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jail censors. Why should he be ? Has he not determined to purge his heart of all impurity and be a new man?
MESSAGES OF FAITH HOPE AND CHEER. A fond father has lost his daughter and the question of life and death and eternal mystery of the great hereafter have become living issues with him.
Where is he to seek his consolation? He sends the pang of his heart to Bapu and gets in reply not only words of consolation, but a living message of faith, hope and cheer.
At the stroke of 9, he leaves his pen and retires to rest.
It is a habit of many years with Gandhiji to sleep in the open just under the stars. He seems to believe that star light has a beneficial effect just in the same way that the sunlight has. No amount of cold or dow will drive him to the veranda, often times did I wake at night to see him sleeping the soundest sleep of perfect innocence.
A PARABLE.
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T. L Vaswani. THEY wandered in exile. They wandered in the woods.
1 For thirteen long years they must not return home to Hastinapur, nor be seen by friends or foes. The five Pandava brothers,-princes,-. Wander in concealment.
One day they feel thirsty,-very thirsty. Then says the eldest lrother named Yudhishtra, to the youngest :-"Thirsty are we beyond endurance. Take your arrow-case and fill it with water!” And the youngest Pandava goes out and finds a pool. A crane,-the king of cranes.--cries out :-"Youngman! drink nothing until you answer the questions." But Nakula pays no heed and drinks water and falls down dead on the spot ! Yudhishtra waits long; Nakula returns not! Then does Yudhishtra send to the spot the next youngest brother,
Sahadev, saying :-“ It is late; we are thirsty ; find out your Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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