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This must be our constant prayer, We
are to run the hurried and hurrying race cf
modern life and preserve our eQ1ipoise
through il all; and that something high
er" 10 which we must aspire 10 the service
OF Christ. Let a man legin TO live his hie
IN devotion TO Him. for His sake and unto
His honor, turning all the intensity and en-
terprise OF has strenuous snlstenvs tossfd
lcse it's feverish heat and grow calm and
steadfast and serene He ICED not s.aeken
his pace bit. If that be its goal, be may
continue TO run and on TO its close be Will
remain patient despite h.s envroLing con-
ditions. He may make haste 10 get rich.
10 acquire leadership, 10 affair success, 10
exalt Jesus Christ instead OF self, II the un-
seen be his chief aim and aspiration, and
the material but means thereupto, he
will 60 through life patient-proot, and the
tumult and fever OF the tge wall never get
into his soul.
For this is pesce--to lose the lonely note
OF self in loves eelestial-ordered strain;
AMI this is joy-to find ones self again
In Him whose harmonies forever tioat
Through all the spheres of song, below,
aoove.
For God is music. even as Cod is love"
Oh! this is what our hard headed husi.
ness men need, this is what ou- nervous,
self-centered society women need, thus -
the great need OF our ambitious ard eager
youth, to make Jesus Christ, His glory and
service the sobering, absorbing, controlling
ambition OF their lives. ls this not the
first great look our author commends to us
looking unto Jesus, as our supreme pur-
pose. And what is the seconds
Second-Looking unto Jesus for power IN
our lives, as our great emancipation from
the bondage OF this materialistic age.
Have you ever thought, my friend,
As YOU daily toll and plod
In the noisy paths Of men,
How stkl are the ways OF GodS
Have you ever paused in the din
OF traffie's insistent cry,
TO thin. of the calm in the cloud,
OF the peace IN your glimpse vi the SKY!
"Go out in the quiet fields,
That quietly yield you meat,
And let them rebuke your nose
Whose patience is still and sweet"
| Jesus Christ alone can bring the quiet
| ness of the fields and the calmness OF the
| cloud in'o our being. To Him we turn, as
| t. it's first great source would We have the
same atmosphere blowing through our
| souls. You know Nine. Guyon's definition
! Of prayer: The silence of a sou' absorbed
in God" Aud Tennyson's, If possible, was
| ssuice between the great ocean and our lit
| tie channels, when the great sea gathers u.
self together and flows in at full time" il
| you and l would run with patience, We,
| too. must let this tide flow into eur lives,
| and that can never be until we live IN close
touch with Jesus Christ seek His help at
| every turr, draw upon Him for our
! strength and depend upon His grace for
sustaining and Transforming power. Henry
! Drummond once said: Five minutes In
| the morning alone with Christ will change
for us the whole day" What then would
| all the minutes of all the days in union
| with Him do for us.
Have you and to-day
Stood silent as with Christ, apart from JOY,
OF life, to see His face;
| To look, If but moment, in its grace,
And grow, by brief companionship, more
true,
More neryed TO lead. 10 dare, to do
| For Him at any cost Have we to-day
| Found time, in thought, our hand 10 lay
| Ia 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 us walk
| erect
| Through storm and flood; detect
| Within the hidden life sins dross. its
| stain;
Revive thought of love for Him again;
| Steady the steps which waver; help rs see
| The footpath meant for you, and me"
Forever true it is that those who run
life's race patiently are pre-eminenty men
Third-What is the third look? Look
| ing unto Jesus as pattern for our lives.
| There is something about this pattern pc
culiar to itself Expressed in a word, 1t
| has the perspective of eternity. Christ
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| temporal, selfish sense. like avarice. fame,
success, pleasure. but to fulfill a God-gyen
mission, to reach up to a divine standard,
and work ouS an eternal equation. Put to-
| gether three heart utterances Of His and
the full pattern will be before you: II do
always the things that please Him''-duty
TO HIS Father, His will ever yielding itself
to the will of God. Il am come that they
might have life and that they might have
| it more abundantly"-duty to men and
| complete dedication of Himself to the full
| fllment Of that duty. 81 must work the
| works of Him that sent Me"-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"
runners. consult it the first thing in the
morning. turning TO it often through the
day, and let IL be the last thing you look
| upon at night ere your eyes forget TO see,
aud you Will be too serious TO be otherwise
than calm OF soul; too much in earnest to
lose your poise, too set upon linking every
moment of time with eternity and work
| inr out the answer Of your life 20 God 10
let temporal aim command you or sordid
things ensave you. Then the weights shall
be lifted off the inner and laid hard down
Upon the outward life. and you will con-
tinue to run-perhaps, your pace may
| quicken-life will be a prompt, an earnest,
| eager, intense race, but you Will run IL
clean down to the end with patience. This
is the trinal secret bring you: Christ the
purpose OF our lives. Christ the power in
| our lives! Christ the pattern for our lives!
Common Days.
One Of the chief dangers OF life is trust
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