Evening star., 1896-07-10

thsughtful attention OF this great con-
veIstea today b ''ssvetCts Serve
Il Is safe to assert-ff1at never was a
more philosophical anu psactfcal truth or
prmciple expressed taA TREE words than
Is proclaimed in thesel9s. The Infinite wis.,
q dom The Of Gvr blessed Is
Y stamped upon all h. works. and the
fitness, or the adaptaHo4s of means and
n ethods used for the accomplishments Of
redemption His etersSss purpose in Christ
Jesus. to redeem. resGGfaa's Hnd reclaim our
lost and ruined raea c8upied with the
same economic princlDle Of means and
peneficent end. One stmportant feature
Of tha2a means and netts6da il expressed
ia these nenaarkabla ;ss.Srds: Saved to
mainly for oar own saisatton.~ but but that @
we might become "vesssAs meet for the
Master'a use" Christ ska4apsd Service"
when he declared that the son Of man
came not to be rsinfstered unto but to
nninisteu, and bald down as q principle
In the economies Of his kingdom that we
are saved In order that we may serve,
Service is thus made the most Christnke
and divine aspect Of cur nnissien as His
redeemsd. Our purest joys. as welt as
enjoyed as' the result Of our hacnminp 1he ths
servant Of ali.
The Incentives to such hfe Of service
are truly glorious. FIRST. Service Ia salf-
snobling. It always brings out the divin-
est and best In our nature and character
Sod has made 1t impossible for US to be-
come trua benefaetors by any real service
rendered In any capacity without also be-
more than we give always. The true
giver. the real helper Of othars. the, hum
bic and self-foIgetfuI servant. constantly
maxim. ''It is more blessed to give than
to receive" ThIs is 80. Because he
becomes rich faster In real assets of
enoblad Christian manhood and character
by giving. helping and serving than IL is
possible by any process of direct 5estow-
mants upon him. Lifting the fallen aeces-
site tes the STRENGTHENING and stiff.ning of
ones own moral vertebrae. and the moral
beEeft accruing to the litter is in some
respects greater than those received by
the one that was lifted. The thought
that any and every effort put forth to seek
and save the lost develops more clearly the
tracirgs Of the divine likeness in the soul
must ever thrill the heart with Incentives
10 better and greater service for the Mas
ter as long as life shall last-"WhOsoeyer
Of ALL"
The third great incentive to serve la the
lnflnite value and greatness Of the soul
and the eternal interests involved in it's
salvation. He who understood man as
no other being in the universe could un-
derstand him asked What shall it profit
a man If he shall gain the whole world
ana lose MS own sonb or What shall
man give In exchange for MS souIr'
The fourth incentive that we shall name
Is the. certainty Of the outcome of the
service. % THE whole earth shall be
nlied with the knowledge or the Lord as
the waters cover the sea-" They ali
shall know Him from the least to the
greatest of them" So that there is alb
solute certainty that our labors shall not
be In vain. Success is the eternal decree
of Jehovah. ca Not only are we sure of
success in our labors to enlighten the ma
tions Of heathendum by the spreading Of
but the reign of righteousness is to be
brought in Christ's coming to reign or
earth a thousand years. and then is to