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herself to this humble work for more
than fifty years.
A Guiding Light.
Does this not teach us never to de.
spise our place of work? And does
it not also encourage us to let our
light shine wherever We are, that 1t
may guide, cheer and save our fellow
yoyagers upon the ocean of life? Chris.
tians are to shine in the world in
Christ's name and for His sake. They
must not, they cannot in loyalty TO
their God, permit the world to cover
up their light.
Conservation.
Now, in the shedding forth of light
there are two or three facts and pos
sibilities OF. the Christian life which
the church must ever keep before it.
self. One is conservation, and this in
view of the fact of Gods ownership.
We are not our own. We are a pur-
chased possession. We belong to God
in all the realm and relations of our
being. "Ye are not your own, We are
bought with price" Recognizing
this fact, we cannot do less than dedi-
cate ourselves to God, and be set
apart by him for any service that he
may elect. Gods right to us, and our
serviceableness in his hands lie at the
foundation of the Apostle Pauls eX-
hortation to present ourselves to Him
in the fullness of our lives. That is
to say: Both the inner and the outer
man must be given by those who would
truly live for God.
The Christian Mission.
Surely no Christian can say less
than this: Whose | am, and whom I
myself to him. Let him use me. Let
er fact and possibility of the Christian
| life is separation. And this, in view
| of Gods dwelling in Christians, of
their companionship with the Lord
Jesus Christ. What communion hath
light with darkness? And what con-
cord hath Christ with Belial? And
what agreement hath the temple Of
God with idols? For We are the .cm-
pie of the living God, as God hath said,
Il will dwell in them, and walk in them:
and I will be their God and they shall
| be my people. Wherefore, come We
out from among them, and be ye sep
arate, and touch not the unclean
thing; and 1 will receive you, and will
be Father unto you, and We shall be
my sons and daughters, saith the Lord
Almighty
Seeds Among Thorns.
Christians have no business tc lose
their light and power of witnessing
| through worldliness. The worldly
disciples are the seeds sown among
the thorns. The cars of the world, the
deceitfulness of riches, and the pleas
ures of this life choke the word and
keep it from bringing forth fruit into
perfection. Worldliness is the curse
of the church and it is to be feared
more than all outside things. For q
consecrated, separated church is IT.
resistable-a witness before which in
fidelity and all pride of intellect and
all leshliness go down.
The Body a Temple.
Know ye not that your bodies arc
temples of the Holy Spirit?" Ye are
sealed by the Holy Spirit. He wants
to guide us, fill us with the light Of
Christ, for the worlds sake. He car
do this only as We come out and are
separate and touch not the unclear
things, only as we are not of the
world. In the world and yet not of il
is our place.
The Christians Usefulness.
A third fact or possibility of oul
Christian life is usefulness Some
/ years ago | heard Robert E. Speer, ir
4 the mission congress at Peoria. speal
of the tests which Christ applies tc
his disciples. They were so good anc
searching that bring them to you Pu
them in the form of questions: First
Are you of use?" Second, Are yor
of use with all your might?" Third
Are you of use in all the world?'
These are excellent.
Burning Up for God.
i When Henry Martyr went to India
he wrote in his diary, Now let m,
burn UP for Cod" This is the spiri
all true Christians should have, a de
sire that they shall be used for Coz
in every sense of the word.
Those who have this desire in thei
hearts are the truest Christians. Paul
the shining Apostle, was Saul, the per
secutor turned about.
ouf LORD is SIill among the SOlQel
candlesticks. His churches. He eS
poets them to give light, to be as cit
les of light set upon hills. TIL
churches will be golden candlestick
when their members are candles 0
the Lord.
His Life Work.
Rev. F. f. Stoltz was born on farm
: near Bremen, Fairfield county, Ohio