Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1905-04-20

more by drifting over The hills. ~ by
spending the time in merry converse
with his family. and Il circle of famil-
Ter friends.
A happy Christian is Il more effective
aTguinen, for The gospel than q whole
volume 81 Christian evidences.
The old idea of religion spelled re
nun,iation. Ii VAS typi;ied by the monk
OF hermit Whc sought seclusion from
his fclloWs and from all the normal
relations OF life. deVotins himself in
his Isolation 10 piaye" and l,eiine nee
.Abcut such a type of religion there
Was nothing attractive 10 the gepre-
sentative. full-blooded religion. wnose
Very nntulc told him that Gods plan
Tor ,hc human ii:e il. INTERPRETATION.
The solitary are set in families. The
Master prayed ihat His followers might
not he taken from the world. but kept
from it's .vi!. The ln,arn:Ite kedeenes
came TO Garth as a man. and lived the
life Uf one of ch. common Ueoplt. .l.:t =
ing tncir joys and their sorlows. I'm.
place Cor religion Ia manifest itself is
MOI IN the eloist"r ~ in the anchorit,'s
cell, but in the common way of life.
where men and women Walk. If God
anne he .loriticd there He ,iinno. be
sl9ritied in any o;acr "
Man u Christian who is troubled by
morbid u~u.stiuningS about his spiritual
sis.lt llstU> i.OtIil.lE III INV WIN ~
much as to eet out III the sunshine and
enjoy himself. y. tennis racquet % i
baseball bat OF Il nsnine pole may be
. real instrument OF grace.
These summer conferences which
have become 50 important = part OF
the religious life OF uul tim" have had
u wholesome effect in indicating the
place OF good times ia religion. If
there is more lun in aiis other sum
iner resort han is to be Witnessed at
Nurthli.li or thautauuua OF SiiNe
Bay or Winor.a. l have no know ledge of
it. At these places christian young
people. il. Tho fun tide of you!hfui visor.
rich in all that makes manhood or
~"umanhoo1. 20 IN for recreation with
Il Zest ana enthusiasm ani u SIKH! that
scatter tn the four Winds the old
Fashioned notion that piety and prosi-
ness are Synonymous. " there is left
in these days any oAe-sided Noung man
who thinks that sood times are world
lN. and That recreation is sin he shouid
spend Il Fourth of july 1T Mortified.
where several hundred you,i;- men,
who represent college life al lis nest,
will either drive him home iorriied
by the ii st train. or else convert him
to the sane idea of religion which
makes : glorious frolic as natural as
:, prayer meeting.
The person Who is too busy To enjoy
IIi'' - "a ii'ii M le@ sA'iN iiSIlI
To le.
over and oyer ii needs Ia he said
and especially by the iteration of null
tiplied lives-that becoming Il Chris
tian means giving up no joy that Is
worth amy mans possessing. and ii
means also an entrance into Il larger.
happier and fullel-crbed life. Tie
symmetrical character. the regal spirit.
is ;he n that has ali It's experiences
S:nctified Ny e. deem desire To glOrif,-
God IL work n in play.
Recreation means a rebuilding. The
trouble WITH the worlds rleasureis is
that mann of them do not %reclcate:
tliev d%issipate and tear down.
Whatever makes for health and
happiness makes also Tor tie glory of
God.
Any pleasure that cannot be UNDER
taken for the glolN of COD is not a
Christian recreation.
] know Il boy VINO is daft on base
bali. Nov, baseball is y good game.
and in itself only ~plaiseworthy. But
it's roper, place in life is only that OF
an incidental recreation Yet this
boy has exalted baseball into first
talk is OF the game. He breaks ;he
Sabbath in his mind by thoughts OF
baseball. The attention thHt helon~s 10
books and other duties he lavisled up-
on his favorite sport. SO that base
bali is not to him - recreation. but q
passion and Il dissipation. Any recre-
alton that is truly such. and that may
be enjoyed 10 the glory al God. must
be kept in it's own place and times.
When Il life's aim is one. and ,h:t
the glory Of God. ell it's interests. yoc;,-
tons and avOcatiOns viii be h%arinoni-
onS. becaus', animated and dominated
by this singis purpose.