CHAPTER FIFTEEN
 RELIGIOUS FAITH AND PRACTICE

 Lord, not for light in darkness do we pray,
 Not that the veil be lifted from our eyes,
 Nor that the slow ascension of our day
 Be otherwise.
 We know the paths wherein our feet should press,
 Across our hearts are written thy decrees.
 Yet now, 0 Lord, be merciful to bless
 With more than these.
 Knowledge we ask not-knowledge thou hast lent;
 But Lord, the will-therein lies our bitter need.
 Give us to build above the deep intent
 The deed, the deed.
 -JoHN DmrKxwATER.

 IDENT A. A. Murphree was a religious man and
 lived his religion. A study of his life reveals that
 at every turn of his pathaway the influence of his
 religious faith intrudes itself, to influence him
quite definitely in all that he did. From his aged aunt, Mrs.
Celia A. Fendley, who lives up near his boyhood home, there
comes this tribute:
 "Albert joined the church when he was just a boy and I
am sure he lived a Christian all of his life. I remember talk-
ing with one of his associates when he was in school at the Uni-
versity of Nashville and he told me that Albert lived a Chris-
tian life while there." This elderly lady added in her letter,
"I remember that when Albert was about seventeen years old
he was to make a speech one night at an institution in our little
town of Chepultepec. At the supper table an older brother
and his uncle were teasing him about it. He made a fine
speech and we were all so proud of him. We had several
young people in our home in those days, so we had music each
night and morning. I remember how sweetly he sang."
 The talents which Dr. Murphree possessed of singing and
speaking were frequently dedicated to his religious work. He
was never too busy to perform his duty to the church, even
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