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(By E. O. SELLERS. Director of Evening
Department, The Moody Bible Institute,
Chicago.)
LESSON FOR JULY 12
' 11ALI.IC ERMINIE RIVES
ILLUSTRATIONS 4 LAUREN STOUT
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SYNOPSIS.
John Valiant, a rich society favorite,
suddenly d'scovers that the Valiant cor
poration, which his father founded and
which was the principal source of his
wealth, has failed.' He voluntarily turns
over his private fortune to the receiver
for the corporation. His entire remaining
possessions consist of an old motor car, a
white bull dog and Damory court, a neg
lected etate in Virginia, On the way to
Damory court he meets Shirley Dand
ridge. an auburn-haired beauty, and de
cides that he is going to like Virginia im
mensely. Shirley's mother, Mrs. Dand
ridge, and Major Bristow exchange rem
iniscences during which it is revealed
that the major. Valiant's father, and a
man named Sassoon were rivals for the
hand of Mrs. Dandridge in her youth.
Sassoon and "Valiant fought a duel on her
account in which the former waskilled.
Valiant finds Damory court overgrown
with weeds and creepers and decides to
rehabilitate the place. Valiant saves
Shirley from the bite of a snake, which
bites him. Knowing the deadliness of the
bite, Shirley sucks the poison from the
wound and saves his life. Valiant learns
for the first time that his father left Vir
ginia on account of a duel in which Doc
tor Southall and Major Bristow acted as
Ms father's seconds. Valiant and Shirley
become good friends. Mrs. Dandridge
faints when she meets Valiant for the
first time. Valiant discovers that he has
a fortune in old walnut trees.
CHAPTER XXI. Continued.
"I got over it before I was old
enough to make myself a butt of hi
larity," the doctor retorted. "I Bee by
the papers they've invented a new
dance called the grizzly bear. I be
lieve there's another named the ylp
kyoodle. I hope you've got 'em down
pat to show the young folk tonight,
Bristow."
The major got up with some irrita
tion. "Southall," he said, "sometimes
I'm tempted to think your remarks
verge upon the personal. You don't
have to watch me dance if you don't
choose to."
"No, thank God," jnuttered the doc
tor. "I prefer to remember you when
you still preserved a trace of dignity
twenty odd years ago."
"If dignity " the major's blood was
rising now, "consists in your eternal
tasteless bickerings, I want none of it.
What on earth do you do it for? You
had some friends once."
"Friends!" snapped the other, "the
fewer I have the better!"
The major clapped on his straw hat
angrily, strode to the door, and opened
it. But on the threshold he stopped,
and presently shut it, turned back
slowly and resumed his chair. The
doctor was relighting his cigar, but an
odd furtive look had slipped to his
face, and the hand that struck the
match was unsteady.
"For a time both' sat smoking, at
first in silence, then talking in a de
sultory way on indifferent topics. Fi
nally the major rose and tossed his
cigar Into the empty grate.
"I'll be off now," he said. "I must
be on the field before the others."
. As he went down the steps a car
riage, drawn by a pair of dancing
grays, plunged past. "Who are those
people with the Chalmers, I wonder,"
said the doctor. "They're strangers
here."
The major peered. "Oh," he said,
, over his shoulder, "I forgot to tell you
That's Silas Fargo, the railroad presi
dent from New Ycrk, and his daugh
ter Katharine. His private car's
down on the siding. They're at the
judge's he's chief counsel for the
road in this state. They'll be at the
tournament, I reckon. You'll be there.
won't you?"
The doctor was putting some phials
and instruments into a worn leather
beg. "No," he said, shortly. "I'm go
lng to take a ten-mile drive to add
"Friends!" Snapped the Other, "The
Fewer I Have the Better!"
to this county's population, I expect
But I'm coming to the dance. Prom
lied Valiant I would, in a moment of
temporary aberration.
CHAPTER XXII.
A Virginian Runnymede.
"June in Virginia is something to
rempmhpr." Today the master of
Damory Court deemed this a true say
lug. For the air was like wine, and
the drifting white wings of cloud, piled
above the amethystine ramparts of the
far Blue Ridge, looked down upon a
violet world bound in green and silver.
In his bedroom Valiant stood look
ing into the depths if an ancient ward
robe. Presently he took from a t -ok
a suit of white flannel in which fat ar
rayed himself, " Over his soft shirt be
knotted a pale gray scarf. The modish
white suit and the rolling Panama
threw out la fine contrast the keen
Boo-tanned face tnd dark bro m eyes.
In the hall below he looked about
him with satisfaction. For the last
three days he had labored tirelessly to
hi the place for the evening's event.
The parlor now showed walls rimmed
with straight-back chairs, and the
grand piano long ago put In order
had been relegated to the library. That
instinct for the artistic, which had
made him a last resort In the vexing
problems of club entertainments, had
aided him in the Court's adornment.
Out of the kitchens Cassandra's
egg-beating chatted like a watchman's
rattle, while Aunt Daphne put the fin
ishing touches to an array of lighter
edibles destined to grace the long ta
ble on the rear porch, now walled in
with snow-white muslin and hung with
candle-lusters. Under the trees Uncle
Jefferson was even then experimenting
with various punch compounds, and a
delicious aroma of vanilla came to Va
liant's nostrils.
The Red Road, as Valiant's car
passed, was dotted with straggling pe
destrians: humble country folk who
trudged along the grassy foot-path
with no sullen regard for the swift
cars and comfortable carriage that
left them , behind; sturdy barefooted j
children who called shsilly after him,
and happy-go-lucky negro youths clad
in their best with Sunday shoes dan
gling over their shoulders, slouching
regardlessly in the dust all bound for
the same Mecca, which presently rose
before him, a gateway of painted can
vas proclaiming the field to which it
opened Runnymede.
He halted his car at the end of the
field and snapped a leash in the bull
dog's collar. "I hate to do it, old
man," he said apologetically to Chum's
reproachful look, "but I've got to.
There are to be some stunts, and in
such occasions you're apt to be con
vinced you're the main one of the con
testants, which might cause a mix-up.
New mind; I'll anchor you where you
won't miss anything."
With the excited dog tugging be
fore him, he threaded his way through
the press with keen exhilaration. Now
and then his gloved hand touched his
cap at a salutation. He was con
scious of swift bird-like glances from
pretty girls. Here was none of the
rigid Btraight-ahead gaze or vacant
stare of the city boulevard; the eyes
that looked at him, frankly curious
and inquiring, were full of easy open
comradeship. Some of the girls wore
gowns and hats that might that morn
ing have issued from the Rue de la
Paix; others were habited in cheap
materials. But about the latter hung
no benumbing self-consciousness. All
bore themselves alike. He was begin
ning to realize that there might really
exist straitened circumstances, even
actual poverty, which yet created no
sort of social difference.
Opposite the canvas-covered grand
stand sat twelve small mushroom
tents, each with a staff and tiny flag.
Midway lines of flaxen ropes stretched
between rows of slender peeled sap
lings from whose tope floated fanged
streamers of vivid bunting. A pavilion
of purple cloth, open at the 6ides,
awaited for the committee, and near
the center, a negro band was disposed
on camp-stools, the brass of the wait
ing instruments winking in the sun
light. The stand was a confused glow
of color, of light gauzy dresses, of
ycung girls in pastel muslins with
flowers in their belts, picturesque hats
and slender articulate hands darting
in vivacious gestures like white swal
lows the gentry from the "big
houses."
The light athletic figure, towed by
the white bull-dog, drew many glances.
Valiant's eyes, however, as they swept
the seats, were looking for but one,
and at first vainly. ' He felt a quick
pang of disappointment. Perhaps she
would not come! Perhaps her mother
was still ill. Perhaps but then sud
denly his heart beat high, for he saw
her in the lower tier, with a group of
young people. He could not have told
what she wore, save that it was of soft
Murillo blue with a hat whose down-
curved brim was wound with a shaded
plume of the same tint. Her mother
was not with her. She was not look
ing his way as he passed her arms
at the moment being held out In an
adorable gesture toward a little child
in a smiling matron's" lap and but a
single glance was vouchsafed to him
before the major seized upon him and
bore him to the purple pavilion, for he
was one of the committee.
But for this distraction, he might
have seen, entering the stand with the
Chalmers just as the band struck up
a delicious whirl of "Dixie," the two
strangers whom the doctor had ob
served an hour before as they whirled
by the Merry weather Mason house be
hind the judge's grays. Silas Fargo
might have passed in any gathering
for the unobtrusive city man. Katha
rine was noticeable anywhere, and
today her tall willowy figure in its
champagne-color lingerie gown and hat
garnished with bronze and gold this
ties, setting in relief her ivory
statuesque face, drew a wave of whis
pered comment which left a sibilant
wake behind him. The party made
a picturesque group as they now dis
posed themselves, Katharine's color
less loveliness contrasting with. the
eager sparkle of pretty Nancy Chal
triers and the gipsy-like beauty of
Betty Pae.
"You call .it a tournament, don't
you?" asked Katharine of the Judge.
"Yes," he replied. "It's a kind cf
contest in which twelve riders com
pete for the privilege of naming a
Queen of Beauty. There's a ball to
night, at which the lucky lady is
crowned. Those little tents are where
the noble knights don their shining
armor. See, there go their capari
soned chargers."
A file of negroes was approaching
the tents, each leading a horse whosr
saddle and bridle were decorated with
fringes of various hues. In the center
of the roped lists, directly in front of
the stand, others were planting up
right In the ground a tall pole from
whose top projected a horizontal arm
like a slender gallows. From this was
suspended a cord at whose end swung
a tiny object that whirled and glit
tered in the sun.
The judge explained. "On the end
of the cord is a silver ring,' at which
the knights tilt with lances. Twelve
"Who Is That Splendid Old Man Giv
ing Directions? The One Who
Looks Like a Lion."
rings are used. The pike-points are
made to fit them, and the knight who
carries off the greatest number of the
twelve is the victor. The whole thing
is a custom as ancient as Virginia
a relic, of course, of the old jousting
of the feudal ages. The ring is sup
posed to represent the device on the
boss of the shield, at which the lance
thrust was aimed."
'How interesting!" exclaimed Kath
arine, and turning, swept the stand
with her lorgnette. T suppose "all the
county's F. F. V.'s are here," she said
laughingly, to Nancy Chalmers. "I've
often wondered, by the way, what be
came of the Second Families of Vir
ginia." "Oh, they've mostly emigrated
North," answered Nancy. "The ones
that are left are all ancient. There
are families here that don't admit
they ever began at all."
Silas Fargo Bhook his stooped shoul
ders with laughter. "Up North," he
said genially, "we've got regular fac
tories that turn out ready-made frmily
trees for anybody who wants 10 rooct
in one."
,
And now over the fluttering stand
and the crowd about the barriers, a
stir was discernible. Katharine looked
again at the field. "Who is that splen
did old man giving directions? The
one who locks like a lion. He's com
ing this way, now."
"That's Major Montague Bristow,
said the judge. "He s been master of
the heralds for years. The tourna,
ment could hardly happen without the
major."
"I'm sure I'd like him," she an
swered. "What a lovely girl he is
talking to!"
It was Shirley who had beckoned
the major from the lists. She was
leaning over tbe railing. "Why has
Ridgeley Pendleton left?" she asked
in a low voice. "Isn't he one of the
twelve?"
"He was. But he's ill. He wasn't
feeling up to it when he came, but
he didn't give up till half an hour
ago. We'll have to get along with
eleven knights."
She made an exclamation of dismay.
"Poor Ridge! And what a pity!
There have never been less than the
full number. It will spoil the royal
quadrille tonight, too. Why doesn't
the committee choose some one in his
place? Listen. Why not ask Mr. Va
liant? He is our host tonight. I'm
sure he'd be glad to help out, even
without the costume."
"Egad!" he said, pulling his im
perial. "None of us had thought of
him. He could ride Pendleton's
mount, of course." He reflected a mo
ment I'll do it. It's exactly the right
thing. You're a clever girl, Shirley."
He hastily crossed. the field, while
she leaned back, her eyes on .the flan
neled figure long since recognized
under the purple pavilion. She saw
the committe put their heads together
and hurriedly enter.
In the moment's wait, Shirley's
gloved fingers clasped and unclasped
somewhat nervously. The riders had
been chosen long before John Valiant's
coming. If a saddle, however, was
perforce to be vacant, what more ap
propriate than that he should fill it?
The thought had come to her instantly,
bred of an underlying regret, which
she had all along cherished, that he
was not to take part. But beneath this
was a deeper passionate wish that she
did not attempt to. aaalyzo to see hiro
assume his place with others long
habituated to that closed circle a
place rightfully his by reason of birth
and name and to lighten the gloomy
shadow, that must rest on his thoughts
of his father, with warmer 6unnler
things. She heaved a secret sigh of
satisfaction as the white-clad figure
rose in acquiescence.
The major returned to the grand
stand and held up his hand for Bilence.
"Our gracious Liege," he proclaimed,
In his big vibrant voice, "Queen of
Beauty yet unknown, Lords, Knights
and Esquires, Fair Dames and gentles
all! Whereas divers noble persons
have enterprized and taken upon them
to hold Jousts royal and tourney, you
are hereby acquainted that the lists of
Runnymede are about to open for that
achievement of arms and grand and
noble tournament for which they have
so long been famed. But an hour
since one of our noble knights, prick
ing hither to tilt for his lady, was be
set by a grievous malady. However,
lest our jousting lack the royal num
ber, a new champion hath at this last
hour been found to fill the Table
Round, who of his courtesy doth con
sent to ride without armor."
A buzz ran over the assemblage. "It
must be Pendleton who has defaulted,"
said Judge Chalmers. "I heard this
morning he was sick. Who's the sub
stitute knight, I wonder?"
At the moment a single mounted
herald before the tents blew a long
blast on a silver horn. Their flaps
parted and eleven knights issued to
mount their steeds and draw into line
behind him. They were brilliantly
decked in fleshllngs with slashed doub
lets and plumed chapeaus, and short
jeweled cloaks drooped from their
shoulders. Pages handed each a long
lance which was held perpendicular,
the butt resting on the right stirrup.
Under the pavilion, JuBt for the frac
tion of a second, Valiant hesitated.
Then he turned swiftly to the twelfth
tent. Its flag-staff bore a long- stream
er of deep blood-red. He snatched
this from its place, flung It about his
waist and knotted it : sash-wise. He
drew the rose from his lapel and thrust
It through the band of his Panama,
leaped to the saddle of the horse the
major had beckoned, and with a quick
thrust, of his heel, swung to the end
of the stamping line.
The field and grand stand had Been
the quick decision, with its instant ac
tion, and as the hoofs thudded over
the turf, a wave of hand-clapping ran
across the seats like a silver rain.
"Neatly done, upon my word!" said the
judge, delighted. "What a daring
idea! Who is it? Ia It bless my
soul, it is!'
Katharine Fargo had dropped her
lorgnette with an exclamation. She
stood up, her wide eyes fixed on that
figure in pure white, with the blood
red cordon flaunting across his horse's
flanks and the single crimson blossom
glowing in his hat.
"The White Knight!" she breathed.
"Who is he?"
Judge Chalmers locked round in sud
den illumination. "I forgot that you
would be likely to knoy him,' he said.
'That is Mr. John Valitnt of Damory
Court.'
CHAPTER XXIII.
The Knight of the Crimson Rose.
TYa raw of tinrspmpii had halted in
a curving line before the grand staftd,
and now in the silence the herald,
holding a parchment scroll, spurred
DANCED IN SURINAM JUNGLE
Explorer Tells Part He Took In Fes
tivities With the Daughter of
Native Chief.
In Harper's Magazine Charles W.
Furlong told of attending a dance of
the native tribes in Surinam. South
Africa, and dancing with the daugh
ter of a chief.
"The commandant and Mr. Smit
were with me opposite the drummers,
where a Djoeka presented his daugh
ter, a superb black creature, who, with
two other girls, advanced into the
ring, with coy step and posture, to
ward three men, with whom they
danced in pairs; the girls, with a shy
lilt of the head and constant mov
ing of hands, passed- and repassed,
turning closely about their partners,
but never touching. A girl would fol
low a man of her fancy as he walk
ed from the ring center, then, as he
turned, at the edge, whisk away to a
hum of laughing approval.
"Suddenly the dusky form of the
girl previously presented emerged
from the throng with the same coy,
mesmeric motions of the hands, al
most touched me, turned like a flash,
and was gone. A loud murmur rose.
Smit nudged my arm.- 'She likes you:
You have got to dance," he whispered.
Every explorer knows it is sometimes
as unwise to accept such a challenge
as it is sometimes indiscreet to re
fuse. She advanced again with an
before each rider in turn, demanding
his title. As this was given' he
whirled to proclaim It, accompanying
each evolution with a blast on his
horn. "Knight of the Golden Spur,"
"Knight of Castlewood," "Lord of
Brandon." "Westover's Knigfct,"
"Knight of the Silver Cross": the
names, fanciful, or those of family es
tates, fell on John Valiant's ear with
a pungent flavor of medievalism. He
started as he became aware that the
rider next him. had answered and that
the herald had paused before him.
"Knight of the Q-iCMon Rose! It
sprang to his lips withont forethought,
an echo, perhaps, of the Improvised
sash and the flower In his hat-band,
but the ehout of the herald and the
trumpet's blare seemed to make the
words fairly bulge with inevitability.
And through this struck a 6Udd6n ap
palled feeling that he had really
spoken Shirley's name, and that every
one had heard. He could not see her
face, and clutched his lance fiercely
to overcome an insane desire to stoop
hideously in his saddle and peer un,
der the shading hat-brim. Lest he
should do this, he fastened his eyes
determinedly oh the major, who now
proceeded to deliver himself of the
"Charge to the Knights."
The major made an appealing cen
ter to the charming picture as he
stood on the green turf, "the glass
of fashion and the mold of form," his
head bare, his shock of blond-gray
hair thrown back, and one hand thrust
between the buttons of his snowy
waistcoat. His rich bass voice foiled
out to the farthest corner of the field:
"Sir Knights:
"The tournament to which we are
gathered today is to us traditional; a
rite of antiquity and a monument of
ancient generations. This relic of the
Jousts of the Field of the Cloth-of-Gold
points us back to an era of
knightly deeds, fidelity to sacred trust,
obligation to duty and loyalty to wom
anthe watchwords of true Knight
hood. "We like to think that when our
forefathers, offspring of men who es
tablished chivalry, came from over
seas, they brought with them not only
this ancient play, but the precepts It
symbolizes. WTe may be proud, In
deed, knowing that this is no hollow
ceremonial, but an earnest that the
flower of knighthood has not withered
in the world, that In an age when the"
greed of gold was never so dazzling",
the spirit of true gallantry has not
faded but blooms luxuriant In the
sparkling dews of the heart of this
commonwealth.
"Most Noble Knights! In the name
of that high tradition which this day
preserves! In the memory of those
other knights who practiced the tour
ney in Its old-time glory! In the sight
of your Queen of Beauty! I charge
you, Southern gentlemen, to joust with
that valor, fairness and truth which
are the enduring glories of the knight
hood of Virginia!"
Over the ringing applau, Nancy
Chalmers looked at him wit little
timile, quizzical yet soft. "D?-r old
major!" she whispered to Betty age.
"How he loves the center of the s?.ge!
And he's effective, too. Thirty years
ago, father says, he might have been,
anyvhing he wanted to even Unit4
Status Senator. But he would never
leave the state. Not that I blame him
for thit," she added; "I'd ra.ttor be a
church-mouse in Virginia thaA Q.tsus
daughter anywhere else."
tTO BE CONTINUED.?
other girl; reassured by safety M
numbers, my strong susceptibilitiet
to the rhythm of music enabled me
to adapt some slight proficiency in
'buck-and-wlng' dancing and to be
come a moment later an integral part
of that throbbing throng."
Case of Commotion.
Did you ever have a forceful f email
presiding in your kitchen who kepi
you constantly in a turmoil for feat
she might bring tbe house dowa abou4
your ears?
Rose Stahl tells a story of such a
treasure belonging to a family wh
lived in California.
One afternoon the town experience
a slight shock of earthquake.
"Pictures were thrown down, crock"
ery and furniture rattled about. Ia
the midst of the tumult the mistress
went to the head of tbe stairs and
called out in a resigned tone:
" 'Lizzie, what are you doing now?"
Youth's Magazine.
Heavy Smoker.
Unique among the devotees of "M
Lady Nicotine" is a Dutch sailo
named Berkin, whose boast it is thai
for the last 65 years his pipe has con
sumed a pound of tobacco weekly. H
requires no skill in arithmetic to dis
cover that the "Dutch chimney," as ht
is proud to be known, has dissipate!
in smoke more than 30 hundredweight
of tobacco, which ia ax&ttlr 4 tiin
his own weight'
GREATNESS THROUGH SERVICE.
LESSON TEXT Mark 10:32-45.
GOLDEN TEXT "The Son of man also
came not to be ministered unto, but to
minister, and to give his life a ransom
for many." Mark 10:43.
This is a time in the life of our
Lord that vibrates with interest as
we rapidly v approach his last tragic
week upon earth. At the beginning of
his Perean ministry (Luke 9:51) we
read that Jesus "steadfastly set his
face to go to Jerusalem." Now that
journey Is nearly ended. He had
reached a place near Jericho. Know
Ing the antipathy of the rulers, those
who journeyed with Jesus were
"amazed," and some as they followed
him on this journey were "afraid"
(v. 32). Jesus, therefore, and for a
third time, plainly tells his disciples
what is about to take place in Jeru
salem. The contrast of self is the distin
guishing feature of the lesson of
tl.e self-seeking disciples over against
the self-renouncing Master.
Assurance of Faith.
I. The Self-seeking Disciples, vv. 32
41. As Jesus clearly spoke to those
who In amazement followed him he
told of his condemnation and deliver
ance to the Gentiles; his persecution,
death and resurrection (vv. 32-34). It
was then that James and John pre
sented their request. Matthew tells
us (20:20) that they made it through
their mother. It was an ignorant re
quest, for they knew not what it In
volved (v. 38), nor whose it was to
grant it (v. 40). He had spoken with
great clearness about his suffering
and death and immediately they ask
a position in his glory. This may In
dicate the assurance of their faith
in him, but it certainly Intimates that
they did not comprehend the suffering
of which he had been speaking. We
need to remember, however, that they
believed in that approaching hour of
his glory. They desired, though, to
have an association with him in his
power and authority, thus shong
their mixture of selfishness, though
Jesus seems to have ignored it. Was
this request Incited by the mother?
Evidently not to a degree, for the Mas
ter addresses his reply to the dis
ciples. In that reply he does say
that to occupy such a position was
denied them, or might be quite pos
sible. What he does lay stress upon
was what was Involved and that this
was not the time or place to lay em
phasis, In this new kingdom, upon any
other idea than that of equality.
Jeeus then clearly declared all that
was involved in his pathway of suf
fering and propounds his question,
"Are ye able to drink the cup that I
drink?" v. 38). It was a heroic but
ignorant answer they made, "We are
able." Their language reveals the
character, however, "of those who did
enter into that fellowship with him
which eventually led them to martyr
dom. ,He told them they should be
baptized into a strength to do and live
this life of abandonment, but that such '
a life could not command any pre
eminence on that account. Their re
quest was otherwise a correct one. In
order to share with Christ in his glory
we must share his cup and his bap
tism of shame and suffering; see 14 : 36 ;
Matt. 26:39; John 18:11; II Tim.
2:12; Rom. 8:17; Matt. 16:24. James
and John (v. 39) did not stop to meas
ure the meaning of their request
Wanted Places of Authority.
II. The Self-renouncing Master, w.
41-45. In answer to the indignation
(v. 41) of the other ten disciples Je
sus without any manifest impatience
calls the disciples "unto him" and sets
before them their absolute equality,
and yet at the same time a way of ex
altation, v. 43. Jesus is ever calling
us "unto him," for he desires to leed
us out of lives of selfishness into
those of fulness and service. These
ten were not altogether without self
ishness; they wanted the places of au
thority also. Once before, chapter
9:33-36, this same controversy had
arisen ; and was again manifested
(Luke 22:24) and that, too, at a sol
emn occasion, as he announced his ap
proaching death and Instituted the
supper. It was not till after Pente
cost that It became possible for a dis
ciple to write "in honor prefer one
another," Rom. 4: 10, Phil. 2:3. This
reply of Jesus to the indignation- of
the ten is a teaching by contrast and
accurately describes the Gentile meth
od of self-advancement. Over against
it he sets forth the method of the
"Son of Man." Till this present day
such are the methods of those who
are of this world only.
In hie kingdom it is different, great
ness is inverse ratio until we find
the greatest is the one who. serves
most perfectly. In emphasizing this
verse (v 45) it is quite common to
omit the last clause, "and to give his
life a ransom for many." So to omit
it is to neglect his work of redemp
tion and overly empVieizes the altru
istic aspect of Christianity. Men are
not saved by any such method. Je
sus is the greatest example of a per
fect servaat because he did give his
life. Let us also remember that he
gave that life and that no man took
it from him. John 10:18.