[ETZEROTT, SHOEMAKER &# !critem i GIFT OF SHOEMAKER METZEROTT, Omne vivum ex vivo." "Whatisyourcreed?" "Jesus Christ." "Whatdoyou believeabout him?" "Whatwecan. Wecount anybeliefin him thesmallest better thananybeliefabouthim thegreatest, orabout anythingelse." L NEW YORK THOMAS Y. CROWELL & CO. 13 ASTOR PLACE COPYRIGHT, 1889, BY THOMAS Y. CROWELL & Co. C. J. PETERS 4, SON, TYPOGRAPHERS AND ELECTROTYPERS, 145 HIGH 8TREIT, BOTOI. DEDICATION. "Laborareestorare. TO re Clcrgn anb the S&oriungmeit of MAY THEY WORK AND PRAY TOGETHER FOR THE COMING OF THE KINGDOM OF CHRIST. 383342 CONTENTS. BOOK I. LOVE. CHAPTER PAGE I. KARL METZEROTT ATTENDS A KAFFEE KLATSCH . 9 II. THE PASTOR S BLUE APRON 23 III. A PESSIMIST 30 IV. DREAMS AND DREAMERS 38 V. "WHEN SORROWS COME" 50 VI. IN BATTALIONS 60 VII. " VlDING" 72 .80 VIII. MULTIPLICATION IX. FORS FORTUNA 87 X. HOMINIBUS BON.E VOLUNTATIS 95 XI. YGDRASIL .104 XII. "O YE ICE AND SNOW, BLESS YE THE LORD!" . 114 XIII. PROSIT NEUJAHR 126 XIV. LEARNING AND TEACHING 133 5 CONTEXTS. Q BOOK II. ALTRUISM. CHAPTER PAGE AFTER TWELVE YEABS 147 I. II. NEO-SOCIALISM 162 III. PRINCE Louis 174 IV. CINDERELLA S SLIPPERS 182 V. "DAS DiNG-AN-Sicn" 208 VI. "AN ENEMY CAME AND SOWED TARES" . . . .211 VII. GRADUAL ENFRANCHISEMENT 221 VIII. HITTER FRITZ 239 IX. "THE ETYMOLOGY OF GRACE" 248 X. PREACHING AND PRACTICE 261 BOOK III. FLOOD AND FIRE. I. "O ERCRAG AND TORRENT,TILLTHENI.GH.Tis.GONE,&.quot; 277 II. "POLLY, PUT THE KETTLE ON" 288 III. PANSIES 297 IV. V.E VICTIS ! 314 V. AN EXPERIMENT 328 VI. THE FRAGRANCE OF TEA-ROSES . . . . , . 334 VII. "THESE, THROUGH THEIR FAITH, RECEIVED NOT THE PROMISE" 346 VIII. "THAT, APART FROM us, THEY SHOULD NOT BE MADE PERFECT" 368