Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-01-21
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Of something higher"
This must be our constant prayer, IT we
are to run the hurried and hurrying race OF
modern life and preserve our equipo'se
through it all; and that something high
or" to which we must aspire is the service
of Christ. Let IA man begin 70 live his HE
in devotion to Him, for His sake and unto
His honor, turning all the intensity and en-,
terprise of his strenuous existence toward
that rs his goal, and his life will speedily
lose it's feverish heat and grow calm and
steadfast and serene. He Iced not slacken
his pace bit II that be its goal, he may
continue to run and on to its close he will
remain patient despite his enviroLing con.
dtions. He may make haste to get rich,
to acquire leadership, to attain success, to
exalt Jesus Christ instead OF self, if the I'M.
seen be his chief aim and aspiration, and
the material but means thereunto, he
will go througi, life patient-proof. and the
tumult and fever OF the age will never get
into his soul.
For This is peace-to lose the lonely note
OF self in loves celestial-ordered strain;
And this is joy--to find ones self again
in Him whose harmonies forever float
Through all the spheres of song, below.
above,
For God is music. even as God is love-"
On! this is what our hard, headed bust
ness men need, this is what our nervous,
self-centered society women need, this IS
the great need of our ambitious and eager
youth, to make Jesus Christ, His glory and
service the soldering, absorbing, controlling
ambition of their lives. is this not the
first great look our author commends to US
looking unto jesus, as our supreme pur-
pose Aud what is the second?
Second-Lcoking unto Jesus for power IN
our lives, as our great emancipator from
til. bondage of this materisliStic age.
Have you ever thought, my friend,
As YOU daily toll and plod
In the noisy paths of men.
How still are the ways OF God!
Have You ever paused in the din
Of traf'ics inslstent cry,
10 thiui, Of the calm in the cloud,
OF the peace in your glimpse OF the sky!
"Go out in the quiet fields,
That quietly yield you meat.
And let them reb0ke your noise.
Whose patience is still and sweet
Jesus Christ alone can bring the quiet
ness of the fields and the calmncss OF the
cloud into our being. To Him we turn as
t, its first great source, would we have the
same atmosphere blowing through our
souls Van know Nine Guyon's definition
III prayer: The silence of soul absorbed
IN God And Tennysons, II possible, was
evan better: Prayer is like opening
tie channels. when the great sea gathers It.
self together and flows in at full time IL
Won and ! would run with patience. we,
TOO, must let this tide flow into our lives,
AND that can never be until we live in c.ose
touch with Jesus Christ seek His help at
every turr. draw upon Him for our
strength and depend upon His grace for
Drummcs,d once said: Five minutes III
the morning. alone with Christ will change
for rs the whole day" What then would
all the mi,gr,es OF all the days in union
with Hun do for us;
Have you and to-day
Stood silent As with Christ, apart from JOY,
OF fray
OF ife, to see Ills face;
10 look, if but a moment, IN its grace,
And grow, by brief compan,onship, more
true.
More neavcd to lead. 10 dare, to do
For Him at any cost Have we ho-day
Found time, in thought, our hand TO lay
In His. and thus compare
His will WITH ours, and wear
The impress OF His wish? BE sure \
Such contact will endure >,
Throughout the day; will help as walk
erect
Through storm and flood. detect
Within the hidden life sins dross, ITS
stain;
keNlNe a tnONGnJ ~ ipNe lui lllnl dRdih,
Steady the steps which waver; help MS see
The foolpath meant for you. and me,
Forever true it is that those who run
'fc's race patiently are pre-emlnentIy men
OF prayer.
Third What is the third look? Look
ing unto Jesus rs a pattern Tor our iiVes.
There is something about this pattern pc.
culiar to itself, Expressed in word, 1t
has the perspective of eternity. Christ
-. i,En -, ,ty tnu
temporal, selfish sense. like availcc, fame.
success, pleasure. but to fulfill God.given
mission, to reach up to a divine standard,
and work ouI an eternal equation Put to.
gether three heart utterances of His and
the full pattern will be before YOU: =! do
always the things that please Him duty
to HIS Father. His will ever Welding itself
20 the will Of God. Il am come that they
Might have life and that they might have
it more abundantly' duty to men aud
complete dedication OF Himself to the fui
filment of that duty. II must work the
works of lin that sent Ne"-duty to Him
self as the sent of God whose one pas
sion was to make His life justify its high
purpose. As some one has phrased 1t:
On one great mission bent,
He sped for God, forever unencumbered
OF earthly clogs whereby our souls are
numbered.
IN glory excellent
Keep this pattern before you. my fellow
runners, consult 1t the first thing in tho
morning. turning TO it often through the
day, and let it he the last thing you look
upon at night ere your eyes forget to see,
and you will be too serious to be otherwise
than cain of soul; too much in earnest to
lose your poise, too set upon lnking every
moment of time with eternity and work.
inG ont the answer of your life to God 10
let temporal aim command you or sordid
things ensiave you. Then the weights shall
be lifted off the inner and laid hard down
tinue to rua--perhaps. your pace may
ouicken-ife win be a prompt, an earnest,
eager, intense race. but you will run it
clean down to the end with patience. This
is the trnal secret bring you; Christ the
purpose of our lives. Christ the power in
our lives! Christ the pattern for our lives!