Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-05

Topic: Rally to the Work tConsecraton meet
ing) Exodus, XVIII III Chronicles xxi:20, 81.
Exodus, xiv:15: And the Lord said unto
Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me?
| Speak unto the children of Israel that
| they go forward
II Chronicles, XXxi20 And thus did HeZe-
| kiah throughout all Judah and wrought
| that which was good and right and truth
| before the Lord his God.
| Il. And in every work that he began in
| the service of the house of God and in the
! law, aad in the comma ndments, to seek his
| God he did it with all his heart and pros
| pered.
The Lesson.
| This is a time of year when we are get.
| ting back to work from our summer OF
restfulness. With renewed energy We re-
! turn from mountain and lake and shore
! to open our closed houses and sweep down
! the summers cobwebs and begin another
| winter OF life. We feel energy clear to
our finger tips. There are the various
| clubs to which we belong Our hearts
| rejoice over the prospect of meeting the
old friends and entering into plans. We
| willingly accept a position on this or tina :
| elaborate plan is furnished. Then there
| are the fall clothes to be planned and
| made, the new arrangements for the
! house or the business, or the new position
| and duties, or the new classes you have,
| joined; and so the winters work piles up
| ahead, joyful anticipation, enough to give
| nervous prostration three times over if it is
all to be done in one short winter. Then
| there comes the church work. We give a
! gasp when We hear the notices from the
pulpit. Yes, of course, there are the mis-
! sionary meetings, and the prayer meetings,
! and the young people society, You will
/ nave to do some Christian work this win
| ter. But when your part is assigned or
/ you are asked to attend the first Christian
/ Endeavor county rally that your society
/ may be well represented. or You are ap-
| pointed delegate TO the faE Sunday school
| convention you shake your head and tell
| how and why 1t will be impossible for you
| to go at this time. you really are so busy
already. You fully agree that the work
/ ought to go forward and that it is good
| to have conventions and rallies, but you
cannot attend them. So the work of the
I winter begins and you are not in it. With
all your zeal you have little time for Gods
work. But you take time to pray for it.,
Yes, and you mean a little later when
/ things have settled down and you have
| placed all your other engagements to find
| some leftover time that you can give to
| Christian work. Now is that right? Are
| We not beginning at the wrong end of
| things when we expect to 90 all our work
| Israel that they go forward Speak to
| yourself. and go to work. Determine that
! this winter is to be glorious winter in
| your church or in your Christian Endeavor
| Society and then go to work and make it
! So No matter if you are but one, and that
! insignificant one. Be leader. You
| are no more backward than Noses was
| when he was called of God. Go forward.
| Do what ought to be done yourself II
! you cannot do it all, do your part and
God will that the other parts are
| taken ty other disciples. We need much
| prayer. and we need it constantly, but there
| is such thing as praying when We ought
| to be working. DIR. Chadwick says: Moses
| confidence had its secret springs in prayer,
| for the Lord said to him, Wherefore
| criest thou unto Me? Speak unto the
| children OF Israel that they go forward"
| The words are remarkable on two accounts.
| Can prayer ever be out of place? Not Ii
! We mean a prayerful dependent mental at
titude toward God. But certainly, yes, II
! God has already revealed that for which
we still importune Him, and secret
| ly dsquleted lest His promise should fail.
| II is misplaced If our own duty has to be
| done and we pass the golden moments in
| inactivity, however pious Christ spoke
| of men who should leave their gift before
| the altar unpresented because of neglect
! ed duty which should be discharged. And
: perhauS there are men who pray for the
| conversion OF the heather or of friends
| at home TO whom God says, Wherefore
| cricst thou unto me? because their money
| and their faithful efforts must be gwen,
| as Moses must arouse himself to lead the
| people forward and to stretch his wanu
over the sea.
| How Is it that today we count the
| heather world all open to missionaries
| How is 1t that the heather themselves are
! praying, and praying for the gospel to be
| taught TO their children? Is it not because
| brave men who counted themselves as
| nothing for the sake of Christ took hold OF
the work and went ahead with all their
| hearts? It is said of David Brainerd that
| his zeal for souls was so passionate that
he would spend whole days and nights in