Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-18
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR HOUR
Conducted by Grace Livingston Hiil-Lutz.
For March 10, 1905.
Topic: Clarifying God in Our Daily Work. >
Matthew 5 1916; Romans ~ IL.


Topic: Clarifying God in Our Daily Work >"
Matthew 5 1916; Romans ~ IL.
Matthew, 5: 10. Ye are the salt of the
earth; but if the salt have lost his SAVIOUR,
wherewith shall 1t be sailed? it is hence
forth good for nothing, but to be cast out,
and to be trodden under the foot of men.
IA. Ye are the light of the world. A city
that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
10. Neither do men light candle, and
put it under bushel, but on a candle
stick; and it giveth light unto all that are
| in the house.
16 Let your light SO shine before men,
that they may see your good works, and
glorify your Father which is in heaven.
Romans. II: H. Not slothful in business;
| fervent in spirit; serving the Lord.
We throw a little salt into a kettle of
fat-tasting food, and 10, it becomes de-
| licious and appetizing to the taste We set
a little light where 1t can shine out into
the dark world, and TO- it travels wide, and
again and again by the objects it touches.
The light of the knowledge of Jesus has
shined into our hearts; the SAVIOUR of His
blessed character has been put into us;
and If we go not forth into the world and
scatter the light and SAVIOUR the saltless,
why then all that Jesus has done for us is
In vain. We were meant to go into the
world, and carry our religion into our ev-
cluded like a company of monks and nuns.
We are to go into the world and fight sin
with the strength of Christ Jesus. A man
who was trying to be a Christian In the
violent and uncomfortable that he at last
resolved TO become hermit, saying, con-
fidently, Now l shall have no one to pro-
! woke me, and l shall sin in this way no
more" Things went very well for a while
until one day he was bringing water from
| the spring and caught his foot in a root
and upset the bowl. He reflled it, but his
| hand shook and the water was spilled
again. The third time he started and
| slipped again. Trembling with fury, he
| picked up the bowl and dashed 1t into
fragments against rock After while
| his anger cooled down, and looking at the
| pieces of broken china upon the ground,
| he said: ALIAS, l cannot escape sin. 1t Is
| within me-
| God Is within YOU" If we really have the
| kingdom of God within us others should
\ be able TO see it, no matter what we are
| doing. There is a common acceptation of
/ the supposed fact that men cannot sue
| cessfully carry on certain businesses in
| the world and be at the same time con-
| sistent Christians. Some Christian men
| even go so far as to say that one should
| not mix business and religion, and the
| young men starting out in life, when asked
| how they can be Christians and work al,
| day on the Sabbath. shrug careless shout
| ders and answer: oh. We have to live.
| you know And is II strange that young
| man considers this the first and most i'm
| portant thing for which to live, when the
! opinions of many of those older and wiser
| than himself, whom he has learned 20 fol-
low as his mentors and guides seem to be
In favor of that idea? Let US suppose that
/ this young man is a Christian; he hears
| his father read at family worship and
speak in the prayer meeting to the effect
| that "a mans life CONSISTENT not in the
| abundance of the things that he possess
SETH" but as he follows his father into his
| Office and to Wall street he gathers very
different idea. Which of these two do you
think that he viii follow? Nor is II his
| fathers life alone that he reads. The life
| of every friend and acquaintance with
whom he comes In contact is carefully
watched and If there be professions and
no consistency, then, alas, for the SAVIOUR
of the salt of the kingdomi
1t is not alone by keeping ones mouth
shut that one can hide ones light under
bushel. A public school teacher goes to