He that was dead came forth bound hand and foot with grave clothes. . . . Many, therefore, of the Jews, who came to Mary and beheld that which He did, believed on Him. John 11: 44, 45.

Her eyes are homes of silent prayer
Nor other thoughts her mind admits,
But he was dead and there he sits,
And He that brought him back is there.

Then one deep love doth supersede
All others when her ardent gaze
Roves from the living brother's face
And rests upon the Life indeed.

-Alfred Tennyson.

HE narrative of the death and resurrection of Lazarus abounds in minute touches of great beauty and tenderness, and it is a narrative whose silences are as voiceful, if we listen, as are its voices themselves. Our Lord's love, as here manifested, is as discriminating as it is tender, for Lazarus seems to have been an only brother and his sisters' hearts clung to him with a peculiar fondness. We behold here the loving compassion of Christ's loving heart; and the sweetness and blessedness of His divine-human sympathy. Had there been an omission of these tender touches in the life of Christ, had there been no example of his dealing with a household in deep grief, the picture of his life would have been incomplete, and the force of his example would have been greatly weakened.

I was dumb with silence, I held my peace even from good; and my sorrow was stirred. And now, Lord, what wait I for? My hope is in Thee. Amen. Ps. 39: 2, 7.

EUGENE RUSSELL HENDRIX

BISHOP OF THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH,SOUTH.

NORLEDGE PLACE KANSAS CITY, MO,

E. B. Treat & Company,

I gladly comply with your

request and send you extract from a recent letter missive to the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America, as not only what is most convenient but

perhaps well adapted to our times.

Thomson. Copyright o

EUGENE R. HENDRIX

Kansas City

"MA
AV the eater world of the present age, constantly
enlarge and enriched from the resour of nature
and by the energies of man, id for its on the
larger Church, united in all its parts by its one fah in the

Divine Lord, and its one lone for men always, ev &

done on earth even as it is in heaven."

where,

He that was dead came forth bound hand and foot with grave clothes. . . . Many, therefore, of the Jews, who came to Mary and beheld that which He did, believed on Him. John 11: 44, 4ЯONGH JJZZZUA KU

HTUO2,HORUMƆ JA9002193 7210083 3 10 KZIA

All others when her ardent gaze

Roves from the living bomo faße JA91T .8 .1
And rests upon the Life indeed.

-Alfred Tennyson,
:2112 IŠI

Ivy diw xff the fa resurrection of Lazarus abounds in minute touches of great beauty and ten- 94ness, ortistaste whose sibner aders vote up 91 if we listen, as are its voices themselves. Our Lord's love. -wordsnebed, eric docrinevating mit istler f99 Lazarus seems to have been an only brother and h BontemAlerts dangde Ding with a peculing fonghrs. ad Lo t behold here the loving compassion of Christ's loving hear Jaud sceness and blessedness of His divine-hun sympathy. Had there been an omission of these tem. touches in the life of Christ,, had there beep no exa of his dealing with household in regret. We sq of his life would have been incomplete, and the force of example would have been greatly weakened.

དང་ཕི་ཅ་ལག་

I was dumb with silence, I hold my peace even from y and my sornow was stirred And now, Lord, what w for? My hope is in Thee. Amen. Ps. 39: 2, 7.

"MAY the greater world of the present age, constantly

enlarged and enriched from the resources of nature and by the energies of man, find for its redemption the larger Church, united in all its parts by its one faith in the Divine Lord, and its one love for men always, everywhere, to the end that His Kingdom may come and His will be done on earth even as it is in heaven."