Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-19
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR HOUR
2 Conducted by Grace Livingston HILL
For March 20, 1904.

Topic: LITTLE THINGS THAT CHRIST MAKES
GREAT. 1 Corinthians 25- 30
20. Because the foolishness of God is
wiser than men; and the weakness of God
Is stronger than men,
20 For We see your calling, brethren. how
That not many wise men after the flesh
not many mighty, not many noble, are
called:
=. But God hath chosen the foolish
things of the world to confound the wise
and God hath chosen the weak Things of
the world to confound the things which are
mighty:
~ And the base things of the world, and
the things which are daspised hath God
chosen, yea, and things which are not. to
bring to noaght things that are:
". That no flesh should glory in His
presence.
When Jesus came to bring salvation to
lost world He might have been born into
the family of the most powerful ruler of
the earth, or into the direct line of the
priesthood, that His work and preaching
would have the weight of the greatest in
huences then known. He might have been
the son of the rich and wise who would
have educated Him in all earth's knowI-
edge, and through the then existing great
ness his own greatness might the sooner
perhaps have dawned upon the people. But
God chose not this way
The poor, the humble, the unlearned. To
these Jesus came. The first Christian
church did not have for apostles raen wise
IN the lore of the Scriptures or great as
the world counts greatness. The wealthy
men OF Jerusalem Were not among those
lirst chosen to follow Christ Just poor
nshefmen- Not even men of wonderful spir-
ltual lie Were these who were called at
least not all of them, and none of them
notable In that respect Why was it that
Goo crosse The weak and despised of the
world to bring TO naught the wise and
great?
Was it not because these poor unlearned
men had more of the childlike in their
hearts than the others, who were wise in
thelr own eonceit? They we're more ready
to accept the doctrines to obey, to believe
In the dark. The wise men would have of
fered counsel. and argued that Christ S
ways We're altogether impractical They
would have suggested fine robes and PAN
oply and display. They would have scorned
the humble, tie weak, the poor and wanted
10 carry on the Kingdom of heaven as they
had carried on their kingdom of earth.
So Christ came to the poor and humble
men. knowing that even foolishness with
God behind IL Is greater than all the wis
dom of men.
oh, poor discouraged one, whose little
! life is SO narrow, and whose Iongings have
reached out to greatness. take courage!
God may yet use you for mighty things
has used you already, perhaps and YOU
know 1t not. even as He used those hum
DiC eaASSiPhcS yStic dSo, VIII KNEW H0l tl9t
time and time again, as they went their
unnoticed way, they held the fate of the
whole Christian church In their hands,
A little child may do mighty work for
God. once let that child's heart be willing
and obedient Even the poor reformed
drunkard, who but few years ago lay in
the gutter. despised of men. may by the
grace of God rise and go forth, as John B
Cough and John e. WooIley and others
have done. to tell to the world that Christ
can save even from drunkard's SIN
The tiny snowflake is harmless thing as
it falls upon the painting sides OF the great
fiery engine that has paused In its hurryiug
way to take on more passengers. 1t melts
as it touches the kissing boiler. and as the
engine starts upon it's way the feathery
things fly thick around ii. but it losses
them Off unhseding. The tiny fakes keep
falling and silently cling in myriads to the
track and pile one upon another until at
last. after struggling and halsilg for many
miles. the engine, with groan of defeat.
comes to a standstill. blocked by the little
white thing that it tossed away SO easily
but q few hours before.
1t may be that many Of MS are hardly
worth more than the weight of a tiny snow
fake yet we can count one. and in the
end all of us together with the power OF
the great God working through US may
eonfound the wise and block the wheels OF
/ the mighty engine OF sin.
Now, 1t Is not hard thing to believe that