The Newtown bee., 1906-08-17
~ THREE TYPES OF LIFE. OUTLINE OF A SERMON BY REV R. E.
 DANFOKTH.

iss the careless, dilatory life, and the text for that is found in Gen. 24:54,
 ':And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were with him, and tar ried all night. The steward of Alb traham had gone to Mesopotamia to ldnd . wife for his Masters son, Isaac. After he found Rebeoca, and she had been given him for Isaac, her father and brothers were 10th to let her de part, and tempted the steward to re-
 main and make merry with them.
 Thisis typical of many lives to-day, which are carelessly throwing away the opportunities for usefulness which lie in their way, and living from mo- ment to moment for their own idle pleasure.
 The next text was from Is. 22:13, ''Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow
 we die." This is representative of the
 depraved, hopeless life. They eat and
 drink, as they do all things only to satisfy their baser natures. They have no hope beyond this world. If VAVy VVSA 340A OAy .A0AOA HI Q Autu40 e
 life they are so living in the present
 as to destroy forever the possibility of
 future which is good.
 The third type of life is the conse- crated, serving life, and the text for
 that is found m Cor. 10:3l, "Whether
 therefore ye eat or drink, or whatso- ever ye do, do all to the Glory of God. D
 We are taught to pray for our daily bread, which means our food for to. body, mind and soul. We need this
 three-fold. nourishment in order that
 we may have the health of body, mind and soul, without which we cannot perfectly serve our Master. We have
 to do with the past only as we can
 learn lessons from the failures and the successes of those who have gone be-
 fore us. Our life is in and for the present and for the future. We must see to it that we each do our work in
 this community, SO that there shall
 be steady improvements going on and
 the generation to follow us will find life in all. it's phases here on 8 little higher level because we have thrived and worked here.
 We should seek the best food ob-
 tainable for the mind, in the books we read and the companions whom we seek. By reading only those things
 which are elevating, and which in- struct or entertain us while they
 leave with us consciousness of hay ing been helped, and not dragged down, we shall give to our minds healthy and strengthening food. But most inn portant of all is the food for our souls. This we must get from God. Why is
 1t that our souls are so often starving?
 It is not because God has not sufficient food for us, nor because he withholds it from us. His gamers are full to
 overf1owing, and He is ready an deager to give unto us abundantly, but the
 trouble is in ourselves. We do not
 take what is so freely and so lovingly offered to us. In order to obtain this food we must use our will-power. Each one of us has free will. God cannot force upon what we will not
 take. He is omnipotent, but in cre- ating us with free wills, and the pow CT to choose for ourselves, he gave up
 His own power to force good upon. So we must train our wills to do His will. We may choose which of the
 three lives we may nve-the careless life, the depraved life, or the life con- secrated to the service of God, and the bringing of His Kingdom to Earth.