The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-18
Sabbath Lessons.
Notable DAYS.

enant ne obtains a different name among
his neighbors
2 The Lord comes to every mans
heart and enters in when he is welcomed,
as he was by Abraham
). The Lord thoroughly knows the
character of his servants-whom he can
trust and whom he cannot
4. a thoroughly righteous man viii
command his household so that all shall
keep the way of the Lord.
.. The fervent, effectual prayer of a
righteous man availeth much
WHAT is REQUIRED OF US
The Christian Endeavor topic for Aug
Is is found in Deuteronomy x, 12-4. "And
now, Israel. what doth the Lord Inv
God require of thee but to fear the Lord
tiny God, to walk in all His ways. and to
love Him, and to serve the Lord thv
God with all thy heart and with all thv
soul 70 keep the commandments of the
Lcrd, and his statutes, which L command
thee this day for thy good Behold the
heaven and the heaven of heavens is the
LORD thy God, the earth alone. with all
that therein is"
Everything belongs to God. He owns
all However you look at the matter,
there can be no other fair conclusion IF
you consider the world and universe after
the Scriptural fashion as made by God
preserved and guided, governed and
loved. He owns it all. If you begin ar
the other end Of the process and st,ldv
natural forces only and watch the de-
velopment of all parts in orderly progress
SION from primitive conditions unto the
perfected end, you find the crown of all
is the moral and religious life, and in ALI
through all and over all there IL In fuII.
ness of power as efficient cause and end
the Divine One. His is the plan and tho
accomplishment
Men and women, youth and children
then are His. Our wisdom and happiness
hang on the discovery of His pleasure
ana VIII regarding US and our obedience
to that idea. Yet how simple are HIS re-
qulrements regarding u.s. If His laws are
heavy. 1t is only because we have got
away from healthful conditions of soul
His yoke is easy and His burden light"
to loving hearts. 1t cannot be expressed
IN exact numbers as hours of devotion
and dollars of Offering 1t is not in mo-
tons or head, hands and feet: not in
colors of clothing, altar cloths or win
doWs; not in arrangement of words
sounds or ideas. All these at times NAV
be useful and needful, but all combined
in most exact proportions and plan can
never suffice for the service God requires
Justly of US Private and public Worship
are the ordinary ways in which we mani
fest the spirit of alteration. But If our
worship goes no further, 1t is very de-
fcient
We are in all our ways TO walk before
Him. That must mean that in the home
we are to act as considerably and low
ingly as He does to us-no pickering. no
contention, but courtesy and affection. In
school on the street, in all business, in
social gatherings and public affairs, Gods
ways are to be made our ways. How are
We to kno'T what to do? Study His word
as 1t has been written by inspired men;
study His word as made flesh and dwell
ling among as in the person of Jesus
Christ. See how He walked and talked
and then do likewise
III we love and obey the commandments
and statutes viii be impressed on tbe
mind, VIII find new meaning and fresh
application. and we will see how thew n
eohspire for our good. Instead Of being a
burden. Ii VIII become a delight To do
Gods will.