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A Counter-Question

The Jews had now exhausted their in
genuity in their attempts to entangle
Christ with their questions, and so. either
to bring Him in conflict with Rome or to
destroy His popularity with the people
They had met discontinue at every point
They were doubtless quite willing to close
the interview. Mark says. mo man after
that burst ask Him any questions" But
they were to learn that there were ques-
lions to be answered, as we'll as questions
to be asked. The QUESTION that Christ
now asked seemed to be a very simple
one It's answer. they thought, required
no research. 1t was upon every tongue.
What think We Of Christ? Whose son
is He?" Promptly and correctly they an
swered. Dav!d's. But that answer plunged
them into difficulty from which 1t was
impossible for them to escape. They were
learned in the law, those Pharisees. and
they were its recognized teachers. they
were now to be shown how superficial
was their knowledge OF its teaching.
Some OF the Psalms were universally
recognized by the Jews as messianic.
Prominent among these was the OK. To
this Christ now appealed. III He be the
son Of David" how, doth David then call
Him Lord. saying: "Sit thou on my right
hand till make Thine enemies Thy foot
IL? Acc riding to the H. II
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family was friendly with Charlemagne?
Though out of fashion for 900 years. he
always had fanciers. who kept his type
and blood pure as in the cid chronicles
and tapestries.
One dog only beats him to a standstill
in the race for lineage. 1t is the dog OF
the PyreneeS, with st. Bertrand in 1850
quoting Gregory of Tours Of $40 to prove
1t. and st. Jerome centuries earlier gives
corroborating testimony.
No other dog race-certainly not the
st. Bernard. formed at the old monastery
possibly about the year 1GV0-can point
hack to such sponsors. and the type has
been kept pure both by its usefulness and
the remote character of its habitat.
Even today l am informed that outside
few large towns no other breed of dogs
exists in the Pyrenees. In the high val
leys, certainly. the race has never been
troubled. AS today none OF the farmers
would give food and place by hearth or
stable to any but their great Pyrenees
dogs. SO in past c. INJURIES the opportunity
to do SO was additionally lacking.
These are still remote regions. Before
the railways they were almost a world
to themselves. The only outsiders came
for the peculiar sulphur baths. Down at
AK there remains today the great mar
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spot Bertrand de rIsle-Jourdain, re-
founder OF Comminges, town and fortress.
that had remained empty and ruined all
that time, quotes the passage in Gregory
of Tours to praise their aristOcracy and
smile at the pretensions Of mere hound
Or deer chaser. the dog of St Hubert.
favorite of the seigneurs since the time
OF Charlemagne-a scant 200 years!
Very strangely, this latter is none other
than our we'll known American blood
hound, kept pure and very distinctive
type through all the centuries since in
spite of long neglect. First Of specialized
scent followers that we know Of. the dog
of St. Hubert remained the companion of
kings and nobes until the first crusades
brought back from the east savage type
of great greyhound which chased by sight
rather than scent, outrunning the hunt
ers and manglng the deer. He was soon
superseded by the white Norman hound
and a new breed, invented by Louis XI.
from which two strains are descended In
we'll known lines. all the various breeds
of French deerhounds. not to mention
English foxhounds. favorites OF court
and nobility in later centuries.
All of them must give way, tracing ge-
nealogy, to the proud and melancholy
bloodhound. Does he remember that his
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mountains and you will discover good
runner
The st. Bernard also is growing yearly
more scarce, delicate. inbred and expen-
sive. In long auto trip last summer
over the Swiss-ltalian passes. where every
small hotel has big St Bernard sleeping
In the hallway for local color. not a
Single animal was offered me for sale;
nor did / observe a single pup. Apart
from st MOritz, which seems a regular
st. Bernard shop for the rich, the demand
seemed little-and the supply less. Seven
ty-fve dollars is cheap for q st. Bernard
pup.
This summer in the Pyrenees. on the
other hand, l have seen dogs as big as
any st Bernard, and SO plentiful that q
splendid one-year-old male can be picked
up for SIS to so.
AS to the bears, as we passed through
the mountain town of Vicdessos we saw
new bloody skin exposed under the shade
Of the sheep market. 1t was immense. of
The Congratulated brown variety, and the
citizen who shot 1t was about to receive
k2O bounty from the perfect; because the
big browns. though far scarcer. are far
more dreaded for their ruse than the
smaller black bears Of the crags, with
which these dogs wage continual battle.
When the crag bears come down at
night In troops to give an honest fight
for the sheep, the big brown and his
mate would sneak round the unguarded
flank and silently drag off a fat lamb
each. while the dogs were enthusiastically
fighting for their lives.
What made 1t very real was a discus
place as we drank coffee in front Of
Vicdessos inn while the motor cooled
from its long climb.
Three mountaineers down with some
forty sheep apiece whispered discomfort
ediy over their wine. When two others
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the great commandment For long CEN
turtles it made the Jews a peculiar neople

the great commandment. For long CEN
turtles 1t made the Jews peculiar people.
Though again and again they violated
that law and lapsed into idolatry. the
law stood as a constant rebuke; and il
was ceaseless summons to them to re-
turn to the worship of the one God. This
is the first truth Of theology. It is true
that we believe in the Trinity. We wor-
ship Father. Son and Holy Ghost, but
these three are one. AS man Is one.
though possessing body, soul and spirit,
SO our God is one Lord.
And the essence of all releion consists
In the love Of God with all the heart. soul
and mind and strength. Every power Of
our being centers in this love. We
acknowledge Him, we worship Him. We
obey Him, and we seek to glorify Him.
We have no other God. He is our all in
all. This commandment gives force and
based all other rights, whether they per-
tain to God or man.
And out from this love for Gcd flows
our love for man. Iove-not respect. re-
gard, admiration, honor merely, but love.
Not supreme dove, perhaps, such as is
given to God chat would be idolatry). but
love, as genuine, as strong as We give to
ourselves. And this must be given to all
men. How that would wipe out enmity,
strife diversions. hatred. How 1t would
all evil and lift the world to a Paradise
reeained,
But this IS held to be an impossible
command. We are told that there are
men whom we cannot love. Wicked, SEN
sual devilish. they defy all law and they
trample upon all rights. Well, be it so.
we. are not commanded to love the evil in
men. The evil Is not the man. Beneath
that evil nature is q truer, better, irobler
self And that is the real man. 1t was
made In the Image Of God. 1t is capable
of being brought into fellowship with
Him. And this is what we are to love.
Sin is only the incrustation of the dia-
mond. love the diamond. 1t is the same
as the diamond In you. 1t may be pol
ished until it shall "shine az the bright
ness OF the armament and as the stars
forever"
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A Question Of Tribute.

The committee which propounded this
question was composed of both Pharisees
and Herodians. It was a strange mix
ture, and 1t showed how dire was their
extremity. These two classes hated each
other with deadly hatred. They were
wider apart than the poles. The Phari-
sees were the ultra-religionists. They rep
resented the patriotic resistance to all
foreign power. They held that the in
junction Thou mayest not set stranger
over thee" Deut., 17:15,h forbade the
payment of tribute to foreign power.
fhe Herodians were not q religious sect.
They were merely a political clique. They
were probably few in number, and they
were composed of those who had been
placed in positions of trust and RESPONSE
hility BY Herod. and who as a conse-
arated so widely, they were united in one
tn n.y. their opposition to Christ. With
suavity and hypocritical fattery they
sought to strengthen Christ in His out
that thou are true. and teachest us the
WY of God in truth. neither carest Thou
for any man; tell us. therefore, what
thinkest thou? Is 1t lawful to give tribute
unto Caesar or not?" The word used for
this act in Greek means trap or snare.
they thought. would be categorical. q
plain yes or no. He would take the side
Of the ZeaIots and declare that there Is
no king but Cod: or He would uphold
the claims Of Herod.
But 20 the omnircient Christ their pur-
pos was transparent His why tempt
We me?" was a whitening rehuke. Bu'
their question should be answered. He
would lay down a principle that should
stand through the ages. He demanded
that they show him the tribut" money.
The Jewish coins Were not stamped with
the effigy of their kings. Herod Phillip
emperor, had caused his coins to be
stamped with the likeness Of Caesar. The
denarius that they brought was thus
stamped. It was proof positive that they
were his subjects, they were under his
protection and control. Hence they owed
him allegiance and tribute
But this was but one side Of it, They
themselves we're coins of a higher king.
dom. They bore the impress of God.
They owed Him allegiance. AIS Caesars
coin was p1cof Of "a 80 =; r,a'-- e.ur,
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A CARAVAN OF GP5Hs
WITH Their GEARS

ley nearer on the left. LAS long as they
have food they hide away up in the rocky
peaks. where no one can follow them,
and when they come down on the sheep
in bands Of six or eight there ought to be
fifteen dogs to protect a Spanish flock
In his home, French valley. over there,
It was not quite SO bad, though ten dogs
to flock were deemed essential. Feeding
them becomes a veritable expense, which
explains the immemoria1 Eard-dried-sau-
sage mountain industry. which justifles
frequent home chickering's. whose waste
goes into. kind Of pate of cooked meal,
crushed bones and pemmican equivalent
to dog biscuits.
OF his home valley at that distance we
could see only it's green and blue masses.
but nearer the vast slopes were dotted
white with the wealth Of the land, verita-
bly, the sheep. upon thousand hills.
From high-perched military roads-prec-
ipice on one side. blasted rock wall on the
other-automobilists are struck by their
unending grazing paths, hundreds Of par
allel lines OF lighter green. close together
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sts
A Question Of the Future Life.

The Sadducees were the Jewish skep-
tics. They denied the possibility of the
resurrection. They were bald material
lists. They did not believe in angel or
spirit or future life. They were op-
posed to Christ because of His deep spir-
itual teachings. He dwelt upon the future
life and upon the resurrection Of the dead
The difficulty presented by the Sadducees
was doubtless a hypothetical case, and
one to which as they supposed there could
be no answer. If Christ should hesitate
in His reply, or fail to give satisfactory
answer, 1t would .discredit Him as
teacher. and so destroy His influence
The answer of Christ was an. overwhelm-
ing refutat1on Of their teaching. From
Scripture. to which but little iced had
been given, he proved the fact Of the
future life and the resurrection of the
deAd. The Sadducees were silenced and.
the multitude was astonished.
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Methods Glass.

A class for the study OF Christian En-
deavor methods was announced this week
by Union President Gates Interstate
Field Secretary Kari Lehman will be the
Instructor and nine lessons will be given,
Mondays. Wednesdays and Fridays, be-
ginning November ! and concluding No
vember 10. Those who successfully COM
plete the course win receive q diploma
and the degree Christian Endeavor spe-
cialist." No fees will be charged. The
class will meet in q central church at q
o'clock. after q supper, for which a rea-
sonable charge will be made. This is an
opportunity. 1t Is averred, to secure O.
thorough training In Christian Endeavor
methods. and It Is expected that the linz
tied number that can join the class will
soon be enrolled.
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noble and godlike attribute. every holy

noble and godlike attribute. every holy
aspiration proved the claim Of God upon
them. Therefore. He exclaimed. Render
unto Caesar the things that are Caesars,
and unto God the things that are Gods"
This Is the law Of the Christian every
where and always. Caesar has his rights
Acknowledge them. Give to him his own
But remember that God, too. has His
claims And these claims never conflict
The observance Of these two command
ments 10y the early church convinced the
emperors of the nobility of the Christian
tian citizenship. No wonder that His enc
mics marveled and left Him and went
their way.
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and as straight as if laid off with ruler.
Goats, third source of Pyrenees riches.
browse lawlessly higher up, but mountain
cattle also follow the immemorial grazing
paths of the steep slopes, which an anti
quarry tells me date back to Julius Cesar
1t is an old-settled land and the dogs
as a race are probably the truest aristo-
Gratis Of the canine species
Though big and burly, with great bones
and terrible jaws, they all keep something
Of the shepherd look. I said this to the
young rancher above the clouds.
I'm ancient times he answered, 'the
race was made by crossing shepherd dogs
with dogs of war.
What dogs of war? He did not know
Traditions keep the bare facts, only. OF
the ruins OF Roman temple they say
that the heather built it,; Of cave
where the last Albigenses We're walled up
AN historical mystery Of the eleventh
century-they say that 'the heretics per-
ished there and Of Alaric's secret in
subterranean Carcassonne that may at
last arouse a rich sensation In the next
six months they say: 1.-The treasure Of
Jerusalem is in the WELL
"a from, learped mon If J,,,chop uho
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=
MEXICAN automO-
bile tourists adyen-
turing over the
passes of these
mountains are be-
ginning to discover
a magnificent new
big dog. whose daily
work is fighting
bears.
Set a st. Bernard
dog fighting bears
a l on g pom the
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First Presbyterian.

The First Presbyterian Society will en-
courage regular attendance at its meet
ings this year by offering handsome
gold pin, bearing the Christian Endeavor
monogram. to each member who has a
perfect record for twenty-six consecutive
meetings. The prayer meeting Of this
society tomorrow will be conducted by the
young mems class Of the Sunday school.
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Congress Street Methodist.

The Society of Congress Street Metho-
dist Protestant Church will end its vaca-
ton and resume its meetings tomorrow,
when President Lusby will open the
prayer service. Members OF the society
are looking forward to its rally in Octo-
Der and to the sessions Of the Methodist
Protestant Christian Endeavor conven-
ton in Baltimore that month.
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ABLE To BArTLE WTt1l
A DEAR

learn that it is We'll established, his
torically, that the dogs Of war referred
to were those Of native Iberian clieftains
VINO under Sertorius resisted Rome so
brilliantly.
They find, in st. Jerome, that 'brigands
OF Sertorius, when he was finally beaten
were permitted by Pompey to emIgrate
with their flocks and cattle to the high
bassin Of the Garonne. It was a land of
wild mountain valleys, ravaged by bears
and wolves. from which their war dogs
greatly protected them," says the sacred
writer. 1t is unusual for fathers of the
church and dark age historians to youch
Tor the lineage of a modern race of dogs;
SO that these of the Pyrenees will be
found singularly exalted.
Such was the settlement Of St Bert
rand-de-Comminges. b. G.. 72, originally
of the convenae'' C'the transported''l.
whence Convenes. Commences, Comminees'
rive hundred years later, when the he
ran refugees rude citadel had grown to
be great stronghold, 1t was the scene of
q romantic treaehery. King Gondowald,
Iled with his forces from Burgundy was
thrown by his unfaithful generals down
prec1pice below the ramparts from a
rock still called. in present day patois.
Matacan, or "smash-dog," because In
the total destruction of the place with
which Gontran, Gondowald's noble adj
versarE, punished that act of treachery.
even the great dogs OF the INHABITANTS
were hurled from the ramparts after their
masters"
Thus was Gregory OF Tours, narrat,ug
the siege, led to describe the dogs of the
pyrenees-centaries before his time set
tied in the type that persists today.
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NATIONAL CONVENTION
Twenty-Fifth Annual Gath
ering of Brotherhood OF
st. Andrew Members
Promises to Be Largely
Attended-Local Notes.

Advices from Nashville indicate that the
twenty-fifth national Brotherhood of st.
Andrew convention, which meets In that
city the latter part of this month. will be
largely attended. particularly from the
southern states, where an active cam
paign has been in progress during the
past four months by the travelling secre-
taries of the organization in the interests
of the convention.
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diana. and Is greatly interested In ell
educational subjects. DIR. John Ia an
eloquent speaker. 1t is averred, and uses
strong arguments and sound logic In
every subject he discusses.
Much interest is being manifested In
the special sermons Rev. DR.. ]. ". Friz-
zell Is preaching each Sunday evening At
the Ingram Memorial Congregational
Church on 1.-THE Industrial Conflict" HIS
subject tomorrow evening viii be The
last Sunday on 1.-The Demands Of Labor"
The final one Will be September %, on
The ! n's.-.ts # the Public"
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Ninth Street Christian.

The Society Of the Ninth Street Chris
tan Church held its annual election
Tuesday evening and chose the following
officers: President, Mr.. William A. Disque;
vice president. Mrs. Rule: recording
secretary. Miss e. Smith; corresponding
secretary. Miss e. Hamann; treasurer.
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Three Questions.
Matthew ao.15.22 34.46

Matthew, ZS:13-2Z, S4-46.
HE rulers had determined that
Jesus must die From every
viewpoint He had become in
siderable. But they feared
the people. Intense, excitable.
passionate, easily stirred into tempest.
the rulers we'll knew that there was dan
ger of revolution. and a revolution
might mean their destruction as a nation.
Something must be done that would bring
Him in collision with RNne or that would
destroy His influence with the people.
To this end their shrewdest men held a
council They would entangle Him with
unanswerable questions. They would i'm
pale Him on dilemmas and thus they
would wiring from Him some word that
would make safe His condemnation.
They prepared three questions, in the
answering of one or all of which they
were sure that He would blunder. The
first was:
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Mr.. W. A. Elwood: pianist. Miss E. Toep-
per; assistant pianist, Miss Ruth ODon-
nell; correspondent. Mr.. ]. A. Scott. jr:
Following the business meeting a social
was held.
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Sixth Presbyterian.

The Sixth Presbyterian Juniors will
hold rally tomorrow at the church, led
by Mrs. Harry Robinson, superintendent.
The pastor, Rev. DR.. A. ". Spooner. will
give chalk talk. This society numbered
nifty before the vacation period.
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Local Assembly Meeting.

Notices have been issued for the au-
tumn meeting of the Washington Local
Assembly of Brotherhood Chapters for
Monday evening In the Sunday school
room Of the Church of the Ascension. 10Th
street and Massachusetts, avenue north
west at which the address will be deliv-
cred by the Rev. John Jay Dimon, rector
of st. Andrews Church.
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sA.saseassAs eAsa-el.el sAse1s.A AsA,ls-a
EPWORTH LEAGUE.
Fall Opening Of Dumbarton.
Chapter to Be Held Sum
day, September ~.-other
Notes.
s.fs-TTTs-Ss.f. F<.Ts-SsTF

Dumbarton Chapter is making extern
sive arrangements for its fall opening
September %. President Louis p. Heis-
ton has issued literature advertising the
league and It's services, including a per-
sonal letter, an engraved invitation,
cards Of admission with reserved seats
and contribution envelope. 1t has been
styled Rally day." The meeting Will
take place at 80 O'Clock pm, and the
Christian Endeavor Society OF the West
Street Presbyterian Church will join in
the service.
Rev. DR.. John II. Howard, formerly
pastor of Tabernacle Church, Brooklyn,
n. Y, will address the societies at this
big meeting. There will be special music
by a choir Of eighty voices. 1t is expect
ed that the entire District league cabi-l
net will attend. The fall opening Of the
Dumbarton league has been for the last
FIVE years Georgetown's largest church
service. The present membership OF
Dumbarton is 1921. the largest OF any
chapter in the District
In his personal letter to members and
friends of the league President Heis-
ton says: I'VE start the fall season In
strong condition. During the last year
raised over $500 and brought up tho
standard of our religious service. This
year We hope to surpass. II you attend
regularly and feel personally responsible
for the success of the chapter, helping
to obtain new members, making stran-
gers feel at home, etc, a successful sea-
son will be assured The first 800 per-
sons to attend on September 25 will be-
1911 calendar with the picture Of Dunn
barton Church.
-
Rally day services were held. by the
Epworth League Of Grace NJ. E. Church
last Sunday evening. There was a large
attendance and much enthusiasm dis
played. Rev. Frank NJ. Thompson, pas.
tor of Grace Church. conducted the serv.
ice In a very helpful manner.
-
At Gorsuch Church Tuesday evening.
September q. Rev. Samuel w. Gramin,
pastor OF Anacostia NJ. Z. Church. will
deliver his interesting lecture, "The End
Of the Rainbow" under the auspices os
the EpwOrth League.
-. !
The Epworth League Of Gorsuch has
arranged to hold a series Of Sunday after.
noon meetings during the fall and win.
ter on board the monitor Ozark. the
ship for the District Naval MI.
litia. anchored on the 7th street wharf.
They will be I'm charge Of President ].
T. Schrott. and differen- .->aer viii
be heard each Sunday afternoon.
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From Gregorys description they were
truly cross between the shepherd dogs
of the native Gauls and the war dogs Of
the transported Spanish patriots men,
toned by St. Jerome. The shepherd dog.
declares Gregory Of Tours, Is the original
domesticated canine, prehistoric aristo-
crat Of allan opinion In which modern
specialists are at one, and the addition of
the noble fighting blood-with lineage
of it's own lost In the mists Of time-made
a combination of dog aristocracy quite
certain in the mind Of Gregory.
Pyrenees will be found always on the
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Washington Heights Presbyterian.

The Washington Heights Presbyterian
Society Will resume its weekly meetings
October 9. when several new members
will be taken into the society. Each mem
Der was given a missionary book In June;
the books were to be read and reports of
them given at a special meeting In Octo-
ber.. A mission study class will be organ
ICED the same evening.