The menace., 1917-09-01

was the tree. Like the passing of a
cloud from before the sun, letting the
light flood the world, he saw that
there must be close relationship be-
tween the thought and the act of an
individual; if one was good the other
must be. 1t was cause and effect, no
more or less. Therefore if one was
cruel and ungrateful in spirit be-
cause his religion made him so it
followed that his religion must be
cruel and harsh. At this point Percy
shrank back with sense of fear, for
it spread before him for review much
of the history of the church. Was
he not loyal member of it? And
was he not battling for mastery that
he might be able to return this mans
kindness simply because his religion
had taught him to hate and destroy?
There was no appeal from the per-
sistency Of the fact. He knew that
the pope and all under him were act
uated by the very feelings which for
the first time he was making an eff
fort to master; that by every senti-
ment engendered of his religious
teaching he should hate the man who
had shown him kindness-yes, kill
him with a relentless hand by the
very will of the church and her in
fallible head. Had not the Holy See
commanded that he, and all asso-
ciated with him, should be fiayed and
thrown to the dogs for devouring
Was not his own soul under a vow in
keeping with this universal spirit Of
the church? If he should strike
down the one he was sworn to kill
would it not send a dance of delight
through every fiber Of the body Of
faith? And yet something had beer
born within him, like the bursting OF
a bulb out Of dry ground in answer
to summer rain, which compelled hin
to feel and know that in order to bt
better than he was, to be able to rise
to the level of excellence which his
host enjoyed, and which his own con
science demanded, he was forced tC
become antagonistic to what the
church held as the highest merit Of
works. Analysed simply he was ir
the grip of something which com
pelled him to be better t.an his re
ligion. 1t was impossible that HI
could give this a ready place in hi!
thought, and though he found him
self melIowed by it, nevertheless HI
retained in large measure his hatred
for schism, not being aware that th'
very struggle within him constituted
in no small way that very element
Swift as lightning Percy recalled tn
things Lady Klare had said to hin
that night on the parapet, and il
keeping with his changed mood h
was conscious of an indefinite wisl
to see her, then his mind went t
Lady Chester, and the two PERSONAL
ties, with their variant motive
blended into a wearisome haze, un
defined and unclassifed.
"As to that l think it is simpl
matter of moral philosophy that on
becomes like the thing he worship!
How could one look up sincerely I
the face of Him who bears the lam
in His bosom, and who gently lead
those with young without in som
measure partaking of His goodnes
and pity? Is He not all gentlenes
and love? Has He not shown ir
finite patience? Surely all who clair
to walk beside Him must exhibi
those qualities or forswear the claii
to acquaintance with the infinite"
The words recalled Percy's wal
derings and fixed his attention on tn
very point which had suggested itsel
, to him. This man was good becaus
he lad such a conception of God an
His character. But to admit th
wrote the world with a denial of tn
very essence Of what the priesthoo
, declared to be an acceptable zeal.
was impossible for him to admit thi
! vet swiftly another thing was SUI
gested: all nations were taking u
/ the denial, and mouths and printin
> presses were busy spreading
abroad. Mother Of God! Could
be possible that they were right?
{ was like admitting fault in naturi
: law. Percy replied:
2 "I am forced to concede the CO.
rectness of what you have sal
' There can be no appeal from the fa'
I that the one who forgets self ar
n makes the object of his life an effo
t to unselfshly benefit others must d
: velop into the best possible outlir
: of manhood"
a (Which means that we will hav
n great sympathy for each other, ar
o bear with our mutual differences
e charity while we push on tho
!. things which conform to our highe
n conceptions"
h as that taught in the universal
d here? Blount has intimated that W
n may be connected with the instit
e ton, perhaps" Percy put the que
r ton hesitatingly, for it had becon
e a habit of thought to make no refe
n ence to anything which related to h
n oath. '
: The mans face frightened. at
It The great Doctor Martinus has {
G fused his spirit abroad so that 8
e who come in contact with, him a