Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-03
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR HOUR
Conducted by Grace Livingston Hill.

144 1-16; Acts %: 10.
Psalms IA Blessed be the Lord my
strength; which teacheth my hands to war.
and my fingers to fight. My goodness, and
my fortress. my tower, and my deliVerer'
my shield. and He in whom / trust; who
subdueth my people under me-
.. tord, what is man that Thou takest
knowledge Of him? or the son of man. that
thou makest account of him?
Z. Man is like to vanity; his days are as a
shadow that passeth' away.
o. Bow thy heavens, o Lord, and come
down; touch the mountains, and they shall
smoke
6. Cast forth lightning. and scatter them
shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them
Z. Send thine hand from above; rid me,
and deliver me out of great waters, from
the hand of strange children.
8. Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and
their right hand is right hand OF false
hood
0. I will sing a new song unto Thee. Q
God; upon psaltery and an instrument OF
ten strings will l sing praises unto Thee
10. 1t is He that giyeth salvation unto
kings; who delivereth David his servant
from the hurtful sword
IL. Rid me, and deliver me from the hand
of strange children, whose mouth speaketh
vanity, and their right hand Is right mana
of falsehood.
r. That our sons may be as plants grown
up In their youth; that our daughters may
be as corner stones, polished AFTER the
49, That our gamers may be full afford
Ing all manner of store; that our sheep may
bring forth thousands and ten thousands In
our streets.
H. That our oxen may be strong to labor;
that there be no breaking in, nor going out;
that there be no complaining In our streets.
10 Happy S that people, that Is In such a
case; yea, happy is that people, whose Goo
is the Lord.
Acts 2S15 And from thence, VIXEN the
brethren heard of us, they came to meet
us as far eas April forum, and the three
taverns whom when Paul saw, he thank
ed God and took courage.
The Lesson.
When we get home from our vacations
how we busy our minds with plans for the
coming winter. The girls have visions OF
their winter dress and plan all sorts Of So
cial enjoyments, and feel courage rising for
work in all directions with every mile OF
the homeward Journey. Their school, their
home, their companions all come in Tor
share of the zeal that flows through every
vein with renewed energy after the rest
OF the summer. The young men resolve
that in the business positions they have
been called to they will do better than ever
before, they will rise earlier and be more
promptly in the office or the work shop,
and the studies they have undertaken shall
be pursued with untiring energy. Oh, 1t Is
good to get back to the thought of hard
work after summer of laziness. There
is something In the breath of the first
frosty night air, something in the dreamy
cricketS hum that speaks of beginning
anew, a call to renewed life and earnest
ness in all directions. And it Is good
thing.
But it is sad that our Christian work is
in many cases almost the last for us to re-
member in this revival of our many func-
tons. Still 1t comes. too. and there will be
a meeting called for this committee and
that committee. or the whole society to
consider something new, and you will fail
to answer the call to the meeting perhaps
in the multiplicity of your other engage
ments. Others may do the same. There
will be but two three at the meeting,
and the work will lag. or fail entirely of
getting started for the winter. Notice this
last verse of our lesson. they come to
meet u.s. and whom when Paul saw he
thanked God and took courage" Did it
ever occur to you that by your lack of in
terest in the new work of the church or
Christian Endeavor Society for the winter
may block the wheels of that work as eff
fectually as if you were decidedly against
1t instead Of merely Indifferent? You have
a personal responsibility even though 1t
may be but slight. If the work fails ii is
due in part to your failure If you have not
done all you could to help 1T along.
You give to God of your money, tenth
perhaps You give Him of your time a
seventh in the Sabbath day If YOU keep
that some part, 1t may be tenth or a
seventh. or some part at least of the new
life and zeal and energy you have gained
for the winter work belongs to God alone ?
And so in your planning plan deliberately
to give one or two evenings a week for
Christian work. One night to the church
prayer meeting. Another night to inviting
to your home some ferlorn lonely people,
or some strangers, and making it pleasant
for them and showing them what love of
Christ has done for you. Set aside a GER
tain number of hours or minutes each
week which you will deliberately give to
kingdom, or to relieve suffering, or in some
way He will tell you. 1t may be He will
show you that the work you are to do
lies nearer you, even in your own home,
the darning of some ones neglected socks,
the playing of stupid game with a little
brother or sister, the reading aloud in some
embarrassing book or paper to father to
save his tired eyes. All these things can be
done for Gods glory and all these little
things are so prone to neglect. Cannot the
falls freshness bring for you some new
zeal in plain and homel yduties that shall
relieve some tired one from too heavy bur-
denS?
There Is warfare to be waged for Christ,
and it is well to remember that our loyal,
fresh zeal ls needed for that. Therefore,
in your plans for the winter select some
form of evil against which you will con-
slider yourself an especial soldier detailed
to fight that special foe. 1t may be along
the line of temperance work. or city mis-
sions or any other corner of the great
field fighting ground of the Master, but do
not step aside and have no part in the
battle, unless indeed you pay for a substi-
tute for the need is great and your new
energy is wanted with the rest. And let
us not forget that the Lord is the source of
our new strength and zeal. He gave it
you. 1t is yours to give it back to Him
in loving, eager complete service.
Applied Truth.
mo wave on the great ocean of time
when once 1t has fioated past us, can be
recalled. All we can do is to watch the
new form and motion of the next, and
launch upon 1t to take, in the manner, our
best judgment may suggest, our strength
and skill"-William E. Gladstone
1.-The colored sunset and the starry heav-
ems the beautiful mountains and the shin
ing seas the fragrant woods and the paint
ed flowers, they are not half so beautiful as
the soul that is serving Jesus out of love,
in the wear and tear of common unpoetic
life.'-Frederick w. Faber.
1--WE are but the chisel to carve Gods
statues In this world. Unquestionably we
must do the work. Our lives must touch
mems lives and save them Our lips must
speak the words that shall convict sinners
of their sins ''-Rev Phillips Brooks.
How to Help the Leader.
Offer your service in the meeting to do