Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-17

life are indubitable and Irresistible Many
TRUTHS like things lawful. but not ex-
pediept, are true. but not Indispensable;
Whether certain things were 30 or not did
not concern the man who knew one thing
Whereas, was blind, now I see.' A YER
table experience stands fire and water,
and, PVT into words, becomes mans ny
ing belief. What others have known. he
may yet know: but he has made his own
beginning, and is founded on a rock. II
man knows whom he has believed, he has
eternal life. and will be led Into al truth
''MALTBIE D. BABCOCK."
D. I. Moody tells the following story:
"a wild and prodigal young man who was
running a headlong career to ruin came
endeavoring to bring him to Christ. quoted
this verse to him: Him that cometh unto
Ne I will in no wise cast out l asked
that?' I suppose he did Suppose he did!
Do you believe it7' said I. 4 hope So
Hope so! Do you believe it? You'do your
work and the Lord will do His. Just come
as you are, and throw yourself upon HIS
bosom. and He will not cast you out The
man thought 1t was too simple and easy.
At last light seemed to break in upon him,
and he seemed to find comfort from II. II
was past midnight before he got down on
his knees, but down he went and was con-
verted. 1 said: Now. don't think you are
going to get out Of the devils territory
without trouble. The devil WIN come 10
you tomorrow morning and say It was an
feeling; that you only imagined you were
accepted by God. When he does don't you
fight him with your own opinions, but fight
him down with John. vi:37: Him that
Let that be the 'sword Of the spirit
don't believe that any man ever starts TO
20 to Christ but the devil strives somehow
or other to meet him and trip him up. And
even after he has come to Christ the devil
tries to assail him with doubts and make
him believe there is something wrong IN IT,
The struggle came sooner than thouSnt
in this mans case. When he was on his
way home the devil assailed him. He used
this text, but the devil put this thought ht
into his mind: How do you know Christ
lators made mistake. Into the darkness
he went again. He was IN trouble tati ~
in the morning; At last he came TO TINS
conclusion Said he. I will believe It any.
way, and when 1 get to heaven II 1t isn't
true will just tell the Lord didn't make
the nistake-the translators made It,
A soldier once asked what repentance
was gave as the definition: The Lord said
to me: Halt! Attention.! Right about face!
March" and that was all there was In It..
The we'll defined spiritual life is not only
the highest life, but II Is also the most easily
lived. He who has taken his stand. VINO
has drawn a boundary line, sharp and deep,
all beyond as forever forbidden ground to
him, finds the yoke easy and the burden
light."-Henry Druminond.
When Arthur vandeleur entered the Royal
Academy at Woofwich in his sixteenth year
he says that he found 1t vortex Of infqui-
ty" and ION entering 1t saw at once that
+ must either go all lengths In sin or show
myself on the Lords Side A friend AFTER
ward said that the result of this decision
was strength of character an inf1exiblllty
of purpose and a consistency Of life which
none of the trials of his professional ca
reer were able to destroy.
A good many years ago young miner at
tended one Of Moodys meetings. His heart
was touched SO deeply that he refused to
leave the place until he had found Jesus.
The next day his duty led him down into
the coal pit and while there some coal
fell upon him, almost crushing his life out.
They carried his mangled body up to the
light and 1t was found that he had but
few minutes left to live. His friends stopped
down to hear what his feeble lips tried to
say and this was the sentence: 1T was
good thing l settled it last night!' The only
time that we are sure OF for decision Is
now.
A man in Scotland who had fallen and
broken his back at the age of fifteen lay
he was one of the happiest OF Christians. A
friend asked him: Doesn't Satan ever
tempt you to doubt God. and to think He
is hard Master?' He replied: oh yes,
see my old schoolmates driving along In
their carriages, and Satan says: If God Is
SO good, why does He keep you here all
these years You might have been rich
man riding in your own carriage. Then
l see a man who was young when ] was
walking by in perfect health, and Satan
whispers: If God loved you couldn't he
have kept you from breaking your back?
Then l just take him to Calvary, and il
show him Christ and ] point out those
wounds in His hands and feet and side.
and say, Doesn't He love me-? and the
fact is he got. such a scare nineteen hun
dred years ago at Calvary that he cannot
stand it; he leaves me every time.
Luther said: THE life of Christianity con-
sists of personal pronouns. 1t is one thing
to say, Christ is a Savior 1t is quite an
other to say. He is my Savior The devil
can say the first. Only true Christians can
say the second
How to Help the Leader.
Spend some time beforehand in prepara-
ton for this meeting. Spend it upon your
knees in meditation and prayer. Search
out something in your life that you have
let go unsettled, some question Of right in
your life. Decide 1t now, asking Christs
help. 1t may be a question Of some grave
fault of yours which should be given up;
1t may be some amusement. or 1t may be a
grudge against some "neighbor." Settle 1t
once for all between yourself and God what
you ought to do, and then decide to do 1t at
once. If you do this you will have some
experience to tell the meeting OF your own
victory in the matter, even though the de-
cision may have been of SO personal
character that you do not feel like telling
what 1t was. 1t will do others good to
know that in preparing for the meeting you
have been led to make some decision in
your own life which, has been hanging
about unattended to for long time.
Perhaps you can bring some one to the
meeting who has never made a decision
for Christ. If so, tell them you are pray
ing for them. Try to urge them to come
out on the Lords side at once.
Parallel Passages. - Joshua, xxiv:15;
Joshua, xxiv:21-24; John. vi:6-69: Psalms,
iii:173; Ruth, i:15-16; / Kings. xviii:21; II
Kings, xv1t:41.
Hints to the Leaderv-The Endeavor
Hymnal-l2. 80. 1877, 142. 157, 15s.
Speak OF the way many Christians allow
some little doctrine in the Bible to keep
them out Of the kingdom. or some little
point of right and wrong. which would
settle itself once the decision for Christ
was made. Endeavor to have present
copna of the associate ernharS ahOrt uhnrp