Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-03

giving the hours of Sunday to sight-see-
ing; sojourners at summer resorts play
ing tennis or golf or cards on the Lord S
day, reading novels of light sort, going
on motor trips. enjoying sacred con-
certs," and all such things which at heart
they know are uniting for Christian.
and vet which they dread to renounce
lest others should think them narrow
fuse to eat che food Of the heather, then
TO pray las he was accustomed to do.
and finally to defy the kings laval this
brings him to pinnacle whence-and no
wonder-he was able to hear Gods truth
and utter Gods great prophecy. Blessed
are the pure in heart"-that is, the sin
cere. the loyal-hearted-"for they shall
see Cod
The Jews were captive in Babylon.
While not altogether slaves. they were
subjected to all the trials and miseries
Of captivity, and their lot was a sorry
one. But Daniel. with few companions,
chosen to appear before the king, was
full of courage. He would not eat the
meat sent from the table of the heather
emperor, but demanded simple food,
pulse-what we would call oatmeal-and
water. In other words, he reverenced his
body. Such reverence lies at the very
beginning of Christianity. Our bodies
are the temples of the Holy Ghost. We
are made in the image of God When
the Christ came He took upon Himself
human flesh. and at His ascension He
took His human body, glorified, into
Heaven, where He now sitteth at the
right hand OF the Father Unless we
realize the holiness of our bodies and
everything appertaining to them we can
not hope to be Gods true children That
is the great argument against intoxicat-
ing drink. against opium and cocaine and
everything which rObs the body of bal
ance and goodness. 1t IS the argument
against impurity. against adultery.
against marrying woman when a wife
is already possessed; against unclean-
ness and all minor but no less filthy hab-
it's in which men carlessly indulge:
against foul speech. and anger. and mean
criticism. Alas! how guilty we come to
feel when we consider our lives and
know how little reverence we have for
all that bears a part in this wonderful
and divine creation We call the human
body, Would that the foolishness which
attempts silly and cheap personal adorn-
ment. which makes the human form
divine a horror sometimes, which for
gets the ornament of great price. even
that of a meek and quiet spirit-would
that all this could be cast aside. Would
that simple food. reverence for all the
demands and needs of the body. con-
siderng that nothing is vile if only right
ly regarded, might SO rule US that our
faith would have something to build upon
and our hearts have a fitting and we'll
purified home wherein to DWELL
Daniels courage is a splendid proof of
his eelf-reverence and self-control He
was afraid of nothing because his heart
being pure. his strength was as the
strength of ten. l love to think of him
as standing fearless before Nebuchad-
nezZar and giving the interpreta ton of
the monarch's dream l love to picture
his stern countenance as he faced Bel
shazzar at his feast and told him in plain
language the meaning of the handwriting
on the wall. Above all, | love to see
him, with my Imagination. facing the
lions in the den and subduing them by his
divine courage and faith | have a fine
picture of him in the den. but 1t does not
satisfy me. 1t represents him with his
back to the lions. looking up at a grated
window through which streams a super
natural light. and the lions are cowed and
afraid. Rather. it seems to me- he must
have looked at the fierce creatures with a
calmness which was not afraid Of death.
which knew God would deliver whether