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Young Peo LIFE LESS< Topic for Sunday, July 1 Gospel of John. John 14:1 Dail) Monday: Life and light. iuesuay: now Jesus roui Wednesday: Heavenly th Thursday: The living Foi Friday: The living Bread Saturday: The pledge of Matthew's Gospel was wi Hebrews, to show the Mes! Old Testament references. Mark's Gospel was writ Romans, to show the powe narratives and records of r Luke's Gospel was writ Greeks, to show Christ t abounds in allusions to th( for Christ. John's Gospel shows no It was for all?for the C comes. It is for the new Gospel of the divinity of C There are enough incid enchain the attention, but 1 the others, while more imp upon the great theme of t dents not recorded by the. The words of Jesus are where, in full discourses, inner life of Christ, show, perfection as a Saviour. 1 hopeful and helpful of then The more one grows ii familiarity with him the nn from view, after they have ing, or as "signs," and the teachings come to the fro and delight. " In his discourses here on life, the bread of life, the ment, the Comforter, the v the lambs, and in his inter* to be called "The Lord's P people ana snows tnem wh Richest of all his promise whom he will send to take them to us and to guide i the gifts Is that when "Goc ills only begotten Son, tl might not perish, but have Richest of all the conditic by the Spirit, men are mac Richest of all the relation branches to the vine. R1 maud, "Let not your heart believe also in me." "Abid These blessings and pr "believe on his name, whi< the will of the flesh, nor of "Of all the hygienic meas Honrnaalnn nf anlrfta onH a tressed mind, I would undo simple habit of prayer. . communion, not as a mend! adapted to the tongue of a who submerges or asserts part of a greater whole. S the spirit and strengthen tl tal emotionalism than any us."?Dr. Murray Hyslop. THE PRESBYTERIA pie's Societies DNS FROM JOHN. 1.?Life Lessons for Me from the 21. f Readings. John 1:1-13. nd me. John 1:40-51. ings. John 3:12,13,16-21. Lini. jonn 4: iu,i4;7:37. I. John 6:52-59. life. John 20:1-18. ritten from the standpoint of the siahship of Christ. It abounds in ten from the standpoint of the r of Christ. It abounds in vivid niraeles. ten from the standpoint of the he perfect, or typical, Man. It i "Son of Man," its favorite title national characteristics or traits, hristian from whatever race he man in Christ Jesus. It is the hrist. ents recorded in this Gospel to they are fewer in number than in ortant and direct in their bearing he book. So, too, they are inciothers. more fully given here than elseThey are such as bring out the Ing his divinity and thereby his rhe book thus becomes the most a all. a the knowledge of Christ and are do his wondrous deeds retreat accomplished their end of attestmore do his wondrous words and lit and become one's inspiration i light, the new life, the water of shepherd, the Sabbath, the Judgine and branches, the sheep and ;essory prayer which really ought rayer," he opens his heart to his ere they may take refuge, as here is that of the Holy Spirit, of the things of himself and show lis into all truth. Richest of all I so loved the world that he gave lat whosoever believeth in him everlasting life." ins is that of the new birth, when, le new creatures in Christ Jesus, s is the union to Christ as the cnesi or an comrorc is tne combe troubled; ye believe in God, e in me, and I in you." ivileges belong to all who will ;h are born, not of blood, nor of the will of man, but of God." ures to counteract disturbed sleep, ill the miserable sequels of a disubtedly give the first place to the . . Let there be but a nightly icant nor repeater or words, more sage, but as an humble individual his individuality as an integral uch a habit can do more to clean te soul to overcome mere incidenother therapeutic agent known to lN of the south. Prayer Topic?"THE GLORY 0 Week Beginning Jul The intent of this passage is tion between Paul, a prisoner, chief captain, under whose aul is any particular truth pertaii illustrated or enforced by this ] obvious one that Christians, a protection and liberties which and its laws, guarantees to all There have come crises in when there was occasion to recognize this principle, when, pled upon by those who shouli ning of religious liberty in the was the fruit of a heroic strugg State-church, in which strugg imprisoned and their congreg more or less severe. As late a excommunicated by church co officers for no other reason ths States of which they were c free-born citizens, were ent especially as heralds of a Gosp nor racial limitations nnH wor, enjoyment of personal liberty under constitutional governmei Recent massacres of Christ their fiendishness almost beyoi distressing and awful violation Christian population of rural ci marked for death, and only t instances were spared from th Moslem Turks. So flagrant v herent, as well as constitutioi numerous protests from ma reorganized government to rei blance of the severe punishmen The Southern Presbyterian ( experience of the invasion of t for himself as a citizen when, then the chief captain, he clair that were due an uncondemnei empire. Two of our honored i heart of Africa are arraigned 1 ties for exposing to the world exploiters of the natives, unde government. These missionari as such are entitled to the pr< which they are loyal subjects doubtless and persecuted by s cupidity of their tormentors mi fact of their title to the prob them in the land of their birt severer penalties and their enjoyment of liberty which are of the land whose free-born * prayers be continued in their 1 At a large missionary mee Washington City, Bishop Talbol that "every man who loves the 1 ing to build up His kingdom is and it is high time thai we dw uu wmcu we agree, ramer tna differ." It was broad, inclusi Presbyterian writing of this me< Episcopalians were one corps pbasized the work of Foreign Kentucky declared that 'any i Foreign Missions does not belie June 30, 1909. Meeting iF THE FREE-BORN." y 4.?Acts 22:26-28. i simply to record a conversaand n I?nmun rontnrlnn on/1 ned the protection and liberty I and loyal citizen of a great ind brave missionaries in the jefore intolerant civil authorithe Inhuman methods of the r the sanction of the Belgian es are American citizens, and jtection of the government of . They will be harassed, uch cowgrdly methods as the ly suggest, but in the end the ection which is guaranteed to . h will secure immunity from substantial vindication and i pledged to them by the laws 3itizens they are. Let our Koholf :hority he was held. If there ling to Christian life that is passage, it is the practical and s citizens, are entitled to the the State, by its constitution its citizens. the history of our own land appeal to the authorities to in reality, it was being tram1 have enforced it. The wint early history of the colonies ;le against the intolerance of a le dissenting ministers were ations subjected to penalties s our civil war m listers were urts and silenced by political in that they werel*oyal to the itizens. These Banisters, as itled to liberty of speech, el that knows neither national e entitled to protection in the as freemen, without offense, it. ians in Turkey, revolting in id the limits of belief, were a of this principle. The entire ommunites and of towns were he younger children in some e merciless fanaticism of the ras this outrage upon the inlal rights, of citizenship that ny sources constrained the Bolve upon at least the semt of the most guilty. Church is at this time having he rights which Paul claimed addressing the centurion, and ting of Episcopal laymen in t in his great address declared Lord Jesus Christ and is workour friend and not our enemy, ell on the great fundamentals n on the things on which we ve and worthy the man. A etlng says: "We felt that these In i in iuc stem army. i ney emMissions, and the Bishop of nan who does not believe in sve in Jesus Christ.'"