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A Human Picture of God.

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They must not betaken too critically, but they are sometimes wonderfully vivid and very

helpful. Anything that makes God seem real and near helps.

A few years ago I heard a simple story of real life from the lips of a New

England clergyman. It was told of a brother clergyman of the same

denomination, and stationed in the same city with the man who told me.

This clergyman had a son, about fourteen years of age, who, of course, was

going to school. One day the boy's teacher called at the house and asked

for the father. When they met he said:

"Is your son sick?"

"No; why?"

"He was not at school to-day."

"You don't mean it!"

"Nor yesterday."

"Indeed!"

"Nor the day before."

"Well!"

"And I supposed he was sick."

"No, he's not sick."

"Well, I thought I should tell you."

And the father thanked him, and the teacher left. The father sat thinking

about his son, and those three days. By and by he heard a click at the