VIII "NOT OF THE WORLD"
IX "TWO OF ME"
X THE CHURCH SOCIAL
XI MR. BOND'S LECTURE
XII THE SOUL HEARS A CAUSE
XIII EXPERIENCE
XIV A "WITLESS, WORTHLESS LAMB"
XV "SELL THAT YE HAVE"
XVI THE MISSIONARY MEETING
XVII LET THE DEAD BURY THEIR DEAD
XVIII GOD, MY EXCEEDING JOY






CHAPTER I

IN THE CHURCH

It was Sunday morning in a church at New Laodicea. The bell had ceased
pealing and the great organ began its prelude with deep bass notes that
vibrated through the stately building. The members of the choir were
all in their places in the rear gallery, and prepared in order their
music in the racks before them. Below the worshipers poured in steady,
quiet streams down the carpeted aisles to their places, and there was a
gentle murmur of silk as ladies settled in their pews and bowed their
heads for the conventional moment of prayer. Exquisitely stained
windows challenged the too garish daylight, but permitted to enter