Evening journal., 1911-06-08
Christian Endeavor Society

but He is Himself the way unto peace
and happiness. We blindly grope in
the darkness Of sin, vainly trying to
find a way out, and waste our ener-
gies in futile efforts to steer our frail
crafts throughout the breakers of
temptation and trial when all the
while He stands with outstretched
arms saying. Come unto Me and
Will give you rest What a priyi-
lege TO have the King Of Kings and
Lord OF Lords for our personal guide
and companion down the tortuous
way of life. without Him we are as
sheep without shepherd. at the
mercy Of the wolves. not knowing
which way 10 turn and unable to find
our way back to the fold. With Him
we can go through life fearlessly be-
cause He is our guide and His Faith
er who lis greater than all" will not
suffer one Of the little ones that be-
lieve on Him to perish.
He cloanses me. What nothing else
could do the shed blood OF Jesus from
Calvary not only can but does do for
all who will come TO this blest foun-
tain Have We ever paused TO con-
slider the sublime richness Of the offer
that God holds out to us when He
says. Though your sins be as scar
let, they shall be as white as snow,
though they be rcd like crimson they
shall be as WOOL II we we're given
the job OF washing away our sins we
would soon give up In despair at the
utter hopelessness Of the task for
neither by good works or pennance
could we ever cleanse our souls Of
the black stains Of sin. We cannot
earn our cleansing but Christ has
given Il TO us and It is ours II we
will do as He directs and confess
and forsake our sins for in / John
10 we read, III we confess our sins,
He is faithful and righteous 10 for
give us our sins. and TO cleanse us
from all unrighteousness.
With such a Savious who does all
this and much more for His children
the wonder is that any man will de-
liberately live away from Him. The
answer TO this Is that many Chris
tians who have come into contact
with Him fail to tell by word and
deed the story TO the world Christ
said, "Ye are My witnesses" and "
we want men to know OF Him we
must tell them. Tell them by the
acts OF mercy and kindness tell them
by keeping our own lives pure and
above all tell them by putting into
action the spirit and purpose Of His
teaching by forgetting ourselves and
living for Him. lie said. "Ye are the
salt OF the earth" and II we are to
save this world from putrefactlon we
must do as He did and mix. We
could take key full OF fish and stack
salt by the ton all around II. but the
fish would rot just the same. What
we must do is to get the salt inside
the keg with the fish. Are you a sea-
soning influence for Christ in the cir
Gle IN which you move? Are those
who come In contact with your life
lifted nearer Him by your personal
ity? II not, you had better get busy
right now, for love gets love and II
you don't show your love for Christ
daily by trying to lift up someone
else, the spark which now glows in
your own breast will die and you
will cease to have the peace that His
presence brings. Let Him that
thinketh he standeth take heed lest
he fall" Get at some Christian work
and stay at IL not for a week or a
month OF year, but for all time (;
and being a part OF His great work
for saving the world you will uncon-
ciously come to love Him more.
Frank +. MITCHELL