Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-23
Christian Endeavor Hour
Conducted by Grace Livingston Hill-Lutz.

Conducted by Grace Livingston Hlll-Lutz.
For Sunday. March q, 1907
Topic: Things You Have Learned From Noble
Men and Women Outside the Bible l Thessa-
lonians, 1928.
q We give thanks to God always for you
all, making mention of you in our prayers.
g. Remembering without ceasing your
work of faith and labor of love and pa
thence of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in
the sight of God and our Father.
4. knowing, brethren beloved, your cleo
ton of God.
8. For our gospel came not unto you in
word only. but also in power. and in the
Holy Ghost, and In much assurance, ye
know what manner Of men we were among
you for your sake.
g. And ye became followers Of us and Of
the Lord, having received the word In much
affiiction with joy of the Holy Ghost.
Z. So that We were ensamples to all that
believe in Macedonia and Achaia.
8. For from you sounded out the word
of the Lord, not only In Macedonia and
to Godward is spread abroad SO that we
need not to speak anything.
The Lesson.
The noble army of men and women from
whom we may learn is SO large that one
scarcely knows how to pick and choose in
a subject like this. Right in our own homes
there are noble men and women, toiling,
perhaps unnoticed, bearing burdens that no
one dreams of save those nearest to them,
and We learn our silent lessons from them
every day-or ought to do so. Possibly
there are some we have overlooked. Let
us look at our own kinsmen and house
mates and see If we have not missed some
wonderful lessons of patience, or courage,
or humility, or long suffering. or loving
kindness which they were sent into our
lives especially to teach.
Hans Christian Anderson relates In his
photographed story of his life a charac-
teristic incident of Jenny Lind, and re-
marks that on this occasion only did he
ever hear her express self-conscious joy
in her great talent. She had become in
terested in a society for the aid of unfortu-
nate children, and offered to give nights
performance at double prices for their ben
eft. 1t returned a large sum, and when
she heard that she had thus helped large
number of worse than orphaned children
her countenance beamed and tears filled
her eyes. rs it not beautiful she ex-
claimed, that 1 can sing SOL" Anderson
adds: Through her l first became sensible
of the holiness there is in art. Through her
l learned that one must forget ones self
In the service of the Supreme"
When the love of God really takes hold of
human SOUL that soul may work wonders
for the kingdom. From the remarkable life
of Charles G. Finney we may this in
an extraordinary degree. f., He says in his
autobiography, speaking of the time imme-
diately following his conversion:
THE word of God had WONDERFUL power,
and l was every day surprised to find that
a few words, spoken to an Individual, would
stick in his heart like an arrow.
After a short time / went down to Hen
derson, where my father lived, and visited
him. He was an unconverted man; and
only one of the family my youngest broth
er, had ever made profession Of religion.
f,.f h. II
How do you do, Charles?' / replied I
am WELL father, body and soul. But faith
er, you are an old man; all your children
are grown up and have left your house:
and l never heard a prayer in my fathers
house Father dropped his head and burst
into tears, and replied. know it, Charles;
come in and pray yourself We went In
and engaged in prayer My father and
mother were greatly moved; and in a very
short time thereafter they We're both hope
fully converted. l do not know but my
mother had secret hope before; but if SO,
none of the family, l believe, ever knew it."
When Joan of Arc was examined before
her ecclesiastical judges and was tainted
with the reproach that the marvellous things
she professed to have seen and heard were
not written in any book which they had
studied she replied: My Lord God has
book in which are written many things
which even the most learned clerk and
scholar has never come across
John Wesley, though a poet, was not
without courage, and had a graceful way
of showing his colors and giving reproof.
1t Is said that once while journeying for
some distance in stagecoach he was
fellow traveller with pleasant-tempered,
well-informed officer, whose conversation
was most enjoyable except that 1t was min
gled with oaths. When they were about
to take the last stage Mr.. Wesley took the
officer aside, told him how much he had
enjoyed his company, and asked If he might
request a very great favor of him. The
officer was anxious to know his request
that he might grant it. well. them" said
Mr.. Wesley, las we have to travel together
some time, beg that If should so far
forget myself as to swear you will kindly
reprove me-" The officer is said to have
understood the motive and felt the force
of the request, and with a smile thanked
Mr.. Wesley.
When Gustavus Adolphus the great and
good king of Sweden, was warned not to
risk his life In battle, he answered with a
calmness which silenced every objection,
and with faith that was sublime: God
the Almighty. liveth." He felt that 1t did
not matter If his poor life should be sac
| rificed on a bloody battlefield as long as
God, the ruler OF all, who held him and all
mankind and all the universe in the hollow
| of His hand, still lived and lived forever.
When Abraham Lincoln was a boy there
came a temperance lecturer to the town
| where he lived. The meeting was held in
the school house, and company of boys,
among whom was Abraham, gathered out
| side of the door TO laugh and talk and make
| fun of the speaker. But Abraham did not
! laugh. and when. later, the temperance
pledge was passed around and some one
brought It out to the group of boys outside
to sign none of them signed 1t but Abra-
ham Lincoln. Years afterward. when he
came back to that town. every one of those
boys who stood with him outside the tenn
perance meeting and refused to sign the
temperance pledge had died a drunkard!
Under the heading God and My Heart
Miss Willard wrote many years afterward
of her conversion: 1T was one night In