Evening journal., 1908-04-02

who give their whole heart to Him.
He does not want one little corner OF
1t, but He wants it all, and 1t is your
place to give it to Him. You may
say II is so hard. so impossible, to turn
to God with all your heart and give
up your worldly pleasures. Try It for
only a week or a day and see how
much brighter the day will be TO you.
No matter how dark and gloomy the
day is, no matter what temptations
you meet. if you turn to God with
your whole heart your days will be
one Of sunshine and Joy.
And what we are not able to accom-
plish we will know that there is One
who will help us Where we cannot
go there is One who will lead And If
the way is rough and treacherous He
will give US strength and we shall go
our way rejoicing, knowing we shall
find a warm welcome at the end Of
our journey.
Mans conscience is like a ships
compass. should be corrected according
to a divine standard. 1t must be set
right by comparison with the true
rated frequently by the Bible record,
and guarded watchfully lest by care
less usage. its accuracy be lost and
the soul in mid-ocean be without a
guide.
Humility is a grace that leads to ac-
ceptance with God. "Who hath not
lifted up his heart to vanity nor sworn
deceitfully" Pride that leads to
falseness in words or in life is despised
of God. He hates the proud, but re-
ceives the humble. The Pharisee, who
extolled himself was unacceptable,
while the publican who humbly con-
fessed his sins was justified.
The man who loves God and wants
TO be accepted by Him will be a devout
religious man. He Will kneel often in
alteration and prayer He will have a
clean heart and will be clean of
mouth. Vulgar and obscene language,
oaths and blasphemies will never polute
his speech. He will be clean of act
respecting his body as the very handi-
work of God. He will be clean of
hand never reaching out to the things
that are his by strictest rules of socia
justice. He will be brave in effort
resigned in failure. calm and self-pos.
sessed in success. He will be truth.
full in all things not simply in the
vulgar sense of not misstating facts
when pressed.
Six men in a room, a score or more
visible on the sidewalk a thousand
men assembled in an auditorium-hov
can you pick out those among then
whom God accepts and approves? Yol
can't do it unless you are familiar will
Gods standards of manly life as Sc
forth in the Bible, and especially will
those persons upon whom rests thl
stamp Of His Approval Any man il
acceptible to God who is penitent foi
past transgressions and means to lea'
a nobler life. But to measure up &
Gods thought of what our lives ough
to be requires on our part years, per
haps decades, Of struggle and vigil
ance.
If we want to be the kind of children
that God wants us to be we must b
perfecting ourselves in at least thre
things-righteous behavior. sensitive
ness to human need and being access
able to the spirit Of God
God wants first Of all clean. straigh
lives. Jesus was the severest Of al
moralists. For him there was N
double standard. Gods men must tr,
to do every day the things that ar
right In the field of business, polite
and In all social relationships.
The crowning quality is openness t
God. Who of us can tell what W
might do and become If we only let tn
force Of Gods life play fully upon ou
natures2 We may think ourselve
very respectable and even virtuous
but perhaps we have not let the spiri
of God pierce through the veneer q
our outword respectability in orde
} that it may wrestle. with the pride, self
will and meanness that is just belo'
the surface. To rid ourselves Of thes
things calls for Gods help and hoy
ready he is to help us if we viii onl
let him. That is the kind of fathe
he wants to be to us.
City Union Notes.
The monthly meeting Of the Cit,
Union viii be held Tuesday evening
April z, in the Olivet Presbyterian
Church at s o'clock. This viii be tn
last meeting that win be conducte