Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-12

love mo VIII be loved by my Father. ana I.
to them
What has happened. Master" said
Judas (not Iscariot). shat you are going to
r r~,,1 >. yourself to us and not to the
whoever loves me-" Jesus answered,
VIII lay my teaching TO heart; and my
Father will love him. and we win come to
him and make our home with him. Those
WHO do not love me will not lay my teach
ing to heart; and the teaching you are lis
tening to IL not my own. but that Of the
Father who sent me. have told you all
this while still with you. but tho Helper
the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send
to represent me-will teach you everything.
and will remind you Of everything that
have said to you. And now I leave you
blessing; it IL my own blessing that give
YOU do not give to you as the world
gives. Do not be disheartened or dismayed.
You heard me say that was going away
and would return to you. II you loved me
to the Father, because the Father h great
er than I am. So have told you now be-
fore It happens. that when 1t does you may
still believe In me. shall not talk with
you much more. for the Spirit that rules
the world is coming. Not that He has any,
thing in common with me; but He Is COM
ing that the world may see that love the
Father, and that do just as the Father
commanded me. Come. let us be going"
1t is a fact that nearly every one has re-
marked upon that it Is not the great sor-
rows of life that cause the greatest aggre-
gate of suffering; 1t Is the worries. the anx-
ieties. the little troubles that wear out the
nerves and temper. Many a wife and
mother would doubtless be willing to under
go an operation at the surgeons hand. or
some such other terrible trial, II she could
thereby finally escape the ten thousand pet
ty trials that often make life daily tor
ment All the more need, since this ls true,
that we learn how to. cast all our care upon
Him who Is so willing to bear even these
tiny trials. Few of us fail to seek the
shelter of the rock when the cyclone blows.
but. alas! many of us fail utterly to under
stand what 1t means to abide there.
In the midst OF Broad street, Philadelphia,
in the most crowded part of the city, there
are refuges-little platforms built under
street lamps, where the foot passenger may
step up and be safe from the moving throng
OF vehicles that rush by, and sometimes
timfd woman or child will stand there with
beating heart. wishing she might stay and
not attempt the perilous way to finish cross
Ing the street. But under the shelter OF
GODS wings we may have no dread OF go
Ing out. for II we will we may take that
shelter with US wherever 1t is His will we
should go. Oh. wonderful thought! ii pass
through the dangers of the world. fears
throngfng on every hand, and yet to feel
that we have absolutely naught to fear, for
nothing can harm child of God
Marcus Dods says: Jesus defines the
peace which He was leaving to His dis
ciples as that peace which He had himself
enjoyed My peace give unto you,' as one
hands over a possession he has himself
tested, the shield or the helmet that has
served him in battle. That which has pro-
teeted me in a thousand fights I make over
to you. The peace which Christ desires His
disciples to enjoy is that which character
lied himself the same serenity in danger,
the same eQuanimity in troublous circum-
stances, the same freedom from anxiety
about results. the same recovery of COM
posture. after anything which for a moment
ruhied the calm surface of His demeanor.
this is what He makes possible to all who
serve Him."
Notice all through this chapter. twisted
in with the golden thought of peace, runs
the more somber thread OF keeping the
commandments" and doing the will of the
Father. Was not that the source Of Christ's
peace. which He gives us. that He went
about doing His Fathers will? 1t is cause
and effect from beginning to end. for he
that keeps the commandments loves Christ.
and he that loves Christ Is the with
whom Christ abides. and he with whom
Christ abides is enveloped in peace as with
a cloud
Therefore. sad soul, IL you are tossed
about with many cares and worries. take
heart with the many promises that you
may bring your trouble to Him and ask
''fn His name" and He will do 1t. Then go
about His will. 1t may be some homely
duty only half done. Do it well. trusting
that your own trouble which you cannot
unravel is In better hands than yours You
".
He is to look after your troubles and see
you safely through. and you are to do His
will" The rest and peace are here for you
If you will but take them. And If you for
cares alone. keep claiming that promise
again and again. whatsoever We shall ask
in my name. that will do" And then,
Let not your heart be troubled. neither let
it be afraid"
Applied Truth.
ship came into port not many years
ago whose captain told a strange tale. He
said that on the voyage across the Atlantic
his ship had been overtaken by a violent
storm that threatened to overwhelm them.
After nearly two days of such weather as
they had rarely experienced. the storm, in
stead of subsding took on added fury,
and suddenly developed into a cyclone with !
that rotary motion SO fatal to the vessel
unfortunate enough to be caught In it's
path. MOmentarily expecting to be de-
stroyed. they saw vessel near them go
down with scarce an fnstant's warning; but,
to their amazement. while the storm Shrek
ed In awful violence a little way off, the
water Immediately about them grew calm
the wind died away, and they seemed in a
calm that was itself surrounded by storm
And so they were Scientists say there is
such a circle of calm in the heart of every
storm, though ships rarely happen into 1t. |
But the Christian who has found refuge in
the heart of God dwells in perpetual peace
because he is at the center Of all things |
A man once described his brother. who |
was one Of those persons anxious about |
by saying that 1t seemed as If |
he had dropped a bottle and broken 1t, and |
then carefully picked up all the pieces and |
hid them in his bosom. Where as he press |
ed them more and more closely to his heart, |
they cut him more and more deeply.
How to help the 1eader-Try to show how |
1t Is physical law that If one deliberately |
refuses to worry his health will be improy- |
ed and his life thus made brighter, better, |
happier.
Parallel passages-Psalms 4:S: Psalms |
q d. IA: Psalms 34:7: Psalms 37:5; Psalms |
So %; Job 1915: Isaiah 1872: Luke 12:6,727, |
%; Philippians 46; Peter 5:7.
Hints to the Leader.
Christian Endeavor Hymns, o. "a. 81. 7e,
lO2. 1O4
The Endeavor Hymnal. II. "a, 81, SO, 90, |
lO4
Call for verses on the topic from memory,
Ask some leading question. such as the |
Is anything too small for God |
to notice and help US in? What are some |
Of your daily worries? Are there any which |
you could not throw entirely upon God and |
leave there II you would?
Be sure to close by a season Of brief |