, 1908-10-30

bling natural love, IAN lead n TO. We
e In this beings dual nature, even al
its worst stage, the instructive cray
ing for release from her bondage ol
| sin and the desire to do good ever
when an oatcast. In her struggles tc
free herself from the control oil
"Klingsor" wessee poor fallen woman
power, yet weak and powerless in the
grasp of sin (Klingsor,) she Is unable
to continue tie struggle longer and
falls farther still into the vortex oil
shame and degradation. Yet we ulti,
mately see this being, fallen and vile
as she becomes, restored to the Grace
Of God through the all powerful In
fiuence Of love.
CHIEF Charm Of Drama.
1t is, however, in the beautiful char
acter of Parsifal. the hero Of the story,
wherein lies the chief charm OF the
drama and its teachings. Parsifal
comes upon the scene when every
thing is chaos and disaster. The
knights are In despair and misery.
Amfortas Is bewailing his fate and suf-
fering indescribable torments of mind
and body. He seeks and prays for
death to relieve him of his wretched
condition and plight Klingsor with
his magic garden, is in the height of
his power, aver seeking the complete
destruction of all pertaining to the Ho-
ly Temple and its AFFLICTED knights.
Nothing seems possible to avert the
threatened doom, and when everything
seems the blackets, Parsifal appears
as a specially ordained and divinely
appointed redeemer. Heaven has ms
wered his prayers. Providence has
SEN them a deliverer.
No Knowledge Of Sin.
Reared within the confines of a lone
ly forest, guarded and guided by a
watchful mother, Parsifal has entered
the lone world without a knowledge of
sin. The development of his own in
herited gifts is left to the natural In
stincts of a nature that is guileless and
without a knowledge of wrong. See
ing all the sorrow and misery within
the domain of the Holy Grail, in the
simplicity and goodness of his nature
he prays for the power to alleviate it
all. Klingsor and his instrument
Kundry, seek in every possible way to
encompass his downfall. Parsifal re-
sists them to the utmost, but in doing
SO learns for the first time the horrible
significance OF sin.
The Sign Of the Cross.
With the sign Of the Cross, made
with the sacred spear that he Ia re-
covered from Klingsor, the magic gar
dens and it's habitants that have caus-
ed so much of misery and sorrow, are
made to disappear from the face of
the earth, and Parsifal, determined to
make himself worthy of the glorious
task of rescuing the knights from their
impending fate, goes out into the
world with that sole object in view.
We see him returning later, after be-
ing chastened and sorely tried, still
with the Holy Lance undefiled, and
then. bringing joy and relief to The
suffering but devoted band Of knights,
restoring them to the Grace of God by
uncovering the Holy Grail and let
ting them all battle in its glorious ehul-
gence and divine power.
Workings Of Providence.
In all this action we r led to see
the mysterious workings OF a divine
providence that chooses it's OWL way
to restore poor humanity to its bene-
ficent graces and good will, not by cor
ruption and the false reasonings and
logics of the evil minded and wicked
inclination within us, but by the sim
gle faith in God and His goodness. and
seeking for that He is ever ready to
grant for the asking-His Divine
Grace.