The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1906-06-13
THE CHRISTIANS VOCATION.
Here was a MAN


- beseech you that you walk wor-
thy of the vocation in which you are
called. I-Eph, ~, !.
There is no metaphor which st. Paul
more frequently uses that that referring
to the faithful as temples of the living
God.
Now God is everywhere present; all
creation may be properly called His
temple. Since the apostle particularly
dignifes human creatures with this
appellation, we must in a more elevated
sense and in a more perfect manner be
His temples. the vessel of election
explains his meaning in his letter to the
Romans. ''The charity of God is poured
abroad in our hearts by the holy ghost
who is given to us. Hence the Spirit of
God adorns and beauties our souls with
an infinite variety of precious gifts and
graces; and so the soul becomes a hab-
itation in which He loves to dwell.
Christians, therefore, should be CON
scious of the dignity of their vocation,
and, admitted as we are in a sense to a
participation in the divine nature, we
should rejoice in our pre-eminence and
be watchful not to descend again by de-
~pravity to original vileness. Our voca-
tion likewise demands that God alone
be worshipped and adored in our souls.
All our senses and faculties must bow
down before Him. This exalted voca-
tion has brought us into fellowship
with Christ Jesus and has made us CO.
heirs with Him to Gods eternal pres
ence. This is the consoling thought
which supports us under pressure of
human calamities. 1t is the only anchor
on which our souls can secure rest amid
the boisterous waves, the raging storms
and tempests of this mortal life. If the
vicissitudes of human affairs disturb us,
if we cannot view with composure of
soul the smile and frowns of fortune, it
is clear that we are unmindful of our
high calling, Ills our passions that
disturb our repose, and our passions
are Influenced by our loves.
"Where a man Is treasure is, there is
his heart also. ~ If we love the things
of earth, our souls are agitated and
rufled. We begin to repine at being
thwarted in our inclinations, we be-
impatient under disappointments
and are harassed by alternate hopes
and fears. If we keep Gods temple
heavens. The armament is always pure
ard serene. Clouds, indeed, arise in the
over regions of the air which often
intercept the rays of the sun and OBJ
the face of day, but they cannot
affect the teauty or disturb the seren-
y of the armament.
Then will the light of faith he diffus-
d over our souls and enable MS to pen
: trate the hidden things of life, of
Gods wisdom. Then viii divine hope
f. n W. NftA iAAt VII tillu, W Eli
JOY in a Measure that happiness of
which the plentitude is reserved for a
future world. Then will heavenly char
ity becoms the ruling passion of our
hearts and establish its dominion in
cur souls. Then will it command and
impel all powers, enoble our natures.
n this we shall recognize our vocation
10 be saints, as says st. Paul, and of
our souls, His living temple, we shall
hear the voice of the Most High de-
claring, 81 have chosen and have
sanctifed this place that my name may
be there forever, and my eyes and my
heart may remain there perpetually.'
REV. JOHN J. DOMAIN,
Church Of the Transformation, Brook
lyn, N. Y.