Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-02
CHRISTIAN ENDEAvOR HOUR
Conducted by Grace Livingston I'M.
For Auril 3 1904

For April 3. 1904
Topic: '.Our Victories Through Christ Easter
Meeting.D Corinthians Is $685.
50 Now this 1 say. brethren. that flesh
| and blood cannot Inherit the kingdom OF
God neither doth corruption inherit incos-
ruption.
81. Behold. I shew you a mystery: we
shall not all sleep. but we shall all be
changed,
81 In a moment, In the twinkling of an
eye. at the last trump: for the trumpet
shall sound, and the dead shall be raised
fncorruptible and we shall be changed.
| SO. For this corruptible must put on in
corruption, and this mortal must put on
| I'm mortality.
%. So when this corruptible shall have
put on interruption, and this mortal shall
have put on immortality. then shall be
brought to pass the saying that Is written,
Death Is swallowed up In victory.
%. death, where is thy sting? o grave,
where is thy victory?
50. The sting of death Is sin; and the
strength of sin is the law.
81. But thanks be to God, which giveth
US the victory through our Lord Jesus
| Christ
| IS. Therefore. my beloved brethren. be We
| steadfast. unmovable. always Astounding
| In the work of the Lord. forasmuch as ye
know that your labor is not in vain in the
Lord.
| Earths annual mystery. heavens great
miracle. Is lbout to burst upon our sight
| once more The brown field out there can
never make the summer green: the withered
| tufts of dried and bleached grasses never
| rise TO wave as last summer In the breeze.
| The leaves that lie rotting beneath the bare
branches, the whispering souls of the trees.
| cannot fly up and grow green for their
clothing again. And our storm-wearied
eyes, impatient of the SHOWS and bitter
blasts. long tor summer, bright summer,
once more. How can this ever be?
But one day soon, In moment, SEEM
| ingly, lin the twinkling of an eye" some
morning this will all be changed. That
bare field will put on garment of tender
green, and, as If by magic. all the trees
will soften and blend into fringy yeliows
and tassels of red. Soon the leaves VIII
whisper to the breeze again. and earth will
speak of hfe-full. abundant growing life
| not death, with its winter winding sheet of
snow.
1t must be God planned the seasons to re-
mind us of His victory over death.
And it will be with the body, this put
| ting off the corruptible. and putting on
| the incorrupthle this laying down the
mortal-only with the bodies when we
| put on the immortal there Is no more or
| having to leave it for the mortal, as the
grass looks forward to death again. for
death is vanuuished finally. Just as when
the summer veIdure appears with ITS spring
! victory the death of the bare, brown field
| In the winter past Is completely swallowed
up. -.
What would II be to you and me to start
out tomorrow morning knowing that Tor
us death was vanquished? No fear or Il
need ever ain darken our path. no dread
| of it hover about us at night when we lie
down to rest.
Is IL not possible that death may be con-
| quered for us even now while we I'VE WITT
out waiting for heaven and the LIE mere
| after to do it? Paurs triumphant, ringing
| words seem to indicate that Where Is the
| sting of death?" he asks, and the answer
Sin =. A.,
| Brave men and women do not fear the
little gasp for breath, the mere physical
pain of shaking off this body. Worse pam
| than that we often pass through. ana Is .s.
| and forget. 1t is the going out OF this iife
| into the next and bearing with US only,
| with which to face the Judge-our SINS.
| Godet says: whoever appr,opr. aens
| Christ's death as undergone in his room
| and stead and for himself. sees the door or
reconciliation to God open before him. as
| il he had himself expiated all MS SINS. Inc
| separation established by the law no longer
| EXISTS: the law is disarmed. By that very
| fact sin also is vanquished Reconciled 10
cod the believer receives Chrsts spirit,
who works in him an absolute ureaan 70 70
| will with sin and complete devotion 10
Cod The yoke of sin Is at an END; the
| dominion of God is restored in the hear..
| The two foundations of the reign OF ae. IA
| this reign will crumble In the dust Forever:
And may we have that victory over SIN
| today? Yes, but it must be through our
Lord Jesus Christ
| mere idle naming of the name OF christ OF
/ resultless faith in Him can men pass IRON
| what Is natural to what Is sps'o h,,, s,r
ara summoned to believe in Christ. pu, TOT
| a purpose; and that purpose is tnat pehev-
ing in Him as the revelation OF roi 10 u.s.
we may be able to choose Him as our pal.
tern and live His life 1t is only what Is
! truIy spirituaI in ourselves that can put
| us in possession of a spiritual body. rron
| Christ we can receive what is spirituai, anu
| IL our belief in Him prompts US 10 pecolne
I w
1 i'm His destiny.
Rut This again leads US to the old Easter
| lesson of the seed. We must isy a aoS .s ~,
| own wills and lives If We would ma them
| The self in us must die. that the Christ
| NAV rise and live in US. He that iose'h "iS
| life shall find It. ,s.,,or-
| ers today to accept the victory that Ihou
| hast finished for US over death, our com
| mon enemy. Help US to turn 10 NEE IN
| narfect belief that Thou wilt give Us the
Victory day by day over sin. SO that death
| 70 us will be no more than going into an
| other room where all our treasures are
kept
Applied Truth.
| The Countess of Hanover. not benevins
| In the Bible or the resurrection. gave orders
| that her grave should be covered Win
/ heavy slabs of granite. fastened down oy
| iron bands to other stones On the granite
| was to be cut: This burial place, pur-
| chased to all eternity, must never De
opened
| 1t was done as she had commanded. put
| a little seed dropped one day into a crevice
! of the slab and its tiny roots crept down
and grew until at last life grew into tree
| out of the place of death. and the grave
| was laid open by the finger of God. in spite
of all that had been dozen to seal 1t to death
How to Help the Leader.
Repeat Rowland Hills hymn:
And when I'm TO die,
Receive met I'll cry;
For Jesus has loved me. cannot tell why
But this thing | know.
We two Joined
He'll not in glory and leave me behind
parallel Passages-Job 19:2525; Psalms