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 as  her  divinely  instituted,  means  of  sanctification, and have  no  fear  but  that  your  leprosy  will  be cleansed  and  your  soul  become  once  more  as  the  soul of a  little  child. In a  word:  "  Be  you  humbled  under the  mighty  hand  of  God  that  in  the  day  of  His  visitation He  may  exalt  you  "  (i  Peter  v.  6).

''"Why are  ye  fearful,  O ye  of  little  faith." — Matt. viii. 26.

Ex. : 1. Process of  despair. II. Popular sentiment. III. Church's stand.

I. Fifth  command  :  1. Suicide is  murder. 2. Worse. 3. God sole arbiter  of  life  and  death.

II. Crime: 1. Against Nature  and  society. 2. Self-preservation. 3. Scandal  and  cowardice.

III. Causes and  remedies  :  1. Judas. 2. Materialism. 3. Christian education.

Per. : The  restraining  influence  of  Christianity.

"If God  so  bounteously  feedeth  the  fowls  of  the air,  if  He  so  gorgeously  clotheth  the  flowers  of  the field,  how  much  more  you,  O  ye  of  little  faith!  "

Loss of  faith  in  God's  protecting  providence,  loss of love  for  God  and  humanity,  loss  of  strength  to  endure life's  temptations  and  hardships,  consequent  sins innumerable and  revolting  crimes,  no  joy  in  the present, no  hope  for  the  future,  despair  and  a  suicidal death, these  are  the  rounds  in  the  fatal  stairway  by which  many  a  poor  soul  has  gone  down  to  hell  forever. There is  something  simply  awful  in  the  grow-