The Newtown bee., 1908-03-27
comes out from among His tire laas host

comes out from among His tire
 less host.
 And walks in this world of the weary
 as if He loved it the most; X
 For here in the dusty confusion with
 eyes that are heavy and dim, He meets again the laboring men who ." are looking and longing for
 Him. ".u ..EI gi| ,5rg] He cancels the curse of Eden, and 3. brings them a blessing instead; !; Blessed are they that labor, for Jesus
 partook of their bread. Ise gid He puts His hand to their burdens, .I..d He enters their homes at night; ;9JJgah Who does His best shall have as guest
 re the Master of life and light.''
 Ezekiel's report of what he found in the plain was Behold the glory of the Lord stood there." What is Gods glory? Not His wisdom, though unerr- ing. Not His power, though almighty. But His character, which is love and faithfulness. Why was Ezekiel given the vision of this glory? So that he might be impressed with the beauty of godly character. The God of glorious character stands with us in our plain of monotonous living, because that is the place where the greatest work for Him is going on, the work of character building. '.. @m'-oI Tgn@
 Emerson wrote: "The unremitting retention of simple and high senti- ments in obscure duties is hardening the character to that temper which will work with honor if need be in the tumult or on the scaffold." q ...a-..,5
 Prof .Griggs has said: There is one kind of work harder than anything else, and that is washing dishes. Wash ing dishes has always seemed to me the symbol of dead work. It is so much harder than getting dinner. In getting dinner there is all the hope and antici- patton. But after dinner is over, and the smell of cooking disgusts. you have to gather those dishes and clean them up and put them back on the shelf in the perfectly sure consciousness that in few hours you will have to take them down and wash them over again. It is symbol of the ,deadest sort of work anyone has to do. But just that kind of dead work, done faithfully day after day, is the kind of work that gives us the very crown of all human culture. Culture is just to be loyal, patient, to cling earnestly to the truth through good and through evil report, to work 1 in unseen little corners, perhaps uncon- scious of any relation to the larger uni verse, but with d fidelity that binds one's hand and brain to the work of God. !" ..sHagl g a E. .s:a ad s. | |
 It has been said: Zone of the chief dangers of life is trusting to great oc- casions. We think that conspicuous events,. striking experiences, exalted have most to do with our character and capacity. We are wrong. Common days, monotonous hours, wear isome paths, plain old tools and every day clothes tell the real story. Good l habits are not made on birthdays, nor Christian character at the New Year. | The vision may dawn, the dream may waken, the heart may leap with new l on some mountain top, but l the test, the triumph is at the foot of 1 the mountain on the level plain"
 Jesus the Christ worked out char acter well pleasing to God before He l saw activity in public ministry. a At | His baptism God said, "this is my l beloved Son in whom am well 1 pleased" That character had been l worked out amid the ordinary tasks | and duties and troubles and opportun- 1 ities of carpenters son. |
 This is the glory of monotonous liv- ing-character is worked out there. | 1.-The trivial round, the common task, | Will furnish all we ought to ask.@ ..55 | Room to deny ourselves, a road To bring us daily nearer God"