Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-08

filled daily in the home and foreign mission
fields.
But perhaps it would be profitable to make
this topic more Immediately personal ana
let it touch ourselves, asking how far the
lifting up of Christ has affected us person
ally, and how near He has been allowed
by us to draw us unto Himself
What are the triumphs of Christianity in
you and me?
The cross was symbol Of shame. Christ
made it the symbol Of glory in triumph
ing over sim Are we drawn near enough
to Him to glory in the cross? Can we gladly
bear 1t for Him? Have the SCOTS and
sneers of the world become as nothing to
that we may be lifted up beside Him
and bear the sin of the world? For the
sake of those who have gone astray, the
poor and despised, the unloved and I'M
thought of, the disagreeable and proud, the
SHINING and the sinned against; are We
willing to brave the customs of the world,
the fine sarcasm of our friends and give
our lives for them-at least, are we wiling
to give parts of our lives for them? For II
is not all of us who are hOnored by Delng
called upon to give up our whole lives as
missionaries, and sacrifice entirely the
home life that is SO dear to every one OF
us. But are We willing to give up parts
of our days, to sacrifice pleasures and time,
and. if need be. money, in order that We
may help those for whom Christ died? Are
we SO magnetized by the cross that we
cannot help becoming magnets ourselves
and drawing all others to Christ through
US? Is Christianity working through us,
uninterrupted, like the flow of the magnetic
influence through the bit of steel that has
attached itself to the magnet? That Is the
triumph of Christianity in you and me.
Have we that force, or has 1t been failure
so far as we are concerned?
If Christianity has not triumphed through
us it must be our own fault and not the
fault of Christ's drawing, for He has prom
Used that He will draw all men unto Him.
1t may be that we are dull and leaden
and drawn toward the earth, that We care
not to cling to the great vital cross of Je-
sus. We are like bit of metal that IS
not pure, but filled with alloy-the alloy OF
worldliness.
For He must reign till He hath put all
enemies under His feet And so must He
reign in our hearts until every enemy or
ours, every kind of sin. our tempers, our
ungentlenesses, our unkindlnesses, our I'M
loving feelings and acts, our impatfence,
our willfulness, all our enemies are put
down. The question is will we let Him
reign until that is accomplished in us? Do
we want God to triumph in US and be "all
and in ALP
Applied Truth.
The triumphant deathbeds of saints come
to witness as to what Jesus can be to US
when we stand before death. Dwight L.
Moody said a short time before his death:
Some day you will hear that Dwight L.
Moody is dead, but don't you believe it; he
as much as ever
Rev Henry Townley in his last illness
said: MY experience is so full and so glo-
rious that 1 cannot express it. can only
say:
when all Thy Mercies. o my God.
My rising soul surveys,
TRANSPORTED with the view I'm lost
In wonder, love and praise"
Mr.. Janeway, another Christian saint
upon his deathbed said: Il am, through
mercy, quite above the fear Of death, and
tO Him wi 7 1--we life
49, You little think what Christ is worth
upon a deathbed.'
Charles Rieu, said to be one of the bright
est lights in the evangelical revival Of
Geneva, died after two years earnest min
istry. The last entry in his diary was: Il
know in whom have believed. advance
with joy not to be described into the dark
valley, for 1 advance toward Jesus, toward
my God, toward Christ, who has conquered
fer u.s..
Among Rutherford's last words were
these: II have gotten the victory! Christ Is
holding forth His arms to embrace me.
Now I feel! l enjoy! 1 rejoice"
Over against those words place these Of
Hobbies. the infidel. dying: Il am taking
fearful leap in the dark!'
Death is the last thing that Jesus has to
conquer for us. 1t is not necessary that
we have the deathbed triumph while we
are living. We have need then to triumph
over other things. though some do even lose
the fear of death when they know Christ,
but at the last, If we are ChriSt's, II God Is
all and in all, we shall be able to say: go
fearless, then. my soul, with God. into
Him here, go dwell with Him at home"
How to Help the Leader.
In your own brief talk speak Of how
Christ has triumphed in this nation alone.
Suggest the difficulty of destroying Chris
tianity here, how the books and the
churches would have to be destroyed, and
-, rac how ha ,{c
tied with chisel and hammer to obliterate
every trace of Christ's triumph over sin
and death. Suggest also that 1t is tri-
umph for Christ that all civilized nations
ognizing Christ in the date of every letter.
Parallel passages-I Peter, 1875; Romans,
Wis; John. ii:28; Daniel, villa; Psalms,
cx:1; Psalms, viii:5, 6; II Timothy, lilo;
Ephesians, i:1S-23.
Hints to the leader-The Endeavor Hymn
nal, 8. IL, %. 81, 40, 237.
Divide your meeting into two sections.
Take the first twenty minutes after your
of the triumphs Of Christianity throughout
the world, preparing your facts beforehand
and giving them out to different members.
who will follow one another in rapid success
mission work in every land. particularly
relating to the opening Of various doors in
heather lands Do not forget home mis-
sion work, nor the city and vicinity work
OoPCSAdhy
Sing Jesus shall reign whereer the sun
does his successive journeys rum" then turn
your attention to the personal side of the
question: How near are we as a society
and as individuals to the heart of Jesus
Christi How much has He triumphed In
US? Get the members to give testimony Of
how Christ has helped them to overcome
temper, impatience, unkindness. sensitive
ness, etc. This part of the meeting should
be a solemn one. You should try to i'm
press upon the members that the whole Of
life is but one great warfare for the king
dom of Jesus, and though the battle may
be won in some places. though the doors
may be open to the heather countries, and
Chist's name be preached to the darkest
places of the earth, yet the victory cannot
be complete If some Of the ranks have
failed in DUTY, have shown cowardice or
turned traitor. Unless Christ Is triumphant
over our pet faults, unless He has saved US,
we are hindering the final victory and tri-
umph of the kingdom.
Do not forget the sentence prayers. re-
minding members to ask that they may be
drawn nearer to Christ, and allow Him to
triumph In them. Sing Just as AM
with bowed heads and closed eyes at the
close of sentence prayers.
'Just to leave in His dear hand
Little things,
All cannot undefstand,
All that stingn.
Int to let Him take the care,