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ticuisr' worn. how much more. then,
must We oonsecSate our minds and
hearts to Jesus Christ to help In. ,ths
spiritual work Of upbuilding bis king
dom? II We must have preparation
and perseverance and true moral WORTH
TO build the walls Of a temporal lower,
bow much more must we have trus
preparation and perseverance, and NOR
al character to build the walls Of ouk
spiritual structure7 III any man." says
Christ In the verse preceding this par.
able, hate not Ids father and mother
and wife and children and brethren and
sisters--yea, and his own life also--ha
cannot be my disciple" That means
~ man n not willing to give up all
for Christ then Christ can be none Of
his" Are you and ready to make thA
sacrifice, to build our spiritual wstch.
towers today? Are We ready to make
the necessary pfepasationsf
Perseverance, In DullaiA0.
We opened this sermon behind tbs
schoolroom desk Of the TEACHER. Aye
you and I ready tn gO and sc at
ready to accept his teachings and re-
csive him as our Saviour? Christ says,
HE that belIevsth and IL baptized
shall be saved. but he that belisvsth
not shall be damned" He says again,
Il am the way. the truth and the life,
no man cometh unto the Father but by
me-" Are not Christ's words clear
enough upon this subject. Are wa
ready to make the necessary prepare.
lions for the building Of our spiritual
watchtowers by becoming one with him
through the atonement Of the cross?
Having accepted Christ after va
have laid the foundations Of our watch.
towers, are we going to persevere in
the building? We have read that
Thomas A. Edison becomes 30 absorb.
ed when working on n great invention
that he will shut himself up in his lab
oratory and stay there for days and
weeks. He will not leave his offica
even for his meals, but has them
brought to him. We have been told
that when George Westinghouse was
perfecting his famous car brake he
could talk about nothing else. When
he walked along the Pittsburg streeta
and would meet friend out Of his
pocket at once would come the patent.
On the street he would talk and talk
to prove that his brake was feasible.
We have read how the great workers,
the great inventors. the great artists,
those who have won the great success
es Of the world. have thought nothing
Of giving up ten. twenty. thirty. forty,
fifty years Of perseverance to the &C.
complishment Of their life's purpose.
Shall we not be willing to give the same
perseverance to the service Of Christ?
Lastly. we must offer to Jesus more
than proper preparation and persever-
ance. Can we bring to his service n
true character or spotless moral life !
All. think this last Is the rub with
many Of us! The reason our spiritual
towers are only half completed Is that
we are not willing to give up our pet
sins. The younger Piiny wrote a
strange. weird account Of the tribe Of
Psylli. They were immune to the poi.
son Of snake bites because all their
lives they were accustomed to handle
these poisonous serpents as pets. ThAy
fondled them and put them to si<ep
with their little children. When one #
their ambassadors. Hexagcn by name,
came to Rome to prove to the consuls
that no poisonous serpent could kill
him. he allowed himself to be placed in
bed surrounded by swarms OF wrig.
Cling. death dealing adders But. though
Hexagon could sleep among poisonous
serpents, no true Christian can build a
spiritual watchtower with the poison
GUS serpent OF sin clasped around his
breast and heart Are you ready, o
man. to give up that sin. that pet sin
for Christ? Are you ready to offer ia
This is call from God to you. In
the far east the Mohammedan mosques
are fianked by minarets. or tall watch
towers. There at certain hours Of the
day the priests come. and upon these
watchtowers they cry aloud: Come IL
prayers! Come to prayers Al! ye chill
dren. come to prayers Then the Mo
hammedans. no matter where they
may be, whether as Arabs in the des
ert. princes and princesses in their pal
aces, merchants in their streets or la
borers in the streets, kneel. bow theiI
! heads TO the ground and pray. Oh. my
friends, shall the call OF the NOLAN
nr<dan priests In the minarets Of thf
far east have more potent ls.fuencs
over Mohammed's disciples than this
! call of service and consecration which
Christ makes to US? VIII you Offer u
Christ your heart? Will you give t
: him your unremitting service? vii
you come to him with clean hands and
. clean. moral life?
, copyright. 1909. by Louis Kiopsch1
. The TELEGRAPH In Africa.
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