moved, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done. 22 And all things, whatsover ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive. ST. MARK XI:12-14-A. D. 33 12 And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry: 24 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them. 25 And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses. 26 But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses. 13 And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of ST. LUKE XIII:6-10-A. D. 33 figs was not yet. 14 And Jesus answered and said unto it, No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever. And his disciples heard it. ST. MARK XI:20-26-A. D. 33 6 He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none. 7 Then said he unto the dresser 20 And in the morning, as of his vineyard, Behold, these they passed by, they saw the fig three years I come seeking fruit tree dried up from the roots. on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground? 21 And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him, Master, behold, the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away. 22 And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God. 23 For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith. 8 And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it: 9 And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down. 10 And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. LEVANT WANTS GUIDANCE "We want peace of justice," says Tartar chief. "We are not Bolsheviki, but neither Armenians nor ourselves know how to govern." The condition of the people in the middle east was discussed recently near Ervan by Shammyl Bey, the Tartar chief who saved the Harbord mission from robbery and imprisonment by his fellow bandits. The talk took place at night around a camp fire, where the Associated Press correspondent and others were prisoners. "What we want above all," said the Tartar chief, "is a peace of justice, which can be brought about only by a strong outside power that will punish the guilty. We are not Bolsheviki. All we know is that once we had property and now we are reduced to beggary and robbery by race quarrels. Neither the Armenians nor ourselves know how to govern." −(Constantinople, October 26, 1919, By the Associated Press). "Run your eye down the six centuries which separate us from Othman and you will find that no group has so easily amalgamated all comers, except the Armenians, as the Turk."-Page 304. "The Turk despises the poise, the suavity, the philosophic dignity, the proud fervour of the Arab whom good fortune cannot heat or illfate depress. The Arab abhors the precise routine, the endless pains, aims and papers in details, the vigorous authority of the Turk passing by the indifference or dislike of the ineffective many and relentlessly crushing the few who may give trouble."-Page 319.-(Turkey, Problem of Today.) "Major Carroll created a small sensation at the luncheon when, in answering a question about the Turkish situation, he said the Turk is the best citizen in that part of the world. 'He is a good worker and you can rely on what he says. I would rather deal with a Turk than any other nationality in that part of Europe,' said the speaker. Asked as to the wanton massacre of other peoples by the Turks, Major Carroll said that was not an exhibition of personal hatred but a fanatical outburst worked up by leaders and was not really the fault of the individual Turk. He said such lamentable occurrences were not a real part of the Turk's life, but were more like a rabbit shooting jaunt after the day's work was done."-(The Oregonian of October 15, 1922.) |