The farmer and mechanic., 1911-10-03

Weli-kn own saying tndt 'oO111e peOplc
have only enough religion to make
discomforts of beadh bathing is to
launch out into the deep, into the
liberty Of the great waters. The cure
for the hardships Of Christianity is
more Christianity: they who trust
Christ wholly, find him wholly true"
In the deep waters Of grace there is
only peace, sweet peace. If religion
seems a hard thing, be sure that it is
because we have not tested it far
enough. They who go all the way
with Christ find their hearts song
voiced by the hundreds Of choice
spirits who have written Of His love.
Theirs is the sentiment:
Il have friend so precious.
SO very dear to me,
He loves me with such tender love,
He loves so faithfully:
I could not live apart from Him,
I love to feel Him nigh,
And so we dwell together,
My Lord and I.
Il tell Him all my sorrows,
I tell Him all my joys.
[ tell Him all that pleases me,
L tell Him what annoys;
He tells me what / ought to do.
He tells me what to try,
And SO We walk together.
My Lord and l."
The Great Healing.
One day this year, in the city Of
Ping Yang. Korea, I sat looking into
the faces Of some six hundred
Korean women and girls, who had
gathered for Sunday school. The men
and women meet at different hours,
because the building is not large
enough to hold both at once. The
women were WonderouSly reverent. AS
they gathered. there were greetings
and mods and smiles: a lovely picture
of fellowship it was. But most Of all
the shining faces impressed me. The
new light that irradiates the faces
Of these women is more eloquent
testim ony to the value of Christian
missions than advocates hand ever
penned.
Less than a generation ago every
one OF these women was heather.
| little better than a slave. subject to
her husbands caprice, with no social
life, no associations outside of her
family. no intellectual horizon, unable
to read, trained often, only in the
/ development Of fher worst self. Now
behold the transformation These wo-
men can all read. They belong to q
wide social fellowship. They have in
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Christ They have learned the mean
ing Of the Christian and home; their
| joys have been multiplied. and their
sorrows sanctitied, by the advent OF
Christ into their lives.
They have found the healing OF
that spiritual river which the prophet
pictured to the Jews. Health and food
are gifts from this stream. The hope
held up before the exiles was that
which these Korean women, and an
uncounted host of others. have
realized; a new inner life, new char
acter, by the power of the living Je-
hovah. Wherever the river Of God
flows. there follows life for al
creatures.
! This picture and parable OF Eze-
klels appears twice in the Bible Once
it is given in this lesson which we
study. Again it is repeated in the
last chapter of the Book of Revela-
ton. There John saw the river OF
the water of life proceeding forth
from the throne Of God, and the tree
of life growing on its banks. bear.
ing twelve manner Of fruits, "and the
leaves Of the tree were for the heal
ing Of the nations That is tn
eternal lesson: mans only hope is ir
the help Of God: the water of life
ad the blessings which it produces
proceed from the house and throne OF
the Highest.