The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-31


have caused you 10 he carried away
capuvcs. and pray unto tire Lord for II;
for in tho peace thereof shall we nave
peace" From this was deduced the
theme. Make the place YOU 80 10 better.
lie said in part. 1t was the people OF ia
bylon to whom the counsel was written.
False prophets taught them that they
would soon return 70 Jerusalem and kept
them unsettled and DISCONTINUED. Jeh
yah would have them be At home and
identified with al that made for the
cool OF the city OF their sojourn. lie
gave as reasons that often initiate
agaist such conduct on the part OF new
corners.
I. They get out from under the restraint
OF the eve Of old neighbors and friends
and behave Ike school children when the
master Is out a little while Persons do
things away from their old neighbor 81
that they would not think Of doing there.
?. People go TO other places for other
purposes than purely religious except
missionaries and ministers) and become
absorbed I'm the object OF their pursuit
Our missionaries are often not only
not encouraged, but discouraged and HIN
dered IN their work by tourists who are
church members because they are en-
crossed in pleasure seeking and sisht-
seeing.
Q Many foster a sentiment thal local.
lies God 10 tho old church that they have
left. There are many Jerusalem temples
ana Samaritan mountains yet 10 minds
OF those who claim TO know Christ. ms
sicklv sentiment has no more merit IMAM
that which Graves grandmothers pie or
thirst for the old spring A heathen, an
outlaw an ndlel may all have II.
l. Perhaps the best reason as that they
haven't made IL much better where th'y
We're People who are not much s'"n
where they come 10 were not mueh
whore they came from.
There are reasons why we snould MAKE
the place Of our sojourn better And MS,
there are reasons pertaining 70 the pace
itself
our influence IS where We are An
iceberg that chnls the water hundred
miles above will carry its chilling Ell
"A hundred miles below If IL goes. me
flower i'm the home of the florist VIII carry
its fragrance to the home Of the puT-
chaser
Q our opportunity is where we are
The opportunities where We were are
gone and we oln make no more OUT OF
Them than we can out Of last year sum
mer or last years days worN.
g. our obligation is where we are.
man IS largely dependent upon the place
he is at. From those about him ne mus
got courtesios and kindnesses ana irleiu-
ship and sympathy ana s"ie'y' ""u y,
ovrf.s 10 10 the place that serves MN TO
.o,,.o as hest interests Rome eNtende1
her generosity 10 those who came WITH
i'm ber walls and often adopted them as
sons and many literally rewarded her
Virgil became her poet Maius her lnlro
founder. Cicero saved her from tatallne
and became her boosted orator.
Secondly There are reasons pertaining
to the persons who have gone.
Make the place you 90 20 better ipr
.bo s,l,o OF your families. Let Cod
,sople "bo increased and not diminish
ed. Susanna Wesley wrote her prolheI
that il was better 20 mourn ten en- ere"
dead than one living. ones chhaieh
should not have to be saved instrument
tally. II saved az an, by the influence
and efforts OF strangers and DINERS ]"
spite Of .he bad example and spiriiuai M
dolence ~ those Of their own hous.s'
% For the sake of self The eNll one
wakes reverts upon his own head. IL you
move do not add 10 The place "a tramp OF
a., ,-aoabnuI. or crank. or sabbath prtak-
or ar n centre OF had influence. inc
dangers OF the place we are are OUT
dangers. We viii breathe the impure 500
cial atmosphere we help make. The ira
yeler may not be IN his favorite place on
tho cars. but he must be interested IN tne
tr,in because in spite OF himself he is
subject to the danger OF "a run-oH OF
smash-up. o.,
s For the sake Of self. For m tne
Mace thereof we shall have peace. Benz
ats go ON their missions or mercy -
others. but return blessing upon WE
head OF the benefactor. Inc n'''ol,'' ,
..,n ,,s,s ont ,fpon the field tie seed
Ia .ou and fertillzes 20 enrich ana
beoutifv #. and then it nns his store
AMI olalders his heart So we cast oul
s.o, ~, truth ana excellence upon the soil
~ The society We are in and no ,.rI.il
,bem with prayer and righteous livins
as tbov shed their favor and fragrance
81, our own hearts and homes.