Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-21

seven golden candlesticks;
Ii. And In the midst of the seven candle
sticks one like unto the Son of Man, clothed
with garment down to the foot ana gut
ABOUT the paps with a golden girdle
IL. His head and his hairs were white Ike
wool as white as snow; and his eyes were
flame of fire:
is. And his feet like unto fine brass. as
If they burned in a furnace; and his voice
as the sound of many waters.
16. And he had In his right hand seven
stars; and out of his mouth went a sharp
two-edged sword: and his countenance was
as the sun shneth in his strength.
II. And when / saw him. l fell at his
feet as dead. And he laid his right hand
upon me, saying unto me- Fear not; l am
the first and the last:
Is. / am He that liveth. and was dead;
and behold 1 am alive forevermore, amen;
and have the keys of hell and of death.
The Lesson.
I wonder. as We sometimes sit In our
sober, disinterested Sunday Stiffness and
yawn and criticise our neighbors, whether
Jesus looks upon us as He did upon the
Pharisees. reading our thoughts, and feeling
that our strict Sabbath is no better than
was theirs. There is a sense in which g.
great many people are very strict about the
Sabbath. about what they shall do and
what they shall not do, yet do not keep the
Sabbath in their hearts at all. 1t might just
as well not have been given to such, for no
Sabbath rest no laying aside or their own
thoughts and words. and delighting them
selves in the day to make 1t holy unto the
Lord. ever enters into their keeping of 1t.
They stop work. Yes that was commanded
as sort OF framework pattern on which
to build over the beautiful institution of the
Sabbath. They perhaps observe carefully
such rules of Sabbath keeping their
fathers have brought them up in, yet their
hearts keep no more Sabbath than do the
worldlings. There is an outward keeping of
he a nfi he eli nj O
to work, the going to church, the refraining
from worldly indulgences, which of course
every Christian tries to keep The Phari-
sees did all of this. and saw nothing deeper
beneath the law which it was meant to help
and stimulate. There is q heart Sabbath
a laying aside of ell worldly care, a DELHI
crate giving up of even the contemplation
of the pleasures and perplexities that en-
gross our minds during the week, and which
in themselves are not wrong in the least on
other days. and an opening of our hearts to
holy delights which seldom do we even try
TO reach after. Sometimes we strain after
this by getting down some dusty religious
volume about holy living, and doing
through a chapter or two; but that Is not
"delighting ourselves in the Lord" as Isaiah
suggests in his marvellous outline of a Sab
bath. Those very books may be the instru-
ments by which we may take holy pleasure
In the Sabbath. but unless we are lin the
spirit on the Lords day, as was John, we
shall see visions Of Christ even though
we search most carefully through AL the
holy Books that were ever written. Johns
vision of the beauty and holiness of the
1 Am was given when he was 'in the
spirit" And the spirit is given for the
asking. IF with ali your hearts We truly
seek Him we shall surely find Him If we
are In the spirit We need not to ask Is II
right to ride on the cars on Sunday, is it
right to go out to dinner or to hold sacred
concerts, or to do any Of the other ques-
tionable things on the Sabbath? For If we
receive the vision of the Christ into our
hearts we shall not want to do a great
many things which we now do
Rev Wilbur F. Crafts tells the following
incident:
Several years ago In one of the streets
OF sp1talhelds. notorious for It's open shops
on the Lords day a young man with
whom the Rev w. Tyler was ACQUAINTED
opened cheesemonger's shop. Mr. Tyler
called upon the new shopkeeper, on the
hrst day of his opening. to wish him sue
cess, and. after a short conversation. said:
Now. my friend. what about Sunday? i
nope you do not intend to open the shop
on the Lords day The reply was; you
see SIR, all the people about here open on
the Sunday; l fear l Shall be oblired 10
do the same That is no reason whv
you should do So, rejoined the minister.
Don't let them be guides for you. Give
me pen and ink and large piece of paper
ana L will show you what to do Mr.
Tyler wrote the following notice. Srbta
SHOP WIN Not Be Opened on Sundavs'
Now said Mr.. Tyler, take my ADVICE
put that up In conspicuous place Hoist
your colors al the outset; God will NOT LEI
you suffer for doing your duty At this
moment the wife came in and seconded
the appeal; upon which the shopkeeper
TOOK a hammer and nail and fixed the an
nouncement on a butter cask behind the
the counter. near the window So that n
could be read by the customers who en-
tered the shop o va
ABOUT seven years after Mr. Tyler was
passing by this bridesmaids shop when he
observed that its proprietors name was he
ing placed on the shop front In gold let
ters The shopkeeper presently appeared
ana sald: Mr., Tyler. 1 have you to thank
Tor that. | am the first member of INV
family whose name has ever appeared In
sold letters. Nearly all the tradesmen who
were in business in this street when 7 com,
neheeu, ana who opened their shops on
sundays, nave failed, while l have nros
pered. Time passed on and brought with
IL greater prosperity. When Mr. TYLER last
neard or the tradesman In whose welfa re-
nc ha9 taken such an interest he found
mat erod mad so far blessed his Industry
ana MS eonscientiousness that he had heen
enabled 10 retire upon a comfortable com
potency to country residence, thus verf
Iylng the promise, Them that honor me
L will honor '''e
man was once asked II he saw anv
change In his neighbor since he had Joined
the church He replied: Yes: he ,Sad 10
go to mend his fences on Sunday norr;,' ~
with his ak over his shoulder hut nou- Re
carries 1t under his coatr' A great ma nc
Christians are under the impression that
they are Keeping Gods law about tho san
bath because they carry their sabbatb-
oreakihg out OF sight, hidden under their.
coats 1t may be they but break the SAB.
pain In their hearts, and not with their
hands at all. 'He"
How to Help the Leader
Ii the Sabbath is a delight to you and
20" truly feel that 1t draws you nearer
TO Jesus tell the meeting how this comes
about and In what way you keep 1t. II II
ls not delight speak of this, and express