Evening journal., 1910-03-24
Christian EndeaVor
News.
Getting Ready to Live Forever.
q. Y. lesson Tor March 27. 1910.

&. Y. Lesson for March "a, 1910.
Eccl. u; II.
When Esrth's last picture is painted, and
the tubes are twisted and dried.
When the oldest coiors have faded, and
the youngest Critic has died;
We shall rest. and faith we shall need It
Lie down for an aeon or two.
Till the Master OF oil Good Workmen shall
set US 10 work anew.
And those that we're good shan be happy:
they shall sit in a golden chair
They shall splash at ten-league canvas
with brushes OF comets hair,
They shall find real Saints to draw from
Magdalene. Peter and Paul.
They shall work for an age at sitting.
and never be tired at all
And only the Master shall praise US. and
only the Master shall blame
And no-one shall work for money. and no
one shall work for fame;
But each for the Joy OF the working, and
each in his separate star.
Shall draw the Thing as as he sees n,
for the God OF Things as They Are.
-Kipling.
Ia. p. Lesson. written by p G. Trum-
bower, Jr.
We are nearing that glorious anniver-
sary Of our Lords resurrection, and Il
Is very hitting that we should study such
a lesson as this. Getting Ready to Live
Forever" This is a pretty big undertake
ing for Us to prepare for eternity in the
few years we have here. and It's a very
important one. We need all the assist
ance we can get ane can get all that
is necessary from God by asking Him
for II.
The hest wny TO prepare to live for
ever is TO live the right kind Of life
here on earth. Live a positive. not
negative life Not only keep yourself as
far as possible from doing the wrong
but do the right. Don't be afraid TO 60
ahead and do things yourself You win
make mistakes as everyone has, but that
simply shows you are human God will
help you II you are doing It for Him. and
you need not be afraid Of what others
say about you.
Getting ready TO live forever" For
ever seems like long while. in fact. we
cannot with our small mental power CON
ceive the full meaning Of eternity This
life IS a part OF II, but such a small part
IT. - AtA MNH1AINl D9 years OF lNOuSdnNc
OF years. II cannot be measured. Yet.
after Christ descended into the grave and
then arose and ascended into heaven
He prepared a place as He promised in
the beautiful fourteenth chapter Of Saint
John where we are to spend this eter-
nifty with Him. Because He Is risen we
may rightfully hope and expect to be
accepted in His House Because He IS
risen we may see that the grave does
not end IL ALL and that there Is a power
stronger than that OF death power Of
life over death. When we think OF death
Il is usually very sadly. but it should
not be. for by releasing the soul from It's
earthly prison God is simply giving II
new realms to ny in and new and greater
joys for its own Oh, how we may glo-
rify God that Christ has risen and that
we have the same hope
Life would be very foolish bauble with
out our hope Of eternity. It would hardly
be worth living n we did not know that
there was something else more substantial
on the other shore. when a man sets
about to build a building he would not
do so If he though II would be of no
benefit 10 him or anyone else. He would
not mako the walls true n he thought Il
was not intended to last. Just so In our
lives We would not strive so n we
! thought that all ended with the grave.
/ But. through the knowledge Of Christ's
/ resurrection. we know that there is no
sting 20 death, no victory in the
grave.
We are going to spend eternity with
God. and its good idea to get acquaint-
ed with person before going to live
with them. A very good way for us
10 prepare for eternity is TO study Gods
own word that He has given us, the
| Bible. There are a great many other
studies which may seem more interst-
inge such as economics and social con-
/ ditions, etc, but they are simply dues-
tions OF the day and pass away in a
few years time. and they do not tend
to edifying the spirit The Christian
church needs more men to-day who
stand solid on the Bible, who believe
every word in It from cover to cover
and who preach the gospel and not
modern theology. There are a great
many excellent books on theology to-
day. and on other worthy subjects. but
none OF them are written by branier
men than Moses. Solomon and Paul.
We need to go back TO the time when
nothing was preached but the Word
of God rather than advance to the
stage where all the modern questions
OF social conditions are treated. We
need to study this Book IN our homes
more, 20 resurrect our family altar and
find out what C 6-Nas given us to
know. There are no stories more ro-
mantle than those Of the Bible, no
greater philosophy than that Of Christ.
no greater law books than those OF
Moses, and IN short, no book that can
be read and studied with more profit
than the Bible even aside from the
Christian aspect. But 20 US as Chris
tians It should be doubly dear. We
should cherish Il beyond all that we
have, and take advantage Of all op-
portunities 20 hear It taught It is
this book that taught such men as
Dwight L. Moody. Wilfred Grenfell
Abraham Lincoln and many others and
we can do much worse than 20 follow
after men of this type.
We have tried 20 consider how long
eternity is, and how much il means tc
dwell with God forever but ON the
other hand we have only a very few
years 20 spend on this earth, Very
few OF us live past the three score
and ten mark. and those who do arr
past the formation period by that time
We only have a very brief time e
prepare ourselves for so long a tim,
bove. This time is SO short that ~