Evening journal., 1910-01-19

Knocking that lie may get in2
Does it pay to fight the good battle
on this earth for a little while,
When up there for ages countless,
We shall basl In the Saviour's smile?
Does it pay to work for the Master
Until that glorious day
When all work is done and a crown Is
won,
say. my friend does It pay?
--Wermbrout.
Written by E. C. Trumbower, Jr.
This seems to be the great cry OF
people, especially Americans today.
The business man will not do any
thing until he weighs the cost and the
returns. The real estate man will re-
pair the house IL he thinks It will
pay And the great cry everywhere
Is for things that pay and pay big.
Christianity is a matter OF invest
ment all tho way through. Tho more
YOU put into Il the more you get out
when a man enters tho Christian life
it IS no not others that get the great
est benefit. Let us look on the balance
sheet and SEQ how the account stands;
Wo put into this investment, our lives
for n short period on earth and get In
return life forever above. We give
up our carnal pleasures and get spirit
ual joys instead. We give up bad
society and its results and are paid
back with the companionship Of Jesus
Christ and the JOY OF a life patterned
after His. We give up tho worry and
get the trust. Sounds like a pretty
good investment, don't it7 And, more
over. the bank I'm which We place our
account IS an absolutely safe one. There
Is no danger Of bankruptcy or hard
times. The thieves cannot break In nor
the rust corrupt. God keeps the books
and keeps them straight.
Last year wo studied about Pil-
grim's Progress and wo found that
Christian had TO 60 through a good
many rough places before he finally
got TO the Eternal City. Half dozen
times he was on tho point OF givine
up when something inside told hin
/. to keep up. for Il was worth while. Il
would have been very easy TO stop a.
Vanity Fair and get the things tha
were sold there, but Christian was far
> sighted enough TO see that those thingl
did not pay in the long run He KEEP
striving onward for q higher reward
/, even though It was not visible at tina
a time. and when he arrived II was wortl
a hundred such journeys. The thing
!, that are worth while always have &
= be striven for. That is why Christiai
!. had such n difficult time. God set
!. a prize at the end Of the path, but ii
y makes the path difficult enough 70
y YOU TO appreciate the prize when Tn
!, time comes that you have gotten 4
I, Tho poor boy that goes out TO sell soa
I'm order 20 earn some toy will ap
= preciate that toy a great deal NOR
than Il some one had given II TO hil
for Christmas. II Is the effort th'
makes things worth while. and notf
& ing OF much value can be gotten Will
out effort
Christianity pays decidedly here q
earth. You will find that Christia
re methods triumph every time ove
IS crooked ways in business or anywhel
nj else. The Christian Is, as rule,
much happier person than one wh
10 does not profess belief in Jesus Chris
" He may not always have more {
'r worldly wealth but that isn't whS
d counts most even II Il Is what tn
,- country seems TO be striving for q
"a the present day. Anyone would ratf
20 er have happiness than wealth, hay
"A peace OF mind than worriment. ] don
= think anyone will dispute the fact ths
the Puritans' religion paid for itse
. a hundred times over In future geneI
= ations. We are still drawing big div
dends from that investment and a
OF ways win as long as this is a Chris
a tian land The civilized lands of &C
er day are the Christian ones, and IL
a. ,afs4
he the real growth begins. What wa
in Japan before missionaries went ther
III what is Turkey today. The religic
OF Jesus seems 10 pay pretty we'll {
h., national investment.
-. The rate that our religion pa,
rests entirely with us. The more y
ht use IL the greater the returns Will ;
hi II you want 10 get the most out OF yol
p religion. tell others about Il, practi
&c It daily and read about it in His Wor
rs, Pray about IL and you will get high
n returns than from any earthly 4
o. vestment that you could make. Gi
ed Il a fair trial and youll never regr
a Il. Did you ever know anybody WI
" was once a Chrlstion and was sor
lid for IL? People may backslide, but
have never heard tell OF anyone vi
"a edlu tutl were HViA1 AilNg NN't We
Christian. No. It pays too much I
anyone ever TO be sorry II they ha
~ tasted this cup Of happiness. We C
I" always be happy wherever we a
ne If we stick by Christ.
as Job had a pretty hard lot Of II,
a never for moment did he think
TX would pay for him TO give up his CT
II He said "rhe Lord giveth and the H.
fakofh away Rloaecd be the name
a the Lord" When God took all
at earthly possessions from him, he sta
ed faithful for he knew he could I