Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-25
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:. Pastor of the Ninth Street Christian Church.
/ started upon the straight and narrow path.
| Now you find yourself In company with
other fellow-travelers and there devolves
upon you a duty toward them. Bear ye
| one anothers burdens" There must be an
! eye to see their need Many go along the
path of life blind to the sight of suffering
and deaf to the calls of distress. They
| think of no needs but their own. and have
no synpathies beyond the walls of their
homes. Every man for himself and 1 don t
care who gets the hindermost, is their
motto. But the man who is studying to
show himself approved unto God viii be on
the lookout for his brother-travelers In dis
tress. He will have. too, a heart to sym
pathize. A thoughtful and generous lady
visited an orphanage-said to an orphan:
What would you rather have than any
thing In the world?" She thought the
child would say "A doll" and was pre-
pared TO give her glad surprise. Instead
the child after pause said, please. ma am
I would like for you to take me on your
lap and make out I was your little girl
The child's heart was craving the SYM
pathy of mothers love. Does Mrs V.
send her carriage to take you drivIng?'
asked one woman of another in the tene-
ment district No said the other. "she
comes in her carriage and takes me out
driving" There Is a world of difference
Jesus stretched forth his hand and touched
| the Ieper, saying: BE thou made Clean
be made clean. But something else Is
needed besides the eye to see and the heart
to sympathize. There must be, too the
hand to help. The milk of human kindness
is not helped so much when diluted with the
tears of sentimental pity when enriched
with the gold of self-sacri1cing offerings
To act from honest motives purely. Chris
tlanity deals not only with conduct but
with the motives which control conduct. 1t
seeks to cleanse the stream by making the
fountain pure. A present day motto is, Get
on, get honor. get honest" The first and
essential thing is to get on. then one may
get honor and afterward time enough to
get honest. But be who would have a
worthy record will reverse the motto He
will resolve first of all to get honest and
stay honest whether or not he ever gets
on or gets honor. He soon finds however,
that honesty is the best policy, and that
then he Is on the road to success and honor.
To trust in God and heaven securely.
We are striking today at the four preva-
lent sins of the age. II is a frivolous age.
We need to think without confusion clearly.
1t is a selfish age. We should love our
fellow-man sincerely. 1t is age of graft
and get-rich-quick methods. We ought to
act from honest motives purely. And last
Of all it is an age of anxiety. We should
trust in God and heaven securely. Anxiety
is foolish. Many spend miserable ex-
istence in the shadow Of troubles that never
come Jane" said a mistress to her
servant. this is Monday and tomorrow is
Tuesday and the next day is Wednesday
and then comes Thursday and Friday aud
Saturday and the washing isn't done yet"
Said mother to her newly married daugh-
ter, who was sobbing on the sofa, What
is the matter. my dear?" Why, when
John left this morning for the office he
said he never felt better in his life, and
something always happens to a man when
he says that" Anxiety Is injurious. It
weakens the body, impairs the mind racks
the nerves and undermines the health It
is the recruiting agent for the hospital, the
insane asylum and the grave. Anxiety is
sinful. The same God who says Thou
shalt not le" and Thou shalt not steal"
says also: BE not anxious" BE not
anxious foriyour life" BE not anxious for
the morrow" In nothing be anxious, but
in everything by prayer and supplication
with Thanksgiving let your requests be
made known unto God. And the peace OF
God which passeth all under standing shall
guard your heart and your thoughts in
Christ Jesus.
1t is well when a sermon can be summed
up "in Christ" Can we epitomize our
thought today in Him? To think without
confusion clearly Is to think His thoughts,
to get His viewpoint. to accept His teach
ing as the true philosophy of life to sit
at His feet and learn OF Him. TO love our
fellow-man sincerely is to love as He loved.
Herein is love, not that we loved God. bu.
that He loved us and sent His Son to be the
Precipitation for our sins" Beloved, II God
so loved us, we also ought to love one an
other. II we would be honest we must be
constrained by His love, we must live as
if In His presence. If we have accepted
Him as our Savior we will trust Him COM
pletely, sincerely and forever.
We are making record Brethren, the
time Is short" Now Is our salvation
nearer than when we believed. Let us cast
off the works of darkness and let us put
on the arrnor OF light"