Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-04
CHRISTIAN ENDEAvOR HOUR
Conducted by
GRACE LIVINGSTON HILL.
For July 5.

Genesis. kiss. And Pharaoh said unto
his servants, can we find such n one as
this is a man =, xvh.,,, ~, s,,-,, :, O.,
a., ~ ~ SP' VI wv
%. ana Pharaoh said unto Joseph. for
asmuch as God hath Showed thee all this.
there is none SO discreet and Wise a. chou
art "'' ~ '''1
cord,inp unto tbv uora s,au an -. -.
be ruled: only in the throne will hs
greater than thou
Al. And Pharaoh said unto Josenh see.
have set thee over all the land of Egypt.
x. ana Pharaoh took on his ring from
ms hano, ana put IL upon Josephs hand.
and M, q vo,a nhair a,so',, -, Oh me hheh'
Acts. vii:s5 This Moses whom, ,bsv "a
fused saving who made tbae a r,,iar az,
a Judge? the same did God send IN IVA a
ruler and a deliyerer by the hand 81 the
angel which apneared 10 hin, A., ,h. h,,,,
M He broupbt ther, o,,. e,
had Showed wonders and signs ,n TN i,ns
of Egypt and I'm tho Raa s. "a g, ~
w,,dernass for,y ,aass u 'e"' anu IN t"e
Danial 81 II &c.,, r,,,, A.. -
the Linpdo,, on h,,n,,r", 70 sc. oNer
nrinces which should he go anu '~eh,y
kingdom '"e "hoie
49, QUA, 49,. 49,.
- n.i .ese tnree presidents OF
r,isht .ia,a ao', was nrs.. .hat the princes
,, So Sooun.s unto thern' ana the
- H'"eo.
~ ..a .I.s Dai'ei was preferred above
.iU PeSiueu.S anu princes. because an eN-
~, SPIN was III hitn' ana the king
tnought 10 SET MN over the whole realm.
ineh the presidents ana princes sought
10 ma occasion against Daniel concerning
the Kingdom: but they could find none
csslon Tor rault; forasmuch he was
faithful, neither was there any error or
fauit found In him.
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How many Christian Endeavorers who
have ambitions toward a puhI,c ufa b.v.
over lookad ,,nor ,ho,r o,r.,, ,,,
tos.,., .e.,,,l -. "a tanning as
i"'his any 'iiiis at all 10 90 with their nee
essary preparation for 1t? And yet far
back as Pharaoh's time We find that n
o,lality to he desirad In a r,,, n,h, -. A..
60, IL, =, ' ""' was W
Iand ns Ia me .ne aan,ni INNS, OF the
D ~. opiil' vi goo IN MIN.
~ h. ~ .,s nay, IN spite OF All the evil
.aia' mas crept INTO poiltical life. the man
-, Ln mh G, tlle Spirlt OF GOD IS through
800, III oah Speak anu act, VINO Is per-
Lecuy wiihs 10 give MS lie III need be
wneh Gou caiIs. mas also the spirit OF the
. u,ei. w men such man comes the coun-
ones nave 10 shrink away beaten
w nat snail say to the Christian En-
deavorers about preparing for public life?'
asked a wise but cynical student of hui
man nature. Tell them not to do it, be-
cause they won't get a chance to use II IL
.hey 90. was the reply. And sometimes
IL ooes seem as IL when a good man makes
up ms mind TO run FOR an office he finds
IL hard TO get the chance; and II seems 50
necessary to stoop to low means to get
In; that ne Is discouraged before he starts.
Now II may be that the cause for this is
just here In the beginning He has not.
after all. the Spirit of God I'm him. but the
spirit or gain. or the spirit of ambition for his
own selfish ends, though he has this well
hidden from even himselfb by what he thinks
Is his desire to do good. 1t needs very
close understanding on the part of an as
pirant to public life to make sure of this
1t needs the searching with the full con-
seriousness of the eye of God upon one
But If there should come to the front to-
day man of ability in whom as II was
ruling spirit. upon whose brow Judgment
sits undethroned by any selfish Thought
from whose eyes truth looks and in ths
curve of whose lips right speaks. no matter
what the outcome, then that man would ba
recognized as fit and be raised to a plaza of
authority.
There are a few such men. thank God.
whose records shine out from the darT
page Of history like stars and there might
be more If only those to whom God mas
spoken would submit their lives to Him i'm
willingness to do His will letting Him
send liner, them ana prepare them and then
ruler of any kind one must first learn TO
De ruled
IN may De tnat there are some young.
tni, al 20 e5,, 80 ~ ~ poverty.
be
them at all. But none can know from
whence Goo Is going to call His chief
aorth IoSa,. 80, i.is nousehoius IN mo
dungeon in nrena ration for bis bipb nIaca
Moses was callad fro,, to,aing biS atbar
inIa NC sbeen In n Sar conntry al -,
RELUCTANT was he To do the hiddipg Of Ia
Lord Perhans both of them had ,pur
INJURED in their hearts at the way in which
their lives were bedged about and ali
their ambitions made impossble Josenb
could hardly have expected TO go from
a dungeon to a throne 1t NAV be lie.
cause he had done his best in the dungeon
that the glory of his ruling was so great.
Then Daniel a captive, on plain bread
and water never befudded his mind with
any arguments that he could do no good In
that country nor compete with others
less he did as they did and took a little
wine with the rest and ate the kinSs
meat.
The true Christian Endeavorer should first
resolve that he will do whatever God
wv T., hefnr. h;,, aud have mn b,siis.
ton in thinking that 1T may be God VIII
can MN 10 puphc ne. ne s,ouiu ths"
a set ,he S So pt' of e Cod "' VI i''S
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