Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-10

defect. The ttniest joint OF the
smallest bone works perfectly.
Every organ does its paAl
Even the secretions that keep the joints
oiled are in beautiful working order. A
man with a body like that feels no weari-
ness or pain, and forgets himself entirely
for the work he has to do. He can run
a race. or dig trench in the hot sun,
or toll with his brains and find no In
convenience. for the machinery with
which he works is in perfect running
order.
But tust let some member Of that body
get sick, and see how quickly 1t spoils
everything. One cannot do his work for
thinking OF his pain. He gets cross and
cranky. and feeling his own deficiency
he fails in running his race or doing his
work we'll, and everything with which
he has to do goes wrong.
Now, usually, when the body Is out Of
trealth it Is because some part has
grown selfish and wanted. to claim every
thing for itself Then. OF course, the
whole body has to suffer. Take the
mouth, for instance. Too often it cries
out to be pampered and allowed its own
way. 1t must be fed at the expense OF
everything else. Candy. cake. pastry. the
richest and most harmful foods tt de-
mands. It thinks only of the present
pleasure and not of the trouble of the
whole body to take care OF the conse-
ouences Of such eating. Then, some
times it Is strong drink that the taste de-
mands and the poor body must be stung
and burned and made to reel through the
world, and bear headache and WEAKNESS
afterward as a consequence.
Here is man who has developed ms
brains at the expense OF his eyes and
must lie in a darkened room and do moth
ing with either Of them for months in
consequence. Here Is another who has
bent over some handicraft diligently,
his lungs have been neglected. His life
pays the forfeit
Now We all recognize these facts In
life and are to a certain extent trying to
guard against them, but we often ignore
the like in the body OF Christ-His blood
bought. precious church. Our Christian
Endeavor Society, Of course, Is q small
portion Of that church. and therefore
also a part of the body of Christ.
Unhealthiness creeps in and we take
Finally, in an amazingly short time, we
have q sickly and dying society. and we
wonder what is the cause. II we could
go down to root causes. where we do
not often get, we would find that certain
members are having a good time at the
expense Of other members. There is no
loving feeling between members OF the
same body and there is no true loyalty
10 the Whole UOoy teeIi, else Iio mem
bers would have cared so much more for
the body and its perfection than for
themselves that they would not have let
this happen.
Here is q member who can sing, and he
sings beautifully until one day he hears q
criticism. The criticism Is likely given
by some one who Is jealous and could
not do as well. but 1t Is a criticism. and
the singer subsidies and will sing no moro.
The choir is crippled and even the critic
feels the discomfort, and his jealous feel
ings grow the bigger. Nobody has asked
him to sing. He couldn't II they did. and
he resents It. But he. too, has q gift.
He is a carpenter by trade. and the room
where this society holds its weekly meet
ings sadly needs q window in 4 blank
wall to make a draft in summer and
give more air even in winter. There has