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them.
With all possible speed, yet eau
iously, they padded their log away
from the dangerous neighborhood,
breathing freely only after they were
out of the open pool and once more
in the sluggish current of the upper
Suwanee flowing narrowly between its
bordering "bonnets" or water-lilles.
Maybe they didn't think we were
good to eat" said wondering little Tim.
i've heard that they eat animals
sometimes, but they live on fish most
~" said Joe. 1T was lucky we had
the log to get up on"
would they have eaten us II we
hadn't had IT,"
II don't know, but I shouldn't like
to risk it. The hunters say alligators
don't often attack man except in self
defense"
But I've heard of their catching
pigs and even little niggers." persisted
Tim.
!. well" admitted Joe. you never
can tell when such creatures may want
n change of diet. That place back
there" he added, lis what the guides
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TT was all very fino until they lost
their way-tho Independent ex-
ploring tramp OF Joe and Tim
Meadows, lively boys of fourteen
and ten. who had been permitted to
accompany hunting party as far as
the permanent camp on one of the
more accessible islands of the Okefino-
kee swamp. But when, at the end
Of long afternoon of hopeless wan
dernss. drizzle of rain came on,
little Tim began to cry and Joe was
more profoundly discouraged than he
was willing to admit.
There was nothing to be done but
TO camp where they were. So Joo
put down his gun. took the Ratchet
which Tim carried, cut some long,
low hanging branches, leaned these
against log lying across two others
about four feet from the ground,
spread palmetto fans above for a
thatch. and placed Spanish moss be-
meath for a bed. Thus housed, they
were warm enough and kept fairly
dry, for tho drizzle never became
heavy downpour. But it was cheer
less and wakeful night that they spent.
fearing attack from wild animals
much more than the coming Of
drenching rain.
In the morning, with the dreary
drizzle continuing. they found that
they were near the borders Of a wide
prairie" or marsh. the farther limits
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log and Tins right hand rested on
the rear end, Thus they swan with
the sluggish current. not knowing that
this was the actual beginning of the
Suwanee river.
In this way they f1oated into a round
open pool or little lake which the
mist had concealed from view. Joe
had no sooner sighted several dark
floating objects a short distance ahead
than the water about him became
curiously agitated, and. with a cry of
alarm, he glanced back at Tim.
Jump up on the log!" he shouted
We're in a gator hole"
Neither boy could afterward have
told how he did it. but almost in a
twinkling both stood upright on the
log, maintaining a precarious balance
by dipping their long sticks into the
water, first on one side and then on
the other. Under their combined
weight the log sank so low that 1t
was almost entirely submerged, and
this added to the alarm of both when
they saw the pool seemed to be alive
with alligators. large and small. for
hundred feet around. Some of the
huge scaly saurians swan about rather
lazily, while others lay quiet on the
water and gazed at the intruders with
their black, lustreless eyes. AS yet
they exhibited no signs Of either fear
or anger, and even seemed lacking
in curiosity. But little Tim was terri
fed.
They're going to eat us up" he
gasped, after he had tottered. swayed,
and very nearly lost his balance be-
yond recovery.
1--WE mustn't run into them" eau
toned Joe, land maybe then they'll let
us alone"
But this Is precisely what happened.
Tins desperate struggles to regain his
balance caused the log to depart from
the course Joe was endeavoring to
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Watch me-" called his brother, and
Johnny Spider, peeking over the edge
OF his web, saw him swing under the
little chair and begin to gather in the
strands of web with his feet. He
pulled in his web just as little boy
would pull in the strings of his kite,
only he was hanging upside down.
Pretty soon his brother had rolled
up little ball of silk between his feet
and was dropping down very fast.
walt for me-" called Johnny. as
he swung under his web and COM
menced TO gather It in.
Down and down he foated as the
long threads were pulled in and bye
and bye he pumped right into a pool
of water. But it didn't hurt him. He
ran right over the top of the water
to tho shore where he found place
to build a web. Then he got his sup
per
It was much nicer. place than he
had lived in before, he Said, and every
one of his brothers and sisters who
came TO find a new home said they
thought 50, too. And some OF them
stopped TO see his web and declared it
WIS the very incest one they ever saw
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white. lost from a little girls dress
Other webs were floating all around
him and he could hear the people
shout. "Oh, look at the ballooning
spiders"
Hobo" he laughed, Now l know
what my brother meant when he said
that everybody was going to fly to-
day"
Then he saw little spider sailing
along with a nice chair TO sit on. Il
wish had thought to bring a chair. y
said Johnny Spider
You had better make yourself one,
or you will get tired and fall off. i"
called the other, and when he came
sailing nearer he saw it was his broth
er, lie was glad to see him and hap
pier still when his brother showed nm
how to spin q web chair with his rect
and then climb over on top OF 1t.
That's much better thank you,' he
said, and they noated together for
miles and miles.
Finally Johnny spider declared he
was hungry and said he wished he
hadn't come.
"oh, ! wouldn't go back for any
thing" declared his brother
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ON A RAINY AFTERNOON

made Of a lot Of little pieces of
sewed together IN pretty dest
Well, in the advertisements in
magazines You will find Just lots
lots OF illustrations, or pictures; 81
Will cut them out and paste theI
your big scrap-book so as to ma|
nice picture by pastinC in all the
which we think belong in the pid
See. now; we will first maxi
outdoor picture. Here's a cow.|
here's a horse; and we can cud
just a part of this advertisement
our trees; and-oh yes-here's Of
a man fishing in a brook and-I
here is pair of scissors for cad
you. Let's see what we can dol
Clip--clip-clip. went the scid
And there was a great putin
heads together and arguing to d
mine whether this or that or the
illustration should have a plac
their picture.
And presently the two children
came SO interested that they I'd
all about how hard it was raining
side and how disappointed they
been-it was such fun!
They made Pretty Lady Pict,
and Handsome Gentlemen"
We'll Furnished Rooms" and d"
Kitchens" and oh. just lots of diff,
kinds. The idea. you see, is to
as many illustrations as are re
to each other and which ma.
appropriately placed in the same
ture."
Then Big Sister showed them
TO take a pencil and draw a 81
ground" here or a finishing to
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call an alligator heaven l never

call an alligator heaven l never
want to get into another"
AS their excitement wore off they
found that they We're very hungry and
tired as well as cold from long ex-
posture. Little Tim begged that they
might land at the next house" or islet,
but Joe argued that with no fire and
nothing to eat they would be still
worse off, and il was better to keep
moving. Moreover, he knew that 1t
was late in the afternoon and that
there was no time to lose. Shivering
and utterly forlorn, he bitterly re-
pented of the attempt to cross the
marsh. but tried to speak cheerfully.
IF we keep on following this cur
rent, it is bound to take us some
where" he said.
No boy was ever more thankful than
Joe or more delighted than Tim when,
under the gathering shadows of night
fall, the current carried their log into
the near neighborhood of high and
dry land, on which they saw a fire
burning and outlined human figures
moving, and knew that the lost camp
mad been found.
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81 which they were unable 10 see be-
cause of the mist. Joe said he be-
lieved that the camp was beyond this
marsh and that they had skirted it in
their long jungle wanderings. He de-
clared that during the night he had
heard distant "hollering" that seemed
to come straight across the low open
expanse.
Little dreaming that what he had
heard was the nighttime "bellowing"
OF alligators, he eagerly proposed that
they take the section of a cypress log
lying near along with them as a life
preserver" and wade. swim and float
across the slime. mud. reedy marsh
and water holes of the prairie"
What did the wetting matter? They
were pretty nearly wet to the skin al
ready
Little Tim consented to this wild
proposal. as usual deferring to the
older boys judgment So, after fin
ishing the last remnant of their cold
lunch, they selected long sticks to
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maintain, and before 1t could be pre-
vented they foated between two mo-
tionless alligators. almost touching
them. and then the forward end of
the log ran aground on the back of a
third.
There followed a great stir and a
splashing. Little Tim went overheard
with the first shock, and the powerful
firt of a frightened or enraged alliga-
tors tail sent Joe. slightly stunned,
into the water three or four feet from
the log.
Both boys swan desperately back
to their one refuge, conscious of the
plunging of the excited amphibians
as they did so. and fearing every mo-
ment that an arm or a leg would be
bitten off. But when they again stood
upright on their log, balancing them
selves once more with the long sticks
TO which they had persisted in cling
ing. they saw with some measure of
relief that the nearest of the allgators
now visible were some yards distant.
In their stupid establishment or lazy
indifference, the creatures seemed dis
posed to allow an easy prey to escape
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BIRD PUZZLE.

BIRD PUZZLE.
This is the season when the trees
are full OF birds. The air. too, Is full
of them for they fly all about. A bird
has flown into each Of these sentences,
see whether you can find 1t.
1. In grammar tiny words some
times have big uses.
2. know. Dad. awnings are very
expensive.
8. The celebration will DO gleeful
affair.
4. The question is Does Philip
love Ruth?"
S. met her on the beach hunting
shells.
8. Charlie. do venture a little
nearer to me.
Z. made known to her q vener-
Able friend of mine.
/. He broke the ruler in half-inch
lengths.
9. Please. Eric, row near the bank.
10. The water for his bath rushed
out OF the spigot.
II. I met Emma She looks wan
and pale.
~. Have you read Gulliver's Ira
vels7
10. / asked the burglar. why do
you rob in the day-time?"
IA. "Oh. awkward one, you have
stepped on my toe"
IS. 1t Is sad how rents have gone
up.
16. asked the architect Are all
arks built like Noah's?"
II. The path through the meadow
leads to the barn.
II. See the pigs wallowing In the
dirt.
AnstCer.
BIRD PUZZLE: l. Martin; 2. Do,o;
3, Eagle; 1. Ploper; 8, Heron; 6, Dope ;
Z, Rapen; s. Finch; 0, Cro,c; TO-
Thrush; II. SWan; ~. Gull; 13 Robin;
IA. Hopk; Is, Wren; 10, Lark; II
OUI: 18, SiDdllotD.
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You don't want to make yourself and
everyone else miserable Just because
it's raining. do you? Come. ! know
a perfectly dandy game Now you just
wait moment" And she hurried
downstairs.
She returned presently carrying an
armful of old magazines, and several
pairs of scissors; also, she had bor-
rowed the big pot of paste which Papa
always kept on his table in the library.
Nov, my dears now" said Big
Sister as she drew up chairs for them.
1--WE will play what I call the game of
Patch Work Pictures. You remem-
Der that patch work quilt Of Mammals,
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G6e BALLOONING SPIDERS

"Why not?" asked Johnny Spider,
very much surprised.
Because we are all flying to some
place where we can start a home of
our own-that is what we are flying
for"
Johnny insisted that he was real
hungry and tired of flying. so his
brother told him they would go down
to the ground right away.
on looking around he saw that
many other ballooning spiders had be-
gun to let themselves float slowly to-
ward the tops of the trees. Il don't
see how they do that" he said to his
brother. Il think this web of mine
will go on forever. and l will starve
to death, oh, I'm so very hungry"
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The signs were out everywhere
that the weather was fine and all
y of the little spiders were hurrying
to high places, for it was day that
they had all been waiting for and all
wanted to be where they could enjoy
the fun.
who is going up in balloon to-
day." asked Johnny Spider as he
chung to the hand of one of his broth
ers who was running along with the
rest.
"Why-everybody. you little silly"
he replied.
And me. too?" he asked again, for
1t seemed almost too grand to be true.
Yes, you too" his brother said as
they ran along until they came to a
fence which they climbed TO the top
and ran along as we'll as they could,
for there were thousands of other
spiders there ahead of them and the
webs were so thick that they covered
everything and made 1t very hard to
get around.
Pretty soon Johnny Spider got lost
from his brother and fell almost to
the ground where a garden spider was
waiting to grab him and eat him up,
He was very much frightened but
saved himself with the long web he
had been careful to spin from his
body as he fell and with which he
pulled himself back to the top of the
fence where he watched the other lit
tie spiders
Some were facing the wind with
their little bodies tipped high in the
air. They would throw out long lines
of web and look like little boys flying
kites. Sometimes their webs would
get tangled and they would have to
try 1t all over again.
II think can do that" said
Johnny Spider as he watched the 9TH
ers throwing their long webs into the
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breeze.
cess. It was so much fun, however,
that he tried again and again, throw
ing out little strands that glistened like
gold in the autumn sunlight.
My" he cried, How the wind
pulls: l don't believe l can hold to
the fence much longer"
Let yourself go, little silly" he
heard his brother say and, as he did
so and turned to look. he was whiske d
up into the air.
Higher and higher he went as the
breeze tugged at his long lines of web.
Down on tho earth the houses looked
like little specks while the lakes
seemed to be buttons. pcarly and
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~ AIN. Rain. Il was pouring in
~ torrents" And Ethel and Allen
#W were SO disappointed that they
all but cried. They had planned
TO nave such nice time out-of- doors
on a long walk to the edge of the
village and through the great woods
on Farmer Browns place-and now
the horrid old rain had to come along
and spoil 1t all.
There was nothing to do but stay
indoors; Mamma said so and that
they'd better make the best of it. So,
disappointed and pouting. they made
their way listlessly upstairs to the big
playroom next to the attic. And there.
by the small window. they stood for u
while staring out at the rain.
We'll let's do something" exclaim-
cd Allen presently. Don't let's stand
around here all day! 1t makes me
sick"
"We-we-might play with your
paper soldiers" the little maid sug-
gested.
Just then Big Sister came into the
room and instantly saw how blue"
they We're. Come. come. children"
she cried gaily, this will never do.
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And Enjoyed Every Minute of

And Enjoyed Every Minute of 4
there to make the picture more q
plete.
After while Big Sister had I'd
downstairs and help Mamma ban
cake; and. would you believe It. Il
same little children, who but 81
while before had been pouting
cross, sat and cut out illustrations
pasted them In their scrap bool|
and enjoyed every minute OF 1t!
All OF which goes to show
sometimes you can have an awf
good time indoors of an aftern
even If It does rain and spoil n
plans for good time outside.
least, you can If you can find an I'M
esting game to plny--and Patch-W
Pictures is certainly that. II
haven't played It, do so the next I
II "pours in torrents"
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1916-12-30
Do You Know Gods Way of Healing?
BY THE REV. JOHN ALEX. DoWIE.

BY THE REV. JOHN ALEX.
Gods Way Healing S a Person, Not a Thing
Jesus sad 81 the Way, and the Truth and the Life"
and He has been revealed His people ages by
the Covenant Name Jehovah Rophi Il the Lord that
Heaeh thee" (John 14;6; Exodus $3.50
The Lord Jesus Christ is Healer.
He change for Jesus Christ is the same yesterday
and today yea and forever and He still with u.s. fol-
the world Hebrews 1873; Matthew 2s:2o( Because
He is Interchangeable, and because He present. in spirit
just as when in the esh He is the Healer of His people
Divine Healing Atonement
prophesed of Him. "Surey He hath borne our gries
(Hebrew, scknesses), and carried sorrows: and
with His stripes healed'; and it expressly de,
cared that this fulfilled in His ministry of Healing
which still continues Isaiah So AS; Matthew 8:17)
Can Be Gods Will
1t the Devils work. consequent upon SIM and it inn
possible for the work of the Devil be the Will of
God Christ came to "destrov the works of the Devil"
and when He was here on earth He healed al manner Of
disease and all manner of Sickness and all these sufferers
expressly declared to have been Oppressed of the
Devil Il John 49, Matthew 4:23; Acts 10:38.)
The Gifts of Healing are
1t expressly declared that the "Gifts and the calling of
God are without repentance and the Gifts Of Healing
amongst the Nine Gifts of the Spirit the Church. Ro-
mans IL :29; Corinthians 128-11)
There Four Modes Healing
The first is the direct prayer of faith the second inter-
cessory prayer of two more third the amounting G
the Elders with the prayer of faith; the fourth
laying of hands of those who believe, and whom God
has prepared and called that ministry Matthew 8:5-
IS; Matthew 1919; James 514,15 Mark 16:18)
Divine Healing is Opposed by Counterfeits
Amongst these Christian Science falsely so caled)
Mind Healing Spirituaism, Trance Evangelism etc.
q Timothy 6:2O21 Timothy 4:1,2 Isaiah 81 2223.)
Zion Home, Center of Divine Healing Teaching
Full information can be obtained at the meetings held in
ZION HOME and Shiloh Tabernacle ZION CITY Illinois, and
in pamphlets; also the LEAVES HEALING published
weekly at ZION CITY, Illinois .e:4.lz
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A DOUBTER CONVINCED

The next person is Thomas. Some of you are lneal
descendants of Thomas Thomas means twin. Doubling
Thomas He said, Except shall in His hands the
print of the nails and put my finger into the print of the
nails and thrust my hand into his side will not believe
The next Lords Day evening they together, and
Thomas with them all at Jesus stood in the midst
Jesus gave him the opportunity
So Thomas said, "Let go also that we may die with
Him." Thomas certainly expected that Jesus would be
killed. and they would be killed with him. He right for
the resurrection of Lazarus led to Chrs apprehension
and crucixion, but the Apostles not with Him, for
they all fed "Peter followed Him afar off," John went
inside the Judgment Hail. but Peter out in the cold
John said 81 have friend outside may bring him in ?"
Peter in and girl almost frightened the life out of
him. Peter said he did not know Him-dened Him three
times.
THE POWER OF DEATH BROKEN
"Then when Jesus came, He found that he had lain
in the grave four days already.
This is the third where Jesus raised people from
the dead The first was Jairus' daughter. She
just dead He put all out except the father mother Peter
James, and john and said, "Toltha cu1ni, Damsel
unto thee, arise"
The next case is the of the widow of Main He
in the coffin When Jesus found that he the only
of the widow He had compassion, pity, and mercy, and
called him back to life.
In the case of Lazarus the body had been buried four
days. Therefore for that it must be considered
one Of the most wonderful and remarkable miracles
wrought indeed the of all His miracles the that
preceded His apprehension and crucfixon
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STUDY TO UNDERSTAND

certain Methodist got up in prayer meeting, and
his eXhortaon Beware of the eaven of the Pharsee
He said Now, brethren, there eleven of those fell
lows and Jesus warning the Apostle against them
Laughter
Be patient; be kind: but be firm all the same The
disciples did not understand.
When He said, "He sleepeth" they thought he had
ply to Sleep that is go to sleep at night but
Jesus, by saying He seepeth' meant the thing
others who would have said 'He is dead" Jesus
looked upon the who had passed away having fallen
asleep It is beautiful thing fall asleep Jesus-to
fall asleep here and wake yonder It is beautiful
thought.
'Then said Jesus unto them plainly Lazarus is dead
"And am glad for your sakes-"
All Jesus said did for the sake of somebody.
"And glad for your sakes that not there, to
the intent we may believe nevertheless let go unto him.
Although the Apostles sat at the feet of Jesus and
counted worthy to receive revelations not given anybody
else and their privilege to hear unfoded mysteries
that had been hidden for yet they slow to under
stand and they did not believe Tt hard for them
believe
When think Of ZIoN and the thousands and thousands
who in ZIoN how at time all of them all the
world sad "I believe in ZION will die for ZoN" and then
God Almighty withdrew His hand, and allowed the clouds
to gather and the lightning to FASH and the thunder to
roar and winds of adversely blow thousands of them ran
away, and where they now?
God wants people who believe times of adversely as
strongly the time of prosperity Any believe
when all is WE'LL but it takes strong man. tried and true
born of God and kept by His rich grace be firm in the
time of adversely
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O Zion, Haste, thy Mission High Fulfilling
o ZION, haste thy mission high fulfilling,
To tell to all the world that God is Light;
That He Who made all nations is not willing
One soul should perish, lost in shades of night,
REFRAIN:
Publish glad tidings tdings of peace,
Tidings of Jesus, redemption and release.
Behold how many thousands still are lying
Bound in the darksome prison-house of sin,
With to tell them of the Saviors dying,
Or of the life He died for them to win
Se4
Proclaim to every people, tongue, and nation
That God, in Whom they live and move, is Love:
Tell how He stopped to His lost creation
And died on earth that man might live above.
Give of thy to bear the message glorious;
Give of thy wealth to speed them their way;
Pour out thy soul for them in prayr victorious;
And all thou spendest Jesus will repay.
He again: 0 Z1oN ere thou meet Him,
Make known to every heart His saving grace;
Let none whom He hath ransomed fail to greet Him.
Thro' thy neglect, unfit to see His face