The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-09-23
The NeeessIty for consIderIna.

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stars which thou hast ordained; what is
/ man that thou art mindful Of him? and
| the son Of man that thou visitest him I'm
| Psa. s. 3-4
The Psalmist found what we have
often found, that it is very easy for
Us, living in the midst of all the won
derful works of God, to become
thoughtless about Him, so that we
look on the beautiful scenery Of nature
and accept the good gifts Of provi-
donce without either reverence or
gratitude. But when David was led to
consider the heavens, and to think sep
arately about the moon and the stars,
and reflect upon their greatness and
beauty, and to mediate on the wis
dom, goodness and love Of the God
who made them and fitted them with
such care for mans need, then his
| reverence and alteration were aroused
and he wondered and worshiped. Con
sideration brought him to his knees,
and | am sure we have experienced
the same; it is only when we are
thoughtless and unrefecting that we
are irreverent or ungrateful. When
we give ourselves to reasonable con
sideration we bow down humbly be-
fore the Lord and worship Him with
all our hearts.
In the same way the Savior aroused
the confidence and faith of the dis
ciples in Gods proyidential care. He
called them to consider how God
clothed the flowers and the beautiful
plants Of the field, and to reflect that
if God would take such care of the
coloring Of a lily, how much more GER
tain was His care about His children
whom He had so richly endowed
Strange that any of us should ever
allow ourselves to become depressed
and doubling in spirit with this abun-
dant evidence of Gods care for the
smallest creatures all about us! It is
certainly because we do not consider;
when we consider Gods care Of the
flowers and Of the BIRDS, His care over
little things as well as great, our
hearts are led to rest in His arms and
find peace
The writer of the letter to the
Hebrews finds in consideration a cure
for carelessness concerning our infiu-
ence over others. '.Let us consider
cne another" he says, ITO provoke
unto love and to good works. That
is, if we are careless we are likely to
fall into the error of thinking that our
life is without influence, or that we
can afford to be Indifferent in regard
to others, and that whether we infu.
ence them for good or not is a small
matter; but when once we consider
we are shown the falsity of such
position. When we consider our
neighbors and the people about us.
and see their needs, and how easily
they are swept by every influence
from the outside; when we note how
easy it is to hurt people or to help
them; how contagious are good deeds
as we'll as bad, we. see that it is
matter Of the greatest importance not
for ourselves only, but for our breth-
rem that we shall live the very best
possible lives that Gods grace may
help us to live. It is a great encour-
agement to self-denial and to earnest
effort to feel that our lives are Of con-
stant inspiration, arousing high ambl.
tions in those who know us.
Another reason for considerateness
is expressed by Paul in the sixth chap
ter Of his letter to the Galatians.
There he encourages us to arouse our
sympathy and generosity toward
those who have been oyertaken in
fault by considering our own selves.
That is, if we will stop and consider
we shall remember how easy it is to
ss,i into temptation, and we shall have
a fellow feeling for our brother. There
Is no place where lack Of considera-
tion works more harm than in the
harghness which 1t causes, many |
times, on the part OF good people |
toward those who have fallen into sin. |
How considerate Jesus vast He never
condoned sin, He never made sin |
seem small thing; on the other
hand, sin never seemed so horrible as
when Jesus speaks of It. But how |
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ana sympathy, does He deal with the
siner in trying to heal him Of hts sin.
The very first element in the compost
tion Of a good soul-winner must be
this element Of considerateness. We
must get so into sympathy with Gods
attitude toward men that we shall be
able to put ourselves in their place
or we can never have for them the
which will attract them to
Christ 1t is said that in the fashion
Ing OK fine wages nothing can take the
place of the human hand. The vase
must receive the delicate, soft skilful
Louch Of the human hand to get It's
final shape of beauty; no machinery.
no hard mechanicalness, can do It.
So, in bringing back a poor sinner to
Christ. in binding up his broken and
narred life SO that It may grow again
nto strength and beauty, there is
In this world fine enough save
he sympathetic and loving hand Of a