The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-08

heart al.u It's endeavors. ana grant rnar
the new bodies shall possess to full per-
lection all those glorious traits and quail
tiles which were the Brides ideal and
endeavor in her betrothed condition,
when she practised upon the imputed
robe All now we see that our poor,
bungling efforts are valuable in the
Lord S sight, not because of what they
really attain to, but because of the
heart condition which they attest.
With this encouraging thought. dear
friends, let us continue weekly, daily,
hourly. to work upon our robe pains
takingly, to seek to cultivate those high
ideals of truth and grace and love.
which our hearts approve. and which
we see perfectly eXemplified in our
"HEARkEN. o DAUGHTER. CONSIDER"
In the present time many voices are
calling the Lords espoused ones, the
virgin Church. The world says, I'VE
admire you in many respects. but you
are too prudish, too heavenly minded
Your ideas are too radical. They tend
to make you peculiar people Come
mix with us To tell the truth, your
separateness of life mars our pleasure
ana makes us TatIlcF OlSSdtISIleO Will
our own standards. Come with us.
Home, pleasure, art, wealth, popular
ity, all lend their influence towards
worldliness and the cultivation of
earthly hopes and prospects. Our great
Adversary, Satan. works upon lis with
subtlety, cooperating with the earthly
influences What shall we do? As the
espoused one listens she hears the voice
of her Lord saying, Love not the
world; neither the things that are in the
world If any man love the world the
love of the Father is not in him !"
Il John 2:l5.) She hearkens again and
hears him say. If the world hate you.
We know that it hath hated me before
it hated you If ye were of the world
the world would love its own; but
because We are not Of the world, but |
have chosen you out of the world
therefore the world hateth you"
/ (John 15:1S.l9) She hearkens further
and hears one of the mouthpicces of the
| Lord saying, II beseech you therefore.
| brethren. by the mercies of God. that
We present your bodies living sacrifice.
! holy, acceptable unto God, which is
our reasonable service. Rom. 1874.
! So in the Psalm under consideration;
the Prophet says. Hearken, o daughter
! ana cONSlueT anu lnCllIlc tIiliIc Cdi
The world says, Look, see. and be at
tracted by the things of this present
time The Lord says. Hearken, con-
slider that the present life. at the very
most is brief and that in the Lords
providence, under our call. we have an
opportunity to sacrifice it and thus to
gain the highest of all blessings in the
eternal life of the future. The "foolish
virgins do not hearken enough to the
voice from heaven. to the words OF
Jesus. the Apostles and Prophets
They are me re or less absorbed with tho
cares of this life, the deceitfulness oil
riches, and thus do not fully please the
Lord. even though. because of loyalty
to him, he will by and by give them 6
good portion. The wise virgins, who
will constitute the elect, the Bride il
glory. do hearken. do consider. and arr
guided by the counsel from on high, anc
press with vigor on in the narrow way
of self-sacrihce, which leads to thu
Kingdom glory.