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3u,1e CHRISTIAN
Gnheahor @niotr
@eeting @onnap
Annual Election to Be Held.
Number Of Addresses Will
Be Delivered.

~ HE District Christian Endeavor
D Union will hold its Juno meeting
Monday evening at o'clock In st.
Paurs English Lutheran Church. 11th
and III streets northwest. The opening
devotional service will be in charge OF
Rev. Paul A. Menzel. pastor Of Concordia
Lutheran Church.
officers OF the union will be elected to
serve for the year from July I. The lat
ter part OF the evening will be given to
the consideration Of the work Of Chris
tan FMdeavor social committees. Brief
talks on four phases of that committee s
work will be made by Miss Ella Dill of
the Church OF the Covenant on The
Social Committee in the Prayer Meeting ;
Mr.. Robert T. Ballard Of the Rhode
Island Avenue Methodist Protestant
Church, on THE Social Committee at the
Social; Mr.. Percy T. Chadbourne. presi-
dent Of the First Congregational Society,
on Social Planning" and Mr.. H +. Lowe,
former vice president of the Northern
Virginia Union, on ''Socials to Save"
An open discussion of tho subjects will
follow. This will be the fourth meeting
of the union to be devoted In part to con-
ferences on the work OF the various
Christian Endeavor committees. and the
series has been pronounced both inter-
esting and profitable.
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Brandt. A. M. Cooper and g. G. Loehler.
Entertainment and notfcation-Mr. HI.
T. Domer. chairman: Mr.. A. D. Spangier.
Mr. Roscoe Wines. Miss Leonora Wise.
@. f. Metcalf, Mr. c. Herold. Mr.. r. @,
Bonde and w. Rhoades.
Program-L C. Douglas, chairman: w
NICK. Stowell, Mr.. A. W. Cummings.
Henry r. Kunkel. ]. G.. Meyers, Miss
Rosa Huth. d. A. Edwards and Rev. G,
H. Slaybaugh-
National home prosram-Dr. Weidley
chairman: DR.. H H. Seltzer. Mrs. Helen
Albert. Henry Rupertus, Charles b. Bate
man, Mrs. B. G. McQuay and !. B. Dod-
son.
b. D. Alden, chairman: Harvey Brandt.
!. Wine Unger, Clarence FOgle, William
A. Pettis. Robert c. Kremer, Henry C.
Drummer. John Killers, Cyrus Logan. F.
III. Burns and L. E Hoover.
Stationery and supplies-Dr. Weidley.
Katherine ksIb ne Muhlenbers. George W. Lin
kins, Henry Meme. H. r. Fellinger and
r1nance- A. F. Fox. chairman: VII
liam II. F1nckel. J. F. Bixler. Henry q.
wagner. George Muth' W. =, "a; Slater; aeG
DIR. F. NJ. Criswell.
Mumo-Mrs. w. H Bayly. chairman
Mrs. A. p Greeley. Mrs. A. w. Cum
mings. j. Frank Butts, b. Frank Meyers
Mrs. II. @. Seitz. Mrs. Katherine Herold
Miss Florence Noack and L. R. Alden.
Press-Rev. Charles II. Butler, Mr.. w.
A. Pollard. John 8. Bergman. Col. c. IL
Ourand. r. R Hildebrand. Charles Lustia
and ii. r. Burrell
White House receDtion-Rev1 O. =.
HuddlA l. c. Douglas. c. P. Wiies AND
Ca GaveIERevs. C. H. Butler. G. L. Frantz
sLS: L.. T.. Wiseman.
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Suggestive
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On the Sunday School Lesson by
Rev. DR.. T. S. Llnscott for
the international Press Bible
Question Club.
Copyright, 1910. by Rev. T. 8. Linscott, DID.

HrERsD 1-what proportion OF the
" members Of present-day evangel-
Il ical churches are walking in the
conscious favor Of God?
Gods chosen people had gone away
from Him. and the prophet urges them TO
return: what suggestion is thore in this
for pastors?
what reason Is there to believe that
the average Christian backslides. before
he finally gets established in the faith?
Verso 2-when q backslider wishes to
return to the Lord, what words will he
be likely to user
Why il IL not possible for ono to be a
Christian without using words to God?
When We talk to God we enter into con-
versation; how. or in what language does
He talk to usf
When God takes away all iniQuity,' .
does He make it possible for us not t
commit any more? Give your reason.
Verse S-Why is it impossible to keep
saved II we depend on any earthly thing.
and do not put cur trust wholly In God
Why Is 1t wrong for a child Of God to
be anxious about earthly things?
Verse 4How would you compare for
given sinner with Adam before he sinned,
in the matter of moral purity?
What difference is there In the way God
treats and regards q reclaimed back
slider, and, IL there be such. an angel
who never has sinned?
Verses 6-7-What does God do for ana
with His children, In order that they may
develop their spiritual lives?
What takes place In faithful Chris
tian, which answers to the growth and
perfume OF q flower. or the growth and
expansion OF o tree?
II the life of man Is not rs sweet per-
fume. and Il he IS not as the spreading
branches Of great tree On hot day to
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.ChriStiat1 Gnnfahor
RoteS

~HE tennis tournament played dur
n ing the week between the clubs OF
~ the Vermont Avenue Christian and
the First Conversational Christian En-
deavor societies on the new courts OF the
congregationalists at Columbia road and
18th street resulted az follows: Mems
singles = Jennings. Christian, defes1ec
Smith, Congregational, "a. 3-6, 6A
ladies' singlesJMiss Bone. Chrlsuan' DC
feated Miss Preston, Congregational. 30
60: mems doubles-Stose and 6paker
Christian, defeated Hyde and Potter. o-S
2-6 "a: mixed doubles es-Grinneu ano
Miss Bone, Christian, defeated Potter and
Miss Butler. Congregational. 80 TO Az
enthusiastic crowd OF supporters from th<
two societies was in attendance.
President d. c. Davis Of the District
Union will have charge of the meeeins
Of the Sixth Presby yterian Young People
Society tomorrow evening.
y X
The intermediate Society Of the I'm
manuel Baptist Church received tnroe
new members at its last meeting ano
subscribed for one share in the Builders
Union.
The young peoples and intermediate
Christian Endeayor societies OF Berwyn
Presbyterian Church Will together give q
reception Tuesday evening to the new
pastor of that church, DIR. Skellenger.
At Calvary Baptist Church Tuesday
evening Mrs w. A. Wilbur gave an In
teresting talk ON Japan at missionary
meeting led by Miss Rosa Mertz. e1-
president Of the Young Peoples {. T.
Society. After the service business
meeting was held. and Miss Viola r.
Reece, vice president OF the society. was
elected delegate to the Atlantic City con-
vAntion.
Keller Memorial Lutheran Intern ediate
and junior societies will hold joint gradua-
ton exercises tomorrow evening at the
time of the usual church service. Dis
trict Union President u. G. Davis Will be
one OF the speakers.
=
An intermediate society OF Christian
Eudeayor viii be organized tomorrow
afternoon at O'Clock at Whitney Avenue
Christian Church. when Mr.. p. f. Drury,
superintendent Of the intermediate de-
partment of the District Union. will be
present to deliver an address.
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Gpmortb league
Topir
True Wisdom.

True Wisdom.
Scripture basis: James. l:e; Proverbs. s:1o:
Corinthians. 2:61o-
eN9fr have been students In . Greax
OIOH spiritual university durin9
~ these last I'VE monthA The
general topic for January was. sLavinG
With Christ: for February. ':Attsinmsus
Through Christ: for March, swArfAS0
Under Christ" Thus the whole AuA
quarter Of tho year was given - - o.
Christ life In tn various bearings "a 0ut
personal conduct
Tho Life Advanced" and ASgtl WNa ~
voted to Guarding the Ina wN1e ~
was spent In tho realm oI "Wort&
Living" We now oomA during JunA II
the thought OF ''Acoulrtng ths Rlg6
Thinss." and the frst Of thsss % - o0<
sidered is True Wisdom"
We inspected one day q. 0reae Wuod3
factory. As we passed to The lAsl C ~
buildings we found II to oonHAAn th0oS
rooms. In the nrst were oountis0 gloa1
jars containing the various pieosS o4
mechanism from which o watch a con.
structed. The second room waS the 60
sembhng department. and here the paocan
were put together. while Ii the third the
nnished watches were wound and regu-
lated. ready for use. Az we passed from
first room Is knowledge; the second. .un-
derstanding,' and this last 10 wisdom" ("
And he was right, for wisdom Is knowi-
edge and understanding at work II Is
not enough to know the facts about the
Bible and the Christ: IL is not enough 10
comprehend the scope and meaning of
these facts. To be of value to God. our
nelghoor and ourselves this knowledge
and understanding must be used TO make
the scope and meaning OF the Christ
life" plain. This is true wisdom"
Three Scriptures are given US. The
frst Is James. IS and gives us the source
OF true wisdom" Said the wise man:
wisdom is the principal thing there
fore get WISDOM" and concerning wis.,
dom an old English proverb says:
He that knows not, and knows not
that he knows not, is a fool: shun
him.
He that knows not and knows that he
knows not, is simple: teach him.
He that knows. and knows NOT that he
knows, is asleep: wake him.
He that knows, and knows that he
knows. Is a wise man: seek him.
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ardon their iniauity and restore their

pardon their iniauity and restore ther
prosperity.
Gods prediction Of Judgment and prom
ised blessings are always conditional.
Whatever conditions that We make God
will make the conclusion to be In har-
mony with His promise OF either weai
or woe. God is the same today as ne
was yesterday and will be tomorrow.
rael forgiveness of our sin and prosper
ity In the future II we will seek first
His kingdom and righteousness. God
will never compel US to love Elm. This
must spring out Of our hearts in return
for His love to US God would not force.
but he seeks to win our love. even when
we wander far away from Him. Lie Is
a mission for the nation and individual.
then He Will bless us as the copious dew
does the earth. Then we shall have
the beauty and purity Of the lily. II we
abide In Him. II we are rooted and
grounded in His love We will be steadfast
and immovable in storms as the firmly
rooted cedars Of the mountains OF Leba-
non. our life will also be fruitful as
the olive tree. By our fruits we are TO
be Judged. Tho one whose dependence
that II t. they shall develop into His likeness.
we, too. ought to possess loveliness. sta
bility, growth and good repute WY
should We not be as beautiful as the lily.
do1,rishinR as the vino and have the
Character that radfates virtue as fra
erant as the vine OF Lebanon. For the
degraded nation the prophet held forth
this message Of hope and summoned
them to return Mans character 10 re-
yealed by his attitude toward Gods
truth The spiritually minded alone can
comprehend the gospel OF Christ. They
alone break up their idols. Only those
who are born again can bring forth
fruits to the glory of God Jesus has
taught us that He came that men might
have abundant life The man that ac-
cepts Christ Is wise and understands the
message Of hope for the lost. He Is
prudent and will obey tho teachings OF
Christ 30 that he may enjoy the glori-
Gus liberty Of the children of Cod
Let us heed the injunction OF Paul and
.stand fast, therefore. and be not en-
tangled again with the yoke OF bondage"
The possessions OF which we are the
proudest is our point Of danger a. .
people As q nation there u much In our
life that spells disaster. God through
modern prophets has been calling Us hack
70 the God of our fathers. We can make
our future glorious II we win follow the
pathway God has marked out in His love
for us. He will prosper us II We are
righteous and reject us IL evil Let us a.
Americans never forget the truth Of his
tory and Of prophecy. true IN an ages
OF men and nations, righteousness ex-
alteth a nation. but SIN 10 reproach to
ar oecole."
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Dr. Russell to Be
9nhesten as Motl-
sigr1or Uonrorrnia,
Cardinal Gibbons VIII Bless
Vestments-Mgr. Cerretti to
Celebrate the Mass.

~ Ev DIR. WILLIAM T. RUSSELL,
Vk pastor Of st. Patrick's Catholic
~ Church. will be invested with the
purple Of q monsignor by Cardinal Glib
bons in St Patrick's Church tomorrow
morning.
DR.. Russell will be the fourth monA9nor
among the Washington clergy.
The occasion of the investment VIII oe
observed at q high mass celebrated by
Mgr. Cerrett1. auditor Of the papal lega-
tion. Rev. Charles Bart. pastor OF St
Teresa's Church, Anacostia, Will be the
deacon; Rev. Thomas Gallagher, pastor
OF st. Peters Church. Westernport. Md,
the subdeacon, with Rev. w. ]. Carroll
and Rev. J. A. Smyth. both OF st. Pat
rick's. and Mr.. Charles Fisher Of this
city as masters of ceremonies.
The vestments of the monsignor will
be blessed by the cardinal and DR.. Rus
sell will robe In the presence of the audi
ence. Rev. John Whelan, who was sue
ceeded by DR.. Russell as secretary to the
cardinal, will preach the sermon. A
special musical program will be furnish
ed by the sanctuary and mixed choirs.
On Monday evening a reception has
been arranged in honor Of DR.. Russell In
Carroll Hail. Fully 2.OO0 guests are ex-
pected and addresses will be made by
Cuno H. Rudolph, District Commissioner;
Senior Calvo, the minister Of Costa Rica,
and others. The reception will be held
at Carroll Hall. which adjoins the rectory
and the church.
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missionarp Societies
to @eet.


The annual joint meeting of the wom-
ans Home and Foreign Missionary So
cieties Of the Presbytery of Washington
City will be held sat Hyattsville on Fri
day. June 9. from 10 am. until 8 pm
Oliver H. Pinney. M. D.. from Benfto
Africa. and Miss Frances Forman. under
appointment for India, will speak.
Reports from the home and foreign
meetings at Atlantic City will be heard.
Mrs. Wallace Radcliffe and Mrs. s. D.
Luckett will preside over the respective
societies.
The praise service in New York Avenue
Church tomorrow evening will include the
following numbers: Woodman's "Ye Shall
Have Song in the Night" Verdi s
From the Accused" and "Ah. Remem-
ber Jesus Blessed and Rossini's II Have
Longed for Thy Salvation" with congre-
gational songs Of summer with brief IL
lustrations.
Rev. DR.. George Bailey, formerly pastor
city, and now pastor Of the Central Pres
byterian Church of Erie. Pa. will preach
in the First Presbyterian Church tomor-
row morning. His subject will be SOL
emn Days in Every Life"
The First Church will continue its
evening service through the summer.
The service will be brief and informal
during the heated season.
Sunday. June IL, the Sunday school
will observe FChjldren's day with appro-
pirate exercises. The service will be at
3 80 pm.
X X
Rev. Albion e. Smith, a returned mis-
sionary, who has been around the world.
will speak at McKendree M. e. Sunday
school tomorrow morning at 1890 o'clock.
X X
Revs. W. H Edwards and Charles L.
Neibel and Messrs. Charles B. Bailey
and H. K Simpson, who were delegates
to the recent general assembly of the
PRESBYTERIAN Church at Atlantic City
from the presbytery Of Washington. viii
report at a meeting of that organization
to be held Monday morning at 10 O'Clock
in the Fourth Presbyterian Church, 18th
and Fhirmont strets northwest
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tho weary traveller. what. II any, reason
is there to believe that he 10 Christian
Why il It either right or wrong 70 pc
or backslide?
verse 8-what Is II under our present
conditions, to worship an idolt
What are the chief idols which people
now worship?
Is there any danger, and, II 20. what,
Of practical idolatry In connection with
our church services3
Verse eMay any man undez0tand the
mind Of GOD from the Bible. who Il not
personally taught of God? Whyf
What is il which makes it certain that
child Of God will lie led into all truth?
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AZ sonal friend asked Wendell Phil
~ lips IL he had ever consecrated
himself to God, and he replied: Yes.
when I was a boy Of fourteen years Of
age, IN the old churcn at the North End,
heard Lyman Beecher preach on the
theme. You belong to Cod and I went
homo after that service. threw myself on
the floor In my room. with locked doors.
and prayed, o God. I belong to Thee:
take what is thine own. I ask this. that
whenever q thing be wrong il may have
no temptation over me: whenever thing
be right 1t may take no courage 70 do
It. From that day to this 1t has been
so.'
II would almost seem from tho Story Of
Samuel as II this must have been true OF
Samuel Samuel was given to God when
he was q little boy by his mother: ~As
long as he liveth he shall be lent 10 the
Lord" she said When he grew older he
seems to have willingly fulfilled that baby
conservation. Not everybody who is
the conservation in manhood.
E1rs two sons were consecr8ted % the
Lord. and outwardly they kept up the
form Of that conservation. performing
their religious duties and wearing the
robes Of righteousness. but nued with
wfckedness In their hearts. They had
probably never given their lives 10 the
Lord, only the outward form Of It. There
orc q great many Christians Of that hind
ia the world now. lent to the Lord, per.
haps, but never fully. willingly. conss.
Grated
It is toA that when the people q Co.
latta were negotiating an unoondft1onAa
oapitulation to the Romans, Eger1u9 a
the part Of the Romans. inquired OF the
"Are the people oe Cola
tia in their own powerr' When a afnrus
attve reply was given it was next m
uuired: ''Do you deliver up yuurooaveA
the people Of CoIlatia. your city, youf
fields, your waters. your boundarioa your
temples, yosr utenst1s. al your property
divine and human, into my poWuF and
the power Of the Roman pSopaeS. I'VE
surrSnder aN." sAnd so,'' said hA q
aocept yuu."
Samusa, 10: 3d1. -; %. 1ey As1s T.l1s
1874: 5:1: Chronicles. e:z2; PReA Sos2
Jeremiah. Isl: HebrswS I182
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presioent Gait, German
ambassanor, 5peaker
CLARK ano Other 49ror1r=
inerrt Men to annress
Meetings full PRO
Grams Announfen.

~ wo big bodies representing the l'u-
XII thcran Church are to meet In the
~ Luther Place Memorial Church
during the coming week. and 1t Is eN-
pected that hundreds Of visitors OF that
denomination will come to Washington
from all parts Of the country. The Fed
eral Council of Lutheran Brotherhooos
will begin its sessions Monday. and the
closing session Of this organization VIII
he merged into the opening one OF the
forty-fifth biennial convention OF the Lu-
theran General Synod, with Rev. Harlan
K. Fenner OF Louisville preaching the
synodfcal sermon.
The meeting OF the brotherhoods Is the
first of the organization. and much IN
terest Is being manifested in the effort
Many of the members will stay over for
the full meeting of the general synod,
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evil became through the Introduction Of
idolatry the mother Of crime. The social
life OF the people revealed the force Of the
false faith. Hosea tells us that There
Is no truth. nor mercy. nor knowledge OF
God In the land. There is nought but
swearing and breaking faith, and killing
and stealing and committing adultery,
they break out and blood toucheth blood -
1t Is not surprising to find that with
such acts Of violence. heaping Of murder
upon murder, that the political life was
also corrupt. The CRATER ruled. Anarchy
marked the political life of the nation.
The six kings following Jereboam II be-
longed to five different dynasties, four
OF whom lost their throne through con-
spiracy and the fifth with the final fall
Of the kingdom. The priests In the
temple were no better than the idolatrous
people. Like people, like priests"
They led the people in their worship of
mammon. 80 that the prosperity Of Jere-
boam IT'S reign was perverted for selfish
purposes. Denying God. failing to give
Him credit for the glory that had been
achieved. they perverted the prosperity
that He bestowed by falling to use It for
His glory and the welfare Of others.
Their failure to see God as the source OF
prosperity led the INTO seek those things
which perish in the using" and cheated
themselves out Of IAN Inheritance incor-
ruptible undefiled and which fadeth not
away" Sin did not change at once the
religion Of Israel. It put aside the ele-
uieUIS LHdl were PRESUMABLY QlSLdSIelul
and substituted fashionable religion
pleasing to the people. Religion that ap-
peals to the outward show. splendor and
service has no molding character. It
lacks the elements that elevate men.
There is no spiritual standpatism. We
must either progress or degenerate. Israel
by its break with spiritual worship of
Jehovah fell The fall came through their
own fault. God had sought by precept,
promise and prophetic prediction to keep
Israel true to Him. Breaking the ties
that bound the nation to Him, the proud
nation passed through bitter experiences
that Hosea rightly interpreted, because
his personal experience had taught him
the cost and cure Of sin. Therefore he
sounded the note Of recall, hoping to
save the nation from further punishment
and peril His own trials led him to God,
who taught the prophet the lessons of
forgiveness. He saw the love Of God
seeking through discipline Of suffering to
call back to Himself His own.
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Omit 5erbire

With the first Sunday in June many
of the churches omit tho evening preach
ing service and its place Il taken by a
somewhat enlarged Christian Endeavor
meeting. The young people OF Ingram
Memorial Congregational Church. Massa-
chusetts avenue and 10th street north
east. will mold an open-air service on the
church steps Sunda. evenings &C o'clock
through June. July and August. Specia l
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alpa8tor and pfo}1leBEZ

attention will be paid to cinglng. and
popular services are expected.
X
Miss Jennie Smith, railroad evangelist,
will go to West Virginia shortly to con-
duct a series of meetings, which. 1t is de-
clared. promise to prove singularly suc-
cessful. She recently returned from a
successful trip to Pennsylvania
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Salvation's Easy Pathway.

Hosea's love led him to seek and re-
claim his wife In her degradation. God
was not man. He had revealed q peculiar
love for Israel. Because Of this love the
prophet was inspired to preach that God
would forgive and save the nation, that
He loved. II they would only return to
Him in sorrow for their sin. The path
way of repentance was not difficult They
offerings for God desired mercy not
sacrifice" The essence Of the divine
nature was not justice but love. They
were to come before Him with words"
that would prove their change Of heart
No more appropriate words could be
prophet to Israel. Take away all iniquity
and receive us graciously. So will we
render as bullocks the Offering Of life"
When they realized their error, then they
would renounce their confidence in Assy-
rian forces. the Egyptian cavalry, war,
failure was due to her denying Jehovah
by trusting In her alliances with foreign
powers and worshiping idols. The re-
nunciation Of her unholy alliances and
impure worship would hurt the pride,
perhaps be somewhat mortify1ng. but 1t
God of our sin is the sure pathway to
salvation. Human experience alone
would justify them In renouncing ''the
work Of our hands," the idols which can
neither see nor hear the cry Of distress
and turning unto Jehovah in whom ''the
confess their sins to Him. acknowledge
their trarsgressions He promised to heal
their backsliding," the apostasy Of their
heart which led them into sin There
would be no limit to His love. for His
anger had been turned away.
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SINS Degrading Power.

The sad experience of his wife revealed
to the prophet tho degrading power Of
sin. In her sad fall God gave to him q
conception Of the nations degradation
The impurfty Of worship through the in
PRODUCTION Of creature worship was tho
spring from which the stream Of iniquity.
growing larger and darker continually.
had it's source. It produced unrighteous-
ness If conduct Hosea saw the effects
of their departure from Gods demand of
a spiritual worship in social disorder. dis
cord and divisions that filled his patriotic
heart with great sorrow. In that dark
hour the prophet proclaimed that obedi-
ence Of God was better than sacrifice
'and the knowledge Of God more than
burnt offerings" They professed to wor-
ship Jehovah under the symbol OF an OK:
their professed worship was not differ
ent from the worship of Baal. It was in
reality a form Of idolatry. The restraints
that God had planned were removed, and
what he had purposed as a barrier to
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Penitence, Pardon, Prosperity.

Although God had declared Of Israel
by Hosea They have sown the wind ana
they shan reap the whirlwind." yet tho
prophet promises that If the people will
return in penteuce to God that He would