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UNBELIEF

Years ago, in my Sunday-school, a young fellow came to me and said: "I have come to the conclusion that there is no God, no future life, no heaven and no hell. When you are dead, you are dead, and that is the end of you." My reply was: "My dear fellow, these opinions will wreck you before you get through." Before long, he left the Sunday-school, and I saw no more of him for years. Then one evening a knock came at my study door, and behold! the young man appeared. He was much run down, was blear-eyed and bloated. "Is that you, Fred?" said I. "Yes," he replied. "Is it drink?" said I. "Yes," he replied again. "Do you remember that I told you your opinions would wreck you before you got through?"—, The Christian Herald.

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The waves of unbelief mount and recede, And jar the century with strong unrest; They carry back the sands of many a creed, But only leave the rock more manifest. (Text.)

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Uncertainty of Life—See.

UNCONSCIOUS GREATNESS

If John Wesley himself, the little, long-nosed, long-chinned, peremptory man who, on March 9, 1791, was carried to his grave by six poor men, "leaving behind him nothing but a good library of books, a well-worn clergyman's gown, a much-abused reputation, and—the Methodist Church, could return to this world just now, when so much admiring ink is being poured upon his head, he would probably be the most astonished man on the planet. For if Wesley has achieved fame, he never intended it. Seeley says that England conquered and peopled half the world in a fit of absence of mind. And if Wesley built up one of the greatest of modern churches, and supplied a new starting-point to modern religious history, it was with an entire absence of conscious intention. (Text.)—, "Wesley and His Century."

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UNCONSCIOUS INFLUENCE

A Persian fable says: One day A wanderer found a lump of clay So redolent of sweet perfume Its odors scented all the room. "What are thou?" was his quick demand. "Art thou some gem from Samarcand, Or spikenard in this rude disguise, Or other costly merchandise?" "Nay, I am but a lump of clay." "Then, whence this wondrous perfume, say!" "Friend, if the secret I disclose— I have been dwelling with the rose."

Dear Lord, abide with us, that we May draw our perfume fresh from thee.

It is nothing wonderful that men said of the early disciples that they had been with Jesus. They had in their life the perfume of the rose—the Rose of Sharon.

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Understanding, Perfect—See.

UNDERSTANDING, SYMPATHETIC

If I knew you and you knew me— If both of us could clearly see, And with an inner sight divine The meaning of your heart and mine, I'm sure that we would differ less And clasp our hands in friendliness; Our thoughts would pleasantly agree If I knew you and you knew me.

—, Epworth Herald.

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UNEMPLOYED, PROBLEM OF THE

The problem of the unemployed is emphasized by facts and comments such as these from the metropolitan press:

James Kelly, seventy years old, a homeless wanderer, was found frozen to death within a few feet of the General Philip Schuyler estate, near Irvington.

Wilson Meyers, seventy years old, and homeless, was found dead in a stable near the Long Island Railroad tracks, at Rockaway Beach.