The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1897-11-26

picks out one character that particularly
attracts him; something about that
character fascinates him with a spell,
He begins to copy it; certain words,
certain looks, certain ways sof doing
things, are reproduced in his life. Will
any one measure the power for good of
Louise NJ. Alcott's ~"Little Men" and
''Little Women? One loves art, and he
spends much time in the best galleries
of the world. The stories told there, in
color and in lines, of love and piety and
devotion to truth write deeper. lines and
paint stronger colors upon his heart and
soul. One who was not an artist, stand
ing beside matchless painting of Tur =
ner's, in which the artist had caught
upon his canvas the glories of glowing
sunset before they had begun to fade,
and in which the artist had made the
outgoings of the evening to rejoice, said
to Turner, II never see such colors in
any sunset" "Ah!" replied the great
painter, II only wish could reproduce
on my canvas the coIors which [ sea.''
So the true disciple of Christ, initiating
His life though yet great way off, out
of pure love for Him who first, unloved
loved US, is impelled ever near the Holy
Life.
''For My sake" that is the impulse
that is ever back Of ali real Christian
activity. L say real Christial activity, for
there is an immense deal of .busy-ness In
religious affairs that is not Christian.
'For My sake" that motive has kept
heart in many humble worker that
would otherwise have given up in
sheer despair. You don't know the
discouragements of Christian workers ;
these are not the things which they
parade before the world. Said a re-
turned lady missionary from Japan at
the recent EAmerican Board meeting in
New Haven, in introducing her address
snow am not going to begin by tell
ing you about the discouragements
which we missionaries find in our work
for we have learned long ago to take our
discouragements in prayer to the Lord
and leave them there" There Is an I'M
counted number of noble workers In all
parts of the world, on all sorts of fields,
WHO ARE DOING VERY THANKLEss WORK,
who never hear any praise, who are en-
countering obstacles that would break
any ordinary laborer down, who have
only this as their support and the litter.
up of their heads, that they are doing
their work in the name of the Master and
for His dearssake.alone. For My sake, 81
that keeps the home missionary on the
field, that makes him able to force $500
to cover what $1,000 would dc
in any other sphere. ''For My
sake" impelled by that motive Car.
ey started missions in India; Florence
| Nightingale visited hospitals in the Cri-
mea; and Edgerton r. Young went
among the Indians around Hudson's Bay.
oftentimes marking his footsteps with
blood in the snow. You know the infiu.
Ience that the little book OF e. e. Hale's.
I'm His Name" has had, which appeals
to this supreme motive for Christian ac-
tiyity alone. stEor Christ and the
Church, the Young Peoples Society OF
Christian Endeavor takes that as its
motto, as the words which show why It
lives and why 1t has right to be. But
IL the young people of our churches use
their meetings only for their own enter
Etainment and social delight, If amid their
Icommittee work and convention raptures
they forget their society's purpose and
aim, then their organization better not
exist at all. "For MY sake, = guided by
tnat motive let all our Christian zeal 90
forth.
"For MY sake" this Is back OF all sur
fering well endured. That Is the secret
which tells why some Christians have
been able to suffer SO much and COM
| plain 80 little, to be physically SO weak
land spiritually 80 strong; their trial has