METZEROTT, SHOEMAKER “_Omne vivum ex vivo._” “What is your creed?” “Jesus Christ.” “What do you believe about him?” “What we can. We count any belief in him—the smallest—better than any belief about him—the greatest,—or about anything else.” NEW YORK THOMAS Y. CROWELL & CO. 13 ASTOR PLACE COPYRIGHT, 1889, BY THOMAS Y. CROWELL & CO. C. J. PETERS & SON, TYPOGRAPHERS AND ELECTROTYPERS, 146 HIGH STREET, BOSTON. DEDICATION. “_Laborare est orare._” TO =The Clergy and the Workingmen of America=. MAY THEY WORK AND PRAY TOGETHER FOR THE COMING OF THE KINGDOM OF CHRIST. 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. “’VIDING” 72 VIII. MULTIPLICATION 80 IX. FORS FORTUNA 87 X. HOMINIBUS BONÆ 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 BOOK II. _ALTRUISM._ I. AFTER TWELVE YEARS 147 II. NEO-SOCIALISM 162 III. PRINCE LOUIS 174 IV. CINDERELLA’S SLIPPERS 182 V. “DAS DING-AN-SICH” 203 VI. “AN ENEMY CAME AND SOWED TARES” 211 VII. GRADUAL ENFRANCHISEMENT 221 VIII. RITTER FRITZ 239 IX. “THE ETYMOLOGY OF GRACE” 248