set free, the compensa- proof, has been invented. It is of most tan, Boris of Bulgaria, Siswath of Cam- tion amounting to D,000. Particularly peculiar shape, composed of three units, bodia, Christian of Denmark and Ice- has the liberation of the Kachins been a large ship having a smaller one at- land, Fuad of Egypt, Husein of Hed- tached to it on either side. The airship jaz, Victor Emmanuel of Italy, Feisal of is capable of great speed, and the power- Mesopotamia (Iraq), Bikram of Nepal, rob••• •••••.• 0.1••••••••••••••..0.41...... ? ful engines enable it to have a carrying Haakon of Norway, Ferdinand of Ru- , capacity hitherto unreached. The "Popu- mania, Alexander of the Serbs, Croats, Day by Day Through 26 lar Science Monthly" further explains : and Slovenes (Jugo-Slavia), Rama of "Baron von Loutzkov's ship is actually Siam, Alfonso of Spain, and Gustaf of three ships, for each unit is separate and Sweden. APRIL22nd.—Lithuanian-Soviet Pact. complete in itself, and is joined to the Queens (0—Wilhelmina of the Neth- April 24th.—Soyict-German Treaty signed. others with steel cables. In case of acci- erlands (Holland). dent to one or even to two units, the Regents (2)—Von Horthy of Hungary April 25th.—Coronation of Riza Shah Pah- inventor declares, all hands can be levi as Shah of Persia. and Riza Khan of Persia. transferred to the undamaged part by Princes (2)—John of Liechtenstein and April 26th.—Introduction of the Budget. means of gangplanks that run between Louis of Monaco. April 29th.—France and United States the units, and the defective ones can be Sultans (4)—Jobar of Kuwiet, Mulai agree on debt settlement. cut loose. This feature, he says, makes Yusef of Morocco, Faisal of Oman, and May 3rd.—General strike commenced mid- his ship three times as safe and trust- Khalifa of Zanzibar. worthy as an ordinary dirigible."

PAGE TWO resent Truth and Signs of the limes THE NEWS INTERPRETER

Vol. 42. No. ii. Price 2d. May 27, 1926. The Great Industrial War E are writing this in the And Its Solemn Significance One hears it on all sides. It midst of the great By THE EDITOR comes in various forms from men general strike. Al- of high and low estate. Yesterday though at the moment stead of ride to work, and not a. we were in a little ironmonger's the outlook is very few find it quite gratifying to have shop, and the woman behind the sombre, we hope that by the time a new and legitimate excuse for counter, as she wrapped up the this issue reaches our readers, the being late. It is, too, almost a goods we were purchasing, said, clouds will have lifted. relief to have our newspaper read- "Where are we going to ? What As a country we have drifted ing habit interrupted for a while, is going to happen next? Where blindly, and for the most part and fascinating indeed to have all will all this unrest lead?" She thoughtlessly, into this great the news we get come to us over was but one of millions who are catastrophe. Until the very last the wireless. similarly perplexed. day the great majority refused to But the novelty of such a situa It .is a good thing that we should believe that such a calamity as a tion rapidly wears off. Hearts general strike could actually hap- ask these questions; and better can keep cheerful while the money still if we search diligently for an- pen. We all banked heavily upon lasts, but no work means no swers to them. We would even the large measure of sound com- wages; and no wages means no go so far as to say that if this mon sense, usually credited to the food. And when men get hungry, general strike awakens us all to a average Englishman, to avert the and see their children starving, new sense of the seriousness of threatened struggle. The vast, in- they get desperate, and lose con- the times and drives us, as it tricate problems of the coal indus- trol. And if the strike lasts long, should, nearer to God, with a try, the immediate cause of the great and terrible will be the ( ou- deeper longing for eternal things, present situation, have been quite sequences. it will at least have done some generally regarded, if not with in- It is not for us to apportion good. difference, at least with a feeling blame or even to discuss the pros that they were somebody else's and cons of the matter under dis- Answering the question, "What business, and that the Government pute. Men of wide experience, do these things mean ?" we would look after them. experts in the vital matters con- would say first that they mean : Now, however, we find our- cerned, have done their utmost to 1. That with all 010' boasted selves faced with the tremendous find a solution of the difficulty, and civilisation we are yet a long way fact of a general strike, and the without success. We can add no- from the kingdom, of God. For almost complete stoppage of every thing which, from a political many years now our preachers and industry in the country. No standpoint, would help the situa- teachers, and even our news- trains, no buses, no morning news- tion. It is not ours to preach papers, have been endeavouring papers, perhaps no electricity, and politics, but to point out the real to convince us that the world, no gas. In all of these trades the significance of these tremendous and particularly our own coun- regular workers have ceased work happenings of our time. try, was getting so much bet- or are planning to do so. On the lips of thousands of peo- ter, so much more civilized, It is a situation not without in- ple to-day, the question is being that we were not so very far terest. The sudden removal of so asked, "What does it all mean ?" away from the setting up of the many supposed essentials to our It is the same question 4s was kingdom of God on earth. In- civilization jerks our minds in new raised in Bible times, "What mean- deed, the followers of a certain trails of thought. For a day or eth the noise of this tumult ?" Pastor Russell have gone so far two it is quite pleasant to walk in- Sam. 4 : 14. as to tell us that we are even now PAGE THREE '

God, and every such disobedience is direst folly, leading away from the things that make for peace. What we need to-day more than anything is to get rid of sin, and the only way to do that is to find Christ. And if we, as individuals and as a nation, do not seek Him quickly and find Him, then the future will be dark indeed. 3 That Christ's second coming is drawing near. Of course, som 2- one will say, We have heard that before. Every time that something goes wrong in the world you say that it is a sign of the coming of Christ. Well, read the prophecy for yourself again, "Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come Crowds of employees leaving work at declaration of strike. upon you. Your riches are corrupt- already in the millennium. All the supreme purpose of masters ed, and your garments are moth- such statements and prophecies and men is to serve the living God. eaten. Your gold and silver is are but idle and misleading specu- If you do not know of a place cankered; and the rust of them lations. When it is possible for where such conditions exist, we shall be a witness against you, a struggle so bitter and so cruel can tell you not of one only but of and shall eat your flesh as it were to be waged in a country boasting dozens of them. There is no need fire. Ye have heaped treasure to- the oldest and best developed for strikes and labour troubles. gether for the last days. Behold, we may well despair of The supreme need is Christ. the hire of the labourers who have any deliverance coming to the And if you were to get down to reaped down your fields, which is world from among men. One of the real basic cause of the present of you kept back by fraud, crieth : the first lessons that we should struggle, you would find that it and the cries of them which have learn from this struggle is to turn was not some fault in the phrase- reaped are entered into the ears of our eyes Godward for all our pres- ology of the Government state- the Lord of sabaoth. Ye have lived ent help, and for all our hope for ments, nor some indiscretion on in pleasure on the earth, and been the future. If our England; so the part of the trade unions. The wanton; ye have nourished your enlightened, so enriched with trea- root cause of the present crisis hearts, as in a day of slaughter." sures of wisdom and knowledge, is to be found in men's hearts. James 5: should sink so low as to fight The beginning of all strife is sin. There is the prophecy that so within itself, what hope is there It may manifest itself in a thous- aptly describes the condition in for us or for the world ? What and ways, perhaps in covetousness, which we find ourselves to-day. It confidence dare we place in men a lust for wealth, selfishness, a is a picture of a time when there for the future? Our trust must desire for the property of others, shall be great disparity of wealth. be transferred to the eternal God, envy, hatred, malice, uncharitable- There will be the few men who and our hopes for the betterment ness. In every case it is the break- have heaped treasures together, of humanity and the coming reign ing of one of the commands of and the many who have received of peace must be rebuilt upon Him. 2. That England's greatest need is conversion. That may sound a very impractical suggestion to make at such a time as this. Just as though conversion would make any difference ! But that is just what is most needed, nevertheless. A revival of true godliness in our midst would do more to stop the strike than anything else. A general religious revival all over the country towards the end of April would have prevented it. When Christ is exalted in men's hearts, there is peace. Men who have received. Him into their lives may differ in policies, in plans, in methods, but they do not fight. You do not get strikes when Mass meeting of dock strikers. PAGE FOUR less than they have deserved for their labour. It is a picture of struggle and strife and, most im- portant of all to notice, it is pre- NO DARK FUTURE dicted for "the last days". By N. P. NEILSEN True, there have been labour disputes in every age. We have had them before in our own land, and that quite recently, but never THE future is hidden from us, imperfect, we know, but God for- has the country faced such a situa- except as the Lord reveals it in gives the sins of the past if we but tion as that in which it finds itself His Word. We know not what a confess and forsake them. We to-day. And that prophecy, which day will bring forth. We know need not always mourn over the doubtless in times past has had not what blessings the morrow past mistakes; but, having con- a local application, is to-day being may hold in store, nor what trials fessed our sins, we may believe fulfilled before our eyes in all its and sorrows it may bring. Day that God has forgiven them. Then broadest meaning. To-day, in the by day, the curtain of the future with the great apostle Paul, we heart of the greatest empire that lifts, revealing new blessings from may say, "Not as though I had earth has ever seen, we find the God and bringing new experiences already attained, either were al- forces of capital and labour ar- to• us. Unexpected events may ready perfect : but I follow after, if rayed against each other, armed that I may apprehend that forwhich and prepared, resolutely deter- also I am apprehended of Christ mined to fight to the bitter end. What a Hope Is This! Jesus. Brethren, I count not my- May it not have been toward some ROBERT HARE self to have apprehended : but this such scene as this that the Lord O God, what a world is this ! and how one thing I do, forgetting those was looking when He caused His The scene grows darker as the days things which are behind, and pass by; reaching forth unto those things servant to pen the words of this The crimsoned glare of the murderer's prophecy? which are before, I press toward hand, the mark for the prize of the high And now the time for the fulfil- The lawless yell of the lawless band, calling of God in Christ Jesus." ment has arrived. And with it there The cry of sorrow in the land, Reach beyond the sky ! Phil. 3: 12--14. The past is left comes to us the solemn warning behind, and we press forward to of the servant of God : "Be pa- 0 God, what a time is this! and still greater victories. tient therefore, brethren, unto the The hearts of men convulse in passion's rage The future need not be dark to coming of the Lord : . . . for the With thoughtless tread, a million feet us. The loving Father, Who has coming of the Lord draweth Echo from mart and crowded street, helped us hitherto, will for ever nigh." James 5 : 7, 8. Where fashion, crime, and hatred meet In darkening history's page. remain the same. He will never No words could be more appro- leave or forsake us, if we will but priate at such a time as this. In 0 God, what a work is this ! for now trust in Him. The blessed hope this hour of tribulation, above all Angels of heaven are joining hands with man, of seeing Him Who died for us will things we need abundant patience To gather from the fields of pain cheer us on amid all the perplexi- —patience with ourselves, our fel- Some precious sheaves of ripened grain ties of life. It will buoy us up low-men, and with God. And in Before the bitter tempest rain under the fiercest trials; it will the darkness of this hour we need That ends salvation's plan! comfort us in all our sorrow; and hope. And there is given to us 0 God, what a hope is this! the light sustain us in the hour of death. anew the brightest hope that ever Divinest falls across the darkened This cheering hope will illumine was placed within the bosom of way: Sorrow may dry its crowding tears, the darkness of the future and men. It is the hope that God will While grief may banish all its fears, "shed a peaceful radiance o'er the intervene in the affairs of men and And hope may read across the years prospects of the tomb." While send His Son from heaven to make The pledge of brighter day. dark clouds may cover the hori- all strife and turmoil, strikes and 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 zon, while we may hear the mut- wars, "cease unto the ends of the terings of the approaching storm earth" : that Jesus will come again come ; unlooked-for sorrows may of world events, we may neverthe- to usher in His glorious reign of be our lot; but of one thing we less look up, and lift up our heads, everlasting peace. may be sure—the Lord will never knowing that redemption dnaws In the midst of this present forsake His trusting children, but nigh. Fear not the hidden future, calamity God sends to us this mes- will, with the ordeal that may but trust in God and take heart. sage of cheer. He would tell us come, also make a way of escape. that the night is far spent and the Each dark cloud has its silver lin- • day is at hand. Conditions may ing; and so each trial, if we but even grow worse for a while, but relate ourselves aright to it, may "THROUGH all our trials we have we may take courage in the knowl- be a stepping-stone, leading us up- a never-failing Helper. He does edge that He is working out His ward to the God of love. not leave us alone to struggle with own eternal purpose; that the Looking back in our experi- temptation, to battle with evil, and Most High ruleth in the king- ence, we may see mistakes that be finally crushed with burdens and doms of men; that ere long the have been made; but we should sorrow. Though now He is hidden great day of God Almighty shall not dwell upon these, only to profit from mortal sight, the ear of faith dawn and the blessed hope of the by them and strive to avoid them can hear His voice saying, Fear ages be realized. in the future. Our life has been not; I am with you." PAGE FIVE

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HRIST not only died Covenant does the New Covenant worldly sanctuary. For there was a for the sins of men have a temple or sanctuary of its tabernacle made ; the first, wherein was nineteen hut d re d own. The ancient sacrifices, of- the candlestick, and the table, and the years ago on Calvary, ferings, services and worship were shewbread ; which is called the holy and thus purchased all typical of the work of our (margin). And after the second veil, the their pardon and redeemed them, Lord. The New Covenant has a tabernacle which is called the holiest of He is now ministering His own priesthood as well as the Old. It all ; which had the golden censer, and blessed, sinless life to His people has a sacrifice for sin as well as the the ark of the covenant overlaid round that they may have present vic- Old. about with gold, wherein was the golden tory over sin. Of Lhe present priesthood and pot that had manna, and Aaron's rod That is to say, Christ was not sanctuary we read : only raised from the dead, but He that budded, and the tables of the coven- is alive now as well, and is min- "We have an High Priest, Who is set ant ; and over it the cherubims of glory istering as our high priest in the on the right hand of heavenly sanctuary. the throne of the The present work of Christ as Majesty in the heav- priest is not as well known by ens ; a minister of the Christians as His past work as Sa- sanctuary, and of viour. But it is none the less real the true tabernacle, for that. And a study of the which the Lord Scriptures regarding His priest- pitched, and not hood makes vividly clear both man." Heb. 8 : what His present work is and of what exceeding importance It is And again : in the plan of salvation. "Then verily the THE PRIESTHOOD OF THE NEW first covenant had al- COVENANT. so ordinances of di- Equally as much as the Old vine service, and a

The services and ceremonies of the wilderness tabernacle were but types of various phases of the life and ministo., of our Lord Jesus Christ.

PAGE SIX shadowing the mercyseat ; of which we Christ, and comes in between with spir tual food, but having no cannot now speak particularly." Heb. Christ and His people. sacrificial or mediatorial function 9 :I--5. As the people of God through whatsoever. the Christian centuries have con- The sacrificial, mediatorial work Speaking of the services which fessed their sins to Jesus Christ, of the Levitical priesthood is set were conducted in this ancient He has presented His own blood in forth in the New Testament as sanctuary, the writer of Hebrews their behalf before the broken law having been fulfilled in Christ. The says: of God in the heavenly sanctuary, church was not to offer any fur- "Now when the-3e things were thus for the remission of the confessed ther sacrifices for sin, but only to ordained, the priests went always into sins, and the Father has accepted accept that great sacrifice, offered the first tabernacle, accomplishing the His sacrifice in their behalf. "once for all" on Calvary. That service of God. But into the second sacrifice needed no repetition. Its went the high priest alone once every THERE IS NO EARTHLY SACRIFICIAL merits were to be applied to all year, not without blood, which he of- PRIESTHOOD. who would accept it by Jesus Him- fered for himself, and for the errors of There is no Christian priesthood self as High Priest in the temple the people." Heb. 9 :6, 7. above. Our access to Him is a. direct access. It does not run The meaning of all these ser- IA hen I Get to the End of My Way through any church to Christ,. vices is also plainly stated : through any priest to Christ, THE sands have been washed in the foot- through any minister to Christ, or "The Holy Ghost thus signifying, that prints the way into the holiest of all was not through any body of men • to Of the Stranger on Galilee's shore, Christ. The sinner can come yet made manifest, while as the first And the voice that subdued the rough tabernacle was yet standing : which was billows directly to the only Priest Who a figure for the time then present, in Will be heard in Judea no more. can forgive and cleanse and heal, which were offered both gifts and sacri- But the path of that lone Galilean and ask directly of that Priest the fices, that could not make him that did With joy I will follow to-day ; inestimable favour of offering the the service perfect, as pertaining to the And the toils of the road will seem no- sacrifice of His own blood for the thing, conscience ; which stood only in meats pardon of the sinner, When I get to the end of the way. and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until There are so many hills to climb up- THE EARTHLY SANCTUARY AND ITS the time of reformation. But Christ be- ward, SERVICES. ing come an High Priest of good things I often am longing for rest, But He Who appoints me my pathway A very illuminating description to come, by a greater and more perfect of the work of Christ as priest may tabernacle, not made with hands, that Knows just what is needful and best. I know in His Word He bath promised be obtained from a study of the is to say, not of this building ; neither That my strength, it shall be as my services and priesthood of the an- by the blood of goats and calves, but day ; cient sanctuary of Israel. This by His own blood He entered in once And the toils of the road will seem no- was only a pattern of the heavenly into the holy place, having obtained thing, sanctuary in which Christ minis- eternal redemption for us." Heb. 9 : When I get to the end of the way. ters. It was fashioned in every 8--I2. When the last feeble step has been detail and particular after that taken, heavenly sanctuary. It was an A HEAVENLY PRIESTHOOD AND And the gates of that city appear, exact copy of the heavenly. "Ac- SANCTUARY. And the beautiful songs of the angels cording to all that I show thee, Float out on my listening ear ; after the pattern of the tabernacle, From this passage it is clear that When all that now seems so mysterious, there is a sanctuary now in heaven, and the pattern of all the instru- Will be bright and as clear as the day ; ments thereof, even so shall ye in which Christ, Who is our High. Then the toils of the road will seem no- Priest, offers His own blood for thing, make it." "And look that thou the remission of the sins which are When I get to the end of the way. make them after their pattern, confessed to Him. The services —Selected. which was showed thee in the mount." Exod. 25 : 9, 4o. in this heavenly sanctuary are con- 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 ducted by Jesus Christ. The daily services in this an- When Christ ascended to heav- mentioned in the New Testament cient sanctuary have already been en, forty days after kis resurrec- save the priesthood of Christ and described. Day by day, through- tion, He entered upon His work that of all believers together. The out the year, sinners brought to of ministry in the "holy place" of New Testament is filled with the the gate of the sanctuary their the heavenly sanctuary (Heb. 9: accounts of the lives and doings of sacrifices for their sins. The sins 12). Since that time He has been Christian ministers, but never once of the people were placed upon engaged in a priestly work for His are they called priests. They are these sacrifices, their lives taken, peopl. They have no need of an called apostles, prophets, evangel- their blood shed, and sprinkled be- earthly priesthood, for they have ists, pastors, teachers, ministers, fore the broken law for the remis- an heavenly. They have no need overseers, presbyters, deacons, sion of sin. In this way the sinner of confessing their sins to an stewards, but never priests. Their was saved from his sin and a lamb earthly order of priests, for they work is set forth in the New Testa- died in his place. can confess them directly to the ment as being that of ministers, In all this we recognize an ob- great High Priest in heaven. Any servants, leaders, shepherds, lead- ject lesson pointing forward to Priesthood on earth only detracts ing the devotions, directing the the vicarious atonement of Christ, from the heavenly priesthood of activities, and feeding the flock (Continued on page io.) PAGE SEVEN Chap

(2) Autotype Fine Art Co., Ltd. From the picture in the National Gallery by Wilkie. The crying need of the hour is for the Gospel of the grace of Christ to be preached in its simplicity and power as it was by men like John Knox and the other Reformers of old.

N this hour of crisis covering its youthful vigour, its and shall see no sorrow." Rev. and peril it is comfort- power and prestige, until once 18 : 7. ing to reflect that the more it can be said : "All the That however, is but one side great God of heaven world wondered after the beast." of the pictured struggle of the still lives and reigns Rev. 13 : 3. So great is the new future. While the papal forces are and is working out His own eter- triumph of this power that "all sweeping onward to seeming vic- nal purpose. that dwell upon the earth shall tory, there appears upon the pro- worship him, whose names are not phetic scene another world move- All that has happened or is about to happen is known to IIim. written in the book of life of the mentdesigned o!' God to withstand, Nothing in the impending conflict Lamb slain from the foundation of to counteract, and finally to triumph will take Him by surprise. To the world." Verse 8. over them. In the graphic lan- Him the end is as the beginning, Thus, once more, with one guage of the prophet this mighty and the future as the past. "All mind, the kings of the earth shall Protestant movement is repre- things are naked and open unto "give their power and strength sented as being inaugurated by the eyes of Him with Whom we unto the beast." Rev. 17 : 13. In- Heaven, supported by the angelic have to do." Heb. 4 : 13. There- toxicated with her triumph, the hosts, and launched upon its con- fore, if we would understand the papal Church will say in her heart, quering career in the very midst present religious situation and "I sit a queen, and am no widow, of the papal revival. Driven on rightly relate ourselves thereto, it by the urge of the Infinite for the is essential that we bring ourselves Itatt.loalit.I.111....19,...10....••••••.1111.M.SYNNAWM.Itr: II fulfilment of a divine purpose, this into closer touch with the Source mighty movement, bearing the 1 7,000 Copies in Four Weeks ! ( glad tidings of a pure Gospel to of knowledge and seek to view Remarkable Demand for our problems from the heights of I perishing souls, is seen to become God. i "Protestantism Imperilled ! " i as world-wide, as universal as the boasted catholicity of Rome. The Word, that must ever be The series of articles which has been appearing in I Says the prophet: the backbone and inspiration of i " Present Truth " has "And I saw another angel fly all true Protestantism, sheds the now been printed in book i in the midst of heaven, having the light we need upon the present form, with striking cover I picture in colours, price, i everlasting Gospel to preach unto crisis. In the book of Revelation, iONE SHILLING only. them that dwell on the earth, and in unmistakable language, the i to every nation, and kindred, and Order a copy at once from present world-Romanizing move- i tongue, and people, saying with ment is foreshadowed. The beast The Stanborough Press Ltd., : a loud voice, Fear God, and give whose head was "wounded to 1 Watford, Herta. 1 glory to Him; for the hour of His death" is seen by the revelator re- 4...w.....ft.,w.m.“.ft.w...... wft.,er.....,w.ft,44' judgment is come : and worship PAGE EIGHT ness and failure are directly trace- able to departure from them. If e Call of the Hour Protestantism is to renew its strength in this hour of crisis, then !.n of the series entitled " Protestantism Imperilled ! " there must be a return to these essential Biblical principles. There By A. S. MAXWELL must come a discarding of doubt Him that made heaven, and earth, made heaven, and earth, and the and an increase of faith. The dis- and the sea, and the fountains of sea, and the fountains of waters." cussion of criticisms must give waters. And there followed an- The law and the Gospel will go place to the preaching of the ever- other angel, saying, Babylon is hand in hand. Jesus will be ex- lasting Gospel. From the modern fallen, is fallen, that great city, alted and the law He cherished in antinomianism there must be a because she made all nations drink His heart magnified. Those who resolute reversion to the com- of the wine of the wrath of her ally themselves with this wonder- mandments of God in their en- fornication. And the third angel ful movement will, in the sight of tirety. Above all, Christ must be followed them, saying with a loud Heaven, be regarded as God's own exalted as the Creator, Upholder voice, If any man worship the people, His special treasure (Mal. and Redeemer of the world. Only beast and his image, and receive 3: 17, margin), being referred to, by building upon such foundations his mark in his forehead, or in as "they that keep the command- can an invincible Protestantism be his hand, the same shall drink of ments of God, and the faith of erected. (To be concluded.) the wine of the wrath of God." Jesus." Rev. 14 : 12. • Rev. 14: 6--io. Together with adherence to the God's Love to Man As surely as the prophecies re- fundamental principles of the ever- THE price paid for our redemp- lating to the revival of the Papacy lasting Gospel will be combined tion, the infinite sacrifice of our are being fulfilled to-daybefore our a faithful witness against the heavenly Father in giving His Son eye's, so surely are these words the errors of Babylon the Great. to die for us, should give us ex- message of God for this hour. In- Solemn warning will be given as alted conceptions of what we may deed, they are nothing more nor to the inevitable consequences to become through Christ. As the less than a divine prediction of a befall those who persistently inspired apostle John beheld the grand revival of true Protestant- "worship the beast and his image, height, the depth, the breadth of ism which is to sweep over the and receive his mark" in their the Father's love toward the per- earth into "every nation, and kin- foreheads or in their hands. ishing race, he was filled with dred, and tongue, and people." (Verses 9--11.) With earnest adoration and reverence ; and, fail- Every person, therefore, who is pleading will the call be given : ing to find suitable language in looking for, working for, and "Come out of her, My people, which to express the greatness praying for the revival of Protest- that ye be not partakers of her and tenderness of this love, he antism must base his prayers and sins, and that ye receive not of called upon the world to behold it. his efforts upon this revelation of her plagues." Chapter 18 : 4. "Behold, what manner of love the the divine will. No more comprehensive state- Father hath bestowed upon us, It will be noticed that this state- ment of the principles of true Pro- that we should be called the sons ment calls for the preaching of the testantism has ever been penned. of God." What a value this places Gospel. That, in itself, is sufficient It is surely a message for this upon man! Through transgres- to identify it as a Protestant hour. Every lover of Protestant sion, the sons of man became sub- movement. But it is not only principles must become rooted and jects of Satan. Through faith in "the Gospel" that is to be grounded in these fundamentals the atoning sacrifice of Christ, the preached; it is the everlasting of the faith enunciated by the sons of Adam may become the Gospel; not some new-fangled apostle John. Protestant weak- sons of God.—"Steps to Christ," Modernism, but the old foundations of the Christian faith which have stood the test of the ages. Moreover, this message is to call men away from materialism and idolatry and lead them to give God His rightful place in their lives. "Fear God," is to be the cry, "and give glory to Him; for the hour of His judgment is come." And in the preaching of this pure Protestantism God is to be proclaimed as the great Creator of the universe. Men are to be weaned from their atheistic evolu- tionism to "worship Him that NEXT TIME: I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting The Outcome Gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth." PAGE NINE Our Troubled Generation Remarkable list of calamities that have occurred during the past quarter century

THE following article, entitled year, and no sooner had one ais- were flooded. Then came the "Troubles of a Generation," ap- pute been settled than another great railway strike, when 400,- peared in the "Daily Express" of arose. It was also the year of the 000 men ceased work for nine days. May 6th. Although nobody, at a Titanic disaster, one of the most Nearly two and a half million time like this, is over-anxious to appalling shipwrecks that up to workers were involved in these dis- refresh his memory with the story that period had befallen this coun- putes, and 35,000,000 working of previous troubles, the follow- try. days were lost. ing list of successive calamities "In 1913 there came the great "By this time more than a mil- will be read—particularly if colliery disaster in South Wales, lion unemployed were receiving coupled with the startling Bible in which 373 persons lost their doles to the total of £1,300,000 prediction which appears on this lives. In March came the Liver- per week, and the total of the page—with unusual interest : pool dock strike, and in May the workless was growing day by day. "The opening days of the twen- strike of 40,000 Welsh miners. In "Towards the close of 19-o a tieth century found us in the throes the same year waiters and painters national strike was threatened, and of the Boer War, and the years ceased work, and during strike during 1921 the total of working that have passed since those old, riots in Dublin nearly Soo persons days lost reached the appalling unhappy, far-off days seem to have were injured. figure of 85,870,000. This loss brought us nothing but trouble. fell to 19,850,000 days in 1922, and Certainly no earlier generation has has been falling steadily ever since experienced so many misfortunes until last year it stood at the com- in a similar period of time. Says the Bible Prophet : paratively small figure of 7,980,- "It has witnessed the death of 1 " And at that time shall Michael 000 working days. stand up, the great Prince which "Official figures show that in the Queen Victoria, the death of King standeth for the children of Thy Edward, and the crowning cala- 1 people : and there shall be a time thirty years which have elapsed mity of the Great War, with its 1 of trouble, such as never was since since 1896 the actual number of terrible legacies of strife abroad, there was a nation even to that working days lost in the United 1 same time: and at that time Thy Kingdom is well in excess of 356,- unemployment at home, and people shall be delivered, every monumental debt. 1 one that shall be found written in 000,000, while the actual monetary "Strikes have been with us the book. And many of them loss involved runs into thousands throughout all that period. Stop- that sleep in the dust of the earth of millions of pounds." shall awake, some to everlasting pages in 1897 and 1898 caused the life, and some to shame and ever- loss of more than twenty-five mil- lasting contempt. And they that lion working days, and every year be wise shall shine as the bright- Foundations of the Faith from that date to 1907 added its ness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as (Continued from page 7.) quota of one or two or three mil- the stars for ever and ever. But lions of lost working days. In thou, 0 Daniel, shut up the words, Who was the "Lamb of God that 19o8 came the engineers' strike and seal up the book, even to the taketh away the sin of the world." time of the end: many shall run to on the north-east coast and the and fro, and knowledge shall be The priests in that ancient ser- cotton workers' strike in Lanca- increased." Dan. 12 : 1-4. vice also represented Christ. As shire. Nearly 300,000 workers they offered the blood of the slain were involved in these disputes, 10211./.411.1.1111. 4111`..411.1.1111./.411...411.11.411.1.44 sacrifices day by day before the and to,600,000 working days broken law of God, they were were lost. LOST MILLIONS. bringing the sins of the entire en- "The trouble intensified in the "The European war came in the campment into the sanctuary, and two following years, when twelve following year, but even this cala- ministering forgiveness for these and a half million working days in'ty did not check the strike epi- sins. In this way the sins of all were lost, and in 1910 came the demic, for at a period when the the people accumulated in the sanc- railway strike, the Welsh miners' services of every man were needed tuary, and were dealt with there, strike, and the boilermakers' lock- nearly ten million working days and every case dealt with separ- out. These disputes, with their were lost in labour disputes. ately. disastrous consequences, were not "During the four following initially the work of the trade years there was comparative peace THE DAY OF ATONEMENT. unions. They were brought about in the industrial world, for only Once each year the time came by Socialistic influences, which. 16,9oo,000 working days were when it was necessary to cleanse under specious pretexts, induced lost. the sanctuary of the accumulated the men to revolt against their "The armistice of 1918 was soon sins of the people. On the day unions. followed by a revival of labour dis- of atonement, the tenth day of the "Matters grew worse in 1911, putes. Riots on the Clyde fol- seventh month, a change was made and worse still in 1912. In the last- lowed a strike of 20,000 workers, in the services of the sanctuary. named year the strikers lost 40,- and following the demand in the The high priest himself on this day 890,0oo working days. Trouble colliery districts for a seven- took charge of the services, a de- followed trouble throughout the hours' day, the Yorkshire mines scription of which will be found in PACK TEN the sixteenth chapter of Leviticus. This is a prophecy for the last The heavenly sanctuary is cleansed Two goats were brought before days. An understanding of the once only, "in the end of the the high priest at the gate of the entire prophecy, which begins with world". sanctuary on the morning of the the eighth chapter of Daniel, and And that solemn work, the clos- day of atonement. Casting lots continues through the remaining ing of Christ's priesthood, is un- upon them, one was selected as chapters, would make it clear that doubtedly being carried forward the Lord's goat, and the other as this service of the cleansing of now in the heavenly courts above, the scape goat. the sanctuary is the last service in where Christ • ministers for His The goat which had been select- which Christ engages just before people. It is a work preparatory ed by lot to be the Lord's goat was His return to this earth. This is to His coming again. When this on that day to die for all the sins made plain by the writer of the work is finished, His priesthood is of the people. He was to bear all Hebrews, who says : ended, and He will lay aside His these sins in death, and his blood "Almost all things are by the law priestly garments, and clothe Him- was to make an atonement for self in His regal vestments, and them "Once for all". purged with blood; and without shed- ding of blood is no remission. It was come to this earth as "King of The Lord's goat was killed by therefore necessary that the patterns of kings and Lord of lords". the high priest, the blood was car- things in the heavens (the earthly sanc- (To be continued.) ried into the Most Holy Place, be- tuary) should be purified with these (the fore the law itself, and there sprin- blood of animals) ; but the heavenly kled for the remission of all the The Way ofaPeace sins of the people, those sins whIcn 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 PERFECT peace is enjoyed only by had been confessed and had ac Pass:It By cumulated in the sanctuary by con- those whose inner consciousness fession throughout the entire year. SOMEONE said a word untrue? reveals to them the fact that they These sins then passed upon the Pass it by, are in complete harmony, in their high priest, who had thus made an Do not let it worry you— aims, purposes, and endeavours, atonement for them, and bearing Pass it by ; with the eternal Goodness—that them in his own body, the high Just find something good to do, infinite Power in the universe that priest carried them out of the Keep life's pleasant things in view ; works for righteousness—God. It Most Holy Place to the gate of Grey skies will give place to blue, matters not how much of worldly the court, and laid them upon the If you pass it by. wealth one may have, he is not— head of the scape goat. This indeed, he can never be—happy goat was then led away and lost Someone said a word unkind? unless he is "rich toward God." in the wilderness, bearing away Pass it by ; It has been truly said : "Worldli- with him all the sins of the people Just dismiss it from your mind— ness may gain its ends, but it never for the year that was past. Pass it by ; gains content. Each addition to Place yourself secure behind what it has 'is a sauce to make it THE CLEANSING OF THE SANCTUARY. Pleasant thoughts, and you will find hunger more.' Unsatisfied crav- Life's dark cloud with sunshine lined— ing is the sole reward of those This service was known as "the If you pass it by. who make it the object of their cleansing of the sanctuary". It —Benjamin B. Keech. lives to pursue happiness." was performed once every year. These sacrifices, offerings, and 11111111 Education, culture, refinement, services were all typical of the fame, wealth, and everything else things themselves with better sacrifices that this world has to offer, can- work of Christ. The heavenly than these. For Christ is not entered sanctuary, too, is to be cleansed not bring peace of mind and con- into the holy places made with hands, tentment of spirit. It has ever of all the sins of the people of God, which are the figures of the true ; but into and these sins are to be for ever been the common lot of man to heaven itself, now to appear in the pres- meet in this life not a little of per- separated from God's people. This ence of God for us : nor yet that He is accomplished in another service plexity, trouble, disaster, disap- should offer Himself often, as the high pointment, and finally death ; and which is known as "the cleansing priest entereth into the holy place every of the sanctuary". often in his experience does every year with the blood of others ; for then one come to feel his utter helpless- For nineteen centuries the sins must He often have suffered since the ness to meet the great sorrows of the people of God have been foundation of the world : but now once and successfully to pass through accumulating in the heavenly sanc- in the end cf the world hath He appeared the great crises inevitable to every tuary above, brought there by con- to put away sin by the sacrifice of Him- life. In view of this and of man's fessing. The time has now come self." Heb. 9 : 22--28. great need and incompleteness, when these sins must be for ever The earthly sanctuary was what blessed assurance of hope blotted out by the final service of cleansed on the day of atonement there is in the promises of God's Christ's ministry. with the blood of animals. This Word : "God is able to make all The time when this great ser- was an object lesson of the cleans- grace abound toward you; that ye vice was to begin has been clearly ing of the heavenly sanctuary with always, having all sufficiency in pointed out by the prophecy of the blood of Christ. Christ does all things, may abound to every Daniel which says, "Unto two not, however, according to the good work." "But my God shall thousand and three hundred days; passage above, engage in this supply all your need according to then shall the sanctuary be work as often as the earthly sanc- His riches in glory by Christ cleansed." Dan. 8: 14. tuary was cleansed, once a year. Jesus."—J. C. Bartholf. PAGE ELEVEN The Home Corner Conducted by - Deborah

with his club, and cannot give much time to the home. He must work hard to earn the necessary money with which to meet the monthly bills, which furrow his brow and put a weight upon his shoulders, and he must depend upon his wife to run the home and she must depend upon the servants, and—oh, the children ? Well, they must go to school and look after themselves the best they can, for this is the twentieth century; and the New Age has an in- Wanted—Better Mothers fluence upon the home not always E are not thinking now of the mind and heart find opportun- conducive to harmony. The hus- wives. There seems to be ity for expansion in the affairs of band and wife are broadening out AN plenty of them, and many state and nation! in opposite directions, and their of them change their names so The mother has a new vision. attitude in the home toward each often that one does not know ex- She can discuss great affairs with other fills the children with won- actly what to call them when say- her husband. She can help to edu- der; and somehow, somehow, the ing, "Mrs. —". We are think- cate him—if he can ever find time word "home" has lost its former ing of mothers; real mothers; old- for it; for he, too, is engrossed meaning, and the reason is clear: fashioned mothers; womanly The home is without the mother! mothers; those that make homes. 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111119'11111111111 Is some serious mistake grow- We are short of homes—real Mother ing and deepening in the heart homes. We are short of mothers life of women? Is the aspiration —real mothers. There are lots of SWEET Mother mine, of the woman taking the place of The years have taught me much. the God-given aspiration of the "tots" growing up, and "kids" 'Mong other things that mother love is innumerable, but they are so dif- such mother? Can the real king of ferent from real children, the kind That angels well might long to know men and women be developed in that have the imprint of a mother's its power homes where the wife has wrong care, a mother's holy kiss, the E'en for an hour. conceptions of motherhood, and touch of a mother's hand, the fra- But this blest gift is thine—and only of the holy joy of moulding and grance of a motherly Christian thine. fashioning the heart life of boys home. Sweet Mother mine, and girls ? Would it not be well God designed woman as the The years have taught me much. to dig into the history of some of home maker, but somehow she For me the Shadowed Valley thou didst the men of renown and find what seems to have been side-tracked. trace part their mothers played in their There are so many good women And come again with pale yet smiling making, and thus obtain a real es- —well-meaning, even Christian face. timate of the difference between Why hast thou toiled and sacrificed for a mere club woman and a big- women—who have been hearken- me? a hearted, clear-visioned home ing to a strange world call to A replica of God's great love I see. "new sphere", a "higher sphere", builder? And it might not be out a "cultured sphere", a sphere of Dear Mother mine, of place to pray about it.—The prominence, where the books of 1 pray that up in heaven King's Business. great writers can be discussed, An honoured place to you and politics and social service and Will first be given. And may I till we reach that perfect Co-Operating With Dad great national and civil interests day considered; a sphere where the Make smoother for your feet life's A WRITER in "Table Talk" tells humdrum of the home and family rugged way. of one woman of her acquaintance can be forgotten for a while, and —Queenie Hill Patrick. who goes out one evening every PAGE TWELVE week, leaving two little boys and Mother's Turn things, and say nothing about it, their baby sister with father. Even and the daughters do not think that though sometimes she feels too "IT's mother's turn to be taken there is any self-denial involved. tired to make the outing, she does care of now." Jennie gets the new dress and not allow her weariness to inter- The speaker was a winsome mother wears the old one, turned fere with her plan. On being young girl, whose bright eyes, upside down and wrong side out. asked one day why she did not fresh colour, and eager looks told Lucy goes on the boat trip, and take the children awl go to bed of light-hearted happiness. Just mother stays at home and keeps instead, she answered, do not out of school, she had the air of house. Emily is tired of study and wish to do so. Henry is not natur- culture which is an added attrac- must lie down in the afternoon; ally fond of children. He adores tion to a blithe young face. but mother, though her back his own largely because one even- It was mother's turn now. Did aches, has no time for such indul- ing every week, alone with them, she know how my heart went out gence. has kept him in touch with them. to her for her unselfish words ? Girls, take care of your mothers. They are devoted to each other, Too many mothers, in their love they go to him with their griefs for their daughters, entirely over- Coax them to let you relieve them as much as to their mother, and as look the idea that they themselves of some of the harder duties which freely. Their relationship is ideal, need recreation. They do without for years they have patiently but I know that if I were to remain all the easy, pretty, and charming borne.—Presbyterian. at home all the time, he would soon get into the average man- habit of leaving the children for mother to manage. I would be cheating him, and cheating the Our Sympathy Circle children, if I allowed myself to monopolize them." Dear Home Folk : the hole, to make two rows of The real secret of successful THE children love a "sweetie" stitching with the sewing machine, household discipline is for father all to themselves, and here is the length you intend the but- and mother to co-operate. It is something that they will thorough- ton-hole to be, leaving just suffi- bad when the children find that ly enjoy. Try it while the oranges cient room to cut between the they can get permission from fath- are still good and juicy. Halve rows. Afterward work the button- er to do the thing mother has told three sweet oranges and take out hole over the machine stitching. them not to do, and vice versa. the fruit carefully, without break- One father explains 'the suc- ing the peel; remove all pith and WASHING PILLOWS. cessful household discipline of his pips. Cut one half of the fruit Now that the sun is visiting us home as follows : • into small pieces and put them in a little more frequently, it is a the orange cases. Squeeze the good time to wash the pillows. "Long ago we decided that juice from the remainder and strain neither of us would ever, under it. With a bit of sunshine they will be sweetened and made fresh and any circumstances whatsoever, Crush a quarter of a pound of consent to anything that the other clean for the winter. It will not icing sugar and add to it the white be necessary to remove the feath- one had forbidden. In other of an egg, whipped until dry, and words, we would pull together so ers if you prepare plenty of warm, enough orange juice to form a soapy water, adding a teaspoonful that the children would know it thick cream. Pile this on the is no use asking my permission if of turpentine to a gallon of water. oranges and serve. These little Give the pillows a good kneading mother has said "No". Of course, "creams" are quite delightful. there are instances where I think and squeezing in the washing, un- mother makes mistakes in forbid- DRESSMAKING HINTS. til no more dirt comes from them. ding certain things, and she thinks Rinse in plenty of warm, soft Probably most of us have water, and hang to dry in the win- the same of me, sometimes. In begun already to prepare for the such cases we talk it over alone, diest corner of the garden. They summer, when we can, with safe- can be suspended from a clothes- but the children don't get to know ty, cast our "clouts" and enjoy line or tree by a piece of string tied about it, you can be sure of that ! " the warmth. When making nar- to one corner. Shake frequently —Selected. • row girdles, which will need to be to prevent the feathers becoming turned afterward to the right side, matted together. it is very helpful, as the material is being machined, to place a stout TO HANG SHORT CURTAINS. " But Only One Mother " piece of string or piping chord in- MOST of all the other beautiful side the narrow strip. This should The thin muslin curtains in the things in life come by twos and be attached to the first end. When kitchen can be made to keep very threes, by dozens and hundreds. turning, a firm pull at the other tidy if they are threaded on elastic Plenty of roses, stars, sunsets, end, and a little coaxing with the instead of on a rod or tape. Make fingers, will easily make the a neat loop at each end, and slip rainbows, brothers and sisters, change. over two small hooks screwed in aunts and cousins, but only one To strengthen the button-holes the window frame. The curtains mother in the whole world.— on the kiddies' summer rompers, do not sag, and the elastic wears Kate Douglas Wiggin. it is a good plan, before cutting well. "DEBORAH." PAGE THIRTEEN The Children's Two Pages

Conducted by Uncle Jack \> CO*0

A \ The Story of Gerhardt ERHARDT, a shepherd boy, was watching his flock, which G was feeding in a valley on the border of a forest, when a hunter Paint this pic- came out of the woods and asked : ture and send "How far is it to the nearest village ?" in to me by "Six miles, sir," answered the boy. "But the road is only a June 1st. sheep track and very easily missed." The hunter looked at the crooked track and said : "My lad, I am very hungry and thirsty. I that the lad had fairly cornered educated. In after years Ger- have lost my companion and him. He said: "I see, my lad, hardt became a great and powerful missed my way. Leave your sheep that you are a good, faithful boy. man, and, what is better, he re- and show me the road. I will pay I will not forget you. Show me mained honest and true to the day you well." the road and I will try to make it of his death.—Selected. "I cannot leave my sheep, sir," out myself." rejoined Gerhardt. "They will Gerhardt then offered his own stray into the woods and may be A Parable of a Stick eaten by the wolves or stolen by 1111111111L01111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 ROY and John Carter were the robbers." Little Brother's Secret "Well, what of that ?" queried twins; but Roy was regardesl as the hunter. "They are not your When my birthday was coming the smarter of the two. He sheep. The loss of one on two Little Brother had a secret. learned his lessons more easily. wouldn't be much to your master, He kept it for days and days though perhaps, he did not remem- and I'll give you more than you And just hummed a little tune ber them any better; and in his have earned in a whole year." when I asked him. work, too, he was quicker. "I cannot go, sir," rejoined But one night it rained In fact, Roy himself thought Gerhardt very firmly. "My mas- And I woke up and heard him he was smarter than his brother; ter pays me for my time and he crying; and he often quietly called atten- trusts me with his sheep. If I were Then he told me. tion to matters in which he was to sell my time, which does not be- "I planted two lumps of sugar in ahead of John. long to me, and the sheep should Your garden John was not lazy. He studied get lost, it would be the same as Because you love it so frightfully. and worked harder than did Roy, if I had stolen them." I thought there would be a whole and, in his slower way, he did) "Well," said the hunter, "will sugar tree for your birthday. nearly as much. It was not pleas- you trust your sheep with me while And now it will be all melted." ant for him to be accused of dull- you go to the village and get me Oh, the darling! ness. But, really, many persons some food, drink, and a guide ? —Katherine Mansfield, in "Har- liked the dull boy better than the I will take care of them for you." per's Magazine." one who was so ready to tell of what he knew and what he had The boy shook his head. "The 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111i1111111i11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111101111111111111111111111111111111111 sheep," he said, "do not know done. f your voice, and lunch to the hungry man, who ate The boys' father, Captain Car- "And what ? Can't you trust it gladly, coarse as it was. Pres- ter, was at sea most of the time, me? Do I look like a dishonest ently his attendant came up, and but on one of his visits home he man ?" asked the hunter, angrily. then Gerhardt, to his surprise, noticed Roy's pompous manner "Sir," said the boy, "you tried found that the hunter was the and tried to think how to cure him to make me false to my trust, to Grand Duke, who owned all the of his boastful spirit. make me break my word to my country around. On a former visit the captain master. How do I know that you The Duke was so pleased with had brought with him from New would keep your word ?" the boy's honesty that he sent for Zealand, a showy plant, and had The hunter laughed, for he felt him shortly after that and had him placed it, with the pot in which

PAGE FOURTEEN it grew, in his greenhouse. A to the slum settlement. Watch twig, which seemed to be only a "Our Corner". In an early issue, dry stick, had supported the plant. further will be told with respect to After a time this twig began to these gifts. Cornerites' grow; and it became a fine plant, "Our Corner" friends are rally- though not of the same kind as ing around us in an endeavour 'to the other. The family called it brighten the lives of the little chil- Question their stick plant. dren of our great city. All fur- One day Roy said to his father, ther additions to our toy and book "Papa, my botany teacher says store will be gladly welcome. Box your stick plant is a choicer variety One of the "Sunbeams'' re- than the other one. cently wrote and told me that she And Captain Carter replied : was well into the book of Exodus "Indeed! But it grows slower, in her Bible reading. That is very and does not blossom so early." good. "I wonder how the other "I know but those things do `Sunbeams' are getting on with not count as much as some their daily portion ?" she asks. others. Do you know the names Tell me all the interesting things„ of the two plants, papa ?" that happen to you in your letter, Then Captain Carter replied then I can pass them on. One thoughtfully ; "I am not quite cer- member of our band took her card tain about their botanical names, to school; the resolutions, she my boy; but I have thought that said, pleased her teacher im- "Why is it that our feet do not wear the plant which does not need so mensely; and if the resolutions are away seeing that boots and shoes much attention might be called kept, "Sunbeams," Jesus in heav- do?" O.P. Roy, and the one which, at first, en will be pleased too. seemed to be of little worth, but Two or three have written ask- To be accurate, our feet, in fact any has proved to be the choicer of ing what my real name is—well, part of our body that is in contact with the two, might be named John." I think that I'll have to send them anything, is constantly wearing away. Roy winced, but learned a good private letters. It is actually noticeable at times. For lesson.—Selected. Goodbye, instance, every rub of your face with a UNCLE JACK. rough towel sends showers of dead tissue Result of Competition No. 6 to the ground. The only reason why the Our Competition Corner (The Story of Cain and Abel) feet are not worn away like a boot is Prize winner: Edwin Foster age 9. the fact that in the case of the feet the Honourable mention: Gwennie Rich- tissues are being continually renewed. My dear boys and girls : ardson (Leeds) ; Elsie Pratt (Sitting- Whereas the boot is composed of dead bourne) ; Dorothy Eyre ; Joy Hawkins tissues, and when once they are worn I REALLY thought that I should (Wellingboro') ; Violet McPherson away there is no life in the boot of itself have to miss sending my usual let- (Hammersmith) ; M. Sweet (Bristol). ter to you, owing to the strike, Those who tried hard: Ernest Kelly ; to renew. but no, somehow the management Rose Kelly ; Alfred Kelly (Badminton) ; is going to see that you get the Willie Slow (Kettering) ; Nora Thomp- "The letters 'B.M.' are inscribed on a (Stoke-on-Trent) ; Janet Heide PRESENT TRUTH, and SO with it, son King George V penny I am holding. naturally, the letter. (Shepherds Bush) ; Victor French (Essex) ; Dorothy Gibbs (Kettering) ; What do they mean?" 7. M. Last Wednesday I had to go to Ivy Pink (Edmonton) ; Marie Meakin They are the initials of Sir Bertram the city, and on returning, my ! (Derby) ; Charles Meek (Dundee) ; you should have just seen the, Ronald Jenkins (Abergavenny) ; Winnie Mackennal, R. A. He it was who de- office. Windmills to the right of East (Bushey) ; Pearl Ford (West signed the coinage for our present king. me, peashooters to the left of me, Hove) ; Dorothy Barrett (Bushey) ; Alan hopping frogs behind me. I've Ely (Rothwell) ; Gladys Lynch (Bris- never seen such a pile of toys. tol) ; Kathleen Harris (Hastings) ; Hilda "Why do such large flowers come out My first thoughts were, Who sent Wallis (Kettering) ; F. Elliott (Yeovil) ; of such tiny seeds?" A.B. Miriam Spinks (Upper Tooting.) them? Then I learned that one This is the mystery of life. Thousands of our readers in Scotland had of greybeards are studying this question given them (to be distributed THE Editor acknowledges with thanks the receipt of the following sums : The at the present time. The wonderful through the PRESENT TRUTH) to Lord's Tithe : £i, C.P., Paisley ; £5, thing is that a seed can so absorb nutri- the poor, uncared for, slum boys M.B., Wales; £5, W.M.S. Missions : ment from the air and the ground that and girls of London. Scores of £2, J.S.H. it can turn out just such a similar toys; a room-full of joy to be scat- form that its parent had. It would ' tered immediately the strike ends. I must thank Miss Norah Lewis, Pe fretient gruth not be so hard a problem if we could too, for the three dolls and chil- and Signs of the Times see, with a microscope, a miniature plant dren's book she sent me. They Printed and published fortnightly in the seed. But there is nothing like on Thursday by a plant in the seed at all. Reproduction will be distributed with the other THE STANBOROUGH PRESS LTD. toys as soon as possible. W atford. Herta is a mystery locked up in the mind of I will tell you all about the re- EDITOR - ' • A. 8. 1181'0/ELL God. u. s. ception of the toys after my visit AIIIII444 subseri000,11 SIC Post free. (Many questions unavoidably held over.) PAGE FIFTEEN

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FIVE-MINUTE MESSAGE Let Us Have Peace By A. 0. Tait

Peace and rest ! With what music do these of the Master ! In him we are to have peace. words fall upon the ear of him who is in trouble, Even though we are in the world of tribulation, distress, and apparently hopeless perplexity ! we are nevertheless to be of " good cheer," be- Earnestly is the question asked, Is it possible for cause of the wonderful knowledge that Christ has us to have peace ?. Is there a place of peace, overcome the world; and having overcome the rest, and calm confidence and quiet ? world, He has gained for us, to use the words of To all who are earnestly and truly making the apostle, " the peace of God which passeth all these inquiries to-day, if they will but invite understanding." Philippians 4 : 7. He passes Him, the Master will come, just as He did to the on to each one who will receive it this heavenly fear-distraught disciples as they were quavering heritage. in that upper room, and speak the comforting No individual who ever lived, suffered more, word, " Peace be unto you." John 20:19. perhaps, for the cause and name of Christ than Just before His crucifixion, the Master gave to did the apostle Paul. He was in the midst of His disciples, and through them to all coming trials, of privation, of hard labours, and of cruel ages, the precious words: " Peace I leave with persecutions all through his Christian warfare. you; My peace I give unto you: not as the world And listen to the courageous words of that old giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be soldier of the cross as he says: " Let the peace of troubled, neither let it be fearful." John 14:27. Christ rule in your hearts, to the which also ye The Lord of glory affirms to each one of His were called in one body; and be ye thankful." followers, " Peace I leave with you." And this Col. 3:15. peace is that which comforted His own heart in The peace of God is to rule and reign in the His distresses and sorrows while doing His work heart. And whatever our conditions or distresses, here upon earth; for He says, " My peace I give we are to be " thankful," because we may be con- unto you." What a wonderful treasure this is! scious every moment of the fact that Christ has The very peace that welled up in the heart of the conquered for us, and that ultimate and eternal Lord Jesus himself, he imparts to each one of victory are ours. May we indeed let the peace of his followers. Christ rule in our hearts because the eternal God He knew the distresses, the perplexities, and is with us. the despairs of this life. For the prophet, in Perhaps there is no greater or more consoling speaking of Him, said He was " a man of sor- promise in all the Sacred Book than these words rows, and acquainted with grief." And again of Isaiah the prophet: " Thou wilt keep him in the prophet declares: " Surely He hath borne our perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on Thee; griefs, and carried our sorrows." Isa. 53:3, 4. because he trusteth in Thee." Isa. 26:3. In His own person, as the Son of man, He bore What a supremely joyous thing it is to have our griefs. He was acquainted with all the this rich experience ! How good it• is to know things that distress and perplex poor, sin-suffer- in our own souls this " perfect peace" ! The ing humanity. And He leaves with us the mind that is stayed upon God and trusts in him great legacy of His own blessed peace of mind is conscious of the presence of the Infinite. The individual knows that almighty power possesses and heart. him and cares for him; therefore he is in trust- He does not promise us freedom from tribula- ful, joyous, " perfect peace." The person who is tion and distress; but He does promise us peace resting in this experience knows something of the and cheer in the midst of all our trials and diffi- treasure of the promise, " To him that overcom- culties. For we have His words: " These things eth, to him will I give of the hidden manna." have I spoken unto you, that in Me ye may have Rev. 2;17. peace. In the world ye have tribulation: but be So to-day, in the midst of strife, let us receive into our own hearts the peace of God. Then, of good cheer; I have overcome the world." going forth among antagonized men in the spirit John 16:33. of the Master, we may the more successfully carry How heartening, how inspiring, are these words the beautiful invitation, " Let us have peace!"

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