The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-01-08
-S'ne is our Master. even Christ, and all 70 /
are brethren
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR COLUMN.
EDITED BY MRS. w. L. LEIsHER.
TOPIC FOR WEEK BEGINNING


lisa. 20: 8; Jno. IA: ~.
When here to-day with wonder
and with horror of the centuries
when warfare was the rule and
peace the exception. Even then
the world had dream of some
happy day when the sword and
spear should be laid aside. The
remembrance of wars but lately
finished, the dread of wars that
may break forth in the near future,
makes peace seem the more dear.
The ideal alike OF the ancient
world and of the modern, suggested
now by contrast, now by partial re-
alization, is of an age when war
shall be unknown.
Every human being has some
such ideal for his own life. The
various ways in which each strives
to gain his desire, or to persuade
himself that he has gained it. are
only so many proofs of the unwel-
come truth that conflict is going
on. The numerous attempts to
hush the tumult OF the battle, show
conclusively the universal con-
seriousness of it. Within every
heart that does not own It's al
legiance to its Lord there is war.
On the one side is conscience, rep
resentlng the rightful ruler; on the
other is the lawless will that raises
IN open revolt. 1t Is we'll for the
soul that it cannot gain rest except
in the true way. Its constant I'M
easiness is to urge it to turn to the
right path. The rebellion can
never be successful, nor can there
be even temporary truce; peace
can come only by reconciliation to
the King.
Reconciliation becomes easy when
one acknowledges that 1t is the
Fathers love against which he has
been contending. Conscience be-
comes friend instead of foe
when its voice is recognized as the
Fathers Anxiety about the future
ceases when one realizes the Faith
er's care. The haunting memory
of the past disappears when ones
love goes out to the Lamb of God
who died on Calvary to take away
the sin of the world. To the Lords
followers is given his peace, which
is abiding and which the world
cannot take away, the peace that
was his when sleeping in the storm,
when insulted by the mocking
crowd, when nailed to the cross.
That peace is theirs, and they give
evidence Of their divine sonship in
that they not only possess it for
themselves, but also become peace
makers in the world. R. Clark
ID. ID.
HUSHES.
The worlds idea Of peace is rep
resented by sleep or death. Gods
idea is represented by calmness in
the midst of busting activity or
fierce trial.
The worlds peace Is evanescent
and therefore uncertain. The
peace Of God is abiding. 1t Is like
the perpetual calm in the depth of
the sea, that no surface storm can
ruffle, and no swift upper current
turn aside.
1t touches the soul assailed by
douot and fear with q gentleness
that treasures it in an instant. and
guards the gateways of life with
the frmness of sentinel and the
beauty of seraph.
1t claims a mothers futtering
heart, and smoothes the furrowed
brow of business care, and steadies
the nerves of the patriot defending
the ramparts of right, and tclds it's
wings above the pillow of the dying
saint.-Rev. W. H. G. Temple.
SUGGESTED HYMNS.
"My heart that was heavy and
sad"
Gin the secret of his presence.
Gin the shadow of his wings"
"When peace, like a river"
"Savlour, again to thy lear name
we raise"
DAILY READINGS.
l. Trust in God. Psalm 20.
2. What true wisdom gives.
Prov. 8: lis.
3. Kept by God.
lisa, 90: liz.
4. Learn of Christ.
Matt. IL: $3.50.
3. Spiritually minded.
Rom. s: Lilo.
G. Fruit of the Spirit.
Gal. 8: 22-26.
:. How to obtain peace.
lisa. &c: 3; John IA: ~.
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