Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-16

lieved that Thou dfdst send Ne.
o. I pray for them: I pray not for tine
Me; for they are Thine.
10. And all Mine are Thine, and Thine
are Mine. and am glorified in them.
%. And the glory which Thou gavest Me
have given them: that they may be one,
even as We are one:
% In them, and Thou in Me, that they
may be made perfect In one; and that the
world may know that Thou hast sent Me.
and hast loved them, as Thou hast loved
Me.
Thou hast given Me. be with Me where l
am: that they may behold My glory, which
Thou has given Me: for thou lovedst Me
before the foundation of the world.
The Lesson.
The old wire-covered door stood idly
against the wall of house. It had been the
door of a chicken yard, but Its usefulness
was over. Its wood was Drowned and
warped by the weather, Its hinges rusted
anu broken. and 1t had been put by as good
for nothing. But the honeysuckle found II
and crept silently up and up, spreading Its
green fingers lovingly over rusted wire and
rough frame. until finally the whole door
was hidden in lacework of green Then
the blossoms began to appear, bursting Into
white and gold sweetness until the old door
was mass of beauty.
They found IT on the day before Children's
day and stood In wonder over it. and with
sudden inspiration cut of the vine at the
roots and carried the old door into the
church. where 1t leaned its glorifled height
against the pulpit wall next to the choir.
No one looking upon that mass of lovely
green and white leaves and blossoms would
have dreamed the foundation was an old
chicken house door. 1t was glorif1ed and
made fit for the house of the Lord.
That is the way that the Christ may come
to our lives-the knowing of the Christ
y, 10 ifa hat mig
know Thee''-and glorify them and beautify
them, even in all their ugliness and use
lessness. 1t was not the glory OF the
wooden frame or the chicken wire. even
had they been new and fresh, that shone In
the church that day. but the glory of the
life that had come to dwell upon it, and
Irvine about 1t and interlace every portion
of it, and blossom In light upon it. That 10
what Jesus, If we know Him, will be to you
and me.
Notice what Christ did with His glory.
"And the glory which Thou gavest Me
have given them.
Christ has given glory to us, the glory OF
His saving power in every need Of our
lives One way in which We may glorify
our own lives is by doing as He did and CIV
ing that glory to others, making 1t possible
for them to know and take hold upon that
glory
1t is important that we should give forth
that glory. for 1t is in giving forth that
withhold It's light, would go out. It is our
business to be glorious because the giori-
Gus Christ is within us. and to shine that
others may be brought to Him and be made
glorious also.
In the centennial exhibition there was
powerful magnet that could lift eighteen
hundred pounds. 1t was made up of
hundred thin plates, no one of them of great.
magnetic power, but when they were all
together the power Of all could hold the
weight.
The strength of Christ through one man
might but be able to draw few to Christ,
but the strength Of Christ through hum
dreds of His followers all banded together
as one, laying aside all differences and be-
coming one in Him, has power to convert
the world. THAT they may be made per-
feet in one and that the world may know
that thou hast sent Me-
Strange that we cannot remember that
reason for being one with other Christians
that the world may known Each little
glory trying to put out the glory of the
other. how can the world see a clear shin
ing of the light that comes from Him?
For 1 have given unto them the words
which thou gavest me-" How many of us
can say that? If We would try to give TO
others only words which come from our
Father the glorifed life would not be so
rare to find. What's the matter with this
coffee? You never save any cream for me!
It's pity If you can't look little pleas
ant at a person once in while and not
always be frowning and fretting when L
like other men and not always finding fault.
You are such a saint in your own eyes
that you never can see any but other peo-
pies faults!'' ETC., etc. These are some OF
the words we Christians sometimes give
to one another. When will we learn that
there is more glory in the life that is tied
down to a dismal kitchen drudging day
after day in patient sweetness, cooking de-
mi Wit Nri mad ter ais. md
giving good cheer to a few other lives than
In the life that Is crowded with great op-
portuntties for reaching others, and yet
falls short in these little everyday things?
The glorihed life is the life in which the
Christ lives and speaks and acts through
US. and in which self Is put out and no
longer rules the spirit.
F. B. Meyer SAYS: HE will save, AS
God took the side OF His people against
their foes. and will do so again In the final
struggle, when His feet shall stand upon
the Mount of Olives, so will He take our
side against our sins. He has saved us
from the penalty OF sin; He will also save
us from Its power. AS we look back on q
finished salvation, accomplished for us on
the cross. SO we may confidently look for
ward to sufficient salvation along the
entire course of our future life TIL we
enter the city whose walls are salvation
ana It's gates praise. Your foes may be
numerous as the devils in hell strong and
may be as susceptible to temptation as an
aspen leaf Is TO the wind. but He will save.
Your past years, by repeated acts of In
diligence may have formed habits strong
as iron bands. but He will save. Your cir
cumstances and companions may be most
unfavorable to life Of victory. but he
Will save. Difficulties are naught to Him.
the darkness shineth as the day 1t were
rank blasphemy to suppose that our Gre
ator could have given US body which He
could not keep; or have placed US In cir
cumstances in which He could NOT re-
strain. Is 1t not written, without a single
hint at limitation or reserve He snail
save His people from their sinsr And SHAH
He not do so?
If there be, therefore. perpetual failure In
your life, 1t cannot arise from any weak
ness or impotence in the Mighty God: hut
from some failure on your part That fail
ure may probably be discovered in one OF
three hiding places-imperfect surrender
deficient faith or neglected communion But
when the intention of the soul is right with
God, without doubt He will save"
II Christ be one with us, we NAV live
glorified Hfe no matter where we are
placed, or under what circumstances. a
counter or school room a kitchen or
parlor. or the street. may shine and be
Fright about us with the reflection of His
presence IN u.s.