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inicNt of so mucli that is evil and corrupt, it is harder to think of t)nlv
'vhat is pure and true; little faults creep in more easily because tlioy
'iccm so little ami insignificant cumj)arcd witli tlic sin and darkness
^irouiul. IJcsides there is no standard of morality, no ideal for nobler
living, to bo found outside of what we brin^.
And it is for this side of tlic life lie re that we most need the
prayers of the church, and that, as they plan ami u.urk for our comfort
;m<l liappiiiess. our trioixls may not forget this greater ncctl, so that
■nothing of these deadening intlucnccs may taint or mar the life tiiat
must be «n constant witness or dim the light that must burn brightly
to penetrate tliis darkness of sin.

VILLAGE TOURrXG IX CUSRAH.
MRS. M. C. VOGMf..
A few times in my life I had found out that there is nothing
like taking the bull by the horns. After two weeks of being- introduced
to tlic people of Busrali, I cast about for a chance to enter among- tlic
Arabs in their homes. Therefore one bright morning Jasmine. our
]]ible-\voman, and I went on a tour. After we had landed in a deep
nuul-bank with our boat, we balanced ourselves gracefully up into
a beautiful palm-garden, and walked about for a half hour in what
was once perhaps Eden, over bridges invcnteil also in that age, and
among a wild profusion of natural glory. The bridges werc palm-
trunks, about nine feet long, anti slippery to an extreme, aiul as
Jasmine was timid, I made her hold on to my skirt ami counted

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