panion, on the Godward side.

Then on the

manward side the same is true." To be friends with everybody; to fill every human relation with the spirit of friendship; is there anything more than this that the wisest and best of men can hope to do?

So let us seek to make cheer for others

wherever we are. You cannot possibly estimate the lifting power of such a life as St. Paul's, moving among men. You cannot possibly estimate the lifting power of your own life in the community where you dwell. Let us live so that every one may go away from us heartened and brave. Let our message ever be, "Be of good cheer, for I believe God."

"Let us be kind;

The way is long and lonely,

And human hearts are asking for this blessing only

That we be kind.

We cannot know the grief that men may borrow, We cannot see the souls storm-swept by sorrow, But love can shine upon the way to-day, to

morrow

Let us be kind.

"Let us be kind;

This is a wealth that has no measure,

This is of heaven and earth the highest treasureLet us be kind.

A tender word, a smile of love in meeting,

A song of hope and victory to those retreating, A glimpse of God and brotherhood while life is fleeting

Let us be kind."

Does God Care?

In the bitter waves of woe,

Beaten and tossed about
By the sullen winds that blow
From the desolate shores of doubt
Where the anchors that faith has cast
Are dragging in the gale,

I am quietly holding fast

To the things that cannot fail.

And fierce though the fiends may fight,
And long though the angels hide,

I know that truth and right

Have the universe on their side;
And that somewhere beyond the stars
Is a love that it better than fate.
When the night unlocks her bars
I shall see Him-and I will wait.

Washington Gladden.

CHAPTER V

Does God Care?

BOUT the beginning of this century an unbeliever was reported to have said that the mission of

the twentieth century would be to discover God, and when God should be discovered, it would be found that he does not care. It would be a bitter sorrow for the world if this prophecy were to come true. Into countless homes and hearts it would bring the darkness of despair.

The secret of hope in believing souls everywhere is that God does care. This is the one

great truth that God has been striving through all the generations to have men believe. This is the whole gospel of redemption. The Bible presents it on its every page. It is the message that Christ came into the world to declare that God loves all men, every man. The world's condemning unbelief has