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tributed.-- 80 cents to missions.
Prayer Meeting Topic for April LIST.
Serving With Christ.
Mat. 1919 20.
Leader-Harrv S. johnson.
Serving with Christ means much
to those who follow hlm with the
same purpose that marked his life
Of toll and sacrifice.
1t means more than voting for him
merely expressing to the world our
belief in Christ. either by words or
by visiting with Gods people, will
make US servants with Christ. The
devil knew him and believed him.
Neither is he worthy to be called
servant who follows from selfish
motives; to be called by his name.
to be thought more Of, to be re.
spectacle. From motives like these
every follower would desert the
Lord when opposed by his enemies
We would follow where all is well
and would cast garments and palm
branches before Him at his tri.
umph. but when betrayed, would
cry, Cruelty Him."
But his true servants follow him
for service, expecting to be oppos-
ed by fellow men and every device
of Satan, looking that men should
say all manner Of evil against them
falsely" for their having followed
Christ.
The spirit Of love for the world
in sin should move every child of
God as it moved Christ to spend
his life, not merely in formal SER
vice. trying to be religious, and do.
ing as little as possible and filing
a station only in name, but to seek
the lost and strayed on the mount
aims and be a blessing to those in
need.
Another motive in serving Christ
is his fellowship. It is worth bear
ing all the crosses that can come to
any life, and making sacrifice of
ones own pleasure and will in or
der to have the fellowship, the
presence, the companionship OF
Christ.
How awful and dark would the
world be ifGodshould withdraw how
sad if he should but hide his face
for moment. How sad and dark
the soul where Satan reigns instead
Of Christ! What awful agOnies
hover around the soul who had no
communion with God! But he
who has the fellowship of Christ
here, has nothing to doubt or fear
Not Dead Not Lost-Not Far
Not Dead!
No! no! not dead, but laid away
from sight,
TO slumber undisturhed through
one long night
Instead Of many brief ones such as
In swift recurrence Ger us one and
all
II thou art glad to lay thy weary
head
Upon the pillow Of thy nightly
bed,
And lose thyself in slumber, where
fore weep
Where loved ones rest in natures
dreamless sleep?
Since now We wake when night has
passed away
In the old likeness of the former
day,
May we not hope to see them face
to face
Who in the church yard have theil
resting place,
Believe the Master: DER and Ger HI
said
why weepest thou? Only asleep
Not dead--Not dead!,,
Not lost!
No! no! not lost, just parted for {
day
While we make journe on thu
homeward way,
When shades Of evening fall and
with desire
We seek our own at every friendly
fire
And find them not there meath
nights diadem
Turning our faces toward Jerusa-
lem
And thither coming, by and by
we'll find
The ones whom Yesterday we left
behind
Not on the streets by passing sew
eral beguiled
Where Mary mourning sought thu
missing child.
But in the Fathers house and hi;
employ
Where Mary found at last her prec.
iou' boy,
There in the midst of Gods sanhe'
drel host
Well hear, "Why sought you me!
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