Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-17
CHRISTIAN ENDEAvOR HI
Conducted By Grace Livineston Hili-Luts.

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Conducted BY Grace Livingston Hiri-Lats.
For Sunday, June 10. 1905.
Topic: .sdinor Moraiities'' Ephcsiars iva 81
%. Wherefore putting away lying, speak
every man truth with his neighbor; for we
are members one of another.
&C. Be We angry. and sin not: let not the
sun go down upon your wrath.
"a. Neither give place to the devil.
%. Let fim that stole steal no more; but
rather let him labour. working with his
hands the thing which is good, that he
may have to give to him that needeth.
D. Let no corrupt communication proceed
out Of your mouth, but that which Is good
to the use of edifying, that 1t may min
lister grace unto the hearers.
so. And grieve not the Holy Spirit OF
God, whereby We are sealed unto the day
of redemption.
81 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and an
ger. and Glamour and and. evil e , speaking be
30. And be We Kind to one another, ten
der-hearted, fOrgiying one another. even as
God for Chrfst's rake hath forgiven you.
The Lesson.
It is sometimes great deal harder to
do the little things of life than the great
ones, to escape the snare OF the fowler"
than to protect against the noisome pes
thence" It Is not strange, therefore, that
many people intent on keeping few of
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done some smaller ones. Naturally man
VINO steals could not occupy pace IN So
ciety, nor become prominent in church.
But when ne merely uses ms cunning 10
make soou bargain Will His poolei
nefghbor, for his own benefit, he Is con-
sidered keen business man and is looked
up to and courted because he Is rich.
IN TINS age OF trusts ana comDines, amo
bargain counters ana sweat snops, .nese
Things nave come 10 De caileo minor sis'
ana II one CHRISTIAN Win an AphoIHai col J,
science happens TO quesuon man
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name Ior them Wouiu pe steaihe nc -
told that THIS Is NOT Utopia, ana th a. W.
must not expect perleCeion even ~ VI. LIS,
tlans. he Is gooo man means Wei;
supports the cnurch ana mas q ZOO H ~ =, ai
character, tney say, WHAT mates, :. .ss :
does DO few nttie questlonaoie .mn = -
DouDtiess you Wouio 10 lhein youisoA -
penenteo you.
Then there are IN every cnurcn az iease q
rev good, true meh-at least soou III eVeiy
other Way-earnest workers, spi,ttuai III
their talk ana nves, loving hoiy tnnss' az
tenolng cnurcn regularly. sNins ~ Wy
Lord as ne mas pIospeIeu lnen ~ -, = 81
they VIII get aHsry.or nuTl' as .ley pSas :,
to call lt-and speak sharp Words 10 their
fellow Christians. sometimes TINS taxes the
form of an open quarrel watn olsgTace1ui
words ana mucn neat LOT others 10 sTS,
sometimes IL taxes Inc quietei put equaliy
trying form or careful avoidance, Staying
away from services or SOCIAL satnerihss
Wnere the Zoe is expected 10 De present, d
resentlng and mlsconstruing OF every ACT
of that other Christian, and this feeling ex-
tends 10 other members or the enemy
household, perhaps lasting Tor years.
Plutarch tells OF an ancient rule OF the
fythagoreans: II at any time they nap
pened to be provoked to anger by abusive
language, before the sun set they would
take each others hands and embracing
make up their quarrel
Well would 1t be for the church If 1t had
some such rule for Its members. Prof.
Findlay says: 1.-The passion which out
lives the day, on which the angry man
sleeps, and that wakes with him In the
morning, takes root in his breast; it be-
comes a settled rancour, prompting III
thoughts and deeds. There is no surer way
of tempting the devil to tempt us than to
brood over our wrongs. Every cherished
grudge is a place given to the tempter, a
new entrenchment for the evil one In his
war against the soul, from which he may
shoot his .fire-tipped darts Let US dis
miss with each day the days vexations.
commencing as evening falls our cares and
griefs TO the divine c6mpassfon. and seek
ing as for ourselves. so for those who may
have done us wrong forgiveness and a bet
tar mind We shall rise with the coming
light armed with new patience and charity,
to bring into the worlds turmoil a calm
and gaperors uisdom that will earn for us
.ha 6Inssin1 of tbe neacemakers who shall
be he oaiied senS Of COD
NC w. .soar,,oIo,,s change In evarv church
,,o,Id q r,ake ~ eVerv Christian were
hy~ip rrel n a n
1850; t,onI cunnosa Won and should
s sssnits soi,oIr tbo+ rnie for our life to
hrn, 70 Iesus eyerv night the things that
have annoyed and worried us and hurt
anu anse .; Us Il, non,;, tha+ if thev are
real wronps He will right them. and if we
have been mistaken He will show us one
day. and II they needed vengeance, that
vengeance Is His and not ours. Our. part
is forgiveness. Think how much easier,
after all, is forgiveness than vengeance!
We would hardly know how to go about 1t
in the most effective way, anyway, and
God can take care OF 1t all. Let us forgive!
Christian Endeavorers, all over this fair
land, hear the pleading Of this lesson today!
Let not the sun go down upon your anger.
Forgive and begin the new day with fair
chance for everybody. Vengeance may be
for the children Of the world, but not for
children of the Heavenly Father. who have
passed from death unto life. To harbor II
grteves the Holy Spirit of God, and where
by We are sealed unto the day OF redemp-
ton"
The whole Christian church is permeated
with this disease of unkindness IN thought,
word and action. How many families DO
you know IN your neighborhood who say
cruel things about their fellow Christians?
They begin as soon as church is out on the