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Disciples During TRANSPORTATION.

1t was probably evening. The sides
of Hermon are steep and the ascent was
difficult. The disciples were weary.
They struggled against the desire to
sleep. and they were rewarded by being
witnesses OF the TRANSPORTATION. The
revised version says: when they were
fully awake, Peter, anxious TO speak, but
not knowing what to say. conscious only
of an unearthly ecstasy, exclaimed: Mas
ter it is good to be here" How true
it was. That was an hour that he would
never forget. To behold this glory, TO be
in contact with these glorif1ed ones. to
catch something of this conversation. who
would not wish to remain? Watts sang
of far less exalted place:
My willing soul would stay
On such a frame this
And sit and sing herself away
TO everlasting bliss.
He would build tabernacles. booths Of
the brush found on the mountain. he
would detain the heavenly visitants
Poor man, he knew not what he said.
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Christ the Divine Teacher.

needed to learn. Jesus had taught them
truths that seemed hard to believe. He
had cut squarely across the grain of
their beliefs and prejudices. Only little
time ago. at Capernaum, it looked as If
the entire body of the disciples would
leave Him because of His teachings.
John. $685. The twelve believed in Him.
but they needed to have divine attestation
of His authority This was now given.
The heavenly visitors were departing.
AS they were disappearing bright cloud
overshadowed them 1t was one more
mystery to awe and terrify them. They
feared as they entered into the cloud,
and they fell on their faces
could never forget: This is Ny beloved
Son. In whom l am we'll pleased: hear We
Him. That is the sutterance that is
needed through the ages The world and
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otherwise called on. keep the streets
cato disorder.
Concerning the 30 real sleuths. NJ
Ha.nard would say nothing
The day Of DISCUSSES IS past? | sue-
gested
"On the contrary. have 100 men whose
daylight makeup is perfect that thew
change the color of their eyes he began
then shut up like clam.
As 10 finger prints, .hey have got them
10 a poin: where NJ. Hamard has extra
dited ar unsupported French murderer lv-
ing frea'y in London. by aager prints he
left on a bottle I'm the Batingnolles To
make them visible. they dust the ohjec.
with black powder that adheres 10 the
greasy invisible print: and enlarged photog-
raphy does the rest.
Take il from me that finger prints are
so classified that they can be eliminated"
almost as rapidly as measurements Fac
crook 5 measurement card contains Ave OF
his finger prints. roughly falling into the
great types OF ''e'' - 20 or ''u'': and
IL you will amuse yourself counting their
'permutations and combinations" IN fives
even without subtypes to make IL last
weeks-eeeei eeeie, eeeii, eieee. Wifi.
ouuuu. ouuuo and so on. you will be-
I'VE mat they can md mans prints
long before YOU have finished.
Yet when an assassin Is so discovered
like Shelter who killed Riebei-it con.
| tinues to seem as exceptional as Pudd n
head Wilson. To make II a reliable pro-
cedure. vast routine work had to precede,
by way Of collecting and cataloguing.
So, system and routine are seen at bot
tom of NJ. Hamard's most brilliant ex-
ploits.
Take the two young .oidier-thugs. MI
chel and Grady. who murdered the widow
of the Bank of France Regent in rail-
way train near Paris. They threw her
body on the track; and the open side
door of the European system car made a
general superstition that the unhappy
Nine. Gouin had awaked from a nap and
confusedly stepped out 10 her death.
soldiers In any casa Any French lady
would have looked on Young soldiers as a
protection. Only one man in Melun bar
| racks had his eyes open orf>young soldiers
| in this matter-and he by mese routine.
Were I writing for Paris, TSwould not
| reveal this. For secret service to be ef-
/ fective. 1t must remain secret NJ Ham
ard did not tell me this. All the same. he
renowned glory when he allowed young
| NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. chef i'm a Paris cub
by trade to have the credit of bringing
Michel and Grady to justice.
In every barracks around ParisaS IN
Paris cafes and eisewhere-the secret serv-
! ice has its affiliated man. keeping eye on
| the folks of that spot, no others So-hv
barracks who asked himself. not: 'Who
killed Nine. Gouin?" but: What soldier
| of these barracks did it?'
| And the rest was routine also; they ex-
! amined every soldiers kit. and found the
| bloody clues. STERLING HELLO.
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to photograph you some day? And give
me data about your detectives?'
He promised, and kept it. What never
learned was how two sets of secret
service spies-the minister's and Ham
ards own--knew SO much about my secret
doings. l think, however. that NJ. Ham
ard has affiliated spies in puuiic places,
like one waiter. say, in each important
cafe music hall, dance hall and promen-
DIR. AS to the incident. itself. l make
no comment-only that it shows tie minute
organization of a Richelieu still alive.
So NJ. Hamard gave me my interview.
He has just become popular with the
rich Americans of Paris by breaking up
the ultra-modern band who disguised
themselves to rob as model servants. In
one of their flats was found counter
detective service newly arriving
Americans, with bundles Of references
stolen from honest servants, blue books,
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elegant young gentleman came up to
me and whispered that m. Hamard
would be obliged for some informa-
ton"
An automobile waited
That elegant party turned out to be
Brigadier Daurimont. a sleuth OF great
mark In the auto he led a light talk
on prominent Americans of Paris. By
the time we arrived i saw he was
pumping me.
Twenty men could walk abreast up
these barraeklike stairs, three flights,
with glimpses Of blank corridors lined
with closed doors. Into one popped a
very stylish young lady: from another
emerged q red-nosed tramp What are
those rooms | asked oh, just
rooms the brigadier answered politely.
Now know that they are full Of myster-
les tricks. DISCUSSES and sleeping rooms
for informers to lie hidden and detectives
to snatch repose.
Silence and a prison smell of disinfect-
ants NJ. Hamard's Office is immense
room. Ave windows one side. without
trophies or clerks. The great man had
quit his 'lunch-at the call of greater.
the minister" II had two sardines and
bite of bread he said. with ominous
good humor, and began my civil status.
1T is routine but also trick. The
simple formula. with the confidential brig
adler writing slowly-'Name? when born
where? profession? fathers name? DOM
icile? profession: mothers maiden name?
married or single? income? rent? how
long in Paris?-rattles the victim. WHO is
anxious TO learn what they want him for.
You are selling stolen property, be-
gan Mr.. Hamard harshly.
That relieved me. ! knew he must be
mistaken.
You are dreaming. dear Monsieur |
said
stolen copy of Rostand's 'Chantecler
before representation. to peddle to the
papers OF the. world and an American
publisher for an advance pirate edition.?
/ laughed and the end came quickly.
He does see what is in one Before
had said another word he was smiling
with relief at the report he would make
to minister and influential poet. and
murmuring that he had been right and
they mistaken. Then l assured him
that NJ Rostand was perfectly protected
by American copyright, and that simply
procured 100 advance lines for my own
papers.
Are you sure that other American
papers have no mOre?' he asked; and
saw no harm in telling him that they
had none at alias the event proved.
Certainly, they only feared America.
Better not send more thon fifteen
lines he said. kindly. indicating that
was free Thanks. Au revoir. If
can ever be agreeable to you, call on me
personally
Really" 1 said. ''win you permit me
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Do you know what NJ. Hamard means
by routine He organized special
brigade of 100 sleuths and 80 plain
clothes men to guard new Americans. In
week. twenty families. unknowingly,
had each a secret service expert among
their servants, and every servant of
twenty other American families was
Swallowed and reported upon.
"One clue was enough said the great
chief. ''In another week we were in a
plot to gag and tie the then honest SER
wants when the illustrious Blanks would
be at the races A smart delivery van
would take away the loot on the preteXt
of exchanging a piece Of furniture. In
stead we took away the robbers in it,
and finally got the whole band"
How interesting if / might name those
prominent Americans and enlarge on
their escape. Instead, l can only point
out the central principle of NJ. Hamard' 8
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system 1t Is that desp!sed word-rou
tine.
He has a vast force. and powerful
aids. He uses them Systematically.
Last April lawyer was assassinated
in his Paris Office by an unknown per
son. who went o. with some Of the law
yer's clothes. The only clue was vest
of the assassin, left by oversight.
AT times l had forty men on that
vest said NJ. Hamard but for three
months there We're four who specialized
it. So we found the factory that made
the cloth-in north Italy and the manu-
facturer who made the buttons-m Lon
don. BY these We found the tailor who
cut the vest 20 order for a senator OF the
Argentine Republic. who gave il to his
valet. young Belgian. Him we tracs5
from South America to Paris, where he
had lived across the street from the
scene of the crime.
Being examined by NJ Hamards he
confessed. What call the third de-
gree often rises in France TO an art Of
terrible concentrations.
Sherlock Holmes was great at analysis.
but he would have failed where NJ. Ha-
mard's routine succeeds
They found a girls head wrapped in a
silk waist. This was the Paris sensation
of Elisa Vandamne pieces of whom
were scattered all over the capital.
Friends recognized the waist They had
left Elisa at am. at corner in the
tenth ward. and no one knew more.
II began by widening a circle round the
spot where the girl was last seem, said
NJ. Hamard. We questioned all the jan
itors in the ward without success
''All the janitcrs." I repeated. aston
ished. because every Paris house has its
jani.or, called concierge
1T took two months" said the chief.
TRANQUILITY. We questioned 10000 ian-
tors in 10000 different houses of the
tenth eleventh, sixteenth and twentieth
wards, asking each: Did You hear a
girls cry for help on the night of Feb
ruary 21?'
Finally the ianitor opposite Rue des
Marais admitted hearing such a cry and
a mans voice say: NO foolishness.'
both coming from a fifth-floor window
opposite. Now. the occupant of that
room was a young Corsican, hard work
ing. serious and peaceable.
AS he delivered goods with a tricycle.
a distinguished seuth collided with him
a pretext constantly used to examine sus-
pected men without exciting their sus-
picion.
But Vincent was suspicious, or else
Nj. Hamard has something in his gaze
that makes masks fall. He knew moth
ing against Vincent and suspected moth
ing-merely working on A routine indica-
ton Yet the laborious fellow broke
down.
Its no use trying to retrieve the past,
he said You have recognized me. Yes,
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the church need to look to Him as the
infalHble teacher. Through the ages. in
every condition of life, His word will be
a lamp to our feet and light to our
pathway" ind this Jesus is always
with us. Lifting their eyes at the bidding
of Jesus, the disciples saw no man but
Jesus only The vision had passed. the
voice was silent: 1t was more than a
dream, it was more than memory; it
was an experience, blessed. thrilling.
never to be forgotten: and now that it
was over they were not left alone. True,
we are told that then they saw Jesus
only. But they did see Jesus And this
is another fact in the reports of Gospel
truths. In all conditions. under all cir
cumstances. Jesus abides. The Chris
tan life knows no orphanage from Christ.
He, the Savior. Lawgiver. Comforter, has
said. Il will never leave you, I will never
fOrsake you
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Secret of Power.

When they were alone the puzzled dis
ciples inquired why they could not cast
out the demon. The reply of Jesus re-
veals the secret of power. The answer is
masterful must be vital. it must grow
as the mustard seed then ii will be re-
sistess. This is the faith that moves
mountains, it casts out devils, it puts
skepticism to shame, it regenerates the
world. Never was this faith more need
ed than today.
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In the Vale.

The tarrying on the mountain is neces-
sarily brief. The mountain visions are
needfu They are to the spirit what
mountain air is to the enfeebled frame,
and more They inspire and encourage
us to grappie successfully with difficulties
that else had been too great for us. But
the life OF Jesus teaches us that our sea-
sons upon the mountain must needs be
brief. Our life work, like His. will be in
the valley. Here are found the world S
ills. it's poverty and sin, it's sufferings
and shame. In the parable OF the leaven
Jesus had shown that the church is In
tended to come in contact with the world
and with the world at its worst. 1t Is
personal contact by which the world is
to be leayened But here is lesson that
teaches the need of a living. Christly
church.
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- ERsONs of prosperous md
- a certain beaten
hav already forme
danger Of forgetting
muny may be under he caption
DO readily to mind when
making slate for the coming
But they with
they constitute
figures longer erect tnes are 'ose
known thinking longingy the
independence and enforced upon the bounty OF
And of homes
should like we In their places IL hard enough at
best grow
which arises from being
o. tolerated
Others
realized that he sick But to him the sickning smell
fault that have not missed him from the once the CLUB
maybe it is At rate if have
Illness know what that little
to and that little note The nvaids
and whatsoever will
forgotten their existence
postpone the carrying or
benevo lenti int nj
But people
The OVERLOOKED I Of Of
to
OF procession
OF the ballroom
TO its circumference
brilliant fellow always
that girl
for
evidence provided
our gaze where they Make list persons
unduy proud sensitive
acquainted
as The objects of loving and persistent ministry we shall make
worthy called disciples
earth for overlooked
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From the Expositor's Bible:
with Christ l have been cruel
fed: and l live no longer; 1T is
Christ that lives in me. My earthly
life is governed by faith in Him
who loved me and died for. me.
How many nominal CHRISTIANS
can say that truthfully? Yet 1t is
the only way for Christian to
live.
Looking daily at the lives OF
many Christians we are tempted
to believe that decidedly somebody
else besides Christ lives in them.
by their fruits shall We know
them
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Eastern Presbyterian Endeavorers will
give a lawn fete on the church grounds
shortly. The vice president Miss Leah
Elwood. and the chairman of the social
committee, Miss Lucy English, have
charge of the arrangements
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LII. Paris is talk :
ing about NJ.
Hamards recent
successes. They
onsider him the
greatest detective
in the world.
Who is NJ. Ham
ard? Every one
has heard Of him,
but few know the
vast secret forces
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steamer sailings and tabulated clippings
from American papers.
Your millionaire Americans are slow
to complain when robbed" said NJ Ham
ard, yet they are in too much of a
hurry to verify servants references. The
slick robbers counted on these American
characteristics and had taken great
riches in money. jewels, laces, furs and
art objects from the Blank and Blank
and Blank families before a complaint
reached me-.
In authentic interviews one cannot al
ways give names. These notable Ameri-
cans do not want to be talked about
and NJ Hamard sealed my lips. 1 asked
him how he broke the band up.
Mere routine he answered.
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father to the conaiering point. and then
quietly wrought the cure. The tide was
turned. The scribes were silenced, and
the claim of Christ was indicated.
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Reports Printed.

The reports of the officers of the Dis
trict Union for the year ended June ~
have been printed for distribution among
the societies.
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Chevy Chase Baptist.

The Flying Wedge of the Christian
Endeavor Union will visit tomorrow the
Society of the Chevy Chase Baptist
Church.
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At Pen Mar.

Among the officers of the District
Union attending this week the sessions
of the Maryland Christian Endeavor
Institute at Pen Mar are President
Gates Vice President Davis. Assistant
Secretary Miss Raymond and the ifol-
lowing superintendent Of departments:
MisseN Alice Rideout and Agnes Suman
and w. Il. Braithawaite and a. w. Star
raft. Nearly all Of these officers have
at the invitation Of President Robin
son. had some part in the program of
the week
Mount Pleasant Congregational and
Vermont Avenue Christian societies
each sent a delegate to the Pen Mar
Institute. Among the other societies
from which EndeavorerS went are
Eastern, lexington, Berwyn and River
dale Presbyterian. Emmanuel Baptist.
First and Rhode Island Avenue Meth
odist Protestant, First Congregational.
Ninth Street Christian and St Paurs
and Luther Place Lutheran.
Dr. 5. II. Woodrow and Rev l.. &.
Douglas of Washington made important
addresses Tuesday and Thursday. their
themes being Fellowship and Love
as Applied to Service" respectively.
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FINE old house had been IN
habited for years by a Slipshod
family who had let everything
run down. The paint was worn
from the easements. 'the blincs
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Reformation.
Eefornnat

Reformation Lutheran Society is -
have new hymn books and committee
TO select them has been appointed b.
President Ness.
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First Methodist Protestant.

Rev. w. a. Melvin and wife of First
Methodist Protestant Church were in
attendance all week at the Christian
Endeavor Institute at Pen Mar.
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>h.laAah Asl-alas ql.eaa.ea ~a-raa.>aa~ea
: MIDSUMMER MEETING. =
Tffsfsisfsfs fTsfsf f-ffef
The midsummer meeting of the Brother
hood of ST. Andrew Assembly was held

in Pinckney Memorial
Church, Hyattsviile.
Monday evening at
which a goodly mum Der
OF the members of the
orga nization were In
attendance. Addresses
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in charge of Edward l.. Brown of ST
Paufs Chapter. aod will tomorrow morn
Ing be conducted by William B. Everett.
jr., of Ascension tnapt3r.
Convention.
Efforts are under way looking toward
consolidating the delegations from New
England, New York, Phila delph4a and
Washington to National Brotherhood con-
vention, which Is TO meet In Nashville
Tenn, in September. 1t is planned 70
assemble the delegations In this city and
travel from Washington in a special train
TO the convention city.
Member Leaves Washington.
William Jessop. who for thu past four
years has filed the position of secretary
of the central branch OF the Young Mems
Christian Association. will leave during
next week TO become general secretary
of the Y. NJ. c. A.. at { Jlcutta, India
During Mr.. Jessop's residence j. Wash
ington he has been an active member OF
the Brotherhood Chapter Of St Pauls
tarish
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Christian Endeavor Hour

By Grace Livingston Hill Lutz.

TOPIC: LIFE LIVED WITH CHRIST.
GALATIANS. 2:2O: l JOHN, 5:1-12.
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@ORPS of Government De-
~ tectives = How Sleuths
Work-Can Question 10000
! Janitors in Single Inquiry
Hundreds of Police Who
Mingle With Criminals in All
Sorts of Disguises-The Fly
ing Brigade and a New Kind
Of Rogues' Gallery.
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PARALLEL PASSAGES.

Romans. 81. q; Deuteronomy. SIS: Phi
lippians. 1:21: Galatians. 3:34; John, IL 90:
John. 3:15: Ephesians. ait; John, 10 :
Ephesians, 81; John, ISL.
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CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR.
Excursion Planned to Forest
Glen, Nd, on the Even +,
ing of August Other
Notes.
Excursion.

The excursion of Christian Endeavor
societies of the District to Forest Glen
Monday, August T.. is at
q : !: !:
start from the city being
made at J:1J O'Clock. Arrangements have
been made for the singing of popular
songs under the direction of competent
leaders on all the cars. Supper will be
eaten on the grounds of the Forest Glen
Seminary. and at s o'clock the August
meeting of the union will be held i'm the
chapel of that institution. This will be
the first meeting planned by the new Of
ficers of the District Union and the. first
at which President Gates will preside
He has asked each society to advise him
early next week as to the number who
will take the trip.
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The excursion of Christian Endeavo
societies of the District to Forest Gle
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were delivered by Rev. Robert Talbot,
rector of st. Paurs Church, and ]. Holds
worth Gordon of Christ Church Chapter,
Georgetown. Refreshments were served
AT the close OF the meeting by the ladies
OF the Hyattsville parish.
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The service held at Colonial Beach. Va.
under the auspices of the Washington
brotherhood chapters was last Sunday
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elegant young gentleman came up to
me and whispered that M. Hamard
would be obliged for some informa-
ton"
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I'm Bcbalf Of The Overlooked.
By the Churchman.

seldom of certain beaten track,
hay their circle friends. in
u of
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The TRANSPORTATION.
Matthew 17:1-8, 1920.

HERE is perhaps no. lesson IN
all the gospel series that is less
understood than is that of the
TRANSPORTATION. Usually it Is