Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-31

tons to the tolers of the past, and also
debtor to leave a legacy honorable and
worthy to the men Of tomorrow.
What are the claims upon us as men OF
today? The truth Is that so long there
is radical difference between right and
wrong that Just as the root exists not for
Itself, but as means to the tree and the
fruit. so truth or beliefs are at the bottom
of great lives.
When the natural expression Of life is
gone and mans beliefs are like field of
stumps, and his good only in the rhetoric
| he uses and the radiations of his person
ality impoverishes rather than enriches
there is something radically wrong. Great
achievements show the necessity of the
silent but efficacious dynamics of chara cter
thus one need of today is deeper fidelity
to truth
Through the power of truth. embodied
IN personality a noble character seems
able to create. AS like begets like, so we
grow to be like those we habitually admire,
Tor one day Jesus said to two fishermen
FOLLOW me- and a few years after that
the Jerusalem people carried out the sick
into the streets and laid them on beds and
couches that, as Peter came by, at the least
his shadow might overshadow some of
them.
L am convinced that some day recognition
Will be given to the fact that it Is neither
wealth, nor the resources of earth. nor the
product of mind, but the quiet, god-fearfng,
submissive man or woman of true worth
who shall be the king and queen. Because
for them the universe was created. and for
them the Son of God died that they might
be redeemed and made children of the day.
John had learned by personal experience
and by observation that If any one recog-
nize the authority of the Son as supreme
to declare the will of God, and if Jesus
Christ is enthroned in the heart. the new
order of life must follow with its CORE
spending acts and affections
Time was when the apostle was for call
ing for fire from heaven upon the ignorant
Samaritans, who did not wish to recognize
his Lord. Now all is changed The languid,
half-heartedness Of the church -discourages
more than all the evil in the world.
Our day requires an energizing of the
church and a new recognition of her obi
cation as the pillar and ground of the
truth, that she must stand more clear and
firm for purity, for faith, for the higher life.
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this world, that her duty is not to de-
clare scientific truth, nor theories about
truth, nor mere sectarian truth, and that
her function is not political reforms as
such, but for the spiritual life and nature
of man, that he live not by bread alone.
The church stands for conscience, for for
giveness of sin, for eternal life and for
Jesus Christ as the living person. the sum
of truth the great necessity for every gem
GRAFTON, and they who do not have Him are
still in darkness.
And, granting that our Christian duties
do involve some risk and hardshfps, does
not the Bible speak of life as warfare. a
struggle, agonizing for success? Do not
posure? There is more at stake In this war
fare.
We are in danger of forgetting the giver
of all, while We enjoy the rich gifts made
possible by the advancing day.
Let us recognize the divine origin and
obligation of man, the browning MASTER
piece of creation, that it is our duty to
develop, expand and be purified for service
to humanity and the world
Let me help to make this world larger
and more beautiful, and Christ dearer, and
do my duty in the light of the blessed Cos
pei of peace. still chiseling?" remarked a
gentleman as he greeted a stone cutter.
Yes still chiselng," said the workman.
I'm what part of the building does this
stone belong?" II don't know. l haven't
seen the plans" replied the man, and went
on with his work.
Yes, dear friend. you and I have not
seen the plan, but l am convinced that
| the Divine architect will do all for good
and the best. Daniel Webster once said
| that the most important thought that ever
occupied his mind was his Individual re-
sponsibility to God Yes. We have no
excuse but to assume our responsibility,
| and conscientiously do our duty in the light
which flows from revealed truth and the
| revealing spirit, whereby we have given the
| knowledge of the true God in Jesus Christ