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evolution doctrine is also true as ap- piled to man and human institutions We must. of course, confess that the story of the garden in Eden, the Ser pent, the tree the first woman, and the rest of it, are not necessarily or even thinkab1y literal history Here You have alleged facts set forth in symbolic language. But are there real facts underneath these symbols? Was there, away back at the beginning of things, real Tall" the disobedience of men to the will of God. and, as a con sequence. the continued disobedience of subsequent generations of men until the Man came Who changed the grim mo- notony of disobedience by Himself oheying, following. rejoicing in, and dying for, the will of God?
 Is it not plain that at sometime in the past, whatever was the method whereby God created man, whether by a sudden edict, as our fathers supposed or by the slow and agonizing process of emei gence from lower and brute forms of existence. man did at last ar rive, did at last develop a conscience of duty, did come to believe in a will of God, and did, in the face of that knowl- edge and that conviction, choose the will of self9 Nay, must we not say that his first inherited brute nature was a sort of compulsion upon his new
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the other expressions of what we call ethics, religion, civilization, art. culture? And what more fitting word can be found for the story than that cryptic word in Genesis which speaks of the spirit of God striving with man.
 But the obverse of this fact is the fact of divine sacrifice, the presence of God under and in the age-long agony, battle, oppression, cruelty, blindness. so that an- other writer well speaks of what he saw been slain from the foundation of the world" If moral and social evolution are facts, Gods sacrificial aid Is implied in that process, or else they are inexplica- ble. Deep in the very heart of the uni verse Is the necessity of divine sacrifice, the innocent suffering for the guilty, the strong for the weak, the cultured for the ignorant, the heart of God for the emerging soul of mankind So he becomes mother of the race, as well as father. and history, when it is all told, will be the story of the birth of the human soul. The fact of Calvary is a time-mani- festation of the always active suffering of God in His sympathy with the blum ders and histories, defeats and despair of His children in every land, in every age.
 l put this, as is said, ''anthropomorphi- cally.' which is to say, as though l could speak of God in human terms. But this is necessary if we would speak of Him at all. What we must admit is
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that there is in God something that an- swers to what we know of sympathy, freedom, personality, and that therefore He is to us human" In strict agree ment with this principle, we have seen God in the face of a man, in the con- duct and heart of the man. Christ Jesus The incarnation Is not an innovation.
 But we have travelled far enough. It is sufficient if we may learn not to be afraid of the doctrines of evolution and historical study. There are no aogeys hid den behind the pages of modern scholar ship Light upon the processes of crea- ton does not extinguish the light that comes from the Bible, On the contrary, we may well lrejcice that all new knowl- edge gives us new and nobler concep- tions of Bible teaching and truth. trea- tion does not cease to be the actNof God because 1t is the slow and painful move ment of hidden forces. Morality and re- ligion are not less divine because they were not born in a moment. The Fall of Man is more, not less, a historic fact. though it be regarded as having occurred everywhere. in every men, by the very nature of things, and without the inter ference of some obscure personality trans formed into the shape of snake. Even the Genesis story becomes a thousand- fold more luminous when we regard 1t as symbolism and the poetry of religious truth, rather than as crude record of literal facts, By all means let us credit
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scene in Parliament. Bacon was approved
 by the house, but incurred the ire of
 his uncle, Lord Burghey, and the dis
 pleasure of the Queen. In that session
 Bacon shook the settled order of Eng
 lands legal fabric and proposed new
 e difying of the British aws-reform
 them altogether, he cried, put them in
 shape to be read by everyone. The scheme
 he proposed was too gigantic for the
 power of any one man or age, but he
 embodied it in his De Augments and the
 bill he then introduced in Parliament bore
 sood fruit in later history, and was made the basis of the Code Napoleon, under
 which the French people enjoy a free government. Although Bacon was sick all the summer of 1893, in addition to
 his usual practice he took charge, that year. of all of the Earl of Essexs legal business, and we know that what time his affairs, legal. and official duties al-
 lowed him was eagerly devoted to phil
 osophical studies and scientific experi- n,ents, and to the preparation of his book
 of essays-deep, grave, wise and ele- gant, but dry. He had no time, nor in- ciiation, for writing elaborate. passion ate poetic works of the imagination or witty dramas And from that year on
 lie had still more pressing and import ant dses for all his time, for he became a constant applicant for office. and had an unusually hard struggle for success in that field. However, his merits and popularity anG his distinguished serv- ices to the people and the crown ulti- mately won from Elizabeth rich property gifts, and the honorable position of
 Queens counsellor; and King James made him, successively, solicitor general, attorney general, lord keeper of the great seals, and lord high chancellor He also attained the peerage; and in 1920, after consuming eagerly all obtainable time in it's prepartion he published his 'Novum Oreanum''-"a book which had in 1t the germs of more power and good to man than any other work not of divine au- thorship in the world"
 Such were Shakespeare and Francis Ba- con, when the first was 29 and the other 32 years old, in the first flush of their glorious destinies. Both were young giants; but in spheres of labor, personal tions and style of writing, separate and distinct. Bacon could not have written Shakespeare's poems and plays; nor could Shakespeare have won Bacon's fame
 Bacon could, of couI'se read at will any classical literature; did read and quote extensively. and usually quoted the original language of his author. Shake speare, we have seen, was taught a linn ited number of Latin books. But the scholarly contributor to Frazer's Maga- zine, above quoted, has shown that Shake- speare made good use of his school au- thors, in his early productions. MT. Baynes not only searched the old books to find What Shakespeare learnt at school" but he carefully studied the poets own works. to find that he often quoted and appro- priated hints. from his school books. We can glance but briefly at the results of the reviewers research Ovid was our poets favorite among the classical writ | CTS, and Shakespere's genius seems to resemble Ovid's in the warmth. the glow,
 tho cadence, the rythmic beauty and the
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found conscience, necessitating, render ing inevitable. his choice of seH-will? But if that is so, evil Is inevitable. while yet it is not the will of God, and God is not to be charged with 1t, save as it is implied in the fact of prog ress. The sin of man consists, there fore, in his clinging to his old brute self; rejecting the call of the new found conscience; putting the voice of his old Serpent nature that crawls in the dust, in the place of that new Voice speaking to him from above; obeying that rather than this. But the contrast between man and Christ is that this new Man makes peace" by surren- dering self and it's interests to the will of God. The old way of self-win brought conflict upon conflict, fighting
 between man and his own soul, be- tween man and his brother, between man and his environment It issued in nameless crimes and lssts and shame
 It strewed the world with the bones of the slain, and banished the calm light of knowledge that was forever seeking to break in upon the prevailing dark ness. It swept to ruin empires whose very names are forgotten and of which the ear of attentive scholarship catches only faint whispers. It prevented the instinct that had begun to speak of right eousness and of supreme Lord of jus tice and goodness, so that men fell into
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(V1 HoEvER tries to reconcile the
 \A/ Bible with the doctrine oi-
 evolution comes at once sqrarely up against the historical doe Urine of the Fall of Man. The existence of evil in the world used to be traced to the eating of an apple or lemon or some other fruit" of the forbidden trce.' Before that stupendous act of Mother Eve, at the instigation of the Serpent, we were told all things were happy and good, but that Sin brought death into the world with all our woe. with loss of Eden.'' Of course, I quote from Milton. to whose magnificent imagery we owe most of the crude lit- eralism of the popular theology of our fathers.
 But the apostle Paul was Miltons chief authority. It was he who wrote that the trespass of Adam was imputed to the race, that in Adam we all die that by Adams sin judgment came upon all" The Anglo-Saxon mind was not the only one that took these state ments as fundamental, unimaginative. and historic fact, as, in a sense, they were to the mind of the great Apostle | founder of Christian theology.
 ' Now it is necessary to determine in what sense these words are literally true, and then to decide whether we can at the same time hold that the
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pictorial vividness of its style; and Shake spere did not have long to call before Ovid was at his elbow to suggest.
 In Shakespeares first tragedy, Titus Am dronicus scene first, act fourth. when outraged. tongueless Lavinia tosses a book with Ter arms that are handless, Titus asks his little grandson the name of the hook. the boy answers:
 "Grandsire lis Ovid's Metamorphosis,
 My mother gave it me-
 Lavnia then busily turns tho leaves, and when the sought for place is reached, Titus. looking at 1t. says:
 This is the tragic tale of Phiomel.
 And treats of Terens treason"
 In the third scene of the same act a half line in Latin is quoted from the same book. And In the scene first quoted above Titus says to his grandson, of his Aunt Lavinia:
 "Cornelia never with more care
 Read to her sons than she has read to
 thee
 Sweet poetry, and Tully's Orator.
 Shakespeare, having. doubtless, in his mind Ovd's pleasant tales and Tully's Orations of Cicero which were read ir tho forms at Stratford. Lavinia finally tells her assailants' names by tracing them in sandy plot with a staff which her friends assist her to guide; and this iden Is supposed to have been suggested
 
 scriptions of the fall of Troy to Calyphs by tracing it's walls and attacked points in the sands of the seashore, as Ovid relates the tale.
 In Loves Labor Lost. the fantastic school teacher expresses appreciation of Ovid, in his Euphnistic way. by saying: "Ovidius Naso was the man; and why, indeed. Naso. but for smelling out the odoriferous flowers of fancy, the jerks of invention"
 Another early play though not among the very earliest, The Tanning of the Shrew. contains in it's opening scene di- rect reference to ovid. A rich young lord, Lucontio. and his servant, Tranio, arrive at Padua to attend the university there. Lucontio expresses his intention of studying that part of philosophy That treats of happiness By virtue specially to be achieved.' to which his servant gives assent, but adds:
 "Only. good Master. while we do admire This virtue and this moral discipline. l Let's be nc stoics, nor no stocks, pray, l Or so devote to Aristotle checks 1 As Ovid be an outcast quite abiured." | Quite different aim had Bacon in studying philosophy from either of these students. and 1t seems scarcely possible l he could have failed to let 1t be known right there had he written this play. But "the plays the thing!"-in Tanning of the Shrew Ovid is again made use of: the young lord. Lucontio. taking his servants advice. falls in love with q gentle girl. sister of the shrew. and so far from quite abjuring Ovid. makes the acquaintance of his lady love in the disguise of a tutor. and courts her while parsing some lines from that poet. Penelope to Ulysses | In the first Heroic Enistle It Is worthy of note that. while this play abounds ir classical allusions, all but the references to Ovid are to be found in the oldel play, the Pleasant conceited history called the Tanning of Shrew.'" Shake speare's pen furnishing the allusions ts
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superstitions and absurdities even after seeing the pure truth at least in gleams through the eyes of their prophets. All this is verlfiable history. and the evil dence is overwhelming that it is style of history that stretches back far be- yond the confines of such history as has been preserved in the oldest written an nals
 What we get the picture of is therefore a world of men doing precisely what the Apostle Paul imputes to Adam" And We know that to him 'Adamr simply meant mankind as represented by some typical individual. In the same way he regards Christ as typical or representa- tive of a newborn race of men in whom self-will and the dominance of the brute are supplanted by obedience to God. ac- ceptance of the Kingdom or dominance of God
 There is another most interesting i'm pication in this modern view For if what has been here written approxi- mates the truth, it must be recognized that the process of creation involved not only the existence of evil but also the eternal presence and urgent pressure of the Spirit of God upon mankind at every stage and moment of the process What else but that spirit, ''brooding upon the face of the deep," can account for the discovery of conscience the beginnings of worship, the sense of justice, and all
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provisions of the alliance have never been divulged. but are said to have been modified as to France and Italy in lS9s The alliance was renewed at later dates for certain periods. For many years Great Britain. while not a party to the alliance, was closely linked with it through apprehension of French and Russian aggressiveness, but later be- coming disquieted by the growth of the German naval power, adopted, in 1902, a decided change of policy with the view of seeking in the balance of power greater security against invasion
 In pursuance of this policy Great Brit ain entered into an agreement with France in 1904 and with Russia in l907
 The aims of the triple entente, as the cov-
 enant of Great Britain, France and Rus
 sia is called, were substantially as fol- loWs First, insurance of the balance of power. Second, strengthening of treaty
 law in the interest of peace and preser- vation of the status quo. Third, disarm-
 ament. Though the bonds of the triple entente are not so taut as those of the | triple alliance. the nations making up the former have been accustomed to act in 1 close concord in dealing with interna- | tional questions.
 l In the event of a war between the DOW CTS of the triple alliance and those of the | triple entente, the land forces of the en-
 tente would probably exceed by more than million men those of the alliance were all the strength of the various nations available for service. On the sea all the
 advantage in ships, tonnage, armament
 and number of men would lie with the | entente.
 Such a conflict is not to be looked for,
 however. It is hardly to be expected that
 England would allow herself to be drawn | into combat. Rather it is probable that
 she would prefer to play her ancient role
 of grabbing the chestnuts after some- body else's paws have pulled them out of the fire. France does not want war at | this time. She would dearly love to see
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F one were today asked who was the
 founder of the Young Mems Christian A association, he would doubtless be told that it was George Williams, who founded the first organization of that character in London in 1s44. But cen turies in advance of Williams, the same idea had been wrought out, and prevailed for long time. Gerhard Groote, d young, wealthy Hollander, was the first to organize such a movement for young men, and his organization occurred about the middle of the fourteenth century.
 In addition to his wealth, Groote was fortunate in being highly educated, ard disposed to devete both his riches and talents to the promotion of human good Inspired by John Ruysbroek, venerable evangelical mystic, young Groote first began as lay preacher in the diocese of Utrecht but he was met by opposi- tion of the monks, especially of the mend
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the Balkan allies. The Turks had been trained and armed by German officers, and they went down in inglorious defeat before their enemies, who had been drilled by French soldiers and armed with French guns It would be idle to attempt to discount the bravery of the Germans; it has been shown too often. Nor would it be just to infer that the German army would fail as the Turkish army failed. After all. it is the man and not the gun; it is the soldier and not manual of tac- ties that wins battles.
 The statistics given below may not DC the latest, but they will serve well as basis for comparison, Germany has standing army in excess of G0o.0oo men, with 3,SSoOOO reservists. giving a total war strength of 100000, and an addi- tional 900 available for duty, but un- organized The peace footing of the army of Austria Hungary is S60,000. with re- servists to the number of l,6400oG, total war strength of 2000,ooo, while there are in the joint kingdoms 3,00o,w0 others ca pablo of bearing arms. 1taly's standing army in times of peace numbers 2io,0ou, she has 925,Ooo reservists, making total war strength of 1200,ooo. while at pinch she could raise just about as many more.
 Great Britains chief dependence Is her fleet, with which none can compare. IL has been her rule to build as many ves- sels as any other two nations, and all though 1t has been h tremendous drain upon the pockets of her citizens, that pro sramme has been falthfully carried out. In times of peace Great Britain main tains an army of 25io00 men and her re- servists number 545,000. bringing her war strength to S00,O00 while probably 2.oOo0o others are available for cannon food. France keeps 5G0,O00 men in service In times of peace and her reservists number 2,440 000, making a war strength of 3,oO0,0nO with 100000 unorganized but available
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her old enemy, Germany humbled. but if some other power does it, so much the better for France. Yet the bond between St. Petersburg and Paris is strong one, and the Gauls may again go forth in an endeavor to repeat the glories of Ma. rengo, Austerlitz, Jena, Wagram. Auer- stadt and Vamy, and in the blood of her enemies wipe out the disgrace of Metz and Sedan. Should Germany become in- volved with Russia, however. and even succeed in completely defeating the Slavs, she must pay staggering price in blood and treasure, and if France remains at peace the while, at the end of the car mage she would find herself upon more equal footing with her hereditary oppo- nent
 The new King of Servia, if newspaper reports are to be credited, has issued a bombastie statement, claiming that he is able to ppt 5o0'0O men in the field who will be @more than match" for the l,000,000 that Austria can send against him. It is doubtful if Servia could mus ter such a force. while, on the other hand, the total of -Hungarians available for war duty must be In the neghbor- hood of 5.000,000 All the men of the Balk- ans are fierce fighters, as has been amply demonstrated in the late Ball<an wars Greece is prepared to assist Seryia to the extent of her ability, and Montenegro will do what she can The Bulgarians hate their recent allies with hatred deep and bitter. and would be delighted to pro mote their humiliation, but Roumania has intimated that she also will take Il hand if the Bulgars attack Servia.
 1t had long been a popular belief that sGermany led the world in the martial arts--that her tactics were the most eff fective, that her discipline was the most perfect, that her armament and equip ment were the best. "A striking refutation of the correctness of tbese ideas was given by the war between the Turks and
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our predecessors with holy imagination and high intellect. It was the lack Of imagination and intellect that made past generations of men accept the sympotism of Milton as literal fact and so substi- tuted for the inspiration of the Bible d childish superstition. But the Bible does not cease to be true because we are learning to reverence it in a higher and more intelligent way. l might almost dare to conclude by saying that, whether upward or downward, man and woman will always go hand in hand; but that it is no new thing for woman to pull her liege along our perennial interest in the story of the Fall comes of it's counter- part in our own life experience We all have talked with the serpent either at first hand or at second hand. We have all participated in forbidden fruit. and have had our eyes opened And there is no treaehery CT disloyalty in saying that beauty and grace and charm are a quite insufficient barrier against the wles of our common original mherit- ance. Is this hyper-orthodoxY, or Is it the simplest confession of our universal need? Evidence Is not lacking that once moro in our own age Eve is again look ing at the forbidden fruit. and persuad- ing herself that .Ht Is much to be de- sired to make one wise" If she invites us to lunch upon 1t. will civilization reel and totter and shall we find ourselves outside the gates?