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Sunday School February 7 of Sin me freely and yearn with, a passion- ate longing for my answering love, then I cannot but respond to it. The thing that wounded him will become hateful to me. When I am brought face to face with the abandon with which God in Christ has loved me I become free from the shackles of my old bondage. I enter into a new re!a- Lesson VI The Slavery t : onship with my Saviour brother. (Temperance Lesson) "Sin, which was once so alluring now Matthew 25: 45-51; John 8: 3136. becomes not merely a prohibited thing, Golden ^.l Whosoever commit- tut actually distasteful; and good- teth (In i* John 6: 34. the servant of sin. ANALYSIS I. KNOWING THE TRUTH, John 8: 31, 32 II. DE.VtING OUK BONDAGE, John 8: 3'j 34. ness, which was once so difficult, be- comes not only a thing required of me, but actually a thing I love," Baillie This is the true freedom from sin. Professor Einstein In California INTRODUCTION Jesus had beer, warning the Jews against the conse- quences of their unbelief, 8: 21-30 His own life was so of a piece wirh his spoken "testimony" ''I always do What New York Is Wearing Lost a Patient Mr. Birrell, when Irish Sewetary, III. THE TK'.'E FREEPOM. John 8~ 33, told this story about the only time he ever wanted to consult a doctor. "Once only in my life did I feel per- suaded that I was smitten with a mor- tal disease. I started on my way to consult a distinguished doctor. "It was a hot July day and I thought those' things 'that' please him" (v". 29) the time was come for my last walk. thnt many people believed on him, I walked from my home to Harley v. 30. Others "the Jews" becamo Street. I found the great physician's convinced that he was the Messiah, room crowded with patients, and, The faith of some of them, he saw to wnll6 wa itlns, I saw on the table a be unreliable. His message to them boofc written by tue great physician is our mtEsage today m this i. Qa , Ue subject Qf thig particular dla . I. KNOWING THE TRUTH. John 8: 31. 132 ease. The translation in the Authorised "The first words which caught my Version of vs. 30, 31 is "believed on.'' eye were these: 'The patient who la In v. 31 a better rendering would bf suffering from this disease never per- "believed." Verse 30 tells of a r.-al spires.' I picked up my hat and faith, a personal trust and Royalty walked out." Verse 31 tells simply of an intellec- ^. . tual, ctoetrinal belief. The Jews those who. in this Gospel, are taken as the party antagonistic to Jesus became convinced that he was the Messiah. Their conviction, however, made no change in their lives. They said. "We believe tnat what you say is tru< : . BY AXXEBELLE WORTHIXGTON but th.. did not make them "follow- j : ers" of Jesus. Illustrated Drfssmaking /.csson Fur- To them Jesus ?aid. "If ye continue nixhed With Ev<-,, P,,t>ern in my word, then are ye my disciples in'i'fd: And ye shall know the truth," vs. :il. Xi. That is, Jesus' teaching can be understood only by those -vho are prepared to practice it who mak their "faith"' the principle by whioh they iriiide all their activities. Evry enrr. -r T.r.n asks the question, "Why am J li -- '.' What is life's purpose f or roe?" He wants to know the truth. Oi,l\ a! he roakes Jesus' way of living his way will he come to understand the meaning of I fr and his place in it. He ?r.;.il know the truth. K . .TIC this and seeing therefore the "r a: ^nh'u'den by "appearances" he will r* saved from error sin and folly. Hi5 moral vision will sef him free frnm the moral dangers into which, through ignorance cf their real character, he might otherwise fa 1 :!. He sees, for e^amnle, his own bodv as a temple cf God in the building. Thero- fore he c.i.i permit nothing that will defice <T Jefile it. II IIK.VYIV; ot'R BC*N. \ IK. John 8: 33. "4. The Jews were insulted at the sug- gestion that they were not 'ree, v. 33. "Wo wtre nev-r in bondage to any man." Then what about Egypt, Babylor., Persia, Syria? Kvtn a-; they spoke, was th. Roman rrarrisot! not looking down from the cas'le into the Temple courts keeping a watchful eye upm these coiuy.ieroj Jews. Like most of us, they were ab!e to ifnor? and even deny unpleasant facts. Hence, of course, they felt no need of freedom. What more discouraging work than offering salvation to people who do not feel their need of it- solving problems which trouble no one answering questions which no < no is asking? How indifferently we lis- ten to the story of God's redeeming love. Nevertheless, when it is forced upon oar attention, we are conscious that we are "out" with the moral uni- verse around us. We find a lasv an | with thf> delightful iv.'\v Victorian influence -working upon us that when ' f as hions which ara considered so we would do good evil is present with rav i sn j n g p particularly for youth and us. We are in bondage. the uthful tvpe of woman . one needs III. THE TRUE KREEPOM, John 8 3*. a slimmil . K costume slip. Note how thio charming When Jesus then contras ? cut with fitted brassiere an( i j ts Jn - Painters of Child-Life If we could gather into oae gaJlary all the paintings of child-life which the world has ever produced, there would be scattered here and there some few works of a distinctly thousand merry tricka. Although the greater number of these little people belonged to the most wealthy and arte- tocratic families in England, their pic- tures do not in any way indicate Utalr rank. Still less do they show any dta- tural attitudes of unconscious grace, they are representatives of childhood. Albert Einstein, propounder of the theory of relativity. ;-..ys tribute to the prize- winning float in the annual tournament of roses pageant at Pasadena, California. Caves of Ice The shadow of the dome of pleasure Floated midway on the waves; Where was heard the mingled meas- ure From the fountain and the caves. It was a miracle of rare device. Briefs Abroad unique character, before which we should rest so completely satisfied j languishing marks of the artificial ape that we should quite forget to look at in which they lived. Dressed In. the any others. These choice gems are simplest of costumes, of the sort which the work of those rare men of genius is never out of fashion and always In who, looking beyond all trivial circum- the bet taste, and posed in the stances and individual peculiarities, discovered the essential secrets of child-life, and embodied them in ideal j pure and simple, rather than of any types. They are pictures of childhood, particular social class or historical rather than of children, representing j period. those phases of thought and emotion A list of Sir Joshua's child picture* which are peculiar to the child as such, may suitably begin with one which. In and which all children possess in com- his own opinion, is among the best and moo. In their presence every mother most original of all his works. This spontaneously exclaims, "How like my is the Strawberry girl, exhibited In own little one!" because the artist liaa 1773. and repeated many times by the Interpreted the real child nature. Such painter, "not so much for the sake of pictures may justly take rank among profit," as Northcote explains, "as for the highest productions of creative art, improvement." The model was the having proven their claim to greatness artist's pretty niece. Miss Theophila by their unquestioned appeal to unl- ' ("Offy") Palmer who was named for versal admiration. his mother, anii whom he loved as hli In work of this kind one aame alone own daughter. Is prommeii:, a name which England! The little girl -;j:ids w;-li head is proud to claim as hers, but to which , slightly drooping, in the sweet shy way all the world pays honor the name of so natural to a timid child. The big Sir Joshua Reynolds, Prince of Child- eyes are lifted to ours half i ontidently. painters. A simple-hearted man, of, half timidly while a smile hovers be- jweet, kindly disposition, the great j witchingly over the mouth. A long portrait-paiuAi'r, bachelor though he pointed basket ha:i>:s on one arm. and was, possessed in rare measure the the little hands UP? folded together In mysterious gift of winning th* confl- front like a li'.t'.e woman's. The child denoe of children. The great octaff- ' wears a curious round cap on her head, onal studio in Leicester Square must under which, preMiraably, her hair U ha?e often resounded to the laughter gathered up in womaaly tasluua, for of childish voices as he entertained there are no stray ock ' !) -e^n ex- his little patrons with the pet dogs and cept the tw.. :o fore- birds he used in their portraits, and ( hoad. From "Child-Life ,;i Art," by ooaxed them ::r.o -o(i nature with a E*t!!e M. II :'.'.'.. A sunny pleasure-dome with caves of ice! A damsel with a dulcimer In a vision once I saw. It was an Abyssinian maid, And on her duh-.imer sli>- played. Sinsins of Mount Abora. Could I revive within me Her symphony and song. To such a deep delight win me, That wina. music loud and long. I would build that dome in air. That sunny dome! those caves of ice! Samuel aylor Colerldse, Poems. The ordinary type o cold COSLS Gt. Britain at least 6,000.000 a year in loss of working time. England's army of Civil Servants shows an increase of more than 5,000 The Cobbler veil ; A litlie ciouu i:i a : At setting of the sun : And I a colih'.'xl working : [over the figures tor a year ago. The last sailing-ship to be built iu Britain was the Archibald Rus-ull; -h^ ' was built in Glasgow in 1905. It costs 30,000 for the voyage to] Canada and back of the new Canadian i'acitic liner. Empress of Britain. TV only private "army" maintained 'twould i n Britain is that of the Duka of Atholl. It is one thousand strong, and i< -om plete with artillery. Buses now being built for London traffic will seat sixty-three passengers, room being made lor the ten extra fares by extending the top deck over Work is ::'. - li-.-i. 1 A little cl.md in a golden veil; And I am mending whoes. Never a f.'at.iif?red sandal tiling Sueli as a cloud rr.ay use .X. little i-loiul in a gold..-!! veil, Along the M-ight highway And but 'or her. to:ti.>rv <:v .v.-ra Another yesterda And thia wli stay, : - ; melt away After the moon sets ^a;.. For no man's sky is alwayi -rrir. Cloud in a golden veil. From "The Collected Poems Josephine Preston Pcabody " if 'the driver's cabin. They Diun t Iu lne Vatican Library, the roof of A dentist was about to extract. the which suddenly collapsed recently, tooth of a girl who declined an anaes- Vere 400,000 printed books, 53,000 thetic but resolutely closed her jaws MSS., and 6,000 works of art. Most whenever he approached her with the 'of these were, however, undamaged. forceps. Penguins' eggs, which are bigger \ "No wonder," At last he whispered to his assist- (haa those ot the turkeVi take ha i an jkM w his man ant: "Quietly stick tha.t needle m h r Uour to boil Tney are already in UM | taeatre tu; m idniirhr. Then you hang must be flexib> o-noagh 10 adjust It- back. That will make her open her ia goutll A f,-i ca . a iid it is planned to' around the club talking and smoking self to changes in world i.m.iitions."- put theni^n sale in Gt. Britain at $1.10 till early in the uioruiug. What you Rubbing It In An actor con.iult-.'d his ing he felt So They Say: "Evrii . . ..r.v the ir.'.siiK'ss o: ; > - , rvretty Hi "It is laiior, :. : :iu>;al. wl; . ; i is tli<) t;iiulamr.i , " M.i.:.t':n.. Candhi. "All uiii-io. re that > - babies j like to v v 1 Milne. "Nobody . r earu ^eventj jr eighty l> . k- < y.Mr ty hoing .-rat)." Hai' i: . "Once I though City folks were brighter t!ia:; the v".am'rs. but the re- r is tnu- ' K.uU C!iu;:er'.,>ti. ".Men make inmi'.'y by lo"k:af; after '.ho nulilli 1 ." *; ':?'! Bernard Shaw "The flrs: r-ij-:::--mant or a sounfl law is that it should correspond with tiie actual {''"ling* of the cumniunlty, i whether n_- ig T Wen- Holmes ".Much i-s i:-"-ned to briuj; us grief. little* to console us." Jean Rostand. "Then- i" r..- :>.iin quite akin to that -aid the doctor, who <>i regret." Fauuie Hurst. "You never leave the "Our eapi'uliv.i: form of d ozen . NVivton U. HakiT want to do is to go straight home from Authority mus: The assistant curried out his instruc- tions. The girl opened her mouth and the tootli was removed. The dentist said: "I hope you didn't flgu"^.,"^ to prove that seventy-sevon experience much puln?" peT cellt ot ttte ma i 9 patients suffer "No," sho answered, "but I never from colds _ as C0 mpuroii wth sixty per ' a walk round tlio park, aad reached knew the roots went down so far." cent o( t ,, 9 womeu . i lom8 j us , a * .),,, ,,ii!kma:i was !eav- Eiiglaud's roadways have bocouie . ing. still more dangerous to pedestrians, ! lien are said to be more susceptible work rise with the lark, auil have an to colds than womeu. Gt. Britain's \ early-morning walk." The actor determined ;o do so. N'eit morning lie was up at six. luni 1:1 '..le nuul resort n'>t upon tonv. but the force I would -.irovide would In? inii'niational'.y own- it." Tho A .la- Khan. "War is 1I-) longer the pr.vu'.e xflaii: ,if belliK' 1 "" ' Frank B. Ket- The Other Clan The foreman of a big motor work, according to police flp,re8. ,l,*r nf annll- - Veal> J USt 11(lei1 M ^ Clllldl The m.lknuin said "(lootl tOUi :. sir." a:i'i no .natter how long or how hard a man's bt-ndage to sin had been, it was still only an artificial :>ml, if he so desired, a temporary bondage. Whe- thiT ho be a drunkard, apparently ( hopelessly enslaved by the drink babit, I or one cf those who are even harder of religion, but uninfluenced by its p ow er his bondage can be broken. Ky -whom? "If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be fr< c indeed," v. 36. How does the Son de- liver nto from the sin that holds m?7 He wins me by the power of his own pun 1 Io\e to awakiM an answering love in we. . If the one whom I have greatly wronged is able to convince me that his love for me is strong enough, r.ot only to overcome any re- sentment toward ir.e. but to forgive snug hips A nice fulness is given the hem through the slightly circular skirt part. 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According to official figures, this expenditure in Germany ! works out at one shilling per persov. "every 200 days. During the last twelve months 27 people- were reported "missing" in Paris, and more than "a.noo in New York. Britain's annual figure, of wo- men and girls, for the whole country, is about 15,000, ot which number less but never ideas." Gabriel Wells, i ban oue-tenth remain undiscovered for more than two weeks. "Extreme" marriages last year in llnglaud included three girls of twenty who wedded men ot seventy or over, "A woman ' > jusl in be- iug femiu'.iif when ;lie man is bow there is groat i-r happiness in the : >me." Kubv Ayr. 1 --. "Any one '.nan : ai any oilier man.' Gabriel Wells. "The State exiM for maa. :iot ma* r the State " Alboi" Kia>:-.-in. "There is n -;:-"ir. MIM'. that the Acalthy jan l"in:i from the poor." Mrs. Ausust Bfimoii'. "The fear ot losing money is the one var that lias always kept men from making it," Edwin L"l'Yvr-v V.iH-rira a-ul Siam are* the only uutries outside the international lonyrlglit unlnr.." Inez Haynes Irwla. "Adequate preparation against war 'One cau t*?ach tricks to a nioukey uoos not UI<MII ag^vi>ssi,)ii." John J. Pershlng. "I once saiii civilization w:i a race "Women never get too old to want between education and catastrophe., to love and be loved." Ruby M. Ayre*. That is not so. Education has not yet * >tarted." M. G. Weil*. "Standing on one's dignity is the "The only power now ruling ta "Uoea lie !*.''' his i*w N>>! nrii'i 1 . 1 U I horn'.'" hauffeur.' Mrs. Flat "It's so close in hen-, cau't you let iu a little fresh air?" Flat (absently i "No; there's ab- solutely uo room for another thing." .me" girl aged seventeen who married ! pinnacle of all absurdities." Reginald Tinted States is pun-!ia<Ing power."- it bridegroom of sixty-seven, a man of Berkely. fu Pont Lee. twenty-two whose brida was aged sixty, and a twenty-eight-year-old <>-- "Teach cooperation as "Take your work, but never your- necessity of competition."- the Will flret Uur- groom who mated a woman of seventy.! self, serioiij-o Sir Arthur W. Lewis, ant. MITT AND JEFF- By BUD FISHER You Can't Grow Hair On a Billiard Ball Anyway. WA* NVR 50 SOMCTHlWG PUTRID IM THfe HAIR. MRS. CCOTTS *POK TO i\A6- AMD vwHen x TO TP >M HAT- I JUST I CAM'T PUSH iT OFF-