Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-22
Christian Endeavor Hour
Conducted by Grace Livingston Hill LUZ.
1-or S, .,,ust % 1905

Conducted by Grace Livingston Hill Lutz.
For Sunday. August %. 1908.
| Topic: Vacation Religion Mark. vi 3O-44
30 And the apostles gathered them
selves together unto Jesus and told Him
all things. both what they had done ana
what they had taught.
81. And He said unto them, come We
yourselves apart into desert place ana
rest awhile. for there were many coming
and going, and they had no leisure so
much as to eat.
| 81. And they departed into a desert
place by ship privately.
SO. And the people saw them departing
and many knew Him, and ran aIoo'
thither out Of all cities. and outwent
them. and came together unto Him.
a. And Jesus when He came out, sa"
much people, and was moved win COM
| passion toward them because they were
as sheep not having shepherd; ana he
began to teach them many things.
| 35 And when the day was now 1ar
| snent His disciples came unto Him and
| said: This is a desert place, and now the
| time is far passed.
80. Send them away that they may go
into the country roundabout, and INTO
| the villages. and buy themselves oreau'
| for they have nothing to eat.
| n. He answered and said unto them.
| Give We them to eat. And they salu
unto Him, Shall we go and buy 200 penny
worth of bread and give them TO eat!
| rs He saith unto them. How many
| loayes have we? Go and see. And when
they knew, they say: Five and two fishes.
80. And He commanded them to make
all sit down by companies upon the green
grass.
| hundreds and ffties.
Al. And when He had taken the five
| loaves and the two fishes. he looked up
to heaven. and blessed them and brake
| the loaves, and gave them to HIS dlsciPies
| to set before them, and the TWO nshes
divided He among them all.
| 40 And they did all eat, and were nileo.
A. And they took up twelve basket
| fuls of the fragments and Of the hshes.
| A. And they that did eat Of the loaves
| were about 5000 men.
A little child upon journey, Tor Whlch
there had been long and elaborate prepa-
ration. looked out of the window wonder
| ingly and said:
| Mamma. is 1t the same sky "here VIC
| are going?
The mother answered Eyes"
| Then it is Gods sky said the chiio
happily. Were not going out OF Hoo
| world"
Sometimes Christians when they starr
away on vacation seem to forget tnal
they are not going out Of Gods world.
| mo more preaching, no more praying,
no more reading of the Bible for TOUR
| whole weeks" a poor excuse for a min
| lister is reported to have said with gee on
| the eve Of his departure for his summer
vacation Thank God there are not many
! such. More often do they DO IKE Jesus,
and spend their resting time in preaching
| to the multitudes. because they. Ike Him.
are filled with compassion" for them:
The true Christian will usually find that
| even when he goes away ior change anu
! III, tn
i does not leave Gods sky behind, ana
God is still his Master, watching over
head He does not go away from tne
| world of need. The work may be OF dill
| altogether, even while we are resting, Tor
| it is His work. And we need not rear TOT
our rest because We have not left Christ
work behind us. He himself will see to
that. Has He not promised; come unto
Me and 1 will give you rest" If We seek
our vacation where He is we -eed not De
afraid it will not be a thorough rest to
mind and body. even If we DO a little OF
His blessed work. The main thing to be
sure about is that we go where he goes
when we take our vacation. and hat We
| stay where He stays, and that we do
whatsoever He saith unto us. Then
the rest will surely come. Notice that
| Christ called His disciples to come with
Him, not to go away from Him for their
rest. Notice also that He did not send
them to some popular summer resort
| where there would be music and dancing
| and feasting and they would be required
to dress three times day, and have leis-
/! ure to frolic even to dissipation. That
| Christ did not call rest. That would not
| be the kind of vacation He would ever
select for one of His children. There
might be occasions when Christians would
| be obliged to spend their vacations In
such places. but for true rest to soul and
body Christ would never choose II. 1t was
| a desert place where He called them. A
| x.,ho UOu1d have 1piS-
ure to look into His face. and to talk
over their work. and to think about the
! mission that was before then.
An earnest. hardworking minister in one
| of our churches says: There Is a min
istry in the desert. There are times when
we should forsake the crowd and take to
the desert. When We should Let business
and study go. and sink ourselves for
| awhile beyond the reach of ublicity in
some quiet solitude. Let the Ives grow
calm. let the machinery Of the body I'M
dergo some needed repairs: 1t is not time
| lost. it is time saved The Master realized
that the spread of His kingdom was
! hinged upon the physical soundness of His
| disciples as we'll as their spiritual eff
cheney physical imbecileF is just as
worthless as spiritual 1mbc cile so far
| as service is concerned. SO the Master
called His little army to the desert to the
| repair shop of nature.
II thou art worn and hard beset with sorrows
| that thou wouldst forget.
| IL thou wOuldst read lesson that would keep
thy heart from fainting and thy soul from
| sleep.
| Go to the woods and hills! No tears dim the
| sweet look that Mother Nature wears.
| -Longfellow.
There areetimes when people cannot go
apart into the desert for. their vacation.
| The desert is sometimes too far and the
/ journey costs too much for the slender
pocketbook. or else some one else in the
! family needs it so much more that one is
compelled to stay at home. At such a
| time the vacation religion counts for a
| good deal. Make vacation in spite of
circumstances. Do something different
! from the old monotonOus way. Live SIM
ply. Take time to be with God a little
more. Grow calm One family who could
out in the back yard. dispensing with un-
necessaries and trying to make one an
other have an unusually good time in
every way. The Youths Companion has
a delightful story of a family who needed
| change and rest and who found it within
| five miles of their own city home, spend
| ing quiet summer in a deserted log
cabin in the woods. A member of the
| family guided them to it through a maze
| of trolley lines and boats and steam cars.
| by roundabout route, and they thought
all summer they were miles away from
| home. Great was their surprise when re-
| freshed and renewed in body and )irts
| they returned and were told how near to
| home they had been. There is a great
lesson in this story. The desert may be
brought to us anywhere If we cannot go