Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-08-18

homely duty is as great in Gods sight
as the glory Of riding fearlessly to death
Gil an obstruction ship into the mouth OF
Port Arthur harbor.
Obedience Is its own best reward.
No man ever obeyed God at n net loss.
Yet there is no profit in obeytng simply
for the SAX of reward.
Convictions are the backbone OF charac-
ter. The man who knows row to stand
by his conceptions of duty is the highese
development of manhood. The hope OK
every nation Is the men and women VINO
dare to be true to their convictions. what.
ever the cost. These are they upon wnom
the world counts, and upon whom God
counts. The vacillating. fearful, self
seeking souls. who know no master savo
convenience and comfort, are not pillars
but burdens, to society and to the STATE.
They have never learned that to obey Is
tho highest duty and privilege OF the hu-
man spirit.
So nigh is grandeur to our dust.
So near is God to man,
When duty whispers low thou must.
The youth replies, Il can
Obedience is more thar the means OF
felicity: it is that felicity.-Vinet.
A patriot is only as loyal as he is when
patriotism means suffering and loss; a
Christian is only as obedient as he is
when God calls him to obey with sacri-
flee.
Great faith is proved by great obedience.
Abraham obeyed God. So did all the long
line of heroes of faith whose names adorn
the eleventh chapter of Hebrews. Inat
obedience made them great in Gods sight.
Only a few of them were great as tho
world counts greatness. but by an obedi-
ence to the uttermost they won Gods
fadeless laurel.
IIa.o,. = c <Io vrr Vx,In has hnnn teSte0.
for he alone can be sure of himself. II
always feared that I was a coward" said
n man not long since. but WITHIN th's
last year 1 have been called upon TO meet
a severe test of moral courage. and an
other test of physical courage: NOW L
feel richer than a man with a fortune in
the bank, for I know that l am not afraid.
In the consciousness that 1 can endure
physical torture without whimpering, and
that l am not afraid OF the face OF men.
l can go anywhere among my fellows ana
be sure that, whatever the emergency. 1
am equal to 1t. AS Henley's pagan poem
puts II.
II thank whatever gods there be
For my ~unconquerable SOUL"
A deep truth is limited at in this mans
testimony. Only the man who has been
| put to the test truly knows himself. So
Abraham. after the proposed sacrifice OF
Isaac, was on new terms of confidence
Mltl " NV was oaANs assn '"A ~
sure, of his obedience. The person who
has obeyed In q difficult duty. and at
great cost to himself. possesses n sweet
assurance which is in itself a great re-
ward.
Obedience says Robertson. "fs the or
gan of spiritual knowledge"
NEWS AND NOTES.
The king of Siam is the only Twins
Buddhist king.
T1,o NgDth0jtCk VCrscCopoJ oh,.ro1, cnr,fh
has under consideration the establishment
of n Methodist mission in Jerusalem.
The voadjuto bishop of Toxic reports
! that there are $1,000 Roman Catholics In
Japan at the present time.
A journal OF religious psychology and
education is about to be published. edited
by President G. Stanley Hall of Clark uni
versity, in connection with Professors
Coe. Starbuck and Lehba.
The man who for nearly twenty years
has been the active editor OF the Illus
trated Sunday school papers of the Meth
odist church James r. Joy. has been
chosen associate editor of The Christian
Advocate. of which DIR. James M. Buckley
Is editor. He succeeds Mr.. Stephen j.
Herben. who becomes editor Of the Ep-
worth Herald.
A concession for an auditorium on the
fair grounds at st. Louis has been granted
to the Y. NJ. c. A. DR.. Clearance B.
Strouse Of Virginia will be in charge Of
daily services there.
Luther league Workers are predicting
that the sixth convention which meets in
Buffalo August 1918 will be a c%onspicu-
Gus success. The motto of the meeting is
Believing. Knowing. Doing" Tins far.
all the religious gatherings which have
met in Buffalo his year have been un-
usually successful.
A religious conference in Springfield.
Mass, will op, in November with en- ed
= o1cnffNho1 NnnfnranEn Mt V-htft1 Tlt>hny
Vincent will be the principal speaker.
Subsequent features will partake Of a
more distinctively religious character.
a new school of liberal theology will be
opened August - at Oakland. Cal. under
tn. auspices of the Unitarian church. Min
listers for the churches of this denomina-
ton in the west will be supplied by this
institution.
One of the charter members OF the In
ternational Police Christian association.
Inspector w. X. Sly Of London, is visiting
this country and incidentally helping n
establish branches OF the association in
large cities. There are about sixty New
York policemen accustomed to attend the
Sunday services CT the New York branch.
The organization Is world wide and con-
fined exclusively to the promotion of tho
religious life among policemen.
According to the reports made at the
recent pan-Presoyterian council at Liver
pool there are more than 5000, 600 menu
bers Of Presbyterian churches in the
world. grouped in 80. 600 congregations.
The Sunday school membership is 1000. 900
and the annual income more than $lO.-
0 .000.
SEVEN SENTENCE SERMONS.
TO have h we want is riches, but to
be able to do without-that is power.-
George Macdonald.
God never asks OF us suci, busy labor
AS leaves no time for rest. at his feet.
Anon.
The day returns and bril- gs us the petty
round OF Irritating duties and concerns:
help us to play the man: help US to per.
form them with laughter a nd kind faces:
let chee-fulness abound with industry
II. l.. Stevenson.
God gives each man one life, like a
lamp. then gives tina lamp due measure
Ut Collaborating.
1t IL the narrow heart alonc which does
not crow: the wide one becomes lsrser
with the lapse OF years.-Jean Paul Rich.
ter.
BEST Is he who can divine
Where real right doth lie:
And dares to take the side that seens
Wrong to mans blindful eye.
Anon.
It is q grand thing to find JOY In ones
work; II you have found that you have
found the heart # life.