Charlevoix county herald., 1908-06-27

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The exercises were ia charge of Miss
Ella Barnette and Miss Marion Nal
pass, and consisted of songs and reci-
tations and drills by the little folks,
lasting for three quarters Of an hour
IL was a fine concert In itself and the
children were heartily applauded. At
the close they were given an address
by Mr.. Weaver, whose talk had con-
siderable food in it for the old folks
as we'll.
The afternoon session was then ad-
journed, with benediction by Rev.
james G. Young.
Tuesday Evening.
The evening session opened with a
song service led by a union choir.
Rev. L. s. Matthews conducted the
devotional exercises, using for a les
son portion of the first chapter Of
the second epistle of Peter, which he
said he liked because it represented
an all-round. perfectly developed
Christian character and life Mr.. B.
A. Dole afterward sahg "a Dream Of
Paradise" and his masterful rendition
gave great delight TO the listeners.
Rev. Fl. A. Putnam Of Charleyoix
was on for the address Of the evening
and was introduced by the chairman.
His subject was 1.-THE COMMISSIONED
Life" and he said, in part:
1.-The student of history finds 1t di-
fficult to be optimistic if he studies
only the last decade. If, however, he
reviews the last one hundred years he
is impressed with the wonderful pro-
gress that has been made. This is
true in the field of science, in art, in
the industrial world and in religion.
Que characters tic of the religious
leaders Of this period was the positive
ness Of their calling. They believed
themselves divinely called. Man might
enter other pursuits, such as the law
yer. or the merchant. because they
believed themselves qualified to suc-
ceed in that work, but unless the
christian minister believed himself
divinely called for his task, he might
not enter that open door.
II do not wish to criticize the view
that was held by these christian
workers. Perhaps there never was a
time when too much emphasis was
placed on the divine call to the minis
try. We only object to the limitation
that was placed upon the theory. 1t
is our conviction that all men are
called to their special work; that
every man is sent to his task. This
is seen in the necessity of divine
plan for life.
We are familiar with the wise plan
ming in everything material. We pay
large sums to architects TO design our
homes, to furnish the plan for public
buildings and our bridges. 1t ought
not to be thought anything less than
divine necessity to plan the build
ing of every life. In view of this fact.
life becomes, under the divine leader
ship, just as potent as the divine man
Is great, for 1t is divine mind that fur
nishes the plan. That planning can-
not be limited to few conspicuous
for religious work. 1t must be uni-
versal in its application.
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Life is further emphasized in the
closeness Of the relationship existing
between two great kingdoms-the
kingdom of this world and the king
dom of heaven. The man who lives
bravely In harmony with the highest
Of high ideas is carrying forward in
his life the development of manhood
He cannot live true single day with.
out leaving something important to
this work. That Is, the kingdom oil
heaven is building in his life and
while he is occupied in ordinary tasks
this divine work is going on within
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life is accompanied with the author
ity and power OF the kingdom he rep.
resents. The official representative ui
this government in foreign court il
sustained by the power Of eighty mil
lions Of peope; the U. S. army ant
navy are back of official utterances
The representative Of the kingdom Of
heaven may expect his life to be en-.
forced by the power of the kingdom o
God. This reposes great trust il
man. There is vested In him inter
ests so important that he does we'll tt
remember the divine trust.
"A few years ago one of the prom
inent men Of western state received
the appointment to position at th,