The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-03
THE CALL 10 SEPARATION.

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THE CALL 40 SEPARATION.
The Epworth League topic for Aug.
5 is found$Ein H., Cor, vi, 14-18; I.
John, H., 10 LIZ. ssCome out from among
them, and be We separate, and touch
not the uncIean, and I will receive you
ana !! Will be a Father unto you, and
We snail be My sons and daughters,
salth the Lord Almi ghty, gives no
sanction of unneighborly conduct and
makes no demand for any exclusive
ness which is not entirely kind and
nelpful to everyone. 1t gives no basis
Tor arrogance and the spirit of unlkind
crltlclsm. 1t is not a command to ban
Ism all pleasant things and cultivate
the unlovely in dress or manners.
IL fse7a, perfectly natural recognition
OF the TACT that if one becomes fully
deVoted TO the good and pure the inn
pure and unclean must be banished
from companionship. The two are in
compatible and cannot live together.
one or the other must be chosen. If
we are to be disciples of Christ and
chlldren of the Most High, we can no
longer cultivate the merely f1eshly APP
pet1teS and worldly tastes.
We are heirs of all the divine in-e
her1tance. We are princes of royal
lineage. We must fit ourselves for
our nigh position and call to rulership.
we must first become able to rule our
own ~ spirits to control our desires,
which; II left unframed would wander
INTO harmful ways. We are. to think
OF the good and beautiful until we
grow to love only that which is pure
and admirable. We are to speak the
truth until we become incapable of the
false. and untrue. We are to do the.
kind things until it becomes aturaI
and easy and all unkind deeds are,
painful and impossible to us in pfac-
tice. !.
What contrast this makes to all
merely worldly living! How. such con-
secratIon and working would make us
actually different and separate from
/ >the@World-4not out of the world; still
in it, actively, full of life and joy and
Zest, but biessedly conscious of peace
and purity and love in place of the
restlessness4 unelean lusts and misery
of the worldly II
The call of Christ to discipleshipsis a..
call at the present time, as it was. in
His lifetime and has always been since,
to become different in some respects
from other people. This necessity for
separateness has mot always been
clearly seen, nor has the requirement
been always faithfully observed In
too many cases Christians seem to the.
worldly to- be- no better than them
f selves and scarcely different in am
way
| and have made the difference extend
to manyetl1ings which Jesus never in-s
Guided and which should@neVer have
been brought into the question
NOTABLE DAY OF TEE WEEK.
q Aug. lis the tenth Sunday after the
Trinity. Also the anniversary Of the
Columbus with his fleet of three little
ships from Palos, Spain, with the object
Of reaching India by westerly course.
now than India. Also the birthday, in
1903. OF Hamilton$$F'ish American states
mar, ~ = IS &
Aug is dedicated in the Catholic cal
endaf to ST.. Dominic, founder of the
order OF 9Paomlnicanss Sor preaching friars
Bysshe Shelley, English poet. Is.
Apg fsaea,cated ~ IL - >, H. I, =. -, p
endar To-. St. ARA, patron ssSf Augsburg,
Germany tShe sheltered priest fieeirg
from persecution, was converted, and suf-
Tered death for becoming Christian.
Aug. is the festival known as the
TRANSPORTATION, instituted by the Greek
church in 700, and introduced into the
Roman calendar ia 1856; it commemor-
ates the transformation of Christ in the
presence of the three disciples, Peter,
James and John, on Mount Tabor. Born,
former and educational writer, father of
Louise M. zAlcett. y Born, Daniel O'Con-
nell, in ITS; Irish orator
August is Inc anniversary of the birth
in 1875 Of Joseph Rodman Drake, Amer
lean poet; Of Ieseph P. Thompson in 1919,
American divine editor and author
August .issthe hnnfversar,- of the birth
of James Bovdoin4i in 1927, for whom Bow
dom college. Fas banned; Benjamin Sill
man in IT'S, fem ibent American natural
ist and professor; Charles A. Dana in 1919,
well known Fne1Scan editor.
August 9sf4theA anniversary of the birth
in 1893 of Iz$ak Walton author of sThe
Complete ANGLER. & sUncanonized, he is the
patron saint of anglers. About scarce
another author cSnter memories of such
unmiXed gentenegs aid peace.