Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-22
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR HOUR
Conducted by Grace Livingston HIll-Lutz.
Sunday. July %, 1865.


Topic. Preparing for Our Heavenly Home Phil
ippians i'll 20, 81; Hebrews xi:s-1O. 1915.
Philippians iii:2O.-For our conversation
is in heaven; from whence also we look for
the Saviour. the Lord Jesus Christ:
2l-WhO shall change our vile body, that
II may be fashioned like unto his glorious
body, according to the working whereby
he is able even TO subdue all things unto
himself
Hebrews n:S.-By faith Abraham. when
he was called to go into place which he
should after receive for an inheritance,
obeyed; and he went out, not knowing
whittier he went.
BY faith he sojourned In the land of
promise, as in strange country, dwelling
In tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob. the
heirs with him OF the same promise.
10-For he looked for a city which hath
foundations. whose builder and maker is
God.
B-These all died in faith. not having re-
celVed the promises, but having seen them
afar on, and were persuaded of them and
embraced them, and confessed that they
Were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
or they that say such things declare
plainly that they seek a country
13-And truly, if they had been mindful
OF that country from whence they clme out
they might have had opportunity TO have
returned.
l6.-But now they desire a better country
that Is. a heavenly: wherefore God is not
ashamed TO be called their God: for he hat n
prepared for them city.
Our Conversation" that is our babit,,e1
way OF living. or. as the revised version has
II, our citizenship" Is In heaven ono
wouid scarcely think 1t of some of us We
are much more Americans than we are
heavenly citizens sometimes WIN 60 :. >
10 we forget our heavenly birth?
Robert Rainy says
ne standard of our living and its sane
IONS ana us ways OF thinking and proceed
ms and, In a word our city with g., io
terests and Its objects being in heaven the
earnest business Of our life is there We
nave 10 do with earth CONSTANTLY ara g.,
ways most various; but as Christians onr
way or having TO do with the earth ITSELF 10
heavenly, and Is TO be conversant win
heaven What We mainly seek and love Is
heaven; what we listen most To hear is
the voice that comes from heaven. u,bst -
most earnestly speak is the voice we send
TO heaven; what lies next our heart &c re
treasure and the hope which are secure in
heaven; what we are most intent unon fe
what we lay up In heaven and how we a re
getting ready for heaven. There is One in
heaven whom we love above all others. we
are children OF the kingdom of heaven; it is
our country and our home: and something
in US refuses to settle on those things here
that reject the stamp of heaven.
In particular, we cannot deal Alright with
any OI the tartnly Things committed to us
unless we deal with them in the light OF
Christ's expected coming This expecta-
ton Is 10 enter into the heart of every be-
lever and no one is warranted TO over
look or make light of it.
II is sign that we are forgetting our
spiritual and heavenly birth when we
cease TO think of heaven and keep the prep
aration fer IL In minds continually
Suppose, for instance, you were going to
Europe to spend the rest of your days.
would you not be continually prepar. n,
yourself for II by study of the languages
and by making yourself familiar with the
customs of the country? II you were going
10 move to France, you would not walt I'M
I'll you got there to study French. for YOU
would expect TO have very hard time get
ting there and getting settled without some
knowledge of the language. You would also
famiiiarize yourself with the country and
Its ways You would try to claim friend
ships with powerful men there, and If per-
chance you could claim knship with those
In high places you would feel quite happy
about your future life. IL you had ac-
quaintances there you would commence a
correspondence, that you might not feel al