Evening journal., 1908-12-03
NOTES ON THE TOPIC.


our topic is the last Of the series which
we have had this year on Commenting
our Society" and the thought which has
rum through them all is that we do not
commend our society 10 others so much
by what we say about II as by what we
do This merely brings out the truth OF
the proverb, ACTIONS speak louder than
words" or, as one OF the poets has put
It, what you do speaks so loudly that
I cannot hear what you say" one good
piece OF work done for Christ is the best
advertisement a Christian Endeavor So
cety can have.
Consistency" comes from two Latin
words which mean standing together
To have consistent lives our lives must
stand together through and through We
cannot be faithful 20 Christian Endeavor
IN the prayer meeting and unfaithful else
where. or be consecrated TO Gods service
in the conservation meeting on Sunday
unless we are as thoroughly eonsecrated
10 Him in school or at home or In the
shop on Monday. Life is all one piece AS
Christ Himself has put it, "Ht cannot
serve God and Mammon."
Christian Endeavor in its various
pledges and It's constant urging Of mis-
sions. evangelism and Christian patriot
ism, has set up some glorious standards.
But the world will judge Christian En-
deavor, not by these standards that it has
set up. but by its faithfulness TO them.
It is easy to set up a standard. Holding
TO Il Is the hard thing, but the glorious
thing. A concert is not known by its
program, but by its performance Our
Christian Indeavor pledge is the societys
program. but it is the performance Of the
duties mentioned which will commend our
society TO others.
Be what thou seemest: live thy creed;
Hold up to earth the torch Divine;
BE what thou prayest to be made;
Let the great Masters step be thine
Sow truth, If thou the truth wouldst reap
Who sows the false shall reap the vain
Erect and sound the conscience keep;
From hollow words and deeds refrain
/ Fill up each hour with what viii last;
I Buy up the moments as they 60;
I The life above when this IS past
I Is the ripe fruit Of life below.
/ Let us endeavor to live our creed and
/ 10 be what we profess TO be, 50 that nc
matter what crises may come into oui
lives, no matter under what circum-
stances or environment, our actions and
our words may be such as to show thai
we are really Christs. A Highland sol
der, during the Revolutionary War, wal
caught creeping into the camp in th'
darkness Of the night. When brought be
fore the commanding general charged
with being a spy, he said; Il merely lef
the camp I'm order TO get out into th'
darkness Of the woods TO be alone witt
God. and have secret prayer" "Thel
down on your knees" thundered the OF
fcer. "within twenty hours you shall b
hung as a spy. You never had more neeI
to pray than now" The soldier droppe
on his knees. and offered such a simple
earnest prayer OF faith and love tina
the officer turned to the guard and said
LET that soldier go. He must have oftei
been on his knees in prayer drill, or els
he could not have prayed so well In pub
lie review"
City Union Notes.
Although Thanksgiving morning wa
damp and disagreeable there was a larg
attendance at our Union prayer meeting
fin the First Church at o'clock, and al
felt it TO be a helpful and inspiring de
votional service IT was voted by ou
Union that the thank Offering taken, tn
net amount OF which was S24i. be give
TO the Salvation Army for their Christ
mas work among the poor.
The regular monthly meeting of on
Union was held in the Central Presby
terian Church last evening. The usus
enthusiastic interest was manifested an
the usual good reports We're heard frol
most Of our societies. The treasurer's re
port showed a considerable number Q
bills outstanding above the amount q
money on hand, and IL was suggested tina
the Officers Cabinet at an early meetin
discuss plans for removing this indebted
ness. AS most OF these bills were cor