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( " Ws, 57 O- : « - Yor. 2, 107% acceptable plea for forgiveness is proof of his sincere re,ant- ance of his sins. Many passages in the Moly Book indicete thet the best and most acceptable proof of repentancs is a eonfessio:. that the sins indicated have {in fact been sosaitted, - 5 A great pany expressions of the Greatest Teacher of ali time, showing that the Acheson statement was HOT in accord with the sum of His teachings might bo olted, byt I will sentior only a Zew at this tims. On one occasion, es is indicated in Matthew 7:25, The Lord said of some figurative sen who olaime4 to have done “many wonderful things" in His Name, "I never imev ou; Gepart from me, ye that work iniquity!" In Matthew 16:7, e is quoted as saying,”Woe unto the world because of offenses! Por it aust needs be that offenses some, but woe th that man by whom the offense cometh!" In the 2lat Chapter. the atory is told of His wielt to a Temple of God, where He found tradesmen engaged in commer-— elalizing that Holy Place. ‘here was no hint of charity in His action in driving them fercibly from their accustomed places--nor in the denunciation He voiced, "It is written, Hy House shall be called the House of Prayer; but ye have mate 4t a den of theives.” Parenthetically, those moneychangers were dealing in nothing more veluable than tangible produsts ir common use by their customers: Hiss, however, was treffickirg 4n the most priceless soorsts of his nation, maés evailehis to him because from 19359 until bis' transfer to a more profiteble job, those at the beim of the Government had ridimiled the Warnings of a former Copmminist, 2i0 HAD REPENTED OF HIS EVIL DOING AND WAS TRYING, A‘! SERIOUS RISi TO HIMSELF AND TO HIS PAMILY, TO ATONE FOR THE DAMACE HE HAD DONE/ You no doubt imow in general the story of the betrayal of The Nazarene by Judas. After He had teer nailed to the — cross, He was moved by cocepassion for the mincr onerasterr in the tragic drama, who had even then inflitoted excruciating pain upon Him. Lifting His eyes on high, Fe said, “Father, forgive them; they know not what they do." It 4s not on record that at any tire before His release from agony by death, His woice was lifted in a plea for the forgiveness of ti: wretched oreature to whom He had said only e fer houre before. "Mme Son of Man goeth as it is written of llim; but woo to that man by whom the Son of ken is betreyed; it hoo been scod for that man if be had not been born!" _ Throughout the Gospels, where the tern is weed ir : eonnection with those who have sinned, “shav'ty” 1° fueajvacd a E ‘, , . Ste eg 4n the term, "forgiveness." With feelinrs of the desrest v- regret, Mrs. Roosevelt, I am now about to present om; reply am to your criticiam thet I heve not exhibited « eharitable , spirit toward a human being who, at long last, needed tre . as _ ——— f— 44 oe uAanads eharity of ni LOLiows Very GaGLy asses