Walkerton Independent, Volume 58, Number 20, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 12 October 1933 — Page 2

Walkerton Independent W=T- i Published Every Thursday by THE INUEPEN DEXT-y EWS co. Publishers of the WALKERTON INUEPENDENT NORTH LIBERTY NEW'S LAKEVILLE STANnARD THE ST, JOSEPH i’OLXTV WEEWES Clem DeCoudres. Business Manager Charles M. Finch. Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Tear $1.50 Six Months 90 Three Months 50 TERMS IN ADVANCE Entered at the post office at Walkerton. Ind., as second-class matter. TEN CONVICTS IN PRISON ESCAPE Kidnap Indiana Sheriff and Steal Automobiles. Michigan City, Ina. —Ten eonvicts, seven of them armed, were hunted by ^nore than 500 police, deputy sheriffs, land local vigilantes following an amaz|Uig escape from the Indiana state prison here. Four of the fugitives took with them ps hostage Sheriff Charles Neel of ilarrison county and held him. They ■were reported surrounded by 100 policemen in a wooded district eight miles southwest of Chesterton, Ind. They fled there after wrecking the sheriff’s car and also the automobile of Cecil Spanier, a farmer living near Valparaiso. Five other convicts riding In a car, appeared at the farm of Wally Warner, four miles north of Wanatah, Ind., and stayed there until nightfall, holding the farmer and a mailman prisoners. After dark they drove away, heading south. The tenth man was reported seen on the outskirts of Michigan City. In forcing their way to freedom the prisoners shot and seriously wounded Clerk Finley Carson, aged seventy-two, and slugged several guards and officials. The men at large, the sentences they were serving, the crimes for which they were convicted and the length of time they had served follow: Joseph Jenkins, life term for murder ; had served four years. John Burns, life term for murder; had served thirteen years. He also has a Chicago record. Edward Shouse, twenty-five-year sentence for robbery; had served three years. Russell Clark, twenty-year sentence for bank robbery; had served six years. Walter Dieterich, life term for bank robbery; had served two years. Joe Fox, life term for bank robbery; had served three years. Harry Pierpont, sentenced to ten to twenty years for robbery; had served eight years. John Hamilton, sentenced to twentyfive years for robbery; had served two years. James Clark, life term for robbery; had served two years. Charles Mackley, sentenced to ten to twenty years for robbery; had served five years. All the men who escaped worked in the shirt factory. This is a one-story concrete structure in the northwest corner of the 24-acre enclosure, bounded by a 30-foot stone wall. — WASHINGTON BRIEFS Appointment of Daniel D. Moore as collector of internal revenue at New Orleans was announced by President Roosevelt, despite opposition by Senator Huey Long. President Roosevelt in a letter made public by the Disabled American Veterans said their annual sale for for-get-me-nots “is worthy of generous public support.” The Democratic national committee has served notice on the Young Democratic Clubs of America that their recommendations on patronage will not be recognized unless sent through the : regular state organizations. Henry Morgenthau, Jr., governor of the farm credit administration, said that sale of approximately 560.000 bales of cotton, pledged As collateral for seed and crop production loans prior to the crop of 1933, would be completed by November 30. Establishment of a private corporation with government capital was decided upon by the agricultural adjustment administration for distributing up to $400,000,000 in loans to cotton farmers under the program to lend them 10 cents a pound on their holdings of this year’s crop. Divorcee and Escort Found Slain in Auto Berkeley. Calif. —Shot to death in a I parked motor car in a lonely section of the Berkeley hills, Maurice It. Roedere, formerly a cement company executive in Miami, Fla< and Mrs. Naomi R. McSwain, divorcee and mother of three children, were discovered. The police said evidence indicated Roedere had killed the weman and then committed suicide. Shoot Customer in Bank Holdup; Flee With $4,500 Flint, Mich.—Two robbers held up a branch bank here, seriously wounded a customer and escaped in an auto with cash and valuables estimated at §4.500. Two bullets from a machine gun Struck Irving Fortang, a customer. Colonel Walling Die* Washington.—Lieut. Col. Jason M. Walling of the United States infantry, whose last station was at Toledo, Ohio, died in Walter Reed General hospital, where he had been a patient since August 11. Ethiopian Queen Visit* Holy Land Jerusalem.—The first visit of an Ethiopian queen to Palestine since the ; queen of Sheba brought gifts to Solo- j mon was made by Empress Oizero Menen of Abyssinia. She arrived here On a pilgrimage to ('1

The Student Fraternity Murder

-By- , MILTON PROPPER Copyright, 1932, by Milton Propper WNU Service SYNOPSIS Stricken during initiation into the Mu Beta Sigma fraternity, Stuart Jordan, university student, dies almost instantly. Tommy Rankin, Philadelphia detective, takes charge of the investigation. An injection of poison is shown to have been the cause of Jordan’s death. Rankin finds all the dead student’s shoes are marked with thumbtacks. His only known relative is his uncle, Howard Merrick, St. Louis banker, also his guardian. It seems possible that some person, not a member of the fraternity, was present at the initiation. Two students from the vicinity of Vandalia, 111., Jordan’s home town, Ralph Buckley and Walter Randall, figure in the investigation. A prominent lawyer, Edward Fletcher, present at the initiation, engages Rankin’s attention. Check stubs show that Jordan had been paying S4OO a month to some unknown person. A significant fact discovered is that a student, Larry Palmer, Mu Beta Sigma member, was drugged on the night of the initiation and his keys, including a key of the fraternity house, stolen from him. Ralph Buckley had been Palmer's companion of the evening. CHAPTER IV—Continued —7— Morton relaxed, his relief patent in his more genuine amiability. “Well, Nick will be glad to help you if he can. Tommy. Just who is this guy you want to know about?” “The friend who came here with Mr. Palmer yesterday evening at eight o’clock, for a couple of drinks.” Ran kin elaborated. “His name is Buck ley. He left first, alone; and Mr. Pal mer was too much under the weather to remember what time he went. As Nick served them, 1 thought he could tell me.” The proprietor glanced about the large chamber. “Perhaps we had bet ter talk this over where it’s more private,” he suggested. Rankin acquiesced and Morton led them back into the long corridor, en tering one of the rooms lining it; he shut the door and all took chairs but the waiter. The fairly audible mur mur of voices came from the adjoin ing chamber, though the words spoken were indistinguishable. Morton modulated his voice. "We ll have to talk quietly.’’ He shruggpd toward the wall. “The partitions aren’t as thick as they should be; and some of the boys are having a little game next door.” He turned to the waiter. “Do you remember Mr. Pal mer and his friend being here last night. Nick?” The waiter’s positive and verbose reply was accompanied by numerous gestures. “1 sure do. boss; dese Meester Buck ley, he’s-a here before.” he said, tn his broken English. “An’ Meester Pa) mieri, he’s-a da boy what 1 tol' you dese-a morning give me al) dat troub last-a night.” He made a grimace ot distaste at the student. “When his a friend go off, he’s-a sleep an’ 1 no bot'er him till maybe ’leven ’clock and is lots-a busy. Den I wake him up. but he’s-a drink too much for going ’way hisself; so Signor Cassidy an’ me we gotta carry him an’ put-a him out da door, almost.” “Had you noticed either Mr. Pal mer or his friend particularly, before that?” RankiL asked the next ques tion himself. “That is, beside wait ing on them?” Nick pondered it seriously. “Well. I come-a in every five-a minute, may be dey want somet’ing else.” he responded. “An’ I see dese-a Buckley talking to Meester Palmieri an’ bend ing close, lak he’s-a whispering. He’s a got arm ’round hes a shoulder. Dese boy here, he’s-a no say nuTing.” Undoubtedly. Rankin reflected. Nick had observed Buckley searching his already drugged victim for his keys; he screened the act by a pretense of an intimate colloquy. “And then. Nick, what happened?” “Not’ing.” the waiter answered. “Dey look-a busy an’ I go into hack a room again. An’ in five-a minute. I come in an' Meester Palmieri he’s-a all alone, sleeping. Dese Buckley, he’s-a gone, no say nut’ing.” “Five minutes later, you say?” Rankin queried. “Then he went between eight-twenty and eight-twenty-five?” “Dat’s-a right, Meester Rankin.” Nick affirmed. “He’s-a no more here, twenty-five-a minute past.” The detective nodded his satisfaction. for the twenty minutes between eight-twenty-five and eight-forty-five was ample to allow Buckley to reach the fraternity house. He had easily time to call at his rooms for a costume similar to those worn at the initiation and still enter the chapter room as the second late comer. When Rankin established that the waiter had told all he knew, he thanked him and dismissed him. It may have been because Nick left the door open that the conversation on the other side of the wall suddenly became audible. Or perhaps the occupants behind it spoke more loudly than before. But, as the waiter quit the room, the harsh sound of deep tones lifted in anger, came through the separating partitions; and the words held an unmistakable menace. “D —n it, kid, you can’t pull that stuff on me again! I want that money In a hurry; you lost it in a straight open game of blackjack with me and Lew Meyer. If you come here to gam hie and get burnt, you've got to pay for It. understand? This is no child’s play!” A younger voice replied, more high ly pitched and hesitant, but also distinct. “But I don’t have it tonight,” it said Insistently. “I just wasn’t able to get It! I swear I'll bring it to you tomorrow, though.” “Nothing doing, k‘ !” The fi -st speaker’s wrath increased noticeably. “You promised that before; I let you off Monday if you agreed to have the money in my hands yesterday at the latest. And last night, you didn’t even show up! Well, get this, kid,” his voice rang with a cold fury: “no more chances; you aren’t going to get away with any more stalling!” The desperate tones of the younger man echoed a note of apprehension, if net tear.

“Honestly, I’m not trying to do that. Only 1 need a little more time. I've always paid you before, haven’t I? And you can trust me this time, too, if you’ll wait. . . .” Rankin glanced significantly across the table at the proprietor. “There might be serious trouble.” he ob i served. “You ought to step in and see what it’s about. Gussie. Better not let it go too far.” “It’s Carl Walton in there with somebody,” Morton growled; he rose, his face red with displeasure. As he left the room, the detective felt Larry Palmer’s hand grasp his arm. The boy’s eyes blazed in a countenance gone suddenly as white as chalk. “Mr. Rankin,” he whispered hoarse ly. “that second fellow . . . the one this chap Is . . . threatening. It's Ned—Ned Patterson !” Rankin was as startled as the boy. “Patterson? Are you sure of that?” he demanded. “Yes. I recognize his voice,” Palm“r answered tensely. In an instant, Rankin had followed the proprietor into the adjoining chamber. Palmer at his heels. The boy’s perception had been accurate. A chair was upset; and in a blue haze of cigarette smoke, Jordan's sponsor stood stiffly behind it, as though on guard, his dark sallow features half defiant and half alarmed. His weak chin quivered slightly. At the sight of Rankin, Walton in terrupted the lecture Morton had begun about his behavior; his ire changed into annoyance. Patterson looked chagrined as Palmer entered after. The detective greeted the gambler with a serenity his intimates would have recognized as ominous and deceptive. * “How are you. Carl? We have mutual friends. It seems; I also happen to know Mr. Patterson. And 1 hardly approve of where he spends his time or the company he keeps. Probably Patterson isn't aware of your reputa tion as one of the slickest sleight-of hand performers who ever handled a deck of cards. Inexperienced students make easy victims; you've evidently taken him over.” He turned to Patter son. “For how much was It?” “Only ... a little—about fifty-five dollars, this time.” The hoy spoke sul lenly. as if he relished the interfer ence no more than the gambler. “And every cent won honestly. Ran kin.” Walton declared. “You can’t prove anything different. If he isn’t a welcher, he'll pay his debt.” The detective shrugged. '“Well, maybe he will another time, though not if he is wise; 1 can’t keep track ot what he does in the future. But right now, until you get cooled off, I think he had better leave the club with me.” “Oh. I wasn’t going to hurt him. Tommy,” the gambler claimed hastily. “I only wanted to throw a scare Into him.” Larry Palmer broke In, backing Ran kin's suggestion. “Come along, Ned; let’s go back to the fraternity.” he said. “This is no place for either of us.” But instead of assenting, his school mate was palpably and inexplicably reluctant to Join him. “No, I’ll be along later. Larry. There won’t be any more trouble. I m sure; and I don’t suppose If I stay a short while longer, it will. . . .” “You’ll do nothing of the kind. Pat terson!” Rankin was curt, his level tones carrying a distinct command “If. after this experience, you are foolish enough to return here some “And I Hardly Approve of Where He Spends His Time or the Company He Keeps.” other day, that’s your lookout. But tonight you go when I do. I'm taking charge and won’t be responsible for letting you stay.” There was no gainsaying the comI pulsion of I.is order. As Patterson I morosely and unwillingly followed PalI mer into the hall, Rankin paused he j hind the two boys for a final word with the proprietor. “I have a little advice for you, Gussie. You won't find it a healthy policy to develop a clientele among the university students. Remember, the vice squad only wants a decent excuse for coming down on you like a ton of bricks,” When Rankin left the gambling house at eleven o’clock, with the two fraternity brothers, an extremely worried and uncomfortable proprietor I watched him depart. CHAPTER V The Jordan Estate At nine the next morning—the second after the murder —Rankin presented himself at the Philadelphia Western bank. To the cashier, Mr I Perry, he explained his interest in .Tor j dan’s account. But the cashier could not aid in tracing the identity of the recipient of the dead boy’s mysteri I ous monthly checks for four hundred dollars. Canceled checks, he related, j were returned to their makers quarter

ly. Jordan’s most recent payment—that of March second —had not yet been cashed, it appeared. By ten o'clock. Hie detective was back at headquarters. There he turned over to Detective Lester Gordon the task of finding the taxi Buckley must have taken from the Morton club, to reach the Mu Beta Sigma house by eight-forty five Tuesday evening Without the taxi driver’s testimony, he had nevertheless ample evidence to justify an arrest. The detective also instructed Gor don to visit Croft hall at his first op portunity, to complete the investiga tion he had left unfinished there. Also, there was the cleaning woman to be interviewed. “Be particularly thorough when you question her, Lester," Rankin admonished. “Someone marked all of Jor dan’s shoes with thumbtacks: and It was done recently—within a few days before his murder. 1 want to know when anyone might have a chance to get at them; also whether she saw any person about his rooms, acting the least bit suspicious. And Jordan’s desk looks as if it had been searched. Find out from the charwoman If she observed anything in connection with that. Probably his shoes and desk were both tampered with at the same time, by the same person.” “All right. Tommy, I’ve got that all straight.” Rankin’s colleague nodded. Another angle of the problem Ran kin deckled to handle himself as soon as he could. This was the interview with the graduate nurse. Ben Crawford’s companion of Tuesday night, to get her confirmation of his account of himself. After Gordon left, he conferred with the coroner and Superintendent of Police Wainright about the inquest on Jordan. It was to be held that after noon, a purely routine affair it was decided. On his return to the central bureau after the consultation, an officer In formed him that two gentlemen had called about the crime at the fraternity house. "One of them said he was from the university, sir,” he told Rankin. “I said you would be hack shortly. 1 thought It would he all right for them to wait In Captain Thomas’ office.” As it was close upon eleven o'clock the detective surmised that his vis itors must be Mr. Warwick, with Jor dan's guardian who had Just arrived. “That was o. K„ Simpson,” he returned briskly. “I'll see them Imine diatcly.” In the office, the supervisor greeted him and presented his companion, a tall, well built, middle aged man. as Howard Merrick. ' e lengthy contour of his face was Jie only likeness to Jordan that Rankin could discern. In dicative of their relationship. He motioned both his callers to chairs. “The Journey east must have been rather a strain." be adfires-ed Mr. Merrick sympathetically, and sat | down himself. “Did you Just arrive, directly from Vandalia this morning?" "1 have been here almost two hours now." the visitor replied, "after travel ing twenty hours. Naturally. 1 went directly to Mr. Warwick nt the uni i versity, ns it was from him I heard . what had happen* J.' “And I then accompanied Mr Mer rick to the morgue. the supervisor added, “to pay our last respects to the boy. That is where we have come from.” A look of pain tempered Mr. Mer rick's stern features. "It is my tie sire, Mr. Rankin, to have Stuart's remains sent home as soon as possible. I don't w ant him buried among st ran gers; he'd prefer, himself, to rest he side his parents. No doubt that can be arranged." “At your convenience. . . . And now, Mr. Merrick." Rankin went on. “distressing as the subject must be, I will ask you to bear with my questions about the boy, his life and family. Only in this way can we hope to solve the mystery of his death; and I am counting on your co-operation. First let me understand your position. You are the boy's guardian, 1 believe?" “That's right." the visitor answered soberly. “Mr. Jordan s will appointed me guardian and executor as well. My bank is the trustee of the property, which comes to him under its terms when he reaches . . .” he pursed his tightened lips and corrected himself, “when he would have reached twentytwo. Stuart's late mother was my sister and only immediate relative; and. as Mr. Jordan also had no near kin, he placed the boy's interests in my hands.” “I see,” Rankin mused slowly, “yon are in the banking business in Van dalia ?” “I am the president of the First Exchange bank. It is a position my father held before me for many years.” “How long has it been since Mr. and Mrs. Jordan died, Mr. Merrick?” "My sister passed away in the win ter of 1922.” the guardian informed Rankin. “She was barely thirty-six. and Stuart a boy of twelve. Mr. Jor . dan followed her five years later. He • was forty-five." For a brief period, the detective was thoughtful. “That makes your nephew , twenty-one years old now,” he com mented presently. “He was an only child?” । “Yes. In fact, we are th? only mein J bers of our family remaining. I am a bachelor and have no dependents.” Rankin glanced toward Mr. War , wick, silent but attentive, before continuing. “Please tell me about Stuart’s par ! ents,” he requested, “something about who they were and tiieir life to- , gether. I’d like to get an idea of his youth and the character of his home influences.” With his prompting, Mr. Merrick supplied a lucid summary of the environment in which young Jordan grew up. His father, Edward Jordan had been a self ide man, the son of a mechanic in Vandalia ; and he worked strenuously to give Stuart the college education he had lacked. As a rising young architect, his marriage at tweni ty-seven, to Alice Merrick caused . i prophetic comment in the town. For i she was the daughter of its foremost I ; banker and a great beauty, with op- • i portunity for a more brilliant match, j But the union proved harmonious. Un--1 til his mother died, Stuart’s home life had been normal enough without particular change; and after, he was sent,

as Rankin had already learned, to a private school. Meanwhile. Edward Jordan hi I reached the peak of his profession His architectural work was recognized the country over for its symmetry and modernity. So that he became quite wealthy, accumulating properly well worth over a quarter of a million dollars. This, coupled with what Mrs. Jordan left her husband in her own right, brought the value ot the estate close to half a million. “And most of it," Rankin asked ar this point in the guardian’s account, “Stuart would have inherited on his twenty second birthday?” Mr. Merrick's reply held a shadow of doubt. “Well, yes . . .” he hesitated as if undecided how to explain. "That is, it would probably become his. But not for certain; the bequest held a restriction and whether he received it all or only an income from it depended entirely on himself. To ob- I tain the property at twenty-two, he ' had to deserve it. That is, he could i not disobey my reasonable orders or ' do anything while under that age of ■ which. In effect, 1 would disapprove. At least, that was the gist of the con- j dition; the w ill constituted me the । final judge of his deportment until my | trusteeship ended." "(’an you specify the terms more I particularly?” Rankin asked searching! y. “As nearly as 1 reinember.” the banker complied carefully, "Stuart was to receive an income of ninety-five hundred dollars a year up to his twen ) ty second birthday. Any income earned over that amount went back into the Ata I f "And You Are the Heir-at-Law, Mr. । Merrick ?” bulk of the estate. Then, at twenty \ two, the principal of It would be paid ! over to him. but subject to this limfta j ! tion: that before that time, he be > । hnved in no way which tn my opinion j was Impropei or Indicated such a lack jof moral restra nt or stability of char ncter as to make him unworthy of the : h‘i;aey. If he violate«f the clause, he | lost the principal though he still > j reiaims) the Income. If I considered i | him undes<>rvim:, | could deprive him • j of his Inheritance by notifying certain I officers ot tpy bank to that effect. Os j | course. I bad to act In good faith and i | not arbitrarily, or he could ap|>eal to I j the courts to prove I bad abused my [ trust.” The detective bit his lip. "1 see ’ । And lust how soon. Mr Merrick, would I Stuart have become twenty tw »?“ "In less than two months. His birth | | day. I believe, is in May—the sixth.” j "Who gets the estate now that the i ! boy died tiefore attaining the age ot । ! twenty-two?” “Obviously his heirs," Mr. Merrick ' pointed ouu i The detective's eyes narrowed and j j he spoke in even deliberate tones. "And you are the heir at law. Mr. I Merrick? if. as you say, he had no other relatives?” ‘’Yes. as it happens, 1 am Stuart’s I : nearest of kin." The admission was j i casual. "It is rather unlikely that at । his age. he made a will disposing of ■ it elsewhere." "Have you any connection with the fraternity your nephew was about to Join?" If the guardian discerned the trend l of Rankin's speculations, he gave no ! sign of perturbation. “No. Mr. Rankin, nor any other fraternity," he responded coolly. "In my college days at the State university in lowa, I was never affiliated with one. But then they were not so prevI alent as today." "Are you acquainted with a physiI clan named Arnold Prince?” Rankin asked. Mr. Merrick knit his brows in concentration. "Dr. Arnold Prince? No, 1 have never heard of him. Who is he?” “A member of Mu Beta Sigma from the chapter at Hawthorne university at Fort Wayne. He seems to have known something ot Stuart. The chapter here informs me that he notified it of his presence at Philadelphia ; I as a loval alumnus, he recommended I Stuart as a prospective candidate. 1 I hoped you could tell me where he I gained his knowledge;! thought perI haps he was a friend of your family.’’ The banker’s feai tires brightened, as at a sudden recollection. He | nodded. “What you’ve just said reminds me j that 1 did meet Doctor Prince once; that might explain the source of his information. He is a St. Louis man. isn’t he? He called at my bank some 1 time ago, purely on a matter of bus! ’ ness; he requested to see me per sonally about a loan he hoped to float through us. The venture must have fallen through, for after that interview I heard nothing further of it and he I never called again. However, during i our conversation, he happened to I mention that he had attended Haws thorne; and naturally, 1 told him I I had a nephew studying this year at Philadelphia. 1 met him only that 1 once; and that meeting was wholly ' fortuitous.” “Do you remember when Doctor Prince consulted you about this loan proposition?” “Last year in the fall,” Mr. Merrick ? replied. “The early fall, somewhere about the middle of September,” . (TO BE CONTINUED.)

WWWWWWWW,, wwwwwwww ' IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY I chool Lesson (By REV H H PIiZWAIEK. 1). D.. Member of Faculty, Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.) 1933 Western Newspaper Union. Lesson for October 15 SAUL IN ANTIOCH LESSON TEXT—Acts 11:19-30. GOI.DEN TEXT—For 1 am not 1 ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for It is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. Romans 1:16. PRIMARY TOPlC—Jesus' Friends Sharing With Others. JUNIOR TOPIC —Earning: a N.ime. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC —Sharing the Gospel With Other ’ Races. YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC— Racial Problems and Their Solution. When God was about to launch the missionary enterprise among the Gen- j tiles, he arranged for a new religious center. Antioch was admirably adapted for such a center. It was a great j commercial center with communication between the east and west. The I population was a mixed one. The up , per classes were mainly Greeks and j used the Greek language. The govern- I ment officials were Romans and used ■ the Latin tongue, while the masses were Syrians. Sprinkled among them were Jews who had come for commercial purposes. Then, too, travelers from all parts of the world were in evidence. I. A Religious Awakening at Antioch (vv. 19 21). 1. The occasion (v, 19). The per- I F secution at Jerusalem scattered the ' disciples abroad. This. God permitted ; in order to separate them from the । i home people at Jerusalem. 2. The preachers (v. 19). They ' • were not officially appointed mission- : aries. but ordinary men and women. ; They were filled with the yearning desire for lost souls, and witnessed of < the Lord Jesus in the power of the • Holy Ghost. Wherever the disciples ‘ of the Lord really yearn after lost i souls and witness of him in utter de- । pendence upon the Holy Spirit, there j j will be conversions. 3. Tn whom they preached (vv. I 19. 20). a. Some went among Jews only with the gospel message. These had । not yet come to see that the gospel ! purpose was wider than to Include J only Jews, b. Some preached to the Grecians | ■ also. These were from Africa and | Cyprus. They were of a more liberal . spirit perhaps because they were re mined from a Jewish center. The , success of their pieaching was so great that news of It reached the mother church at Jerusalem. 11. Barnabas Sent to Inspect the Work at Antioch (vv. 22 24). L The work done by Barnabas (v. | 23). He gladly endorsed the work and j earnestly exhorted them to continue steadfastly in the faith, clinging unto i the l.oul. Barnabas was a man who i could rejoice In the successful work of I others. 2. The character of Barnabas (v. I 24) He was a good man. It is high- | ly Important in sending a man to fol- : low up a spiritual work, that his character t>e good. He must not only be of unblemished character, but of broad | sympathy—capable of entering Into ’ ' the full appreciation of things about i ‘ him. He was also full of the Holy ! | Spirit. Only a spirit filled man can appreciate the workings of God. 111. Barnabas Brings Saul (vv. 25. | ' 26). The work grew to such an extent I i that help was needed. Barnabas had ' the good judgment to seek Saul for i this important work. Saul was a more important man than Barnabas. It is the duty of Christian leaders to seek ■ out men who are qualified for the Lords work and bring them from I their obscurity to the strategic places I in the Lord’s vineyard. There are many men in obscurity whose bringing forth requires a Barnabas. IV. The Disciples First Called Christians at Antioch (v. 26). They were not called Christians In I derision as is so often asserted. It was in consequence of the teaching ministry of Saul and Barnabas that they were called Christians. In all Saul’s teaching he showed the unique relation which the Christian sustains j i to Christ. Since the body is related to ; the Head, Christ, they were called | Christians. V. The Church at Antioch Sends Relief to Jerusalem (vv. 27 30). The Holy Spirit through Agabus revealed that a great dearth should pre- i i vail throughout the world. This came j i to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar. I Every man. according to his ability, | determined to send relief to the brethren which dwelt in Judea. They ; ) made up money for the saints in Je- j rusalem and sent it by tne hands of I Barnabas and Saul. This act not only । proved the genuineness of the work at I Antioch, but it manifested the fact that the Jews ami Gentiles are one in Christ ami that therefore there should be no division among them. It was j a case of Gentile Christians ministering to the Jews. Step by Step There are more persons who worry I about matters that belong altogether to the future than there are who are anxious to do well the duty of the , | present moment. If w - e would simply do always the next thing, we should I be relieved of all perplexity. The law of Divine guidance is “Step by Step.” Men Wanted We want men who love God supremely and souls next. We want j men, not only willing to do, but also । to suffer the will of God: men of faith j who can afford to despise the world I and look forward to the surpassing glory in store.—J. Hudson Taylor. Divine Providence The mantle of Divine Providence is thrown over the entire world. It shields not only the great oak, monarch of the forest, but also the sprig of grass, a tiny shred of the earth s carpet.

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