Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-16
Christian Endeavor Hour
Conducted by Grace Livingston Hill-Lutz.
For Sunday, March II, 1907

Topic: What is Success?' Proverbs i'll Ills
/; My Son. forget not my law; but let thine heart
keep my commandments:
c'For length of days, and long lIfe and peace
shall they add to thee.
Our chapter this week is a recipe for sue
cess. The above verses give the heading
Noace as the verses come that each prom
Use has some condition. Just as the house
wife follows the directions In her cook
book, putting together the eggs, and the
flour and the sugar, and placing them under
the right conditions of heat, expecting per-
feet cake, so may the Christian taking this
recipe and following it's minute directions
find peace, happiness, long life The word
of the Lord is sure. There are many
chapters In the Bible that give a clue to
success, but perhaps none that gives a
broader outlook on the necessary condt-
lions for success than this one. 1t goes
into details that are helpful in daily life.
3. Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind
them about thy neck; write them upon the table
of thine heart:
T. SO shalt thou find favor and good understand
Ing In the sight Of God and man.
This is an older way of saying Honesty
is the best policy" and Mercy Is the
brightest jewel that adorns the conoueror's
brow"
These two things, mercy and truth, are
necessary for good foundation for sue
cess. Success Is of God, and God does not
send perfect, lasting, deep success to lives
that are dishonest and cruel. 1t may seem
a sordid way to look at things yet 1t is
true that the man who makes his gains
in the world dishonesty will sooner or
later lose by it more than he has gained
Then, notice that in this recipe for suc-
cess II Is not merely success in one line
mat Is promised-not merely financial sue
cess, which is what so many mean by that
word-not merely social or intellectual
success-not any one of these alone but
success as whole, and with it all peace"
Can one have peace, be he ever SO rich
or great. live he ever so long a life If in
his heart he knows he has been dishonest
or hard and urimercful2 Mercy and truth
then are foundation stones. And the re-
ward follows in the favor and good nm.
Outstanding which is necessary to all suc-
cess. But the understanding and favor
are not alone in the eyes of the world,
they begin in the eyes of God. If God sees
We intend to be true all the way through.
dealing kindly with His other children
and being crystal clear in honesty then
We are sure of His favor and what greater
favor could we have?
5. Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and
lean unto thine own understanding ~
g In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He
shall direct thy paths.
Here. now. is the wise Master builder.
whose help we must secure to build this
temple of success. And He will not ac-
cept the contract unless we on our part
will trust to His advice perfectly, even
though there come times when we cannot
understand why His ways are right nor
how things are coming out
Mr.. Moody told the following story OF
how he taught his little boy what faith
was: Il put him on the table and stood
back three or four feet and said, Willie
jump The little fellow said, Papa, Use
afraid l said, Willie, ! will catch you.
Just look right at me and jump The
little fellow got all ready to jump and then
looked down again and said, Use afraid.
l said, Willie, didn't l tell you 1 would
catch you? Will papa deceive yeu? Now.
Willie. look me right In the eye and jump