Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1904-01-23


continue 10 run and on 10 its close he will
remain patient despite his enviroIIng con-
dtions. He may make haste to get rich.
to acquire leadership to attain success, to
cxalt Jesus Chris; instead oil self, II the I'M
seen be his chief aim and aspiration, and
the material but 4 means thereunto, ne
viii 90 through lite patient-proof. and the
tumut aud fever ol The tge will never ges
into his soul.
For this is peace to lose th- lonely note
or SELL IN loves ce!estial-ordcTed stra,n;
And this IS joy-to ind one SELF again
In Him whose harmonies forever float
Through all the spheres ci song, below,
above
For God Is miisic even as God is love"
Oh, this Is what cur hare -aeaded bus:-
ness men need. this Is what our nervous.
self-ceutered society women need, this is
the great need OF our ambitious and eager
youth. to make Jesus Christ. Ills glory aud
service the soldering. absorbing, controlling
ambition OF their lives. is this hot the
first great look our author commends 60 rs
looking unto Jesus. as our supreme pur-
pose: And what Is the second;
Seeond-Iooking unto Jesus Tor power IN
our lives. our great emancipation from
the bondage oil this materlalistIc age.
Have You ever thought, my friend,
As YOU daily toll and plod
In the noisy paths al men.
How still are the ways OF God?
Have YOU ever paused in the din
OF traffic lnslstent cry,
To thlnl, OF the CAIN in the cloud.
OF the peace IN your glimpse o. the sky.
Go out in the quiet feds.
That quietly yield you meat
And let them rebukc your noise.
Whose patience Is sill ana sweet.
Jesus Christ alone can bring the quiet.
ness of the fields and the calmncss oil the
cloud INTO our being To Him we turn. as
Il its first great source. would we have the
same atmosphere blowing through our
souls. ION know Nine. Guyon's definition
Of prayer: The silence OF soul absorbed
in God" And Iennyson's II possible. was
even better: Prayer Is like opening a
sluice between the great ocean and our lit
tie channels. when the great sea gathers IL
sell together and flows in at full time" Ii
you and ! would run with patience. we.
too. mus; let this tide flow INTO our lives,
and that can never be until We live in close
touch with Jesus Christ. seek His help az
every turn. draw upon Him for our
strength and depend upon His grace Tor
sustaining and transforming power Henry
Drulnmond once said. Five minutes III
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,
or fray
OF lie. to sec His face:
To look. ii but a moment. IN its grace.
And grow, Is bricf eompanionship n.crc
true,
More nerved to lead 10 dare, to do
For Him at any cost. Have we to-day
Found time. IN thought. our hand to lay
In His. and thus compare
His viii with ours. and wear
The impress of His wish: BE suite
Such contact will endure
Throughout the day; viii help Us walk
erect
Through storm and flood detect
Within the hidden life SINS dross. its
stain;
Revive a thought of love for HIM again:
Steady the steps which waver help rls see
The footpath meant for YOU. and me.
Forever true ii is that those who run
iife's race patiently are pre- eminentiy men
OF prayer.
Thrd-Waat is the third look Look.
ing unto Jesus as pattern Tor our lives.
There Is something about this pattern pc.
culiar to itself. Expressed in word. it
has the perspective OF eternity. Christ
lived His life not to crafty i feeting,
temporal. selfish sense. like avarice. fame.
success, pleasure, but to fulfill God-given
mission. to reach up to divine standard.
and work out an eternal equation. Put to.
gether three heart utterances OF His and
the full pattern will be before YOU: Il do
always the things that please Him'-duty
to Hrs 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 to men and
complete dedication OF Himself TO the full.
hllment OF that duty Il must work the
works OF Him that sent Me"-duty to Him.
self as the sent of God whose one pas,
sion w9s to make His lie justify it. high
purposi. As some one has phrased il:
'On Of, great mission bent
He sped for God. forever unencum1cred
OF earthly clogs whereby our souls arc
numbered.
In g,ory excellent"
Keep this pattern before YOU. my fellow
runners. consult ii the first thing in tina
morning. turning to II often through the
day. and let 1t be the last thing YOU look
upon at night ere your eyes forget to see.
and you will be too serious to be otherwise
than calm OF soul; too much IN earnest TO
lose your poIse too set upon kaliing every
moment OF time with eternity and work.
InG out the answer of YOUR life to God to
let temporal aim command YOU or sordid
things enslave you Then the weights shall
be lifted off thc.inner and laid hard down
Upon the outward lie. and You will con-
tinue TO run-perhapS, your pace may
qucken-life vii! be 4 prompt, an earnest.
eager. intense race. but YOU will run it
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.