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SERIAL
STORY
WINS
By
Cleanor M. Incram
Aotltor of "The Game
and the Candle," "The
Fifing Mercury." etc.
. ' UuJntiom ly
frederlc ThornbBrgh
Capfxiclit ttlX Ti Bobba-Morrill Uowpaajr
CHAPTER I.
The Man Who Dared.
Th official starter let his" raised
arm fall and leaned forward, peering
across the blended glare and darkness.
"VSThatf he shouted, above the pul
sating roar of the eleven racing ma
chines lined up before the Judges'
Hand. "Whatr
' There was a Curry around the cen
tral car. whose driver leaned from his
est to 6 tare down at the man who
had slipped from beside him to the
grtjund. The. great crowd congesting
the grand-stand pressed closer to the
barrier, staring also, commenting and
conjecturing.
"The mechanician of the Mercury is
off his carl" -
"Fainted "
"Fell- .
"The automobiles hadn't started; he
must be sick
The referee was already pushing his
way back, bringing the report from
the hastily summoned surgeon.
"Heart disease," he announced right
al left. "Stanton's mechanician Just
dropped off his seat, dead.
Out Stanton himself had already
swung out of his car, with the ener
getic decision that marked his every
movement.
"My man is out," he tersely stated
to the starter. "I've got to run over
to my camp and get another. Will
yon hold the start for me!"
The Question was rather a demand
than a request. There was scarcely
one among the vast audience . who
would pot have felt the sparkle gone
from this strong black wine of sport
they had come to sip, if Ralph Stanton
had been withdrawn from the.twenty-four-hour
contest. He had not only
fame as & skilful and scientific racer;
he had . the reputation of being the
most spectacularly reckless driver in
America, whose death could be but
question of time and whose record of
accidents and victories verged on the
ipalling. He knew his value as an
attraction, and the starter knew it
f lihough preserving impassivity. -
tve minutes," tne offlcial con
ceded, and drew out his watch.
Already a stream of men were run
ning toward the Mercury camp with
tho news. Stanton sprang Into his
machine,' deftly sent it forward out of
die line, and shot around into the en
trance to the huge oval field edged by
the Beach, track; a mile of white rib-
tfon bordering a green medallion.
, The row of electric-lighted tents;
. iaeh numbered and named for its own
racing car, was in a turmoil of excite
ment. ' But most agitated was the
group before the tent marked
fercury."
"'Ourand's down and out give me
another man," called Stanton, halting
his noisy, flaming car. "Quick, you '
But no one stepped forward from
a - mm .
iue ciusier 01 iactory men ana me-
chanics. Only the assistant manager
of the Mercury company responded
to the demand:
"Yes, go; one of you boys. I'll make
. it right with you. You, Jones."
I'm married, sir," refused Jones
succinctly. 9
"Well, you then, Walters. Good
, heavens, man! what do you mean!"
For the bnrly Walters backed away,
setually pale.
Tll dig potatoes, first, Bir." v
"Why, you used to race?"
. "Not with Stanton, sir."
There was a low murmur of appro
, sal among his mates, and a drawing
ogether for supports, Stanton Btepped
town from his carv snatching off his
uasfc to show a dark, strong face
trim 'with anger and contempt-"
. "Yon wretched, backboneless '" cow-j-dslH
he-hurled at them, his blue
lack eyes flashing "over .the group.
Do you know what I and the cdm
.any stand to lose if I'm disqualified
'.or lack of one of yon Jellyfish to sit
.eside me and pump oil? Isn't there
man in the camp? I'll give flfty dol
ars myself to the one who goes, a
hundred if I. win." . , .
"Ill promise twice that." eagerly
supplemented Green, - the assistant
manager.. lie had private bets ; n-
Stanton. : , .
, Not one of the clustered ; workmen
moved. : ' ;
"Damn you!" pronounced the driver,
bitterly, and comprehensively. "I'll re-
. peat that offer o the man who will
go for the' first three hours only, and
meanwhile well send to New York
and find a red-blooded male."
r The men looked at one another, but
c&oqk their heads.
"No? You won't? You work your
miserable bodies three months to earn
what I pffer for three hours. What's
the. mailer with yon. don't I risk my
'neck?' "He turned, sending his pdw-
, erful voice ' ranging down the lice.
Her, bu.nt thd , paddock, all of. you-
T ANTON
two hundred dollars for a man to ride '
the next three hours .with me 1 ' T
"You can't take a man from another
camp, Stanton," protested the frantic
Mr. Green. "H might trick you, hurt
the car."
His appeal went down the wind un
heeded, except for one lance from the
racer's gleaming eyes.
"H won't trick me," said Stanton.
The crowded stands were a bulk of
swaying, seething impatience. The
paddock was in , an uproar, the Mer
cury camp the center of interest But
no volunteers answered the calL The
panting machine, its hood wrapped In
ets of violet flame, headlights and
tail-lights shedding vivid ' iliumination
around the figure of its baffled master,
quivered with ' impotent life and
strength. Raging, Stanton stood,
watch in hand, his face a set study in
scorn. .- ' -
Suddenly the harsh rasp of the offi
cial klaxon soared above the hubbub,
warning, summoning.
"Four minutes." panted the despairi
ng assistant manager. "Stanton "
Some one was, running toward them.
some one for whom a lane was opened
by . thev spectators from other camps
who had congregated.
"Get aboard," called ahead a fresh
young voice. "Get aboard: I'll go."
"Thank Heaven for a man!" snarled
Stanton, as the runner dashed up.
Why. It's a boy I" -
"Floyd Mr. Green hailed hysterical-
y. "You'll go?'
"Ill go," assured Floyd, and faced
the driver; a slim, youthful figure In
a mechanic's blue overalls, his sleeves
rolled to the elbows and leaving bare
his slender arms; his head, covered
ike a girl's with soft closely cropped
curling brown hair, tilted back as his
steady gray eyes looked up at Stan
ton. , . '
"You? You couldn't crank a taxi-
cab," flung the racer, brutal with dis
appointment and wrath. "You'd go?
A boy?"
"Im as old as the driver of the
Singer car, and scant, five years young
er than you I'm twenty-one," flashed
the retort "And I know all there is
about gasoline cars. I guess you're
big enough to crank your own motor
aren't you, if T can't? You've got
thirty seconds left; do you want me?"
Met on his own tone, Stanton
gasped, then caught his mask from
the man who held it
"Why don't you. get on your
clothes?" he demanded savagely.
Are you going to race like that?
Jump, you useless ., cowards there
can't you pass him his things? Tele
phone the stand that I'm coming, some
one."
There was a wild scurry of prepara
tion, the telephone bell jingled madly.
"Jes Floyd is one of oar new factory
Stanton Stood, Watch in Hand,
men," hurried Mr. Green, in breathless
explanation, as Stanton took his seat
"He's a gas-engine wonder he knows
them like a clock he tuned up this
car you've got, this morning "m. :
The klaxon brayed again. A trim ap-
tparition in racing - costume darted
from the tent to swing into the . nar-
. 1 I M A k J 1 J r. A
ryw Btai uesme uie uriver, aiiu o teu
ton's car. leaped for -the paddock exit
with a roar answered by; the "deafen
ing roar- of .welcome from the specta
tors.; " ' ": '. '. . ; ; .':-' ?.
. "Seven minutes," snapped the start
er, as the Mercury wheeled in line.:
- - Stanton shrugged his shoulders with
supreme indifference,' perfectly aware
of his security, since the start had
not been made. But his mechanician
leaned foiward with-a little gurgle of
Irresistible, sunshot laughter. -- :
--"Don't worry," he besought "Really,
well get in seven minutes ahead." r
His mocldng young voice . carried
above the ' terrific din of the eleven
huge machinesr and Stanton - turned
upon him; amazed and irritated at the.
audacity. . The starter,., also j . stared.
Just as ar' C"ashlTgh.t v flared up shd
showed fully "-the young gray; eyes
dancing behind the goggles,. the red
young mouth smiling "below the mask,
the shining young curls which this
cap filled to cover.; He stared, then
slowly relaxeTinto a smile; and "went
forward. ' - ; - ' :
"The talking done while I'm bp, Is"
done by me," stated Stanton forcibly.
Remember." " -"Don't
you ever need a rest?
queried Floyd. : . - v
Stanton opened his lips, and closed
them again without speaking. His
trained glance went to sweep his op
ponents, gaging their relative . posi
tions, their probable order on the first
turn, and his own. best move. The
successive flashlights on either side
were blinding, the -atmosphere was
suffocating with the exhaust gasolene
and acetylene fumes. It was as fa
miliar to him as the odor of sawdust
to the circus dweller, as the strong
salt .wind to a. habitant of the coast;
the unusual element , lay In the boy
beside him Man, he . refused" to
acknowledge hls ' - -
.- The sharp crack of a pistol, the fall
of a flag, and the whole struggling,
flaming flock, sprang forward toward
the first turn, wheel to wheel : in
deathdged contest. And Stanton- for
got Us mechanician. v J.
The Mercury led the first circuit, as
usual.. It was very fast and its pilot
took the chances msrvi prudent drivers
avoided. Still, the lead was less than
the car's own length, two of Its closest (
rivals hanging at its flanks, when they
passed the tumultuous grand-stand.
Just ahead lay again "1her "death
curve." There was a swift movement
beside Stanton, the . pendent linen
streamers floating from his cap were
deftly seized and the dust swept from
his goggles with a practiced rapidity.
. "Car on each side an one trying to
pass," the clear voice pierced the
hearing. "No room next-the fence."
Stanton grunted. The boy knew
how "to rise in a speeding, machine,
then, and how to take care of his
driver, he noted. -Nevertheless, be
meant to take that fence side.
And he did. As the other drivers
shut off power to take the dangerous
bend more slowly, Stanton shot -forward
at unchanged speed, cut In ahead
and swept first around the turn, tak
ing the inside curve. The spectators
rose with a universal cry of consterna
tion; the Mercury swerved, almost
facing the Infield fence, skidding ap
pallingly and lurching drunkehly on
two wheels, then righted Itself under
the . steering-wheel in the master's
hands," and rushed on, leading by a
hundred feet '
The people cheered frantically; the
band crashed Into , raucous music
Stanton's mechanician got up to lean
over the back of the flying car and
feel the rear casings.
His Face a Set .Study in Scorn.
"You're tryin' to tires," he imparted.
hiB accents close to the driver's ear. '
That was the first time that Stanton
noticed that Floyd lisped and blurred
his final "g" in moments of excite
ment It might have sounded effemi
nate, if the Voice had not. been with-
lout a tremor.
K k . . A .
As it was
At the end of the first . hour, the
bulletin -boards showed the "Mercury
five laps ahead of its nearest rival.
And , then Floyd spoke again to his
driver. . . ' '
- "What?""Stanton questioned, above
the noise cf the motor.
."We've got to run in; I'm afraid of
the rear inside shoe. It won't stand
another skid like the last"
Stantoti's mouth sht ; in ; a . hard
line..; v- .V .-v -" "
"I will not" he stated. 1 "Get back
in your rlace. You can't tell." .
"lean." .
Stanton deigned no reply, sliding
past one of 'the " slower cars on" the
back strelch. ' To go in meant to lose
the whole time gained. As they took
the back luro. Floyd again leaned
over' ' ' - - -"11.
FOOD DUTY FREE"
HOUSE DEMOCRATS WILL MAKE
A3 NEAR APPROACH TO THAT
AS POSSIBLE ' :
FARMERS SURE TO OPPOSE IT
Compensations, However, Will" B Of
fered Agricultural Interests in the
Way of Reductions on Articles
That They Must Buy. '" .
By GEORGE CLINTON.
Washington. It Is said by members
of the ways and means committee of
the house at last constituted and who
will continue to hold membership In
that, body In the new "congrees; that
the first and great effort of the, new
tariff legislation will be "to reduce the
cost of living." This is interpreted
asjtoeaning that among other thingt
there will be as near an approach to
"duty free food" as" is possible. - The
house unquestionably will put sugar
on free list, hut also unquestionably
the senate will decline to 'agree and
will make a compromise on the pres
ent duties.. The cane and beet sugar
makers .are protesting to congress.
Just as they protested last-summer,
that free sugar would kill their indus
tries.; ' A i tariff for free food means that
i the duties will be taken off many
eatables that now pay high rates, al
though it Is known that the rates will
be maintained on such foods as come
under the head of luxuries, the "palate-
ticklers" of the present customs
laws. '.. --
The Democratic leaders know of
course that if - an approach to free
food is attempted there will be oppo
sition from the agricultural Interests
of the country or from a large part of
them The Intention of the Demo
crats, therefore, la to offset with com
pensations, any damage which will be
done to the farmer, the truck garden
er and the fruit raiser. Their agu-
ment is that if a man gets a-smaller
price for his products he can afford
the loss provided the things which he
buys for his home use, clothing and
other Articles, are reduced In cost
Provide for Compromise. "
It Is a delicate table of balances
which the ways and means committee
members will have to prepare, and
they must prepare it with full knowl
edge that changes unquestionably will
be insisted upon by the senate. "The
chances therefore seem to be that the
house will make greater cuts in some
of the rates than it would have made
did It not know In advance that the
senate would insist upon raising them.
The plan of the house majority, and
It is a very human plan, is to make
the rates so low that the basis of com
promise will be correspondingly low;
in other words, that they can yield
considerably more than they would
have yielded if the rates had not been
put very low with thefuli knowledge
that It was necessary to prepare in
any call for a margin of compromise.
The Democrats say they understand
fully the opposition which may come :
to efforts to put certain kinds of foods
on the free list or make them almost
free. They- declare they are going to
make an . effort in' their tariff bills to
so reduce . the cost of other articles
that the men who raise food stuffs for
the markets will find they are better
off at the end of the year even under
reduced prices for their products than,
they are under the present tariff ar
rangements. ;
All this the Republicans, of course,
say remains to- be proved and they
predict for the Democratic party great
trouble Id bringing down the duties on
manufactured-articles to a. point to
offset the losses to the farmers be
cause of free food, and to do It with
out putting, the manufacturing con
cerns out of husiness. -
Tariff Hearings Hold Good.
'.There' has been some curiosity ex
pressed in letters received In Washing
ton as tonow the last congress could
go ahead holding hearings and making
preparations . for tariff legislation
which must be passed by a iy Incoming
congress. The matter ..- is simple
enough in Itself because the majority
of the 'members of . the ways - and
means Committee of the present house
will continue to be the "majority In
the next committee, and of: course
their findings and their preparations
will be endorsed by the same men
who have just endorsed - therav; al
though their findings will have to be
passed - upon by a - house differently
constituted In its personnel than was
that of the last session.
. It is" of course possible that the
great Influx of new members, mostly
Democrats, could by a combination
with hold-over members' force re-hearings
on tariff measures and pass an
entirely different kTnd of a. bill than It
Is the present intention of the ways
and means committee to recommend
for adoption. There la not one chance
in ten thousand, however. " that this
will occur. " ' ' . '-v.l .' .- '
; Extra Session Program. " -
- When congress gets - together
April 1 the bouse - immediately
ly will elect. a speaker to. succeed
Chamn Clark and tho chances rare
that the man to succeed will be Mr.
Clark himself. Then when the com
mittee msmbershlps definitely are ash
signed the members will get down at
once to tariff tinkering. '' "
It is pretty generally expected ' in
Washington'; that" the administration
will asc congress to take up currency
legislation at the extra sesBion, but It
may b6 that the advice of some of the
elder members of the banking and cur.
rency committee of the house and of
the flLance- coninsUtee of the senate
will be listened to and monetary legis
lation will be put over until the . first,
regular session, which begins the first
Monday in next December. There are
reasons for the desire of a good many
of the Democrats to do nothing with
the currency until six or eight months'
additional time has been given the
financial experts to study a plan which
they think will meet with the 'approval,
of the county.
As for " the ' tariff, : the Democratic
majority says that, It. is not going to
"tinker with if for the term implies
simply' patching and repatchlng. The
Democrats apparently think that they
have already outlined a tariff program
which will prove to be constructive
and which will stand the test of time
and business. . What the dominant
party fears more than anything else,
and Its members are free, to say so
it the new tariff law, when they go
into effect, materially will hurt labor.
A good many of the Democrats do not
express the- fear In Just this way.
Some of them actually believe that if
the excuse of an experimented low
duty , is offered that some great con
cerns may discharge parts of their
working forces, lay it to the tariff, and
trust to the . discontent which is
aroused to reopen the whole tariff agir
tatlon and possibly to bring back high
tariff conditions - once more.
House Majority for Reductions.
The Democratic house leaders in
the congress just ended and who un
questionably will be the. leaders in
the next house do not seem to be in
th least disturbed about the ability
of the Democratic "party to put
through the lower chamber "quickly
and In order" just such tariff, meas
ures as the ways and means commit
tee shall outline. ..
Take the house all in all and a
vast majority of its members as the
body Is at - present constituted is in
favor of tariff reductions. There are
among the representatives, as among
the senators, some Democrats of high
tariff tendencies, but the majority of
the members of that .party in both-j
houses, and a great majority in the
lower house," are in favor of reduc
tions, and with' them stand Republic
ans of the house and senate of the
Cummins and LaFoIlette school, and
also the members of the Progressive
party, of whom In the new houso there
are 19 and in the senate three or four.
It can he seen from this that the
house will have little difficulty in put
ting through such tariff measures as
the Democratic ways and means com
mittee shaH" prepare, and it Is believ-T
ed that the measures will call for
radical reductions in some cases and
have what may be called conservative
ly radical reductions in other cases.
The senate, however, as it will be con
stituted, will not stand for the deep
cuts which the house Intends to make,
and so the chances are there will be
a compromise.
Sounding New Members.
Members of the new lower house
of congress are coming into Wash
ington in numbers day by day.
The Democratic and Republican lead
ers are sounding out the senti
ments of the- incoming members of
their parties, primarily In a most del
icate way, to find out definitely just
what thelf "factional affiliations are.
Tho Democratic leaders want to know
whether the incomers are extremely
conservative, Just plain conservative,
progressive, -or radically progressive,
and the Republican leaders are trying
to find out just about the same things.
The leaders of the house Democ
racy is a man of marked conservative
tendencies. He says so and his acts
prove him so. It must not be under
stood, however, that he is not progres
sively inclined along lines which he
considers safely . progressive. " His op
ponents in his own party say that he
considers few things safely progres
sive and that therefore he is definitely
conservative. The great majority of
the Democrats in the next house will
be. men who call themselves progres
sives and who are known at ho ire as
such. This majority will hava a
marked influence on legislation and cd
the upholding of President Wilson's
policies, which everybody here be
lieves "will be advanced. It Is not
thought i a Washington that even the
conservative leaders of. Democracy in
the house will attempt to prevent the
passage of legislation that Mr. Wilson
may recommend, even If it appears to
them to be "over radicaL"
Aside from tho tariff, which wiii
take up a large part of -the time of
the-xtra igssion. and aside also from
currency legislation, which may or
may riot be give7reonslderation. there
will be thousands of bills dropped into
the 'Tioppef" of house and senate be
fore ; ten days of the extra session
have gono by. These bills will make
provision for a multitude of thing.
which attempts have been made to
provide for; before, hut which " have
failed for one reason or another.
Few hew members of congress reach
the -capital without full belief in their
breasts- that they are ordained to be
the aiakers of-tegislation which the
statesmen eall "constructive." About
one member fa "a thousand perhaps
leaves alastlng name In legislation,
and no it will he seett readily enough
how many of the newcomers will- be
disiliuekmed, and; doomed to know
their t disappointment before many
weeks cf . the ; new session have
tassed. Bill preparing is r a : regular
industry among .congressmen. The
measures are drawn, put into- the
house basket, read' by titles,, printed
and referred to committees, but the
ovcrv, helming majority of them never
comes out of the committee room with
any Jcind of a. report . '..
'"'.'.! Result of His Researches, ' i -Inveslig&tor
What, la your opinion.'
Is- the secret of good roads?
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CBy IB. O. SELLERS, Director of Et
nlnff Department The Moody Bible In.
- stltute of Chicago.)
LESSON FOR MARCH 1 6.
THE TEST OF ABRAHAM'S FAITH.
LESSON TEXT Gen.
GOLDEN TEXT "I desire roodAMi
Tand not sacrifice; and the knowledge of
i GrtA mntfi than hum nlToHnca uvw
The birth of Isaac ("laughter")
17:19, and the setting aside of the son
of the bond woman, ' a story so rich
with suggestlveness,Morm8 the
con-
nectlon between the lesson of
week and the one of this week.
I. Sacrifice Required. "God
Iaet
did
prove Abraham" (R. V.) w. 1-2. Abra
ham's ready response, "Behold me,
here am I," gives evidence of his life
long habit of obedience. lie was ready
for sacrifice or service. His habit of
taking God at his word prepared him
for this final act of testing, and oer
f ecting, of his faith. The revised ver
sion "prove" is a better rendering than
the authorized version "tempt."' God
does not tempt, 1. e., solicit men to
evil Jas. 1:13, but he does "prove"
men; see Ex. 20:20 and I Peter 1:12
Abraham had been tried before but
what father is there who will not say
fhla Vfia iha ttn two m a tact V i
called upon to give up his, "only son
whom thou cheriahesL" .
Abranam's Faith.
Superficial critics have taken occa
sion to make light of a God who would
make such a demand upon an earthly
heT.
We need to . remember that
Abraham had doubtless witnessed hu
man sacrifices in Chaldea and that
having seen God's faithfulness and his
past deliverances, he had enough
faith to believe that God could in his
own Providence deliver Isaac. Fur
ther, attention has been called to the
exact language of the text, viz.. God's
demand was that Abraham "offer" (not
"kill") Isaac as a sacrifice. The liter
al language Is "make him go up" up
on the altar, doubtless in symbol. We
read elsewhere,.Heb..ll:17 that "Abra
ham offered up Isaac," but we know
he did not kill Isaac. Those who
stumble at that part of the story miss
the great lesson God-intended to teach
in the record of this incident. How
ever, Abraham was ready to do (v. 10
what God himself did actually do when,
he gave his "only son," John 8:16.
Horn. 8:32. Isaac was the child of the
promise, hence thevonly son (cf. Gen.
21:12). This makes the text more se
vere for Ishmael had been sent off..
21:14. God today is calling upon fath
ers to sacrifice their sons, and fathers
are sacrificing though not always unto
God. Wo must put our children upon,
the altar. Matt 10:37.
II. Sacrifice Granted.. "Abraham
rose up early," w. 3-10. The writer
of Genesis has left us to fill In the
emotions and the mental agony that
must have surged through Abraham's
heart yet we again see a wonderful
illustration of prompt obedience, cf.
Ps. 119:60.
Abraham's Devotion.
Attention has been jcalled to Isaac
as a type of ChriBt (cf. John 10:17-18).
(1) His name.. given before birth; (2)
Jlis birth, supernatural, predicted; (3
His offering, a, by his father; b, voiun-
uujr, liBui xi uui iud ucau . i?; i lie
marriage; a, bride selected by his fath
er; b, servant calls the bride; c, meet
ing of bride and bridegroom. In this
connection we behold Isaac pgarlng:
the wood (v."6) a reminder of Christ
bearing his cross, John 19:17. The,
A J. J ,.tiu
leai iu auiuuuui a itniu was iuu etu
to the point that "he took the knife to
slay his son," when God intervened.
The repetition. "Abraham, Abraham."
euggests the urgency of God to saver
and the devotion of Abraham in thac
he was not easily turned aside nor
looking for a way of escaping a dis
agreeable duty. Abraham was sus
tained to the end (Rom. 4:20. 21 R. V.V
and out of it all he is abundantly re
warded, w. 15-18 and 26:4-5.
m. Sacrifice Provided." "A lamb
caught in the thicket," vv. 11-15. Again
God spoke, to Abraham through "an
ahgel," an old Hebraic way of saying,
that God made himself known. It has.
been suggested that at this point. the
Hebrew broke away from human sacri
fices. There Is nothing in this story,
to sustaln'any claim that God Justifies
human sacrifices, but the exact con
trary, for God gave Isaac back to
Abraham (Heb. 1:19 R. V.) and that
he is constantly, doing to. those who
Burrender their all -and their best to
him, Mark 10: 29-30; Proy. 11: 24-25
Abraham did not leave the mountain'
until he had offered a sacrifice and
who can question but that hi's heart
was filled with great, joy and thanks
giving unto God. 2 Cor. 9:15. Without
the-' shedding of blood we cannot ap
proach God. .. ;-;". '.-..'. v
Abraham is. a type of true piety;
and Is constantly held up by-New, Tes
tament writers as the Jdeal of religions
the reason . is that " religion never
ohangeK it Is the attitude of the soul
to God. . Read Horace Bushnell's ex-
Doubts." 7 Some men seem . ; to pass
through life without much testing, the,
question Is suggested, are they worth,
lesuug, are uiejv vi pumcient Yaiue. :
'Trials are God's, vote of confidence."
This, is also; a great ".illustration '?of
iiuhstitutlcnary sacrifice, . ask Isaac if
lie believed It? Ask the question
'How 6o we show our faith?" .