Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-06
CHRISTIAN ENDEAvOR HOUR
Conducted by Grace Livingston Hin.
For Sunday, August Z, 1904.

Chronicles, 1910 Wherefore David
blessed the Lord before all the congrega-
ton; and David said. Blessed be Thou Lord
God of Israel our Father, forever and ever
IL. Thine, o Lord. is the greatness and
the power. and the glory, and the victory.
and the majesty; for all that Is In heaven
and in the earth Is thine. thine is the king
dom. Lord. and thou art exalted as
head above all
II. Both riches and honor come of thee.
and thou reignest over all: and In thine
hand Is power and might. and in thina
hand II is to make great, and to give
strength unto ALL
Luke 10: l. In the meantime when there
were gathered together an innumerabe mul-
titude Of people. insomuch that they trod
one upon another. He began to say unto
His disciples first of all, Beware ye OF the
leaven OF the Pharisees which is hypocrisy.
=. For there is nothing covered that shall
not be revealed: neither hid. that shall not
be known.
3. Therefore whatsoever We have spoken
In darkness shall be heard I'm the light; and
that which ye have spoken in the ear In
closets shall be proclaimed upon the house
tops.
l. And say unto you. my friends. be not
afraid of them that kill the body. and after
that have more that they can do.
8. But l will forewarn you whom ye snail
fear: Fear Him. which after He hath killed
hath power to cast into hell; yea, say
unto you. fear Him.
8 Are not five sparrows sold Tor Two
I But even the very hairs of your head
are all numbered. Fear not, therefore, ye
are of more value than many sparrows
Is It because we fail to comprehend the
greatness of our God that We so often ran
to recognize His guiding hand and trust
implicitly in its power to direct US arightE
Strange that any human being, there
sojourner upon this earth. coming we haom
not from whence and unable TO leave 'hss
.a..L f..Na hn
II is His will, who cannot tell except TOT
the word God has given us what is TO oe
come Of US in the future. strange that VIC
should ever dare to assume tnat we couis
guide our lives better than the Maker OF
MS And vet so We do. We make our petty
plans and essay to carry them out some
thing blocks our way and We SIT down III
gloom and refuse to go on the way APP
nointed and in our turn block Gods way
with us because we feel II Is no use 10 Try
IL our plans are not to be used.
OF course We recognize this sometimes
after we have been through a long stretch
of wilderness and God brings us into some
promised land which We could only nave
reached through the wilderness Then we
are ready to acknowledge His leading. ana
be humbly glad and We talk much about IL
to God in our praise and TO our TRENDS
and in our thoughts. But after time we
go on with our plans just the same anu
shun every wilderness in our way as much
as if we had never been led through one
that ended in happiness
The Bible IS full of assurances that we
shall be guided and cared for II We VIII
but trust and go forward. TINS one apoe.
the sparrows and the hairs or our heads
Is among those passages that we learn
when We are tiny children, yet do we rec
ognize 1t and lean upon II when we come
to turn of the road In the dark ana cam
not see the guide post?
A few days since a train went thunder
ing over the track with It's pilot. the en-
CINE driver. hanging dead from the iocomo
tive window, having leaned 100 Tar Cu'
and struck his head on a telegraph pole
The rest of the train hands went about
their work calmly, trusting Implicitly III
the man who ran the locomotive. and NOT
until the shouts and wild gesticulations OF
a passing farmer attracted their attention
and caused them to investigate did they
know their danger. Our Guide Is not IKE
that. God cannot die. Neither Is there
danger that we shall be left to wander
along an unknown. unguided way, because
our God has forgotten.
1t Is the full trust in this guiding hand or
God in our lives that makes all the differ
ence between rest and unrest in this world.
The man who goes fretting on his way.
taking anxious thought where he cannot
change one circumstance of his life gets no
good of his religion. Suppose man We're
to hire a guide through the Alps and then
go climbing and experimenting his way
along the precipitous cliffs. would we NOT
count him fool? Yet we treat our heiv-
emily Guide so. We trust Him not. We are
the money we need to buy food and cloth
ing and shelter. If a position offers that
compels us to break some OF Gods laws we
dare not refuse to take ii lest suffer for
money to buy necessities. Yet riches and
honor come of Thee" It is Gods alone 20
make rich or to keep poor. Think you not
your Father would give you what you
needed? Remember He knows best. You
may have lost the points OF the compass
and be going round in a circle the way you
want to go. and that way will never lead
heavenward. God wants to set you right.
and the only way to win home az last Is
His way.
The road sometimes is so rough that we
have lost the way and the
Guide is not looking after Us. Surely no
kind and loving Guide would have debher-
ately planned to lead a pilgrim the way
your feet seem compelled to go. Yet all
in love the Father may have guided you
here to escape some greater trials. some
terrible, undreamed-of dangers the
pleasant way you would have chosen
We need to recognize every day this
Guide. and looking back along the way
how many times He has taken us past
pitfalls; and looking forward through the
gloom see the glory He is prepariGg for
us.
Applied Truth.
There is a story told of years ago during
war times, when there was great dam
ger in riding on the ears lest the enemy
might tear up the rails or cause some acci-
dent to happen, A. train on the Baltimore
and Ohio road was rushing along at great
speed. and some one asked a little girl on
board Ii she was not afraid to ride on the
cars. She replied: Sometimes. but rot
this time. My papa is running the engine.
and there is no danger at ALL" We need
to have just as perfect trust in our infal-
lible Guide.
How to Help the Leader.-If you have no
bit of personal experience to give about
how God has guided you through dark
places. then recite these lines of William
Hale:
Trusting the great Pilot of the deep
To be for aye my tender, low-yoced guide,
I look aloft to Him and say,
Tho tossed upon llfe's wide,
AIS well. alls WE'LL
BY day or night, ais we'll,
Parallel Passages.-Romans IL sc: Deu-
teronomy. 50. 2:I; Psalms. l;SS:1S. 25:3 81 3,
1928. 4S:14, 1924; Isaiah. 5S:I1.
Hints to the Characterization Endeavor
HYMNS. 63. %. 13l. 137. 149 100.