Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-30
Christian Endeavor Hour
Conducted by Grace Livingston Hill-Luts.
For Sunday, July 1. 1905.


For Sunday, July L. 1905
Topic: Humility, the Foundation Virtue" ICON.
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Matthew 1920. Then came to Him the
mother of Zebedee's children with her sons.
worshiping Him, and desiring certain
thing of Him.
81. And He said unto her, What wilt
thou? She saith unto Him, Grant that
these my two SONS may SIT the one on Thy
right hand. and the other on the left, In
Thy kingdom.
% But Jesus answered and said, Ye
know not what We ask. Are we able to
drink of the cup that I shall drink OF. and
to be baptized with the baptism that am
baptized with? They said unto Him, We
are able.
%. And He saith unto them, Ye shall
drink, indeed. OF My cup. and be baptised
with the baptism that / am baptized with;
but to sit on My right hand, and on My
left. is not Mine to give, but it shall be
My Father.
"a And when the ten heard it, they were
moved with Indignation against the two
brethren.
90 But Jesus called them unto Him, ana
said, Ye know that the princes of the Gem
tiles exercise dominion over them. and they
that are great exercise authority upon
them.
but whatsoever will be great among you.
let him be your minister;
q. And whosoever will be chief among
you, let him be your servant.
% Even as the Son of man came not to
be ministered unto, but to minister, and to
give His life ransom for many.
I Peter. v:5. Likewise, We younger, sub
nit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all Of
you be subject one to another and be
clothed with humility: for God resisteth
the proud, and gfveth grace to the humble.
The Lesson.
Archbishop Leighton has said: "Humil-
ity is not only a precious grace, but the
preserver of all other graces; and without
1t Of that could be- they are but as a box
of precious powder, carried in the wind
without cover, in danger Of being scat
tered and blown away"
Phillips Brooks once most beautifully
said: Humility is the beauty of grace.
Be clothed with humility. The Greek word
string that ties together all those precious
pearls. the rest of the graces II this string
break they are scattered"
In more homely, common parlance. with
touch of our modern slang. IL the same
thought expressed by q famous tenor singer
and voice teacher. to his pupils: Don't
get the swelled headI You'll never amount
to anything if you do
The following is an extract from one Of
Rowland Hills pointed sermons: See yor1
evening star, how bright It shines! How
pure, how gentle are its rays! But. look.
1t is lower IN the heavens than those that
sparkle with a restless twinkling In the
higher regions Of the sky. God keeps YOU
low that you may shine bright
Where do the rivers run that fertilixe our
soil? Is 1t In the barren top of yonder hilif
No; in the wales beneath. If you would
have the river, whose streams make glad
the city Of our God, to run through your
hearts and enrich them to His glory, you
must abide In the vale of humility"
matician. and devoted as a missionary,
wrote the following as proved in his ex-
perience In India: /. "Of all qualifications
for mission work and every other, charity
or love is the most excellent; q OF all
methods of attaining to a position of use
fulness and honor. the only safe and sure
one Is purging our hearts from vaingIory,
worldliness and selfishness. G Timothy,
the most certain is Christs own-becoming
as a. corn of wheat, falling into the ground
and dying" John, xii:24).
Lack of humility often shows forth in
Christian Endeavor- Society. 1t Is hard to
see others preferred above ourselves. We
sit silent In meeting which Is being poorly
led. and refuse to help. sometimes because
better we might have led 1t had we only
been asked Perhaps the Master knew we
needed to learn how to be led-even poorly
as we'll as to lead. Sometimes we bear
bitter feeling In our hearts toward another
member who has failed to recognize our
worth in some way. If only every member
could get true humility 1t might be pos
sible to have a perfect society and to do
great good. The trouble Is we are still
each seeking to occupy a place, the one on
the right hand, the other on the left in the
kingdom, or else We do not think it is worth
while working at all. and we stay away, to
show how much we shall be missed. We
disciples of today are no better than those
of old.
Applied Truth.
The editor of Samuel Rutherfords fam
Gus letters says of him: He had many
things which commended him to the people
of God; but his covering his great attain
ments with the veil of humility did render
him peculiarly dear to them. 1t was plain
to all who were but little acquainted with
him that in all his most eminent appear.
ances for God he studied to disappear, lest
he should, by standing up, be guilty of in
tercepting any part of the glory which be-
longs to Him alone. His growing down.
ward in that high grace of humility made
him. however. grow upward In favor with
God and all good men,"
In the London Times of June q, 1853,
a number of petitions presented to the
house of commons one had been rejected
because the word humble had been left
out OF It,
See how In the tanning out OF the wheat
the fullest and heaviest grains lie ever the
lowest. and the highest take ever the high
est ace."-Hall.
When DR.. Morrison, a missionary IN
China. sent home for an assistant, a young
man came before the committee as one who
wished to devote himself to missionary
work. His appearance was so unpromiafng
that they decided he would never do as q
missionary and at last they ventured to
ask him IL he were willing to go as q serv.
ant. Without any hesitation he replied
with bright smile: Yes. sir most GER
tainly: am willing to do anything, so that
! am in the work. To be newer of wood
and drawer of water is too great an
honor for me when the Lords house is
building? He afterwards became the fam
Gus DR.. Milne.
Bishop Simpson tells how when the story
of West Indian slavery was told to the
Morayians. and 1t became known that 1t
was impossible to reach the slave popula-
ton because they were so separated from