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strigand aceste cuvinte, fHgea
disperat avand aerul ca urma.
reste un plngas.
Wanda 81 Dinu Sc dadura la Q
parte sill vazura apucand pc un
gang, pc unde disparu ca o ma
|luca.
Cateva secundc, dnpa aceea, G
doamna in varsta. vaicarindu-se
|ajunse i'm acelas loc. tipand 81 ca
- Prindeti hotu! Prindeti hotu
- Ce Cucoana? Cc ii s'a in.
tamplat 10 intrebara cativa tre
catori ce Sc opriscra in fata gan
gului.
- Pungasnl ala, binc imbracat
care fugea inaintea mea, mia fu
rat din mama gcanta cu patru mi
de lei. Banisorii GU care venfsem
din provincie sa platesc pensionn'
fctitii.
m Ute, a apucat'o pc aici.
81 fcmeca dete buzna pc gang
urmata de un gr,ip de curiosi, $
domni &c acum sarisera in auto
|rul sarmanei batrane. IS
Oar pungasnl era acum departe
EST in strada Academiei, sarise
desigur, in primnl tramwai sau
lin cea dintai trasura, disparanl
|pentru totdeanna Gu geants !
|banii sarmaiiei provinciale.
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pulpe massive: amtricani sObrii in
mbracanlinte, dar, GU ochi de
pasari rapace spre frumoasele eel
mirosiau de la distanta vechi
vanzatoare de placeri 81 ingenue
cu ochii de mironosite pe care,
insa, cunOscatorii le abateau re.
pcde dupa drlmul drept.. in cea
dintaju casa de intalnire. Depu-
taH 81 fosti ministrii. Scriitori 81
artisti. Ziaristi 81 vanzatori de
jurnale. Codosi ST. excroci. Femei
din lumea mare 81 femei de strada
fse curgeau, in compact, lenes 81
IiHterminabil val. dealHngAlf Cali
Victoriei. pc strimtele trOtuare ce
|cii sinuozitati de sarpe 81 cn mi
|ragiul primului pacat, de dimi:
'neata panii seara, atrae 'eelc don;i
sexe ale Capitalei. Cate fr,tcte
oprite culese in treeere! Caci, pc
strizile Babylonnlui de All care
e Bueurestii nostri, trecatorui
igrabit mare decat sd fntinda
mana ca 81 enleaga din pomul
'vietii, mereie ce Calea Victoriei,
ga sarpcle bibln, le ofera din
belsug!..
Pnneti mana pc ell! Prindesi
hotul!
81 iabind Ell putere pc treca-
ori, un individ bine .imbracat
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"Adevarulr. "Viitorul" 81

4 - "Adevarul.r' ''Viitorul'' 81
'Tndreptarea 70 Disparitia din
Capitala milionarului Maleanu! /!
Politia He urmele asasinilor!
- FL, asi! SO spue lui mutu!
faeu nm cetatean de langa Dinu.
An trecut cateva luni 81 or sa mai
treaca. Ce, rolul politiei e sa des-
Icopere fnrturile, disparitiile mis-
|terioase 81 crimele, facute char
la lHmina zilei. sub ochii Ell? A
treeut nm an de la asasinarea BIZ
|jutierului Collier. Ziua, namiaza
mare, la ora mesei, in pima Calea
Victoriei! Descoperit-a politia
|eeva!
- Cum sa mai descopere, meme,
cand pungasii 81 asasinii Sc recrn-
teaza, All, prin caseie de buna
Ieonditie. Cine indrazneste sal
|eaute acolof ii raspunse un pric-
ten, tovaras de plimbare.
Pai, mai zilele treeute, unui fost
|ininistru lisa fufat un ac pretios
[de cravata en- piatra foarte
|seampa. Sofia ministruIui tre-
|csnd, din intanplare, pc Ia vitri
Inc ,inui bijutier, zari, expus, acnl
|lb6fbstului sau Femeea incre.
meni. Intra IN magazin, intreba
c111{1 = AHo1lA4I
AuL e
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BABYLON
ROMAN De MORAVURI
De RADU .COSMIN*)

dinti daca nu le dadeai dupa pla-
eltl Tor, toate, contractau uimitor,
cu seninatatea celorlalte. mil de
fericiti ce isi plimban trupurile
indestulate i'm moliciunca parfn
mata perinilor din vehicule.
Doua fluvii Sc scurgeau in sens
contrar pc sub ochii lui SDinu 81
Wandci, unul al mizeriei 81 altnl
al inbnjbarei.
Gel dol prieteni isi urmau plim-
|barea pc jos, macinaDd in sufle-
'tul lor ganduri 81 simtiri pline dc
|rcv6lta 81 de ingaduinta.
Nh ,exista mai degradator
|spectscol decat sd vezi pc seme-
|nul tau, ON ca 81 tine, tarand,l-si 81
|trnpul cinntit pc caldarfmnl stra
(zilor ca sa-i cer3easca buc&tica
de paine! fScu Dinu.
Oar uenorocitii sceytia, in.
'vsljzi de razboiu, unii si en- deco.
ratH Pc piept! ce nmilitor II ]
vexi din eroi salvatore de patrie,
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Octav. ost&chescu.

muritori de foame i'm orasul opu
lentii, in cetatea Vitelului de aur!
|rosti Wanda. E timpul cred, sa
Sc ingrijeasca cineva de Ell.
= Hauleo! Sa-ti traiasca ga
|gica, barosane! Da-1mi I'm ban
ca-mi moare tetea aeasa!
81 o spuza~ Gle danci 81 tiganci
cu tanei negrii la piept facura
zid ataeand Gu mainile intinse 81
|starnitoare pc Dinu. Desi lie a.
runca Ia vre-o trei cate har.
Itioara de un len, MI fu chip sd
scape din cercul Tor. de foe, decat
|punand mana IN buzunar 81 SEQ
tand noui munitii albastre.
ST ofensiva tiganeasca fin res
Fpinsa prin contra ofensiya hoe
rcasca.
- III trebue, zilnic 0 averc, ca
|sa-i impact pc toti! facu razand
Wanda.
ca u faca drumHl de Ia Palat
Epana in boulevard, le trebui ju.
initiate de ORR. caci vroira 81 faca
experienta,
Mcrsera meet, in pssul valulu
Ide Pietoni &c le sta in caIe.
| Pc trotuarul ingHst cat o pun
te, se striviau mil de farnienti ii
lpicuful ultimeler raze de soare &
puneau tonuri vio1eute, 81 roz,
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aurii pc geanlul vitrinelor, pc
mantilele femeilor, pe obrazul 81
nasul barbatilor.
In crepuscul acestei zile de
iarna ell respiratii de tincrete, bn.
eurestenii de toate clasefe 81 var
stele isi tarau pasii intro lenese
voluptate, GU ochii infrixurati
Iunul dupa altuI; Gu lbuzele dntre-
deschise sfredelitor, Gu mainile
'cautandu-se 81 sttangandu-se in
frecarea trupurilor barbatii 81
adolescentii soptind galanterii de
|trotuar, femeilc 81 codanacele sa-
vurandu-le cuviHtele 81 punantt la
Gale cate o intaInire pc doua ii.
Mute perechi se desrindeau din
wal, dupa ce SCI eunoscusera Gle
cateva clipe, 81 lnau drumul vre-
unui hotel din apropiere, sau,
|oprind 0 trasuras dispareau plipc
|de mister spre locuinta doamnei,
sau a domnuiui:
In fnrnicarul aecsts de lume CO
Sc plimba, Graiall II feluritc linbi
femei eu ocbii utabriti de earbunc
81 buze grasuise ~ rosu; fetite Gu
coada pc spate u este IN gAioz.
dan Ia subtiaari ptoyiacale Gu
ochii lipisi mai msslt pc vitrine !;
srusoaice Gu este xsse bsrbati dups
ele: unguroaics prlatene u eu
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fUr''sare

Dol ami fusesera de ajuns s;l
schim6c privelistea lridoasa q Cali
Victoriei de- dnpa raaboiu, in
feeria multicolora 81 multisonora
q buetrregtilor imhogatiti de dupa
pace. !
Cecace nn pnteau intclege eel
doi pricteni, pietoni caniuti pc
tr0tuarnf Capitalei, erau snteleI
mile de lnami intinse cu care te-
<infampinau eersetorii la~fiece pas,
la fiece colt de strada. Glasurile
Tor jalnice, mcmbrele lor ml1tilate
lie razboilI, sau de accidente,
sdrentele lor ce le lasaa goaIe
Eele nsi hidoase rani 'Aau intime
81 murdare parti ale corpufui, VIC.
fents lor jienitoare IN s-ti 'cerf
cbo1ul, si fnjuraturile prjntr,
ali-.4-i &,
49, voIunA - poets plo'
surs = xditufa siafuli 8 10
~ a4ll, &
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MSTTINTARE

Stunt rugati toti a0onsnt
nogtri q observA urmxtoarel.
regui Ia trimiterea psntrv
schimbare de adfesx.
|. 81 Sc scfie adresa vecha
nnde ia mers Marul II adreas
undo "a u1Atat. e
2. La fiecare psrsoanx Il
- alxture mxrci Dc 5e. 81 y
caute Il nj 90 ds& nunSle stra
dsi Il d 0rasului oorsst.
Cine nu obsefvx aeests -,
gull n sadar asteaptx sx / n
e6hiMbs adrssa q M O. poats'
Z. AAmdndGtEorlA
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p0EZTE .N0t1x
(csati4ssr. q Re eas. =,

| - VI ~ -~-
inviere a unor motive roman.
tice.
S'a zis candva ca poesia sim
bolista este poesie noua. Con
|siderata fnsa in elementclc ci
,ele mai tipice, ea Isl are orr
ginile in l'omantismul german.
bCand Verlaine rosteste acele
eelebre cuvintc: De la musi-
que, de la musique,' care de-
Yin pentru discipolii sal un
!. ,rez de arta, ell nu face decat
"a recheme Ia viata paradoxul
yermanului Tieok, care spunea
"a "asociatiile de sunete pot
tinlocui gandirea.
O alta caracteristica a poe
ziei sinboliste este redarea u
1or start affective turburi, In
trebuintand forme de exprima-
-e auditive in locul celor vizua-
e 81 invers.
Daca ne fntoarcem iarasi
lnapoi la romantici intalnim ST
Il ei procedeul acesta, dar IL
vorand in chip fircsc dintr'o
constluctie psihica reala. No
wallis era din acest punct de
.vedcre un simbolist. De la el a
primit diseipolul sau Maetter-
'inck mijlocul Gle a rosti lucru-
rile cele mai nelamurite. Con-
timporanii, fri cpigonice, dar
dornice de sensatie 81 paradox,
au imprumutat proeedeul 81
s'au slujit Gle el ca sd ascunda
saracia unui suflet de boem le-
nes 81 nesimtitor.
+ inutil sa merg la nesfar-
sit eu aceasta analisa, care a
rata cat de relativa este asa
lisa noutate in pocsie. Daca
problemele literare, curentele
81 scoIile s'ar analisa mai multi
lin punct de vedere psihologic,
decat din punct dc vedcre al
formei, daca s'ar tine mai mutt
sama de forma launtrica a poe
siei 81 'hu de cea exterioara, nu
s'ar ajunge la atatea discutii
nerodnice. 81 inselatoare. Poe
sia trebuic cantata in suflet nu
in afara de, ell. ST sufletul
creator llou totdeauna, toe
mai fiindca crcaza. Exista ta-
lente mol, lnt!lvldualltatl moi,
nu 7nsa 81 o poesie noua. Celia
ce variaza in poesie e sensibi-
litatea 81 pc aceasta nu o aduce
decat sufletul. Tar celia ce de
osebeste un poet de altul, nu
este procedeul mai vechiu sau
mai nou de care Sc foloseste el
in marturisirea sa poetica. ci
este viata reala pc care cl o
pune IN fiecare cuvant 81 in fic-
care sunet.
Sa nu ne fnselam deci eau
tand zadarnic o poesie noua
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san justifilcareaa eaat11ei rie>fii pc
care o numim asffcl. Poesia
,loua este fie poesm celor ti-
neri, fie poesia marelor ta-
lentc. Ion Sin -Giorgiu.
(Neam. Rom.
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DACA vREI

So nu intinxi mana Ia coltul
stradelor in car c4nd al ramas
fara o man& san un picior In
scrie-ts intro societate din
Uniunea s. =. a.
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Shawnee County Association 70
Meet November z, 8 and 8.
Sessions To Be Held In Central
Park Christian Church.
THREE MEETINGS EACH DAY
Junior Orchestra of Trinity
Church to Furnish Music.
Frank G.. Richards, Secretary ef
Association, VIII Speak.

Religious education will be the
principal topic under discussion at the
twenty-third annual convention of the
Shawnee County Sunday School assoc
citation, which will be held at the Cen
trail Park Christian church. November
n. and 9.
Three sessions, from 1880 to g
O'Clock each evening, will be held. Tf1s
first session will be devoted excla-
siyely to 8. discussion of the work OF
the children's divisions of the Sunday
schools, Mrs. C. G. Hamilton will pre-
side. Paul Moser will be in charge of
the program of the young peoples d.
vision at the second session q. D.
preside at the meeting of the admin
istrative and adult division at the clos-
ing session.
The opening session on Tuesday eve
ming will be preceded by banquet at
6 o'clock. There will be a progra1n
of stories, yells, songs and games. The
speakers at the banquet will be: Mrs.
w. D., Schwartz, Mrs. H. w. Bonn
gardner Mrs. T, B. Parker and Mrs.
Fred Kunish. The following persons
will speak at the general session; Miss
Edith Durant, Miss Nina Rippefhs
Miss Myra Corning. the Rev. F. f.
Ogle and Mrs. Isaac Sewell
Music by Junior Orchestra.
Music will be furnished by the
junior orchestra composed OF boys OF
the Trinity Methodist church. DEM
onstrations of promotion hour win be
given by the Westminster Presbyterian
junior girls with Mrs. E. O'Donovan as
leader and the Central congregational
junior boys with Mrs. Fred Kunish as
leader.
Prof. Albert j. Behner, of WASH
burn college, will speak at the session
of the young peoples division on The
Larger Opportunity of the Teacher"
Other speakers will be: Miss Flor
ence Welcome, superintendent of the
senior department of the First Metho-
dist church Sunday school; o. W. Has
call, boys work secretary of the Gem
trail Y. M. C. A; Miss Helen Fair.
girls work secretary of the Y. w.
c. A.
Frank G. Richard, secretary of the
Kansas Sunday School association,
will speak on the task of the Sunday
school as outlined by the international
Council of Religious Education, at the
meeting of the administrative ana
adult division. r. N. McEntire and
II. w. Jones will also speak.
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Stratemeyer. (R), Lee Ticehurst. CD.
For County Attorney-Tinkham
Veale. (R), Clyde P. Schenck, CD.
For Probate judge. d. IL. Ham
ilton. (R), George A. Allen. Cd.
For Sheriff-Robert Miller, (R), w.
e. Schlichter, CD.
For Clerk District Court-W. E.
Anderson. (R). Emma Sells Marshall,
CD.
For County Assessor-F. C. Bowen,
(R), George Wagner, CD.
County Commissioner, First District
e. C. Grisworld, (Rl, ]. B. Davis,
ODD.
/, County Commissioner, Third Dis
trict-John Sutherin, (R), Charles NJ.
For Marshal Court of Topeka
Tom D. Hurley, (R), Paul ]. Murphy,
CD.
For Clerk Court of Topelxa-Edwin
Jones, (R), Jesse c. Underwood, CD.
For Judge Court of Topeka-Paul
H. Heinz, (R).
For Coroner-Dr. H. L. Clarke, (R).
For Surveyor. A. Campbell, 1R) .
For County Superintendent-Dave
Wallace
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MONDAY.

| sayings continue in you, ask what you
will and it shall be done for you. BY
abundant fruit and thus being true
disciples of mine. AS the Father
has loved me, I have also loved you:
continue in my love. If you obey my
commands, you will continue in my
| love, as 1 have obeyed my Fathers
commands and continue in His love.
The JOY which will result
These things have spoken to you
| in order that 1 may have joy in you,
and that our joy may become perfect.
| This is my commandment to you, to
| love one another as I have loved you.
No one has greater love than this
man laying down his life for his
friends. You are my friends, if you
do what I command you. No longer
do I call you servants, because a
servant does not know what his mas
ter is doing; but I nave called you
friends, because all that 1 have heard
from the Father I have made known
to you. 1t is not you who chose me,
but it is I who chose you and ap-
pointed you that you might go and be
fruitful and that your fruit might
remain; SO that whatever petition you
present-to the Father in my name
He may give you
The World will hate and
persecute
Thus I command you to love one
another. If the world hates you, re-
member that it has first had me as
the fixed OBJECT of its hatred. If
you belonged to- the world, the world
would love its own properly. But
because you do not belong to the
world, and I have chosen you out of
the world-for that reason the world
hates you. Bear in mind what 1 said
to you, "a servant is not superior to
his MASTER If they have prosecuted
me, they will also prosecute you: If
they have oaeyed my teaching, they
will obey yours also. But they will
infliet all this Iffering upon you on
account of your bearing my name
because they do not know Him who
sent me,
The Guilt of shining against Light
IF I had not come and spoken to
them, they would have had no sin;
but as the case stands they are with
out excuse for their sin. He who
hates me hates my Father also. If I
had not done among them. as 1 have,
such miracles as no one else ever
did, they would have had no sin;
but they have in fact seen and also
hated both me and my Father. But
this has been so, in order that the
saying may be fulfilled which stands
written in their law, They have hated
me without any reason Cps xxxv.
10; Xix. -. =
Inward Light and external
Testimony
when the Advocate is come whom
will send to you from the Fathers
presence-the Spirit of Truth who
comes forth from the Fathers pres
ence-He viii be a witness concerning
me- And you also are witnesses, be-
cause you have been with me from
the first.
communication AID Martyrdom
foretoid
These things I have spoken to you
in order to clear STUN bling-bIocks out
of your path. You will be excluded
from the synagogues; nay more. the
time is coming when any one who has
murdered one of you will suppose he
is offering service to God. And they
will do these things because they have
failed to recognize the Father and to
discover who l am But have
spoken these things TO you in order
that when the time for their accom-
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order that in me you may have peace.
In the world you have affliction. But
keep up your courage: have won the
victory over the world"
Christ prays for Himself
When Jesus had thus spoken, He
raised his eyes towards Heaven and
said,
"Father, the hour has come. Glorify
Thy Son that the Son may glorify
Thee; even as Thou hast given Him
authority over all mankind, so that
on all whom Thou hast given Him
He may bestow the Life of the Ages.
And in this consists the,~Life of the
Ages-in knowing Thee the only true
God and Jesus Christ whom Thou
hast sent. I have glorified Thee on
earth, having done perfectly the work
which by Thine appointment has been
mine to do. And now, Father, do
Thou glorify me in Thine own pres
ence, with the glory that I had in
Thy presence before the world existed.
Christ prays for His Apostles
ct have revealed Thy PROJECTIONS to
the men whom Thou gavest me out
of the world. Thine they were, and
Thou gaYest them to me, and they
have obeyed Thy message. Now they
know that whatever Thou hast given
me is from Thee. For the truths
taught them. And they have received
them, and have known for certain
that I came out from Thy presence,
and have believed that Thou didst
send me.
IT am making request for them:
for the world 1 do not make any
request, but for those whom Thou
hast given me. Because they are
Thine. and everything that mine is
Thine, and everything that is Thine
is mine; and I am crowned with glory
in them. I am now no longer in the
world, but they are in the world and
am coming to Thee.
''Holy Father, keep them true to
Thy name-the name which Thou
hast given me to bear-that they may
be one, even as we are. While was
with them, kept them true to Thy
name-the name Thou hast given me
to beaF-and kept watch over them,
and not one of them is lost but only
he who is doomed to destruction
that the Scripture may be fulfilled.
But now I am coming to Thee, and
speak these words while L am in
the world, in order that they may
have my gladness within them filling
their hearts. have given them Thy
Message, ana the world has hated
them, because they do not belong to
the world, just as I do not belong to
the world. I do not ask that Thou
wilt remove them out of the world.
but that Thou wilt protect them from
the Evil one. They do not belong to
the world, just as do not belong to
the world. Make them holy in the
truth: Thy Message is truth. Just as
Thou didst send me into the world. 1
also have sent them; and on their
behalf I consecrate myself. in order
that they may become perfectly con-
seerated in truth.
(Te Be Continued.)
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RUSSIA INSPIRES HER
Irene Castle Studies Fashions, Music
and Dances in Russia.

Irene Castle Studies Fashions, Music
and Dances in Russia.
Europe is in the midst of a Rus
sian craze" said Irene Castle when
she returned from a summers study
of fashions. music, and dances. 1.-THE
music halls of London are filled to
capacity constantly by various Rus
sian artists, and there is a Russian
motif to many Of the advance fash
ions coming out of Paris. That we
have already begun to lean that way
ourselves is shown clearly by the sue
cess of the Chauve Souris in New
York with its variety of Russian
vaudeville"
1t is because of this conviction that
Miss Castle has built her Dances and
Fashions OF 1928 rather largely upon
Russian inspira ton. Batik, for in
stance, figures largely in the fabrics
shown, and the Moscow Artists En-
semble presents further proof. The
Wedding Feast in Russia, Loubki, and
the Cossaok's Camp, all in ensemble,
featuring Irene herself in the newest
fashions and dances. are delightful
reminders of the old Russia that was
and is no more.
Five of the numbers on the pro-
gram are individual appearances of
Irene Castle in such dancing as only
Sno can 90. IN the butterfly Dance,
Miss Castle calls attention to another
phase of her artistry which has been
rather generally overlooked because
of the extreme popularity of her ball
room steps.
Miss Castle and her company will
appear in Topeka some time during
the third week of November.
Were the fashions to be omitted
entirely, Irene Castles orchestra, the
Moscow Artists, - and Irene herself
would make an evening long to be
remembered as the peak of the mu-
steal season. But the fashions are
there and in them every woman will
find the answer to Robert Burns
prayer that some power give US the
gift to see ourselves as others see us.
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BIBLE STUDY
Y. w. c. A.-Menninger Course
Published Every Saturday in The Topeka State Journal

TX. Coronation. SO.
Y. Jehu.@ 10.
&c XXI. Dishonored. Z.
1. How many and who were the men to
report the fight of the Syrians?
2: How was Blisha's prophecy literally
s. What had Elisha foretold to the
Shunamite woman and how did his miracles
l. How did the meeting in Damascus at
feet Elisha? Hazel?
., Record of the character, revolts, let
tiers, and death of Jehoram, son of Jehosha-
phat.
8, At what two places do. we find
I. How came Jehu to be king over
Israel?
5, Outline the murders committed by
Jehu.
Notes Make an outline for Elisha as
for Elijah.
Make the map of places for Elisha.
impressed with the diversity of character
of work between Elijah and Elisha. The
one was the prophet of solitude, the other
Of society. The one was prophet OF Judg-
ment, the other of mercy. In a sense these
two men foreshadow John the Baptist and
the Christ. 1t is not possible to mistake
wrought. They bear the attributes of
visitations of mercy: They are the very
opposite of the judicial infections with
which, thru Elijah, the power Of God broke
forth to punish the guilty and evil,
At the beginning of his ministry two In
cidents are recorded for Elisha, one bene-
fetal and one punitive. The destruction
of the children is mislnterpreted if we
look upon it as an act Of personal vengeance
1t was rather an act to evidence the
sacredness of the office, and of the sin
Of refusing him as the messenger of God.
Elisha was at the head of the prophetic
school and Journeyed from place to place
and was everywhere known as the mes
senger of God.
The simplicity of his life is evidenced by
the provision made by the Shunamite
woman. His dignity is manifest in the
attitude toward him. especially of this
woman who in conversation with him ever
stood in the doorway, recognizing the
sacredness of his room.
The account of the healing Of Naaman
reveals Elisha's perpetual attitude of dig
nifty and loyalty to God. He rebuked the
king who was filled with fear at the com
ing of NaamaM He demanded from Naa-
man absolute evidence while he refused to
take ANYTHING in the nature of personal
reward for that which was wrought by the
hand Of God.
In the hour of national peril, Elisha rose
above the gentler works which chiefly
characterized his ministry. Revealing the
plans Of the Syrians, he saved the people
from peril, and finally foretold the relief of
Samaria. The influence Of Elisha is Incl
dentally shown in the converse of the king
with Gehazi, and the restoration of the
lands to the Shunamite woman for the sake
of the prophet.
Elisha visited Damascus and foreteld the
death Of Benhadad, and Hazaels share in
the future suffering of Israel