Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-07
The Best Loved Chapter of the Bible

By Rev. Dr. j. Wilbur Chapman

who said. Were YOU the gentleman that
taught my boy TO say something on his
fiHSers"" My friend said he was. She
sd d. He died In this room. and on that
cui and he told me that IL ever again
80. Inc to Switzerland. and / saw you,
I" I'll you that he died holding on TO the
fourth finger of his hand The-Lord-is
-lny-Shepherd. He is Shepherd. Yes.
Yes. but He is mine. He is the Shep-
Eerd Of the richest man In this city: yea.
and of the poorest. He is the Shepherd
OF the wisest man that lived. He is the
Shepherd OF the most ignorant He is my
Shepherd
POSITION. He maketh me to lie
down" My shepherd friend in the east
also told me that hungry sheep would
never lie down Just the moment the
sheep Is satisfied II will lie down.
know this. that If | am living as
ought to live within the circle of true
Christian experience, which Is bounded
by Bible study and prayer. and walking
with Him, I know that He will give me
world; peace above the clouds~A friend
of mine stood on one Of the highest
peaks Of the Rocky mountains in Amer
lea, with the clouds underneath his feet,
yet he was bathed in sunshine. 1t was
a perfect day. He could hear the roar
Of the thunder and the patter Of the
raindrops below him. when suddenly, as
he looked down, he saw commotion
In the clouds. Naturally being inter
ested. he saw a great Rocky mountain
eagle spreading it's wings-seven feet
from tip to tip-spring with a shrek
and a bound past him. Every feather
was wet with the raindrops, and every
raindrop sparkled like jewel. 1t mad
been In the storm: it was then in the
sunshine There is place to live: 1t
is in the secret place. ABOVE the storms.
And He maketh us to lie down.
PROMISE. He restoreth my soul"
stand that we suffer for various rea-
sons spiritual declension. l think
know why. Because we are disloyal to
Jesus No man can question His deity
and live as he ought to live. / take
great pleasure in saying that again. No
man can question His deity and live as
God would have him live. He will drift.
No man can undermine the authority
and integrity OF the Scriptures and
live as he ought to live. II this is
your position you will lose your vision
Of Jesus as the true Son Of God. and
your love for your mothers Bible as
the very Word Of God, and you will
drift. You will drift. can tell how
you are critical When begin to criti-
else other .eopIe it is about time
got into my own room and turned the
key in the door and looked inside. When
subject to criticism. Whenever you find
yourself turning against the church
there is. as a rule. something wrong
with you. Whenever you find yourself
hurting the hardest criticism at the
preacher there Is doubtless something
wrong with you. Whenever you begin
to complain Of your position there is,
doubt not. something wrong with you.
You are drifting. The marvellous thing
for me to tell you today is this, that
He will restore you. He will restore
you.
PROGRESS Yea, though walk
through the valley of the shadow OF
death" Mr.. Moo dy used to say that there
was no part of the Psalms misquoted.
Ordinarily. we say 1.-The dark valley OF
the shadow Of death" You close al, these
windows. shut out all the light and see
how many shadows you have. Turn out
the electric light and see how the shadows
deepen. It is the valley Of shadows be-
cause He is near. Shadows fall across
your home. A man loses his wife. and
suddenly the shadows begin to grow
deeper and darker; but II Is because or
shadows are heavier; but IT is because OF
the light. He loses his fortune: but the
shadows are heavy because OF the light.
l wonder IL YOU know what the Scriptures
mean when they say, II will never, never,
never leave thee. II Is threefold mega
tive. 1t means past. present and future.
He never has forsaken you. He is not
forsaking you now. He won't forsake
you tomorrow. 1t is the valley Of the
shadows.
When the Spanish American war was
on two boys i'm Kentucky enlisted. One
Of them did not desire to enlist: he was
not q soldier. They were twin boys, how
ever and had never been separated. When
the boy who was naturally a soldier put
his name down the second boy must do 1t
too. They ere In the famous charge up
the San Juan hill. The fight was terrific
One Of these boys, hurrying up the hill
in answer TO a command Of his superior
officer, turned his face to the right and
saw his brother lying on the field. Secur-
ing permission. he fell out, and knelt
down beside his brother; taking the wafer
from his canteen, he brushed away the
dirt from his face. He took his blanket
and nut il under his head. When the boy
opened his eyes and saw his bestowed