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Show PRESBYTERIAN. Speaking last evening in the Flist Presbyterian church up n the incident in tho lite of Peter when Peter tried to appear a much worse man than he was. Rev Carver said in part: "Here is a case when a man deliberately delib-erately attempted to pass as a profane, unbelieving mn when he was In fact a good man at heart Here is a case of a man attempting to give his associates asso-ciates the impression that he had neither faith or knowledge of the Chris: when he was in truth almost readv to die for that same Jesus of Nazareth It N not an uncommon thing for a man to try to appear much worse than he is "Shakespeare enjoins us to 'above all to our own self be true," for then it follows as the night the day that we cannot be false to anv men v think of this advice as being directed nlong the line of livnlg up to our best and yet many fail to catch this point of the counsel. The hypocrite is :n common thought the one who tries to seem better than he is, but this is only half of it, for otten, and far Oft-ener Oft-ener than seem probable on the firsi thought, the hypocrite is the one who tries to pass for a person who is worse in character than he really is There are many who deliberately endeavoi to ere, i ie thi impression with their fellowa that they are several degrees lower in character than they truly ar-v Their seeming self is far below their actual self. Some try by means of profanity or other ways, to assume a swagger of conduct that will conceal their true self Some try to give the impression that they are ler.rn- I doubters of the accepted trends ol faith Others would create tho impression im-pression that all t!ie realties that lie beyond death are fut fictions of tho Imagination They often so completely complete-ly pla) the part of Beemlng to be more aououng tnnn they are in the inner self that only whin death enter? th;r j homes or trouble deep and complete 'overtakes them do the'v reveal tboir actual trusting faith It is not only the poor Christian then thai plavs the' pan of n hypocrite Th. man of the world can far surpass him in that assumed art Oltlmes it Is the one who sneers most at the hypocrite in the church who is the real hypocrite himself, t'.r in bis heart he U ,-Us mueh at varlahd with his reputation as is the weak Christian This Is in so great measure true that we Iirmlv h, Uei e thai If each and every one lived as they deeply believed be-lieved the world would be a far better place in which to dwell. "In the great parable of the son who wandered away from his father's home and wasted his days with his pi iSSl - -sions in forbidden m. inner there c.u ja time when we read that "he came to l j himself ' It was that he was a hypi-crite hypi-crite who had been seeming to be "bet- j ter than he really was, it was that he I was a hvnoer-ite whr. UjA i ... i - r . w.. ii vkyyir-ui Ing worse than he was In heart When he came to himself he stepped higher and that will be true of the most of all humanitv We firmly believe that; the world Is much better than it seems' to be. We are convinced that to call men adn women to the Christ and hi. ideals of living is but another wav ef summoning them to their true s-l es It is lo call them only to that conformity conform-ity between their deepest convictions and their outward conduct that will make them bo true to their actual selves Christianity then is the ua- ura llife. Becoming a follower ot Christ is ano'he- wa.v of saying thi I we are becoming our actual Selves. God has so dr. ply written his truth in each and every heart and conscience that It we trent our natural convictions Hricnt i hey cont-.-rm to his w.'l. I.;. dies' Aid meeting Tuesday after-in after-in r in ihe church, All women who aiiend the church are asked to he present Sunday fchool workers' conference! I tonight at the residence of Mrs. A. P. j Barber. 1132 Twenty-fifth street. oo |