Hopi. 25.—Not so very-long ago the River Plate was in the news ina big way: today, we have to refer to that place as the home ^f the Pampas Grass (Cortaderia arneniєa) which was at one time called Gynerium, from gyne, female. and orion, wool his is a most popular plant for growing in specimen on the and one of the most ornamentàl of the grasses, A LA ime of e year. when 4t is beauty, the tall feathery plumes rising fo a height of over eight feet in many places. The pampas grass is not #00 particular as to soit conditions, but it will grow more luxe antly if it is given a little extra food at planting time. In cold districts the plants may during the Winter; but here, no hi 10 the roots although the foliage We find that by permitting recorded in the Gospels, "My The writer does not teil Christ into, doubts and questionings he says: that is—It is indeed He whom I have truth, kinds of doubters: and would give the world to scepticism—"he waits for light but. behold obscurity, for brightness but he walks in darkness" And there are those who thrive e^ doubt, like it, enjoy it, live by it; go about telling people their difficulties, as some morbid people have a fancy for showing you their sores or detailing their symptoms, as if what makes them different from other men were a thing to be proud of. Convince such a man of the truth and he is angry with "ow; you seem to have done Hin an iriwry, ae the mendicant impostor who had been gaining a livelihood by a bad eң is enraged when a skilled person restores to him the use of his limb. Those who are desirous of believing wil] find their way to the Light, those who hug their unbeliefs turn away from the Light. TI no need to be afraid of doubts and. 1 The hesitancy and backward ne-* the incredulity and sensitiveness of Thomas have done as much to confirm the minds of succeeding be-Neyerb as the forward and impulsive confidence of Peter. The doubts which men entertain continually provoke fresh evidence, as this second appearance of our Lord to the- Eleven seems due the doubt of Thomas. So far as one can gather, it was solely to remove this uncertainty that our Lord appeared. And Thomas doesn't seem to have put his test into operation. When he came face to face with the Christ, that penetrating knowledge of his inmost thoughts, that loving understanding of. his. doubting mature, that inspiring Presence Wet the clouds and Thomas understood. So it mey be with us. t Who never doubted. never half believed; Where doubt, there truth is—'tis her shadow.
"Ake many others I have been beset.all my. life; b"doubts and questionings,": writes. Canon Browning's ko ќe, I have deliberately Kannay+ (George A. Birmingham) e line to live "A: life of faith diverslied By rather-than the other alternative, "A. doubt diversified by faith. One had to live and the choice was way well be others, perhaps many, whose position is like mine. It may comfort them to know that the passing of years dulls the doubts, even if it does not answer the questions. The choice of the life of faith justifies itself more and more. The chessboard—it is Brownings metaphor—ceases to be simply black and white. The white squares vredomsünate. The black squares fade. And this is, as I believe, not the {he answer to ihe repeated prayer. He Bas rew b à teary ecy Gf ments powere, buf helped my unbelief."
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