The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-02

ever lived. The children of passing
pleasures and fads often seem more con-
secrated TO their dolls and idols than
they or we to the life that is life in
deed,
You danced until o'clock in the morn
jng-you danced until your feet were
sore? That was rather Incorporate but
there was some zcst in II. Is it not fair
for us TO ask ourselves: Have we shown
Have we run TIL our feet were sore on
errands of mercy? Have we been
willing TO give the best OF the day or
the best OF our days and as many nights
lasting things OF life' You spend three
afternoons and four evenings each week
at social functions. That requires quite
deal OF devotion 10 dlstinctively social
duties. But the programme which Is
often carried out for weeks at a time
makes my own and very much of the
pale. Verify the social devotee is often
more devoted 10 her functions than we
who seem TO be Christian workers are
TO our work.
Conservation to Business.
This holds IN what for most OF us is
the ordinary course of life. We mani
fest a. conservation To our business which
would revolutionize our religion. Or. to
be more concrete, We give amount
OF thought and attention to making
IL given to living like Christ and living
with him forever would transform our
characters. We are more thorough going
In our professions as lawyers. doctors,
fessions Christians, We are truer 10.
our business engagements than to our
engagements with God. TO our respopsi-
piities as housekeepers or storckcepers
than TO our responsibilities as Christians.
or course, all responsibilities have
moral and religious bearing, but practl-
cally we distinguish between the temporal
and the eternal and give the latter what
have left AS children of this world
we are wiser, more jealous and more
devoted than as children OF the life
and Father everlasting.
There is much that is worldly. much
that is bad In politics. But there is
also much In the conduct Of political
campaign which may provoke us as
work. What a stir has been made about
registration New corners have been
sought ont. those who have newly come
Of age have been listed, old and young,
ing these last davs committees have been
marking and distributing these lists. Are
we as wise and Jealous in getting the
names and addresses OF new voters or
new corners, as practical In seeing that
some one sees that they ara reached for
him whose we are and whom we serve?
For weeks surely for a longer period
than Is usually given 10 an evangelistic
or revival campaign. chosen speakers
have made appeals TO the people; meet
ings or rallies have been held in thea
ters. halls and private houses; organized
efforts have been made TO quicken the
interest and influence or confirm the de-
cision of the voter. Have the Christians
OF this city ever been as jealous and
aggressive In their endeavors TO reach
the whole population with the claims OF
Christ? How often have we thrown open
our homes for religious services? How
often have neiehbors gotten together for
the purpose OF winning men 10 ChrIsts
service? The children OF the world are
surely more aggressive in their generation
than the children OF Christ.
Harvesting Will Begin.
Another day Will pass and then the
harvesting will begin in earnest, Every
voter In the city Will be locked after by
some one. II you arc late about voting.
ten 20 one a worker will come after you.
quite possibly in a carriage. And though
YOU may have thought YOU were keeping
your sentiments TO yourself, the worker
sent Will have you listed about right.
Speeches. professions. demonstrations,
letters. registration and talk all come 10
nothing unless YOU so vote as to count
Are We Christians as practical and per-
sistent in our endeavors 70 make our
nelGhbors count for Christ? Possibly II
we sent carriages after them We could
capture some OF our indiferentists ne
electors or busy folk At any rate. we
might have workers who would see that
those who should count with us were
kindly rcminded Of their duty and aided
In finding out how 10 act. Think OF YOUR
duty as a Christian as relates 10 the life
that is life indeed, and compare vour
and you viii be forced TO say; The chill
dren Of this world are moro earnest in
their cause than most OF us who bear
the name Of Christians.