Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-09

what they intended to WIr0)s ~ IA
Change Of dot o. dash ~ the careless
operator, thu message received BY the.
home folks was. The bridal party arr
rived here all tight,
AThe track walker. the crossing
watchman, !, the bridge tender-how
much the safety Of the railroad travel
er depends upon their fldelity. For the
purity Of the food we eat. for the
quality OF the clothing we wear. for
the comfort of the houses In which we
live. for the houses themselves and all
they contain Of material comfort. we
are dependent upon the men below
the decks. Someone has to labor in
the darkness of the mine. in the cold
blasts Of winter in the burning August
sun, before the blazing fiery furnace
or among the flying wheels Of the fac
tory, that we may be warmed and fed
and clothed and instructed.
''It has been said that in Gods uni
verse there are no trifles. 1t might
be Just as truly said that in Gods
service every position Is a position of
trust.
Disregard Lords Teaching.
From the time the two disciples
came to our Lord wanting to know
their place of honor in the kingdom
Of the present time there has been an
unholy strife in the world and even
| in the Christian church as to who
should be the greatest. There has
! been in direct disregard of our Lords
teachings a seeking of places Of honor
and portions of credit in the service Of
| God. When will we learn that every
work for Him, however small. Is i'm
portant? When shall we realize that
every position, however humble, in his
Kingdom is an exalted position?
| A few weeks ago visited Arrow
rock. For the foundation of that dam
they have dug down so feet below the
river bed. The dam is to be S51 feet
high. Macauley says. You must dig
deep if you would build high He
might have added You must do well
the little things If you would accom-
plish great things Oh! There are &c
Imany who are doing nothing because
they are waiting to do great things
Many Of us might profit by the dream
of that man who saw the beautiful
temple and as he admired it's beauty
he noticed that one stone was missing
|
asked of his angel guide. That was
left for YOU said the angel, but 70,
wanted to do some great work and die
not place it in position and the beau
tiful temple is just a little married be
cause you sighted the bit of worl
that was peculiarly yours
\ when the man awoke he deter
mined from that hour to slight no dut,
that fell to him in the service OF jesus
Christ, for he realized that the slight
ing of any work by any individual
would mar somewhat the beauty O
the completed temple.
But there is second lesson for us
a lesson from our text as illustrating
the nature of the work of the mel
below the decks. God is love- And tn
same apostle who declares this, say
we know love by the work of Chris
; for us. The noblest work Of Chris
was his work Of humiliation.
In that work He left His throne o
glory to suffer and die. Mere labo
beneath the deck has no merit in 1t
self. There must be a purpose in tina
labor. Had Jesus Christ had no pur
pose in His humiliation Il speak witt
all reverence), His work on earth mus
be accounted dismal failure. H
said, I am come that We might hav
, life and that we might have 1t NOR
: abundanty.'
''In the light of that purpose hoy
the world has been Transformed!
Quotes John Mitchell.
1.-The new message OF the church 1
message of social service.
! 'In the Men and Religion Conserva
ton congress in New York, to whic
Z you sent me as your delegate, job
Mitchell, the labor leader, said:
'Workingmen believe that tn
9 church should support them in thei
2 efforts to secure:
"O Legislation that will enabl
3 men and women to live in name
5 comfortable to American standards,
D educate their children and to NAL,
e adequate provision against sickness
' and old age;
8 "'(2) The eight hour workda