o rise again--to stand upright_! This truth is shown by
what these two trees did. This first one sent an entirely new tree
straight up from the roots, while the old part lay on the ground
dead. [Add lines to complete Step C of Fig. 34.] This second one was
so determined to grow that it sent out a little sprout and started it
to climb straight upward toward the sky; it developed into a strong
tree. [Draw lines to complete Step D of Fig. 34; this finishes the
drawing.]

[Illustration: Fig. 34]

"What a splendid lesson there is for us in these true stories from the
forest and the mountain. Perhaps, in our weakness, we have not lived
as closely to the Master as we should have done, and have become
prostrated by our temptations. But there is one mighty to save. It is
for us to reach upward in thought, in word and deed. Then will come
the sunshine of his loving kindness to give us strength to rise toward
Him. The tree, wounded and cast down, can never return to its first
condition, but it does its best to rise. We, if we be prostrated by
sin, can never rise to be as perfect as we would have been if we had
shunned the evil thing; but in humility and service we may rise to
receive the Master's 'Well done,' and we may be assured of His tender
care if we do our best.

"Let us ever keep our thoughts on Him who 'is able to succor them that
are tempted.'"

A FIRM FOUNDATION
--Lincoln's Birthday
--Fortitude

The Secret of Lincoln's Steadfastness in the Midst of Tremendous
Trials.

THE LESSON--That the Bible teaching of childhood fortifies manhood.

If it is not your custom to observe Lincoln's birthday, you will find
this illustration valuable for Mother's day and other occasions.

~~The Talk.~~

"Probably no public man in America has ever been so severely assailed,
so mercilessly scourged through the public press, as was Abraham
Lincoln. Yet, through it all, while thousands were dying on the field
of battle, while pestilence and want stalked through the states, and
while the finger of hatred and scorn was pointed at him as the man who
had brought devastation and death upon the nation, he stood steadfast,
with a firm, unimpassioned face, never swerving an inch from the path
of right and duty. Warring factions all about him, who tried in many
ways to sidetrack him, failed in every attempt. To them he said, 'Let
us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith let us do our
duty as we understand it.'