Evening journal., 1910-10-14
TOPIC FOR EPwORTH LEAGUE
DEVOTIONAL MEETING
October l6th-The Young Peoples
Missionary Uprising. Cor. 3; 3.

October 16th-The Young Peoples |
Missionary Uprising. Cor. 3; 3.
For We are laborers together with |
God; ye are Gods husbandry, ye |
are Gods building"
Everyone has an aim in life; the |
life without purpose is valueless. is
an insult to the Creator who gave us
reason, time and faculties TO be de-
veloped. The higher the aim, the
greater the struggle TO reach the
goal.
While il is true that we never be-
come just what We long TO be-the
artist ever fails TO put upon canvos
the picture he sees; the musician
catches strains of music from the
world beyond and sorrows because
his hearers fail TO feel the melody;
the speaker. the writer, cannot give
to the public his best work-yet It
Is not worth while TO lower our
standard because OF seeming failure
God gives each one a special work;
II one man fails 10 do his work, it
remains undone.
We cannot all do the same kind OF
work; the carpenter may be a fail
ure as a poet but who would say
his building is less grand? Our re-
sponsibility is TO find our particular
job and get at It.
When our work is made plain to
us we may be disappointed Dreams
of success along other lines may en-
bitter us so that we fail TO do our
! allotted task cheerfully or we'll.
We cannot preach like Paul, nor go
as a missionary unless God sees We
are qualified spiritually--if We per-
sist In doing so, We are failure.
! Hard work, aiiliction, trials may be
necessary 10 discipline us--to give
us the Spirit Of Christi" then, hav-
ing been educated as far as faith In
God ,steadfastness of purpose and self
effacement can educate, He sees we
are worthy OF greater tasks and We
are promoted.
We are to work with God. We can
accomplish very little without His CO
operation Some trust to their mag
netism, their gifts and persuasive
powers and they truly have a fol-
! lowing, but the only work which Is
lasting is performed by the one who
Is in unison with God, whose life is
entirely consccrated and so charged
with the Holy Spirit as TO set others
hearts on fire.
II behooyes every League membe
TO be confident of the relationship
which they sustain to Christ before
they endeavor to lead others into the
Kingdom. Christ said, IF any man
have not the spirit OF Christ, he is
none OF His" and II We are working
for applause, for selfish aims or even
70 the intent that our League may ex-
eel others in numbers we are not OF
the mind of the Master-His work was
to save souls.
St Paul said, aye are Gods build
ing" Our lives placed in the hands
of the Master Mechanic become tenn
pies At for the indwelling Of the
Holy Ghost.
Souls are built as temples are
Sunken deep, unseen, unknown,
Lies the sure foundation stone"
II Christ Is the foundation stone
the building Is substantial; the
storms which beat upon us but roo
Us more securely in the Rock o
Axes; the sorrows which oyerwheln
US fOr the time being, cause US q
grow more and more into the likenes
Of the One whose sufferings make
our salvation possible.
Then we become willing TO wor
where God wants vs.. "If Jesus go'
with me, I'll 60 anywhere Is the re
song Of our heart Whether the ca
! is 10 foreign landsF az home whe
the prophet is without honor
whether It Is TO speak with the tongu
OF a Paul or to sweep a room, let l
make the action fine"
We do the work; God takes cal
Of results; let us be sure there
some business to be recorded eao
day and the Great Father, who
our bookkeeper, will keep account
Some one has said, "Ef we are I
work with God, we must need lear
patience; patience with others, an
what is harder still, patience wit
. ourselves" Oftentimes II we coul
see the burdens which our brothe
is carrying, II We knew how often b
fought the temptation and won tn
battle before he finally yielded /
despair, We should have sympathy i
stead of censure for him; when "
A realize that our own failures may b
4 stumbling blocks 10 him. our syn
pathy is enlarged and We hide ou
: faces in shame.
|. We get out of patience with oui
selves and wonder why the Nigh
settles down so gloomily over tn
day which dawned full OF promise
wonder why "our lives are trailin
4 the solemn dust" when our souls wei
\ moving on high but an hour ago
/ God let's us have these dark me
ments, sometimes I think, to let U
see our own fraility. We are so al
=. to be boasting Of our achievement
forgetting that 1t is God workin