Semi-weekly herald., 1909-10-21
SECRET OF SUCCESSFUL LIVING.

Al the Presbyterian church yester-
day morning the pastor. Rev. w. 8.
Crozier. discussed the secret OF sue
cessful living The tex. was John
l1:s. Are there not twelve hours in
the day?" raken from the instance
where Jesus returned. against the re-
monstrance OF his disciples. into Ju-
dea where HIS life had recently been
threatened
The following is brief OF the ser
mon: Jesus. because duty called him,
and In so doing He was walking in
the light because He was doing the
will OF His Father. His danger lay
not In facing his enemies, but In re-
fusing TO obey the call OF duty. The
secret OF successful living lies in the
performance of duty, In finding out
what Gods plan for us IL and then
following out that plan. God has
plan for every life. He had plan
for Jesus Christ. and He has plan
for every life. for your life. Man
has purpose In which he does.
To suppose that God has no pur.
pose to accomplish with this crea-
ton, including man. is TO place Him
| upon lower plane than man To
| assume that God created this universe
beautiful and teemlng with life, and
then left 1t without control or to work
ont only evil, Is to forget the nature of
the wise. all powerful, holy and inf
mite God.
He changetb the times and the sea
| sons: He removeth kings and setteth
up kings" Dan. 2;2i.
The Most High ruleth In the king
dom of men and giveth 1t to whomso-
ever He Will" Dan, 4,25.
"TIe governs individuals as well as
nations. A mans heart deviseth his
way. but the Lord directeth his steps,
Prov. 1879
Not only does God have plan for
every individual. but also 1t is pos.
sible for each one to ascertain Gods
plan for him. To the one who has
not yielded obedience to God, Jesus
messnge is This is the work of God
that ye believe on him whom he hath
sent" John 6:29 When he obeys
this command God Is ready to unfold
| to him step by step his plan for life.
In three ways God revenls His will to
man. through His Word before man.
| by His Providence round about him.
| and by His Spirit within. These three
cooperate and agree in their message.
they never contradict each other
will In respect to two things VIZ. ones
life work, and any particular course
OF action. One reason there are so
many misfits In life is because God
has not been allowed to put the per-
sons In the places He made for them
Let Him who makes the various DO.
sitlons and callings place in them the
men and women He has fitted to those
positions and there will be no misfits
The life of each Individual and OF So
ctety would be smooth and harmoni.
GUS.
When. and only when. ono Is fol.
lowing Gods plan Is his life success.
ful. That person who accumulates a
large sum OF money. or gains a wide
reputation. IL not necessarily succuss-
ful. neither is that person necessarily
n failure who remaius poor or Is little
known. That life IL successful that
Is performing the work God gave 1t
to do, because II Is doing that for
which It was created What other
true standard can there he? Achieve
ment Is another line cannot be count
I ed success. A life that the world
reckons failure may be the greatest
success.
| When, and only when. one Is fol
lowing Gods plan has he a right to
expect Bivine protection. wisdom and
strength. To summarize the forego-
ing: u) Our first duty Is to ascertain
the will OF God for us; t2) Our next
| duty Is to conform our lives to that
plan: (3) Only that life that con
forms TO Gods plan is successful; "a
We have no right to complain OF bard
ships. II they come along with duty;
90 We have no right to become dis
ooaraged II we are doing Gods will;
go The matter OF results is to be left
with God We are responsible only
for the doing OF that which He assigns
to us; tD What glory Is placed
upon each one OF us-each one made
by God for particular purpose.
FINE PREMIUM LIST.