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

a0 te1tS TOT eaCh or three divisions, or
 the sermon on types of life. The first
 is the careless,s 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. raham had gone to Mesopotamia t6 lind . wife for his Masters son, Isaac After he found Rebecca, and she had been given him for Isaac, hsE 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 scarelessly throwing away the opportunities for usefulness which lie in their way, and living from mo- ment to moment for their own idle pleasure. ....<s ~
 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 00OAOAy oA10A4 O0OOA x40oukV0s AAOy have no hope beyond this world. .~ If they ever had any faith in a future life they are so living in the present ss to destroy forever the possibility of g future which is good ,.a
 The third type of life is the conse- crated, serving life, and the text for that is found 1n Cor. 10:3l, Whether therefore ye,eat or drink, or whatso- ever ye do, do all to the Glory of God. '' We are taught to pray for our daily bread, which means, our food for to body, mind and soul. We need this three-fold nouFishment4 in order that we may have the health of body, mind and soul. without which we cannot perfectly. .sarEe 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 improvement going on and the generation. to follow us will find life in all its phases here on a little higher level because we have thrived and worked here. ..s .. :.
 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 En- struct or entertain us while they leave with us . consciousness of shav- ing been helped, and notdragged down, we shall give to our minds healthy and strengthening food. e But most im- portant of all is the food, for our souls. This we must get from God. Why is it that our souls are so often starving? 1t is not because God has not sufficient food for us, nor because he, withholds it from us. His gamers are full to overfiowing, 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 a free will. God cannot force upon what we will not take. He is omnipotent, but in ere ating us with free wills, and the pow et 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 live-the careless life, the depraved life, or the life con- secrated to the service of God, and the bringing of His Kingdom to Earth.