The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-04-08
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVJR COLUMN.


EDITED BY REV. AND MRS. w. l..
LEISHER.
PRAYER MEETING TOPIC FOR WEEK
BEGINNING APRIL 10.
christ's Kingdom. Do I Belong to 1t.
Psalm :; Matthew IL: IL.
Temperance Meeting.)
Undue regard for the power of
numbers is not uncommon with
those living in country where
majorities rule. When we see ar
rayed on the side of evil forces
powerful in umber, influence and
capital, we are often tempted to
feel dlsheartened, and to think that
efforts to overthrow the wrong and
to establish the right are foredoomed
to failure. There is need of the
clear vision that faith gave the
Psalmlst, revealing that, however
bad men may unite, their case. is
the hopeless one, and that IN spite
of all opposition and plotting Gods
kingdom is sure to prevail Not
only is the Son of God to reign, in
dependently of what evil men may
plan, but they themselves are abso.
lutely under his control.
In our efforts to help others we
can rescue those who are subjects of
Satan only by bringing them also
into the true kingdom. 1t is of
little use merely to lift them to less
wretched positions IN the realm Of
darkness. There the highest officer
as well as the most degraded mental
is nothing.but slave. There have
been persons who by different titles
have been heir to more thrones than
one; but no one having any connec-
ton with either of these Kingdoms
can have any share whatever IN the
other. Only by coming altogether
out of the kingdom of evil does one
gain his freedom. The slaves of
sin will! be led to seek escape bv
seeing in Christ's followers the at
tractlvencss of his kingdom; and
the Christian will have power to aid
their escape just in proportion to
the closeness of his unien with his
King.-Arthur ". Kelley.
The KINGDoM.-The monarch
cal idea seems to be indispensable
when we speak OF the relation of
God to his people. Democracies
may properly describe men. but
sovereignty is the prerogatlve of the
Deity. Let US consider some of the
characteristics Of the kingdom over
which God reigns, and of which
all saved souls are the glad subjects.
Its spirituality distinguishes it from
all others. 1t is "not of this world"
no one has ever seen it; it is "within
YOU" 1t Is 80 far-reaching that all
the nations of earth can be included
in 1t. Its peculiar people take IN
tribes, classes, castles and colors. 1t
is as broad as humanity. Its uni
versal nature is Its glory. 1t is
eternal. The wastes of time are
strewn with the fallen kingdoms of
man, but this kingdom of God
shall increase in beauty and power
forever and ever.-Rev. W. Ii. G..
Temple.
If Chi It the Lord should come to-day,
As erst 10 Peter by the SCI,
And low and endcrly should say.
20 my III ciple. owe t thou me?'
To hoe and me
Wha would on answer be7
Just this I'VE surel, love thee, Lord;
Our wills are wea our hearts are poor,
But. clipgiag to thee, In thy word
We trust aud We shall aye endure"
For thee and me
This would the an swer be.
M. F.. Sangstcr.
You will never grow like Christ
unless you are in earnest about it,
any more than you could pierce a
tunnel through the Alps with a
straw. 1t needs an iron bar tipped
with diamond to do it. Unless
your whole being IS engaged in the
task, and YOU gather your whole
self together into a point and drive
the point with all your force, YOU
will never get through the rock
barrier that rises between you and
the fair lands beyond. Alexander
McLaren, ID. ID.
lie who would follow Christ in
his glory must also be content to
follow him in his humiliation. There
never have been lacking those who
would gladly follow the King to his
throne of majesty, but who refuse
to follow when the steps of Jesus
lead to suffering, shame and death.
Yet the reason that the path of
Jesus leads so high is simply be-
cause it descends 80 w.-Editorial
in Sunday School Times.
FOR ANSWER IN THE MEETING.
What kind of people think they
are in the kingdom, but are mis-
taken?
How does ono hecoma q cstizan