Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-28
Christian Endeavor Hour
Conducted by Grace Livingston Hill-Lutz.
For Sunday April 20, 1906.

For Sunday, April 90 1906
America" Ephesians II 1919.
| 13. But now, in Christ Jesus, We who
sometime were afar off are made nigh by
| the blood of Christ.
! IA. For he Is our peace, who hath made
both one. and hath broken down the mid
| die wall of partition between us;
| 10. Having abolished in his flesh the en-
nifty, even the law of commandments con-
tanned in ordinances; for to make In him.
| self of twain one new man, SO making
| peace;
| 10. And that he might reconcile both unto
| God in one body by the cross, having slain
| the enmity thereby:
| II. And came and preached peace to YOU
| which were afar off, and to them that were
nigh
io. FOR through him We both have access
py one Spirit unto the Father
IS. Now, therefore, ye are no more strsn
gers and foreigners but fellow-citizens
with the saints, and of the household of
God. -
Applied Truth.
A Christian worker, most earnestly de-
string to do work for her Master was in a
meeting of midnight mission in a certain
city She noticed near ner a woman. be-
sotted, drunken. repulsive. She watched
Isher as the meeting progressed. The poor
creature was too much under the influence
of drink to take in much of what went on
about her. but the heart of the Christian
woman was moved to pray for her during
the singing, and when the invitation was
given for all who would come to Jesus
/ this worker was assigned to talk with the
poor drunken woman. Al first she shrank
n "a xrrr,. LII.
ing she could net talk with her and 1t
would do no good If she did, but the
Spirit urged her on, SO she turned to the
woman, and looking most earnestly upon
pulsively, Il love you The poor stupid
creature turned and looked at her and
said What do You love me for2" Be
cause God loves you, answered the work
er. We'll, If you love me- kiss me-" de-
manded the drunken woman defiantly. The
Christian woman shrank back. How could
she kiss that dirty. sinful woman? She
put up prayer quickly to know what she
should do and the answer seemed to come
back to her, kiss her." And SO for Jesus
sake she leaned over and kissed the wom-
an. That kiss seemed 10 reach the poor
stupid heart. In spite OF her drunkenness
she understood the language of love. The
tears ran down her cheeks and she said:
Now / know that God loves you il He
has made you willing to kiss me. No one
has kissed me for years. And so she
found Jesus through that kiss.
Sometimes these foreigners in our land
go ahead of US more enlightened Christians
IN their zeal for following Christ. The
Christian Endeavor World tells of con-
vert in a Bohemian village In Minnesota
who keeps his store closed on Sunday and
will not sell tobacco. He puts one-third Of
his income into the Lords treasury. Not
long ago ne and his brother began bee
culture The first year their fifteen hives
netted them $40 apiece while the average
for hives in Minnesota was - apiece.
How to Help the Leader.
Bring forward the thought that we were
all strangers and foreigners until made nigh
by the blood OF Christ. Try to get at least
one foreigner to come to your meeting. and
If possible get him to tell what most Inn
pressed him about the religion of the Amer
lean people when he first came to this
country.
| Parallel Passages.-Psalms. DIT Psalms.
| 72:6; Romans. 1851; / John, 3:16: Luke,
$40. SO; Mark, 1:17; James. $40; / Corin-
! thians, 80; Mark, 1915; Matthew, 9:37.
Hints to the Leader.--The Endeavor
| Hymnai-61. 81, lbs, 142, IA. 1885,
{ II you are not in a city write to some col
lege settlement or mission worker nearby