The Detroit times., 1910-12-05

ness and Justice and peace among men.
IL is help To every man. 1t makes
life richer; 1t ma kes city better
city in which To- live. 1t increases the
value OF propertT and, more important,
the value ct lite. The church is
branch office OF Gods bank. Into II we
should put our lives and laborS. our
CONSIDERATIONS ana or prayers.
But the second application goes be-
yond the institution TO the work IN
vest in the program OF God. Put
money into the work OF the Kingdom.
Giving TO Christian missions for in
stance. is not charity. 1t ~ the great
privilege OF sharing in the work of
ciNilizing and saving the world. This
Is the biggest job which men are try
ing 10 do today The digging of the
Panama canal is not in the same class
with this task of transforming the
world. Invest in this great endeavor.
Put your money in the bank of the
spirit. but invest not Only i'm gold but
in thought, In prayer, ana in very ne
In the third place, men should invest
In all great movements of their time.
speak not now of money. but OF
thought and labor There + great
Eain in tying ones self up with the
world great causes. y life interested
only IN little things is a little life All
great lives. all outstanding lives hive
been made great through great causes
jesus took the fishermen OF Galilec and
made them apostles The great re-
formers were common men made great
nave become heroic because of Causes
worthy Of their heroism. Livingstone
embraced the dark continent In lis
thought. and became the piouear of
those who should bring TO il the dawn
Lincoln became the greatest man of his
century because of the great struggles
for human liberty with which he
linked his life.
What DO You Live For.
The life interested only in temper
airy things is limited by time and
place. What shall such a life do when
these tleeting things are gone? Put
your life in the bank OF the enduring
Tie your life interests up with great
causes Invest your life in the realm
OF truth that error my cease, invest
IL Ia the realm of action, that RICH.
may prevail: invest it I'm the realm of
the spirit. that Gods kingdom may
come
What do YOU live for? Let your an
swer be the answer OF the poet.
Il i've for those who love me,
For those who know me true
For the heaven that smiles above me.
And awaits my spirit, too;
For the wrong that needs resistance,
For the cause that lacks assistance.
For the future In the distance
For the good that I can do"
Let your life, then, move i'm harmony
with God. Feel the meaning. Gods
meaning, In life and In history Feel
that your life shares in the flowing OF
the ineNhaustible years" I stood one
day on the shore OF the Pacific In
from the far horizon rolled the great
waves To break upon the sandy shore.
l dipped tiny shell into the water
and lifted "A few drops OF the great
deep. How insignificant il seemed
vet IL was OF the same substance OF
the limitless deep: the same great
tides had moved IL; IL had felt the
sweep OF the ocean currents. 1t had
hcen dashed by the storms IL had
smiled in calm summer days beneath
the overarching skies. 1t had been "A
part OF the Rhty deep So our lives
may he harmonized united, blended
with the Infinite. The tides OF the
universe sweep through our souls We
are lifted by the forces Of the eternal
Years We become Co-workers with
the Infinite God
Have you put your money i'm the
bank? Are YOU sharing i'm the great
causes and movements of the WORLD
IL your life linked up with the great
upward struggle OF the race? Are YOU
living In corner or in Gods great
world?