Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-10

tears recorded weeping over the sorrows
OF the world and the sin and lack of faith.
When We come to face some Of the rec
ords of our foolish tears by and by shall
we not be ashamed? We are even ashamed
of them now as we look back. But the
burdens Jesus bore were all for others. He
was wounded for OUR transgressions, not
His own. Is anything worth while crying
over with such an abandoned grief as we
sometimes exhibit, since Jesus has borne
the heaviest burden of all. the burden of
our sins?
Applied Truth.
The apostle Henry Martyr was timorous
and sad and often feared he was not a
Christian teall. but one day he overheard
one of his heather servants speak of Jesus
in so blasphemous way that he was
thrown into great distress. His sorrow
was so great that the Hindu was aston
ished and could not understand why what
he had said had so distressed his master.
But afterward Martyr was glad he had
heard the words of his servant, for he
realized how much he must love Jesus to
have felt such pain on His account.
1t is said that John Bunyan's wife, after
trying again and again to get her husband
released from Bedford Jail, made a special
ly urgent appeal before Judge Hale and
Judge Twisdon, but was again unsucceSs-
full. She said: IT remember that though I
was somewhat timorous at my first en-
trance into the chamber, yet. before went
out, could not but break forth into tears,
not so much because they were so hard
hearted against me and my poor husband.
but to think what sad account such poor
creatures will have to give at the coming
of the Lord, when they shall then answer
for all things whatsoever they have done
in the body, whether it be good, or whether
1t be bad
1.-THE tests of life are to make, not break
u.s. Trouble may demolish a mans bust
ness, but build up his character. The blow
at the outer man may be the greatest bless
ing to the inner man. If God, then, puts
or permits, anything hard in our lives, be
sure that the real peril, the real trouble, is
what we shall lose If we finch or rebel
Present suffering is not BILE,
but life would be worth little without it,
The difference between iron and steel Is
fire, but steel is worth all it costs. Iron ore
may think itself senselessly tortured in the
furnace, but when the watch spring looks
back 1t knows better. David enjoyed pain
time came when he admitted that they had
been good for him. Though the aspect OF
suffering is hard, the prospect is hopeful,
and the retrospect will start a song, If we
suffering. We shall be glad
really glad-of everything that has come to
U.S., no matter II 1t is sorrow or pain, when
we find that our experience fits some one
else's need-that some one else can build
on our lives."-Maltbie D. Babcock.
It is said that DR.. Tronchin was greatly
impressed with the faith and patience of c.
Malan as he lay suffering upon what proved
to be his death bed. Talking one day with
Malan's son, he said: How often have
heard even your fathers friends, when
spoke with admiration of his work, say:
'Malan serves God with fire, with courage,
with perseverance, because the service
which God requires of him Is an active
service, and consists in an activity which
responds to his tastes and talents. But
wait before Judging him definitely until
God calls him no longer to an active SER
vice, but to passive service OF SUFFERING
God is doing this under our eyes at this
hour, and under our eyes also His servant
is found faithful"
How to Help the Leader. ~ :
Repeat George Macdonalds verse:
But Thou art making me; thank Thee. Sire.
What Thou hast done and doest Thou knOwest
And l win help Thee; gently in Thy fire
will whirl patiently, though my brain should
Thy grace shall be enough the grief to quell,
And growing strength perfect through weakness
PARALLEL PASSAGES.-II Corinthians,
i:5; II Corinthians. iv:17: Luke. xxii:44;
10; Peter, ii:2f-23.
HINTS TO THE LEADER.-The En-
deavor Hymnal. IL, As, 81, 90, 176
Just at the close Of your opening talk
with my Savior L will Co." found in Cos
pei Hymns Nos. lie. Try to show to your
members that our sorrow should be called
forth by the sight of unbelief everywhere.
Speak of the agony of noted missionaries
over the miserable unbelieving state of .the
heather. Show that such sorrow is 1egiti-
mate for Christs servants. Speak Of how
often we expend our emotions in suffering
over some trifling disappointment, or some
spelling Of our plans; or bury our lives and
usefulness in hopeless weeping over our
dead as II we were not to see them again
ever. Have several copies of your church
Jhymnal, If it contains the old hymn, Jesus
wept; those tears are over" and have a
choir sing 1t. Have much prayer.
Bear not a single care;