Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-21

tremendous ambition is to be found in
this world than that.
"Second-Be ambitious to have your
own business and do your own work.
Make money for your own needs and
for the extension of Gods kingdom In
the world Paul here places his ap-
proval upon the thought that Christian
men are called to conduct their busl-
ness for two purposes at least; first,
In order that they may make money
and live honestly in relation to their
fellowmen. Probably there is no test
that the world puts upon Christianity
more frequently than the test of hon
esty. Men expect Christians to pay
their debts Nevertheless, it is true
it is no guarantee that a man will pay
his debts because he is known to be
Christian The Christian man and the
Christian church that gets reputa-
ton in the community for being abso-
lutely honest in all its relations with
men is bound to have tremendous
power and influence for the kingdom
of God.
But in the next place. we are to
conduct our business in order to be
honest with God. Money has a tre-
mendous power It has a place of SUI
preme importance in the progress of
the world. The kingdom of God Will
never be established without the use
of money The man who is ambitious
to make his life count for the evangell-
zation of the world, and who is not able
to go and preach Christ, personally, to
men and women, can conduct his buSl-
ness so as to make money to give it
for the extension of Gods kingdom
in all the world. 1t is true, I would
rather save a million souls than mil
lion dollars, but it Is also true, that
the man who makes a million dollars
and invests it for the evangelization of
the world may do just as great and
glorious a work as the man who made
no money, but saved a million souls. If
I We're a millionaire 1 do not see hiw
could have a greater ambition than to
turn the power of my great fortune
into the taking of Christ to a lost
world.
"Third-Be ambitious to do that
which will be we'll pleasing unto the
Lord.
Paul did not seek to be well pleasing
to his fellowmen. His ambition was
not to please the church at Corinth, nor
to please men. nor his friends, nor any
one else. He simply wanted to do that
which would be well pleasing to Jesus
Christ. He saw the vision that Jesus
had of the world, and he made it his
business to seek the salvation of men
and women at home and abroad equal
ly. There was no distinction in his
mind, as there was no distinction in
the mind of Christ, between home and
foreign missions. Jesus came to save
the world, and Paul believed that he
could please the Lord best by giving his
life to carry out his Masters wish.
"a little boy found a yellow dog, dir
ty and ugly, and took it home with
him, but his parents and his brothers
and sisters kicked it out of the house.
He took it out in the back yard and
got an old soap box and made it a
comfortable place to sleep in, and
there he fed it and cared for it while
the rest of the household scorned to
have anything to do with it. A few
days after he had, captured this stray
dog he went on a Sunday school ex-
cursion and the train was wrecked. He
was fatally injured and was carried to
the hospital in Boston. AS the nurse
came by soon after he had been laid
upon the cot, and learned of the doc
tor that the little fellow could not live,
she said to the boy: is there any
thing you want me to tell mamma
and papa for you, for it may be that
you will not get well?' The little fell
low looked up and said: Tell them /
am not afraid to die, for l will go to
be with Jesus, but tell them for my
sake to treat my dog kindly. For the
sake of the boy, that wish was carried
out, and that yellow, NANCY dog was
taken into the home and bathed and
cured and a gold collar put upon its
neck, and given the first place in the
household.
For the sake of Jesus Christ who
wishes the sin cursed world to be
saved, / want to make it my ambition
to carry out his wishes and please him" J"