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I Test Your knowledge I Can you answer seven of these ten questions? Turn to rage Four for the answers. •< ♦ 1. Were the owners of slaves that were set free by the Emancipation Proclamation, compensated by the federal government? 3. What is the capital of Australia? 3. What ie the real name of Jack Oak io? . 4. In which state is Coolidge Dam? 6. What is the name of the sour acid in vinegar? 6. Which President of the U. S. lived the longest? 1. Of’What country is Nova Scotia a province? 8 Into'what lake does the Genessee River empty? 9. In what year was the U. S. Naval Academy opened? 10. What is the name for the various types of knives and cut-1 ting instruments used for domestic purposes? COURTHOUSE Continuance Granted A petition for continuance was submitted, sustained, and the divorce suit of William A. against June Andrews was continued. Will Probated The will of the late Adolph R. Fledderjohn was probated and ordered placed on record. Deed Ordered In the estate of Marion AshN. A. BIXLER OPTOMETRIST Eyes Examined • Glasses Fitted Saturdays, 8:00 p. m. Telephone 135. HOURS 8:30 to 1130 12:30 to 5:00

Public Auction Real Estate and Personal Property 85-Acre Farm To settle this estate we, the undersigned, will sellat public auction to the highest bidder our farm located tj mile south of Bluffton on the Hoosier highway, on TUESDAY, October 5, 1937 Sale Starts 10:30 A M. Promptly Real Estate Sells at 1:00 O’clock REAL ESTATE This is one of the best improved farms in Wells County with good producing soil all under cultivation except four acres of wood and pasture, electric lights in house, barn and other out buildings, drilled well in pump bouse and milk house combined, electric motor and pump jack sells with farm, also drilled well on back of farm. This is one of the best drained and ditched farms. We will give the purchaser map of farm that shows where every tile lays The fences are in good condition. You must see this farm to appreciate it. BARN— 6Ox36 ft. built new three years ago. improved cow barn, stanchions for 12 cows, cement floor in entire barn, cement floor in barn lot This barn was built to Jamesway specifications. HOUSE — Good 6-room bungalow type house with large 18x24 basement, built in cistern in basement, enclosed back porch, new roof on house, electric lights. HOG HOUSE AND GRANARY— Combined. 26x39, built new three years ago. TOOL SHED—IBx24. in good condition. MILK HOUSE AND PUMP HOUSE— Combined, size Bxl6, drilled well, motor and pump jack TWO POULTRY HOUSES—One 12x40 ft.; one 10x29 ft. Good young orchard and fine garden. This is a beautiful farm Come see it before day of sale. PERSONAL PROPERTY 12 HEAD CATTLE — One Guernsey cow. 7 yrs. old. due to freshen Dec. 5. 6-gal. cow; one part Guernsey cow, 7 yrs. old. due to freshen Dec. 6, 6-gal. cow; one roan cow. 5 yrs. old. bred July 22. giving 5 gal. per day; one Jersey cow. 7 yrs. old. with calf by side, one Guernsey cow, 7 yrs. old, due to freshen Dec. 4. 6-gal. cow; one Jersey cow. 5 yrs. old, due to freshen Jan. 23. 5-gal. cow; one part Guernsey cow. 7 yrs. old. due to freshen Nov. 30, 6-gal. cow; one red cow. 2 yrs. old. due to freshen in January; 3 red heifers, 7 months old; one Guernsey bull, 15 months old. HOGS—Two Hampshire sows, open: 7 head Hampshire feeders, weight about 100 to 125 lbs.; 6 shoats. weight about 70 to 80 lbs. POULTRY— About 10 dox. yearling hens. Buff Leghorn. White Leghorn and Black Mlnorcas mixed: 7 head of geese. HAY AND GRAIN Ten tons of alfalfa hay; one-half of 20 acres of corn. MISCELLANEOUS— PIatform scales; galvanized waler tank: I*4 horse Fuller & Johnson gas engine, in good condition, one picket coin brib; new Bxlo brooder house. TERMS OF REAL ESTATE One-fourth cash on day of sale, terms on balance. For further information see Ellenberger Bros.. 401 West Market street. Bluffton; or Gideon Gerber at Farmers and Merchants Bank. Bhrffton. TERMS ON PERSONAL PROPERTY—CASH EDWARD BENTZ HEIRS, Owners of Real Estate ISHAM WATERS & EDWARTZ BENTZ HEIRS, Owners of Personal Property Ellenberger Bros.—Auctioneers Gerber—Clerk Lunch served on grounds.

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, baucher, a petition was filed by the executors to re-appraise the real estate. The petition was submitted and sustained, the re-ap-praisement ordered, tiled, examin>j ed and approved. The report of i the sale was filed, examined, and . I approved and the deed ordered, ex- . amined and approved. Real Estate Transfers William E. Meyer et ux to Christian F. Bucher et ux, part of Jnlot 388 in Decatur for 31800. Minnie Niblick. Ex., to Guy B. i Bess. Tr„ inlots 17-22 in Decatur for 3300. John W. Meibers, Adm., to Guy B. Bess, Tr., inlots 3-10-12 in De- ■ catur for 8725. Rose Sether to Fred McConnell et al, parts of inlots 271-372 in Decatur for 36700. Dept, of Financial Inst, to Glenn W. Patts et ux, inlot 307 in Deca- : tur for 365. Christian F. Bucher et ux to William E. Meyer et ux. part of inlot ! 275 in Decatur for 32500. John W. Marshall et ux to Pat Denny et ux, 2.25 acres in JefferI eon twp. for 31200. Louis Koldewey et ux to Rose M. iSchurger. 120 acres in Union twp. for 31. I Rose M. Schurger to Louis Kolde- ! wey et ux, 120 acres in Union twp. f-ar 11. TO CELEBRATE yjED FROM PAQF ONE) the bride's home soon made him forget the splattering of mud given his wedding attire, he rememI be red. o PHONE CALL (CPNJINTtEp FTtOM PAGE .QNE> of Sycamore to a lonely stretch of I highway where the three men abducted Ross. Cars described by Pilcher and Miss Florence Freihage. who was with Ross, might

r’ have been the same s ’ Lieut. Thomas Kelly of the • state's attorney's office assigned •I special squads to rout out the out- • law gang. [j o I » ■ i Memorial Hospital • Adams County '♦ ■+ Admitted: Don Ritter. 1209 Weal Monroe street; Joyce Eileen W’ard. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harley ward of route 5, Decatur. Dianiiseed: Mrs. John Velez, route 4. Decatur; Mrs. May Warman, route 4. Decatur; Jacob I Schrock, Alabama; Don Ritter, De- j catur. 1

[ The silver Rood Mystery' by Lewis Allen Browne

CHAPTER XXVII That was certainly a bombshell. Foxcroft sat up straight and stared at her. Sergeant Harper looked first at her, then at us. "What's that?" he rasped. “You heard me." Nola Morin spoke more quietly again. “I asked you why I should kill my own father." “Who says that Gerard Montieth was your father?" Sergeant Harper demanded. “I do.” “You are no authority.” “Is that so? You let me worry ■ about that” “Mr. Montieth was a bachelor,” I . remarked. “So what ? That’s happened, hasn’t it?” She was getting brazen again. Foxcroft was beginning to show ’ signs of worry. He was thinking of Mary and of scandal. “You are trying to pull a blackmail stunt, claiming that a man now dead, and unable to defend himself, is your father. Os course the fact that he left millions didn’t influence yon?” Foxcroft’s sarcasm didn’t seem to disturb her. “Y’ou’re not so hot as a lawyer. Didn’t I come there before he died ? Didn't I pay good money to get there ; so that I could have a talk with him ? i Is that waiting until he is dead 7” “And when he laughed at you, because of your claim, you got sore and killed him!" It was Harper who said this. “I did not kill him. I just asked you if you could believe that I would kill my own father. When you questioned me, I didn't see why I should 1 tell you the truth, then. In fact, I was so rattled and worried 1 didn't know what to do, but I wasn’t going to tell you the truth then.” “You were sparring for time to fix up something believable,” Foxeroft said, as if talking to himself. “I told you the first half-reason-able excuse I could think of, that I came down to ask him for a raise. Os course that sounded foolish. I came down to tell him that he was my father and that it was time he did something for me.” “Did you think he would believe you?” “He would, when I showed him the proof.” “You have proof?” Foxcroft : asked, explosively. “I’ll say. Do you think anyone would believe me without proof ?” “How old are you?” Harper asked. He lowered his voice and seemed to be rather impressed by her. “Twenty-four—l was born in 1912, February ten.” “And you waited around all these years before thinking about asking your father to help you?” “Don’t be silly. I only found out about it a few months ago.” “You could have written to him—or secured a lawyer,” I said, “rather than go to all that trouble to bribe yourself a position in the house,” “This way looked better. Why pay a lawyer a lot? I have the proofs. By facing him I would impress him better, and I could tell him a few things that would convince him. That was my plan. I'd been trying two weeks to get to him. It 1 seems a second floor maid will be shot at sunrise if she goes down to the first floor. That was my first chance, and what happens?” “Somebody killed him,” Foxcroft said, with meaning. “What happens is that I find him asleep. I didn't want to wake him up. I didn’t want him grouchy. So I went back, to wait another chance. Then somebody kills him.” “And now?" Fozcroft asked. "And now I have to get a settlement from the estate, quietly if I can. but tn court if I have to. I

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2,1937.

ARRIVALS Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Loabe of North Fourth street ere the. parent* ’ of a baby girl born Saturday morn ; ing at one-thirty o'clock. The baby weighed eight and one quarter j pounds and has been named Joyce Helena. Joint Conference To Be Held By Nations Ivondon. Oct. 2.—(U.R) —A joint British-French note inviting Italy to discuss withdrawal of foreign [volunteers from the Spanish civil' i war was dispatched to Rome last

know about such things. I’m a natural child of Gerard Montieth and I have a legal right to some of those mil lions.” We regarded her for a moment. She lighted another cigarette and actually smiled at ns. “I didn’t intend to tell anyone except ths lawyer for the estate. I was willing to keep it quiet In fact, I’m not exactly proud of it but I intend to havs my rights. If you hadn’t tried to give me a third degree and railroad me behind bars I’d never have told.” “How are you going about it?” Foxcroft asked. “I’m got telling you. Just lock me up and find out what a fine sensation I'll have for the newspapers—you’ll know all the proof then.” “Where are you going tomorrow?" “To New York, but I’m coming back." “And do what?" Harper persisted. "See the Montieth lawyers, of course. I’m betting they won’t want any publicity.” “Miss Morin,” I asked, "where did you get tha name, Morin?" “Stage name.” “Why that?” “My real name—my mother’s name—was no good for the stage.” “Is your mother living?” “She died ten years ago.” “What was her name?” “You don’t have to know. I tell you I expect to get a quiet settlement, no court case. Why tell my poor mother's name?” “Was it Nola Lutzmann?” I asked. Her eyes opened wide and she choked a little. “How—how do you know that?" “l am asking you a question, Miss Morin, was your mother’s name Nola Lutzmann?” “If the case goes to court you’ll find out" “Mrs. Nola Lutzmann, of Zurich,” I said. We all noted her startled expression. It was only for a fleeting moment Then she said, "Unless they settle with me quietly it will all come out and be plenty public, whether my mother came from Zurich or Timbuctoo.” Sergeant Harper glanced at Foxcroft and myself sharply, then stood up. “We hoped you might remember some little thing that would help us, Miss Morin. Sorry. As for your claims—we have nothing to do with that If you prove that Gerard Montieth was your father we shall be inclined to believe your story of why you tried to see him on the library porch, and that you turned back and left him sleeping.” She smiled. “That’s more like it—thanks. What’s next?” “Whatever you wish,” Harper replied. “Then Til be going. If you want to keep what I have told you a secret, that’s fine with me. No need to make it public if we don’t have to.” • “Quite right,” Foxcroft agreed, quickly. Nola Morin walked out. Harper and I lighted pipes. Foxcroft went to the window and watched. "She’s heading for*the bus,” he said, turning back to us, “now what the devil do you think of it?” "Either she is giving it to us straight, or else she is rigging a big swindle. She may be right, at that,” I commented. “Montieth wouldn’t have been fool enough to fail to provide for any child of his. It’s a big bluff.” “I’m not so sure, Mr. Foxcroft," Harper argued. “When Mr. Stevenson asked her if her mother’s name was Nola Lutzmann she asked how he knew that. Her name is Nola—”

night and whs expected to be delivered today to Count Ualeazzo Ciano, Italian foreign minister, it was understood. The note asks Italy's participa- ' tlon in "fresh discussions” of is- [ sues relating to foreign intervention in Spain. It suggests that a conference is made possible as a sequel to the nine-power "antipiracy” agreement. o Special Jokesters' Fine Hollister. Cal. (U.R) Judge Fred Voll has fixed at 315 the legal rate for practical Jokers who think it 1 is funny to dump the salt and pepper into the sugar bowl in restaurante

“So she says.* “That ean easily be checked up, Wally,” I told him. “What,” I asked the sergeant, “is your plan? You gave us the office to let her go.” "She’s quitting tomorrow. I’ll find out where she goes, who she is, and all about her.” “I am glad we didn’t bring up her secret meeting with Wilbur Fellows—” “I was worried, afraid you might. She doesn’t suspect that we know of his existence and that preventa his being tipped off.” “We all had that idea in mind, Sergeant," I said. “I won't believe it!” Foxcroft cried. He was greatly upset “Coincidences can’t come along by the hundred, like a flock of starlings,” I pointed out. "There’s something back of all this. Mrs. Stapleton told me that Morin greatly resembled little Mrs. Nola Lutzmann, whom she and her brother helped to get to America and who gave Montieth the painting and the silver rood. From every indication, Morin knows nothing of the stolen painting, nor of the silver rood— ’’ "Why, she wasn’t born then!” Harper exclaimed. “Well, with your permission 1 am going to let Mary’s aunt in on this. She will surely help us, she is far too wise to try to cover up her brother by denying everything and running a risk of scandal.” They agreed with me. I didn’t sleep well that night. Sad ly said that I was tossing and muttering constantly. Now I have great faith in a clever woman’s judgment along certain lines, and my wife is clever. I took her into my confidence. She thought it over a while. “You said that she was quite brazen from the first. Harley, and that she hated the servants. It strikes me that she might have been telling herself all the time that she was much better than those servants, that she was just as good as Mary, being a natural daughter of Mr. Montieth.” "Indicating what. Old Girl?” "Indicating that she has found something that convinces her of thia relationship. It may not prove anything, but she seems to believe it.” “You may be right If not, she is one colossal bluffer.” After breakfast I went up and found Mrs. Stapleton. As I drove in I recognized one of Sergeant Harper’s men. I guessed that he was waiting for Nola Morin's departure, to tip Harper by telephone. “What’s new?” Mrs. Stapleton asked. She was having breakfast, a late one, out in the sunshine. Davison was near and one of the maids was at the table. “The day,” I cried, cheerfully, and winked. Being curious she hurried through her breakfast and we walked down to the bench by the sun dial. As I told her all that Nola Morin had told us, she first expressed indignation. Then she listened ly“What do you think—l mean, honestly think, aside from a natural desire to indignantly deny any such possibility?” I asked. “What do you think?” “You can’t pull that Yankee trick of asking a question to stall off another, but I think it is quite possible.” “Naturally. Let me see—Gerard was twenty-five then. I never saw any indications of wings on him. He had many girl friends. There were some days in Paris, and he found quarters for her there. He admitted seeing her in New York after that.” “Well?” "I’m worried, Mr. Stevenson, worried. Do find out what her proof is. If it is genuine, we will make a secret settlement with her—gladly." ! (To be continued) Cfipyrtfht by Lewis Allen Browne Otitrtbuied by King reeturea Syndicate. Im.

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———— • 1 # —-- 1 One Time—Minimum charge of | 25c for 20 words or less. Over i 20 words, per word i Two Times—-Minimum charge of 4Oc for 20 words or less. Over 20 words 2c per word for the two times. Three Times —Minimum charge of 50c for 20 words or less. I Over 20 words 2'/>c per word [ for the three times. I Cards of Thanks ......— 35c I I Obituaries and verses.—- 81-00 FOR SALE i FOR SALE — Three new 30x3)4 tires, tubes and rims. Also five ewes to put out on shares. Phone 873 T after 6:30. 231-3 t FOR SALE — Kalamazoo heating ( stove, like new. Paul McAhren, 1222 Madison St. 282-2tx j FOR SALE—I2O acre farm, good buildings. St. Mary's township, Adams county Write Huldah Zimmerman, Box 14. Elgin, Ohio. 232FOR SALE—2OO cords buzz-wood. Mostly oak. C. C. Rayl. 232-3tx FOR SALE—Easy electric washer. Gas heater attached. In good condition. 1109 W. Madison. * 231 3tx FOR SALE —Baby bed, used 1)4 ' I years. Inquire 133 N. Bth St. 233FOR SALE — 40 head of Shoats. Walter Johnson. 1 mile east of Pleasant Mills. 233-3tx FOR SALE—SO Rucker white leghorn hens. Pedigreed male line. AAA quality, 75c. John Gage. Monroe. 233-3 t FOR SALE—SO Inner Spring mattresses selling from 810.50 up to , 339.50. One pair of pillows free with each mattress. Sprague Fur- , niture Co., 152 South Second St., I Phone 199. FOR SALE—6O Congoleum Gold Seal Rugs FREE FREE. We will give a can of Sealex self pol-I ishing wax free with each of these rugs. Sprague Furniture Co., 152 i South Second st., Phone 199. FOR SALE—4O White Rock pul- ; lets Mrs Richard Bleeke. route 5. Phone 694 M. 232g2t j SPENCER j Foundation garments, individually \ designed. Represented by an ex- ■ perieuced corsetiere. Barbara Rie-1 sen. 627 N. 2nd street, Decatur,! Ind. Phone 64. 232t3x FOR SALE—Living room suites. , A large number of living room suites at very low prices for cash. For particulars write owner, P. O. Box 56, Berne, Ind. 230-3 t FOR SALE—I 2 Bedroom suites, 6 Dining room suites. You can save at least one third on these, all modern suites. For particulars write owner. P. O. Box 56, Berne, Indiana. FOR SALE — Three day-old calf. Telephone 874-E. 232-k3tx FOR SALE—Concord grapes. Best quality, sprayed, cultivated. By pound or bushel. No Sunday sales. One-half mile west, one mile south Jefferson high school. Elmer Stub-, I er, R. 2, Geneva. Itx j LOST AND FOUND LOST — 'Boys suede jacket on Worthman's Field. Phone 627. Paul Wolpert. 232-3tx

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WANTED WANTED—MiddIe aged woman to keep house for three adults. No washing William Reece Willshire. ■ Ohio. 231-3tx; WANTED—GirI for general house-1 work; pleasant home, surround-’ ings. Must love children. Good wages to right party. R. H. Bueter, 1351 Maple Ave., Fort Wayne. | Phone H-60645 231-3tx ■ WANTED—Man with wide farmer acquaintance in Adams county who has knowledge of stock feeding. Real opportunity seldom offered. Write H-L care Decatur Daily Democrat. 232-2tx WANTED — Woman for general i housework in Fort Wayne. Phone 376. 231-3 t BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES LOOK: Watkins products celebrating 70th Anniversary. Sales booming. Customers and dealers receiving 325,000 in Free Automobiles and Cash Awards. Opening now in Decatur for hustler. Easy, pleasant, profitable work Customers established Should make 32000 up first week Write J. R. Watkins Co., Columbus. Ohio. Oct. 2-4-11 o NOTICE —1 have located my office at 1133 North Second street and may be reached there at any time— 1 night or day. Dr. S. M. Friedley. j Phone 9434 or call Runyon's garage 772. 230-6tx | o ■. - . . — MISCELLANEOUS YOUR PARLOR SUITE Recovered for 329.50; refinishing, repairing and cabinet work. Used furniture. Decatur Upholstery Shop, 145 S. Second St. 209-30t' Take a home a box of Whitman's i Candy. Green Kettle. 233-ts j 1 ■ — — BEFORE YOU BUY THAT FARM | write for our new free illustrated ; j catalog describing over 100 attractive and desirable farms in Indiana I and Ohio. All sizes. Low prices, easy terms. Write now to First ! Joint Stock Land Bank. Dept. 1738. , 1 Fort Wayne. Indiana. Itx 1 HAVE YOUR cane molasses made ■ at the Berne Cane Mill. Have installed new equipment. Will make the best quality of molasses. ' Will also have molasses to sell. ; Rufus Liechty. 231-6tx eod . ■ —_____ I FOR RENT — Modern house on Rugg street. Inquire of W. P. ' Colchin, 405 Winchester street. 233-g3t MARKET REPORTS DAILY REPORT OF LOCAL AND FOREIGN MARKETS Brady's Market for Decatur, Craigvllle, Hoagland and Willshire Closed at 12 Noon. — Corrected October 2. No commission and no yardage. Veals received every day. 100 to 120 lbs 3 9 40 [ 120 to 140 lbs. 9.60, 1140 to 160 lbs 10.20 1160 to 180 lbs 11.30 180 to 230 lbs. 11.50 ; 230 to 250 lbs 11.40 250 to 275 lbs 11.00 275 to 300 lbs 10.70 300 to 350 lbs. 10.50 350 lbs., and up 9.70 Roughs 9.00 Stags 7.75 Vealers 11.25 Spring lambs 9.00 Spring buck lambs 8.00 | Yearling lambs 4.75 FORT WAYNE LIVESTOCK | Fort Wayne, Ind., Oct. 2.—(U.R) — I Livestock: Hogs, 25c lower. [2OO to 225 lbs 311.75 225 to 250 lbs. 11.65 I 180 to 200 lbs. 11.65 j 160 to 180 lbs. 11.55 250 to 275 lbs. 11.45 I 275 to 300 lbs 11.25 I 300 to 350 lbs 11.00. 150 to 160 lbs. 11.251 140 to 150 lbs 11.044 130 to 140 lbs 10.75 | 120 to 130 lbs 10.50' 100 to 120 lbs. 10.25' Roughs. 39.50; stags. 38.25. calves. 3H 5O; lambs. 310. LOCAL GRAIN MARKET BURK ELEVATOR CO. Corrected October 2. — No. 1 Wheat, 6mbs. or better J .99 No- 2 Wheat, etc 98 New No. 2 Oats 27 New No. 2 Soy Beans . 85c New No. 4 Yellow Corn 1.15 | 'Rye 78c I CENTRAL SOYA CO. New No. 2 Soy Beans. 85c ““ — - --' WHY SUFFER Rheumatism, Neuritis. Arthritis, ■ Periodic Pains, Lumbago and all other aches and pains are quickly relieved with Alf’s Compound . «interareen Tablets. Roeitively I guaranteed. At all drit stores or dend 41.00 to Union Fharmaea! I Bluffton. Ind.

International | SCHOOIB lesson! By REV HAROLD I H bean ut the Moody Btbi^ D9lJl ’® I oooJWgl Le »i°n foroSbJijß THE CHRISTIAN I\ K GOD S KEEPING H LESSON TEXT-Jud. U. ■ ’’" * J PRIMARY TOPIC- Whv ■ JUNIOR TOPIC-Ir. Gnd . K «- W ' .intermediate and IC—Keeping Oneseif Chnsu,. " YOUNG PEOPLE AND IC—Safe in God's Ke. To be born is only to begm IdH The years which stretch ut with their growth, their their joys, call f., r courjgeouslß ing. So it is with the Christian u.B a "born one," as we saw in son of last Sunday. But when born again he is just ready the Christian life. W The Epistle of Jude sheds r.-.gtß light on the dangers which Christian's pathway and him to holy living and service. It opens with a of the Christian and closes ascription of praise to God. veals the Christian as one I. Called in Christ (vv. 1,2). | The entire Trinity is seen tc tfl active in our redemption See faß vised Version). Jude writes tc that are” ■ 1. "Called”—The Holy Spirit cdß men unto salvation. ■ 2. "Beloved tn God the Faitef-B for God is love. ■ 3. "Kept for Jesus Chr:st"-wB he appears. ■ 11. Living for Christ (vv. 3. t iB ft). ■ As Jude began to write of tB I "salvation' which he had in "ttaß mon" with his readers, the HoB Spirit moved him to deal wia B very urgent and vital ;roble--tkß hostility of wicked men toward iB gospel of Christ, and their effortil® destroy "the faith." The CbriM , tian life includes ■ 11. Contending for the faith (w.lB ■ 4). "The Faith" is the body of tB ; vealed truth, the gospel, the :i>B news of redemption in Jesus i It is a final revelation "delivenß , once for all” <R V.). There isß i other gospel, and there never vB be another. ■ The world hates the gospel uM attacks upon it are to be expee'eiH but the most insidious assault in : that of those within the church (»■ 4) who profess to believe in Chridl Against them and their destruhiß work Christians must ' contend einß nestly.” at the same time pravmM ; that they may be delivered Ina their sin and its terrible judgrort I (vv. 15-16). 2. Observing the times in wiith i they live (vv. 17-19'. Some fai seem to think that being a Christe i means entering into a place of security and rest and promptly g:4 I sound asleep. Far from it. H* Christian, knowing God's Word, s keenly alert to the dangers of ths ungodly world. 3. Keeping their own souls (» 20.21). The best defense is a orous offense. The way to contend against error is to build up «*'• own faith by the study of Goil Word, by communion with his ch» ■ dren, but above all by prayer a ’ the Holy Ghost" And above “ there will be an abiding in the of God and a looking for the » Ailment of the mercy of Christ st his coming again. 4. Saving the souls of others (vw 22,23). Soul-winning is (or should be) the normal expression of the Christian’s life. It is his crowniM joy. It most effectively conn* acts error and worldliness. It bull® up the church. Why not do it. Note that there are two types« j sinners to be rescued. Some art "in doubt" (R. V.). needing tender and careful instruction. Others are in grave danger, and must be r cued by drastic reproof and decisw I action. Soul-winning is urgent nMS ' Ml Hl. Kept by Christ (vv. 24,25 ■ ■ The doxology at the dose of-W ! has been a haven of comfo-- - assurance for Gods throughout the centuries. have come the strong in faith to rr joice and praise God Here been found the strengthen: g faith by the fearful and tremblal soul who had not yet ’ e^ rned _ e;e he may fully trust Godverses present two truths 1. Assurance. Our Saviour is ab to keep us from falling. y«- ' from "stumbling" (R- V- . present us "faultless , ' blemish”—R- V.). with exceed®! joy, before the glorious pie« l “" Such a God and Sp; iour is indeed worthy o going of every Christian hlo adoration and worshipwould we gladly tor majesty, dominion and p and "before all time Right and Wrong Conscience is that faciu . perceives right and wrong; m tions. approves or disappr anticipates their «°n»«quence der the moral admmistrat ioin and is thus either the [ peace or of disquietude of