Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-14
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR HOUR
Conducted by Grace Livingston Hill-Lutz.

For Sunday, January 10, 1905
Topic: Am My Brothers Keeper" CA Temper
anc' Meeting) Genesis SIS.
g. And Cain talked with Abel his broth
er; and it came to pass. when they were in
the field, that Cain rose up against Abel
his brother, and slew him.
o. And the Lord said unto ~. where
is Abel thy brother? AnS ne said, know
not; Am l my brothers keeper?
10. And he said: What hast thou done?
The voice of thy brothers blood crieth unto
me from the ground.
II. And now art thou cursed from the
earth, which hath opened her mouth to re-
ceive thy brothers blood from thy hand
II. When thou tillest the ground it shall
not henceforth yield unto thee her strengt n
a fugitive and vagabond shalt thou be
in the earth.
49, And Cain said unto the Lord: NV
punishment is greater than | can bear
IA. Behold, thou hast driven me out this
day from the face of the earth; and from
thy face shall l be hid; and l shall be a
fugitive and vagabond in the earth; and
it shall come to pass that every one that
findeth me shall Stay me-
Is. And the Lord said unto him. there
fore, whatsoever slayeth Cain, vengeance
shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the
Lord set a mark upon Cain, lest any find
ing him should Stay him.
The Lesson.
1t is said that the Arabs have a belief
that the spirit of murdered man hovers
over his grave in the form of a bird, cry
ing out Give me drink, give me drink
and does not cease until the blood of the
murderer has been shed. If this We're true
and we could hear them, the air about us
would be filled with the grewsome cries of
graves graves, filled with the murdered.
That which concerns you and me is
whether we have helped to put any of those
quiet forms, huddled there beneath the
ground into those drunkards' graves
On first thought it seems highly improb-
able that respectable Christian people can
have had anything to do with SO heinous
a crime, but Gods question comes to every
one with earnest insistence that cannot be
ignored Where is thy brother?"
Over and over again we ask that i'm
patient Sinking question of God "Am my
brothers keeper?'' Yet the voice of our
brothers blood continues to call to God
from the ground where we have laid him
or have allowed him to be laid by others
without so much as lifting our hands in
protest. In the study of this subject we
should ask ourselves most earnestly What
hast thou done?" as God asked Cain
The tremendous power of human influence
Is well known to u.s. we realize how a
smile will cheer, word of disapproval will
turn one aside from some chosen course
and send him in the opposite direction Even
in the choosing of some article of clothing
as well as in the choosing of the WAYS of
life human souls are terribly, dangerously
open to the influence of those about them
or of those whom t. y love especially The
pity is that Christians do not realize their
great power and use it for the glory of
God. Knowing this power we have, and
knowing the dangers and pitfalls along the
way how can we ,salve our consciences
and take no trouble to keep our broth
ers from falling? AlSmile of scorn can in
fiuence one to leave the right course I'M
less there be many smiles Of approval to
countefbalance. Did you ever think how
you might keep some brother from becom-
ing drunkard by daily life that is clear
as crystal before God and men, and that
trusts other men and shows them that you
expect them to be as true? The trouble
with Christian temperance people is that
they do not let their principles breathe for
them, in words and actions. They should
take 1t for granted that other men have
the same beliefs. They should freely dis
cuss temperance principles SO helping to
educate public opinion.
Knowing the dangers of the liquor habit,
some good rules for helping to keep our
brothers from falling into it would, first,
be thoroughly Christian temperance man
yourself, and let it be understood frankly.
though not disagreeably, even though it
must be sometimes aggressively; second,
take 1t for granted that other men think as
you do about the matter, and SO speak and
act frankly about it Without fear OF what
others will think-atg least until others have
proved that they think to the contrary:
third. study the 1politicaI and social side
OF the question And always put your In