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Show Hf LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE KB In a recent Ihbuo of I.lahonn, 9 ' ApOBtlo Talmngo rotates n brief, but Hr striking story, wlilch draws u forceful jjr, IlluBtratlon of what tljo Saviour meant HKj when Ho advised Ills disciples to let H tholr light bo shlno that all men might HRft boo their good works. ra Yearn hko, long boforo tho Introduc- HO "on of electric lights, In his student HH days, Mr. Tnlmngo owned and greatly Hy prized an "Argund" student lump, re gal ded by lilm as tho prize ouo for llliimliiatlug purposes, to which he gave tho closest personal attontlon. One ouMiIng n Htnuigcr approached and after uugnglng in pleasing conversation con-versation for nomo time, asked what kind of lamp ho owned, and Mr. Tnl-miigu, Tnl-miigu, proud of his possession, Invited tho strangor in to witness what tho owner of tho lamp considered tho only real and brilliant means of Illumination. Illumina-tion. Tho ntrangor praised tho lamp, and more than an thing else, the condition con-dition In which It had been kept; but, coming to tho real purpose of his visit, declared ho had a lamp for which lie was agout, that would glvo ti superior light. Mr. Tnlmngo doubted tho ccu-racy ccu-racy of tho statement, but gave permission per-mission for n comparative test. The stranger's lamp was a largo "Rochester," "Roches-ter," and, to hla surprise, Mr. Talmngo found an ho declares, that "In Its brilliant bril-liant bluzo my own little 'Argnnd' wick burned n weak palo yellow," and that "until that moment I had never known tho dim obscurity lu which I had lived and labored, studied and struggled." ....-... . 1 Needless to say, ho bought the new Inml. Meeting tho man later 0110 da), lie asked how business was, and tho man Bald It was good. "IJut," urged Mr. Talmagc, "you aro not working today;" to which the stranger strang-er replied: "Uo you think I would be so foolish as to go around trying to sell lumps in tho day-time? Would you hnc bought 0110 If I had lighted it for you when the sun was shining?" From this tho future Apostlo drew 11 valuable lesson as to thu cholco of i - the psychological moment, nnd roacli-cd roacli-cd tho following conclusions, which might well bo made to apply to other than tho spiritual matters thoy arc hero used to Illustrate: "Let your light so ahlno boforo men, that they may sco your good works, and glorify your Father which 1b in henven." The man who will sell mo a lamp did not disparage mine. He placed hlB greater light along sldo of my feebler flame and I hastened to obtain the bettor. ' ' ,; ' 1 iim down i" "" "Tho ralMlouary somnts of the . 15c- ch,l)mn' Church of Jeius Christ today are tent H , , wi, forth, not to uall nor radlcule the ' Blalno , beliefs of mea, but to set before the tending scno' world a superior light, by which the : rcroTcrlng fi s'moky dimness of tho flickedlni 1 typhoid fevc flames of man-made creeds shall be 'M wines, Is no apparont Ths work of th,o Church ,H Is constructive, not distructlre. You arc 1 "Ab to the'furthur meaning of the - p?j fj0. I parable, let him that hath eyes and s '1 I heart see a4 understand. About th MMMM-iMVkMn ; Mrs. Joel |