1 1 IT {ing ; r can we get any mastery of social and . political conditions that grow more . RIAA 3 omingus. Ry William T. fle, 3 2 #The International -Sunday School Lesson for July 106th is, "Prayer."--Luke 18:1-6, 9:14, In the East beggars abound. Many are of a squalor and abjectiveness that passes the knowledge of the West, It is a favorite device in Egypt for begging children to go about almost entirely naked. An. other trick is for them to sit hunched up In rags, head between knees, in apparently speechless misery, along- side of a will on a popular thorough- fare. The prevalence of mendi: cancy in these oldest parts of the world 1s one of the sights that sad- den travellers' eyes. Jesus knew these beggars, and healed some of them. But he never held them up as a type of prayer. : That is an important point to per- ceive in taking' up the old, yet ever . exhaustless subject of prayer. All otir understanding of prayer depends upon how we regard it. It is not mendicancy. God never portrayed his children as beggars at his gate, He is not a detached, impersonal Giver of alms. The attitude of the * person who prays is rather that of a child toward a father, than of a beg- 'gar whining for charity. Of his ug- fathomable bounty, God has given man the right to a filial relationship with himself. He abates no jot of his effable sorgreignty; nevertheless, he teaches us to say "Our Father." Over and over again his tender American Colonel Gives Free Advice To Rheumatics stisér folly for anyone to suffer these da ys, can't be cured so long as your gystem Is weak and run down Says it's You must first build up and get strength to fight oft the disease. sone cures hecdusé it builds up, because it renews the blood and dissolves the Uric Acid and the poi- sons that cause rheumatism, It is proved right here that Ferro- zone does re. : . H, M. Russ, of Edwards, St. Lawrence Co., one of the fine old heroes of the Civil War," was com- Vistaly restarsd by Ferrozone. 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SN we pray, we are turning, as naturally, properly and instinctively a8 children to a father, to One whose love i8 as great as his power: and who has joy In granting the requests of his childrer. The Up-Looking Life. The Epworth League has for its motto, 'Look up, lift up." That is to. say, ability for service results from devotion. Prayer precedes power, It is the up-looking life, the one that views all experiences in their heavenward relationship, which walks most serenely and helpfully among. men. Prayer is an act; but turning of the soul at all times. This apirit reverently and modestly takes God into account In its daily affairs. Nothing "happens" to it; all is or- dered by a benign aud wise Provi- dence. roti Would we know the secret of the plagid, beautiful faces that we occa- sionally meet; of the spirits that are unruffied by the daily trials; of the dreariest road? This is the an- swer: these are fhe upward-looking souls. Their sense of God is so real, and he is £6 them so near, that nothing less matters vitally. They are at peace, because they are ever in prayer. Life is to them a econ- tinual "looking unto Jesus." * Only yesterday, off here in Egypt, I visited a veteran American mis- slonary who is confined to his bed by illness. It chanced to be a day of great anxiety for him, as for his associates. There 'have been de- velopments in the Egyptian crisis that may turn the native sentiment against all things American; to the serious injury of the mission work that has been building up for three- quarters of a century. Was that veteran excited or fretted? Not at all, ' His smile was as serene, his face as untroubled as has been its wont throughout the years, He has 8 watchful eye upon current events; but he also has 'a trustful eye upon the. Ruler of events. He walks quietly and beautifully among men because he talks confidently with his Father in heaven. aa Getting Relations Right. * Perhaps some "practical" persons say that this 1s a "dry" subject that the International committee has as- signed for the present lesson; they wonld rather have a discussion of current problems. "Wait a moment. Much as I should like to see all in- telligent. persons aware of the world and the current vexatious guestions, hard as I am working to interpret fairly and without bias the epmplex and ominous Near Eastern sithation, 1 say frankly that I deem it of far more practical impo! "for people to get a fresh hold upon the reality of God than to master all the in- tricacies of oriental statecraft; dnd 1 { would do or say anything within 'my power that would send Christian peo ple t0 their knees in renewed devo- tion, There is no measure in the universe 'more "practical" at the present time than that men and wo- men should pray, "pray without ceas- DELL'S style, good wearing 20 up to'$45 it is also an attitude----the Godward joy that does not languish on the} Only as we lay hold on God If there is ofie bad idea that ought not to persist after the world war it is that mere physical force is the ultimate solution of problems. That "is a 'pagan notion, which should have disappeared from the present generation when the might of Germany was broken. This be- lief in the omnipotence of the guns is one of the world's greatest dan- gers. Bo is trust in mere statecralt and worldly guile. What a muddle jthese have made of the nations! From his angle, it seems to be growing worse instead of better. Our times are out of joint. The machinery of civilization is knocking and banging, and rattling. Some- thing has gone wrong. What is it? Nothing less than that it Jacks ad- Justment to the Centre. Once let the world get right with God, and it will straightway get right with it- self. A fresh consciousness of spir- itual obligations and relationships | would solve all our questions. A return to God would be a return to sanity and safety. If we could ouly get men to saying together in sincerity, "Qur Father," there would be no need of treaties. Short of that, permanent and real peace Is not coming to this old earth. The woman or man who is leading a group of persons, preferably childrén, to an understanding of the true place of God in every life is contrib. uting most directly to the solution of the vast perpiexities of our day. In the Statesman's Role." Hopeful new enterprises are afoot for a united world-service by Chris- tians of all names. Thank God for every one of them! Would that be- hind all else, and under all else, and comprehending all else, there might be a mighty covenan of prayer among all Christians--not a new or- ganization or enrolment, but a gen- eral diffusion of purpose to pray daily, and often every day, in pri- vate as well as in public and at the family altar, for the coming of the kingdom of God among men. Ambitious spirits are eager to go to foreign lands to Have a personal shire in shaping the new conditions. The shortest route of all is via the throne of God. One may directly and powerfully affect the course of events in Asia and Africa by way of the prayer-closet. The lowliest and most sequestered Christian may through prayer play a statesman's role in the re-making of the world. More than it needs editorials' or speeches or commissions or experts, this present mass of human soclety needs the divine help that may be insured by sincere prayer. ¥ The Secret Tryst. Two characteristics of the prayer that counts are set forth in the day's Scripture lesson. One is the story of the widow who kept on asking un- til she received. There is an im- portunity that God will not deny. All persisting prayer prevails, in God's own way. When a man is really in love with a woman, he will not be de nied though she say him nay through lang years. There flash across my memory the stories of friends, now happily married, who refused to ac- cept repulse at the hands of the wo- men they. loved, God prizés that Kind 'of wooer for-his favor = He asks patience and continuance in prayer as proof of a faith that will not be denied: Any boon from on high is worth waiting long years to receive, "True prayer keeps on pray- ing until it knows itself answered. The other incident In the lesson Pharisee, correct in posture and phrase, publicly displaying his devo- tions; the other, a despised tax-gath- erer off in a corner scarcely daring to life his eyes, and murmuring only, "God be merciful to me a sinner!" One prayed to be seen of men, and therein had his reward; the other prayed to be heard of God, and God "heard him . TE "Prayer is not a pose nor a parade, "It is not an affair for the blic eye: but rather for the laden dar of God Prayer is a ret tryst with 'a loving Father. No man may know i the. soul's supplication; that is a per- | sonal mystery, sacred beyond all re- | vealing. = Barren indeed is the life which does not have its unsearched spaces where it holds - rendezvous {lif with God. Out of that holy seclu- public springs strength for all life and endeavor, =~ LONDON GIRLS ] { . $ | Women Propose 10 . Bulld Communit Bulld Model Community i I." Lomdon, June 11.---The establish- ment of an 'Adamiess Kden. fro 'which perchance even boy cits will be' excluded in favor of fi 2 fel- ines, is projected by a 'bachelor is, © have | nounced that they will bring their before the Municipal pictures two men at prayer: one al ; from up of Lon- Held At™Sharbot Iake, Mountain Grove and Inverary. A meeting of the teachers and offi« cers of the Sharbot Lake school fair association was held on Saturday, May 31st, to elect the officers for the coming year. The following were elected: President, Austin Tryon; yvice-presidént, May Fair; secretary, Bessie Erwin; treasurer, Vera Craw- ford; committee, John Cook, Douglas Hawley, Teddie Trenhaile, Clair Mc- Charles, ' Garnet. Huffman, Milton Barker, Vietor Gillespie, Percy Mec- Ginnig, Ross Crawford, Sammy Cook, Edward Badour, Lantely McCharles, Hilliard Dats, John McVeigh, Keith Edwin, Norris Thomlinson, < Myrtle Boles, Mable Barr, Matilda Johnson, Edna McVeigh, Irena Garrett, Helen Chambers, Bessie Erwin, Vera Craw- ford, Elsie Conboy, Mary Fair, Gar- . w z pet Huffman, Hilliard Watson, Lorne Lefave, Mary Badour, Ruby Allen, May Bourk, Helen McPherson. The teachers and chairman of the school fair 'board met at Mountain Grove township. hall on Saturday, Muay 31st. ~The following offivers were elected: Hon. President, J. A. Cox; president, George Hawley; vice- president, Earl Youmans; secretary, Mabel Johnston; treasurer, Irene Gendron; committee, Fred Alexand- er, Earl Youmans, Bruce Barker, James Conboy, Carmen Whan, Edna Walker, John Price, Lloyd MacPher- son, Elwood Thomlinson, A meeting of school tedchers and schoo} fair directors was held at In- verary on Saturday, May 31st, to el- ect the officers for the coming year, The following were elected: . Presi: dent, Arnold Garrett; treasurer, Russell Moreland; secretary, Olga Arthur; directors, Frederika Fergu- son, Warren Arthur, Clarence Mec- Bride. § Y Odessa Personals, Odessa, 'June 10.--Charles Cullagh, Toronto, spent last Tues- day the guest of his sister, ' Mrs. Thomas McConnell. Miss ° Mamie Gardiner, New York, visitéd her sister, (Mrs. Wiliam Calder, lasi 'Wednesday. Mrs. Washington Ben- Jamin, Detroit, is The guest of her brother, James Hillier. Lena Ken- nedy, Wilton, spent = the week-end with Miss Eliza Tooney, Miss Maud Heaslip spent Sunday. the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Heaslip, Collin's Bay. Mrs. Berl Sproule and lttle daughter, Jean, have returned from spending a few days in Kingston. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Smith, Mr. and Mrs. 'William Vrooman and Mrs. George Delton spent Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lucas, Moscow. " Among those who had the mis- fortune to lose valuable horses from the extreme heat last week were Stanley Fraser, Mr. Woodcock, Daniel MoConnpell, 8. Parks and Mr. Hill. The work' of cleaning and scraping the roads through the wvill- age for grading is rapidly progress- ing. Wedded at Wilton, Wiltoh, Juste 9.--At the Method- ist parsonage on Wednesday, June 4th, Miss Mildred Newman and Fox Martin, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Martin, were united in marriage by Rev. R. Stocker. The young couple drove to the home of the groom's parents, followed by a merry crowd of serenaders. ! John Henderson has purchased the farm of William Miller near Collin's Bay.' 'Mrs. Hendewson and little son, who have been spending {the past six months with her father, James Davy, will leave for her new home in a few weeks. Bdr. Kensel Priest, wlio recently returned from overseas, is visiting friends in Wil- ton. Spr. Claud Asselstine returned from overseas on Saturday last. His many friends are pleased to see him home again. Harvey Mills has purchased a new Maxwell car. Miss B. B.;=Moore spent the week: nd with Mrs. Barl Perry. Sevoral of the citizens are attending the eamp megting held near Yarker by the Standard Church of America. A Sydney, Ausiralia, -despateh says: An order was received re- condly from a Canadian dry district tur 40,000 gallons of wine to make medicinal preparatiuns. 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