Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-10
Christian Endeavor Hour.

Conducted by Grace Liv ngsion Hill Luiz
Topic: Risen With Christ Easter meetircD
toossians. III IL
| There is great challenge in the words
of our text: IF We then be risen with
Christ. seek those things which are
above
| Why is il that we have to be admon-
ished TO "set your affection on things
above. not on things on the EARTH" and
to be reminded: For We are dead. anu
your life is hid with Christ in God?'
Is there then some question that some
of us who are all too apparently not seek
ing things above. and plainly setting our
affections on earth. are not risen with
Christ? 1t is worth looking into.
\ great many are seeking to blend the
life of the Christian into the life of the
world and to make themselves think il i
quite right TO hold broad views. and he
on good terms with the pleasures and fol
lies of those who know not Christ. Per
hdps they have forgotten this injunction
10 seek higher things. and perhaps they
that life may be if they will only enter in.
They feel that the life hid with Christ n
God is dull dead life. dreary and una
tractive. Alexander Maclaren says:
There is Il vast realm of real eXistence
OF which your risen Lord is the center
and the life. Make il a point TO which
you strive. That Will not lead you 10 de
spsing earth and nearer objects. These.
SO far they are really good and worthy.
stand right in the line of direction viii, h
our efforts will take II We are seeking
the things chat are above and may all he
stages on our journey christward. tn"
lower objects best secured by those
who live for the higher. No man Is 50 We
able ID do the smallest duties here, or -
bear the passing troubles Of this world
of illusion and change. or 10 wiring the
t,cf
ing JOYS. as he to whom everything On
earth is dwarfed by the eternity beyond.
as some hut beside palace. and is great
because ii i like a little window foo
square through which infinite depths OF
sky with all their stars shine in np"n
him. The true meaning and greatness o
the present is that il is the vestibue -
the august future. The staircase leading
to the presence chamber of the king may
be of poor deal. narrow. crooked and
slowed away in dark iurrei. but il has
dignity by reason OF that 10 whl"h Y
gives access So let our aims pass through
the earthly and find in them helps 10 the
things that are above.
Hints to the Leader.
The Endeavor Hymnal. 81, =, 2i6 -.
26i. 302.
If you can have lily in bloom il Nouidz
be good TO speak OF the lilly life. risen anu
i lifted up toward the sun. The lily loaks
I'D constantly. ever reaching TO the ihln-a
above il. drinking in the sun IL does DO
.royel nor bend its lovely head 10 Seek
to obtain nourishment and enjoyment -
life from the earth. whence il fas come
So We IL We are risen with tfriSi.
should reach up. looking ever to tie sun
of Righteousness SO may we keep our
garments spotless and grow daily more
beautiful.
After your own talk good variation
would be to cali for the sentence prayers
II possible have some enc sing Il Know
That My Redeemer Liveth.
Build thee more stately mansions. - mr soul,
As the swift roll.
Leave thy law-ysultcd past.
Let each now temple nolcr ili'It The last
shut the, from heaven with = DOM.
Till thou length art free.
Leaving thine ouf-rown sbril y litr's nitr..~iinR
sea. oliver Wendell Holmes.