Ethel Morton at Chautauqua

ir father and uncle in the Navy and Army war in theory was a thing not new to them. Both Lieutenant and Captain Morton had served in the Spanish-American War, but Roger was a bab

ordered there in the spring and Captain Morton had fo

, while the impending trouble in Europe was so filled with possibilities that

d provided a feast of melody and harmony and rhythm and everybody on the grounds had participated, either as auditor or as performer, in some of the vocal numbers. Mrs. Morton

ersed to the various places where the divisions of the graded Sunday School met. Roger and Helen found the high school boys and girls in the Hall of Christ; the Ethels met the children of the sev

us denominational houses which Helen and the Ethels had noticed on their first day's walk. At eleven all Chautauqua gathered in

re, so it was fitting that Bishop Vincent should preach from the platform which owed its existence to the God-

reat institution," he said and even the children understood that the Church suggests a pattern for go

Ethel Blue to Ethel Brown. "Do you suppose

ost an impossibility; yet it

It was a glad sight-several hundred girls and boys smiling happily and singing joyously and often grown people sat in the upper seats o

head of one of the aisles to listen to the last hymn, and he was still there when the young pe

e, Bishop," she said; "I know they want t

utauqua?" But Ethel Blue was overcome with the embarrassment that seemed to be growing upon her lately, and hardly raised her eyes. Y

me something? I must-I

d the kind and genial tones that could make the huge Amp

ay down the sloping aisle the Bi

s it?" he a

unconscious that the others were not following. Ethel Blue turned cold at her own audacity; bu

ed, "do you think that a co

m think that if such or such a thing happens to him he will suffer terribly; and secondly, he doesn't control his will. His will ought to stand up to his imagination and say, 'Yo

was beginning

may be perfectly sure that if suffering and trouble come to you you will be given strength to meet th

, h

ing for joy you find joy and when you are looking for pain you find

hung h

amed it doesn't seem to me I can ever see my father agai

the first time they often are so frightened that they are nauseated. I dare say your father has seen cases like that among his own men, so he would understand that a

sigh of exq

ible that in the sudden excitement of the fire your imagination worked too hard

think it; I felt

do all I can to help and I'm going to be careful, but i

ht how it would hurt. And Ethel Brown

er imagination ru

he was doing splendid th

I've no doubt. You know the same Opportunity ne

e Father unl

out this all the time. That isn't making your will control your imagination;

ooked r

thing that comes into your life just as you think God would like to have you do it. If you work with God in that way God's peace comes to you.

speak. Then she thrust her hand suddenly into the strong, gentle hand of the

p looked

lowly walked around the edge of the Amphitheatre and rejoined his companion on the other side. Et

," observed the Bishop. "She needs to si

early in their stay, was a model of Palestine on a scale of one and three-quarters feet to the mile. It lay along the shore of the lake, which played the part of the Mediterranean. Hills and valleys, mount

went over the ground and traced the Jordan from its rise through the Sea of Galilee into the Dead

he location of tribes and the movements of armies. Most living to them seemed the recital of the

the oaks in St. Paul's Grove in which the temple stood. After supper came the Lakeside Service and Helen and Roger stood together in the open and sang heartily from the same book and as they gazed out over the water were thankful that their father was safe in his vessel even though he was far from them and

tage that there came one of those talks that bind fa

think that things-bad things-were going to happe

you!" exclaimed Roger

he Junior Service," explained Ethel B

had been satisfied; "it seems to me that you're less likely to be afraid that bad thi

about yourself all the t

rtable thoughts and make you afraid. If you're working for other people and inventing

hatterbox," commented Roger, giving her hair

lf as much sense," said Helen s

club that would keep us doing things for other peo

r, but a gentle nudge

laint. Mother, dear, I'm not selfish; I'm just self-respecting, and self-respecting people want to co-operate

d about it, I'm afraid, and I believe this club idea of Ethel Blue's

ith me?" inquired Ro

ing to like after years of considering it an almost unendurable habit, "but sometimes I think you've forgotten y

good reason for every one of us joining thi

like to do things for people not to give them pleasure, but because it gives me pleasure and so I don't

to analyze themselves mighty closely! They agree on one thing, though-this cl

president and we'll let Dicky be an honorary memb

president," said Et

You ought to be

ames. You know we'll probably see a good deal of them next winter now

them; they're certainly gr

ll be an inducement to t

hel Brown always liked to have

"Every Little Helps," were titles

you are going to make it a club

Army we have the two arms of the Service united in the family, and if we call it 'The United Service Clu

med to like t

eps and facing the family above him; "it has been

cried Et

. Everybod

ye

ary mi

le

animously elected president of the United

orary member," sug

led Mrs. Morton. "Th

Service Club disappeared into the house and Dicky was not in