Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1912-01-14

to the children of israel that they go
forward"
In the Christian life there is little
promised that is easy. Men are con
tinually being put to the test Often
men are placed In hard places. where
the burden is found to be heavy
Moses was now carrying a heavy bur
den. He had led the children of Israel
from bondage to freedom Now it
looked as though they would be taken
back to bondage again The thought
OF this was weighing heavily on
Moses, and he cried unto God The
answer was: Speak thou unto the
children of Israel that they go for
ward Because OF the passing years
the words have not lost their mean
ing But In larger sense they are
being applied today
The message of God to men Is For
ward" 1t would be shame for the
present generation TO be In the same
degree of enlightenment as the gener
alton that has just passed We today
have the accumulated thought which
has led to the degree of enlighten
ment As We have found SO much
the responsibility Is laid upon US TO
+ move forward SO that we by our lives
will net retard the march OF ciVilfza-
ton The Christian should ever have
his or her face forward ready TO
march at any and all times.
We are placed into such a beautiful
world one would think it would be
hard for the children of men not to
Il ink Of Cid But Ne are forced b
believe that there are many people
who think very little OF rim who has
given so much for us to enjoy Tie
great. broad fields bearing their preci-
Gus fruits. the precious stones found
IN the bowels Of the earth. The great
forests furnishing the tfmbers for our
great buildings and, ships, tAe great
mountain peaks
All these things should remind US
OF God and his goodness ana ea..Se e
to think much OF him The beauty OF
the sunrise and the glory OF the set
ling thereof. the beauty Of the stars.
the songs Of the birds, the lightning
fash, all reveal 10 Us the greatness OF
Cod How strange that men can pass
on with so little thought OF God who
has been SO kind and good
The question we hear often is, How
much will you give?" BY that ques
ton we mean how much viii get
We are very anxious about how much
we will get. Ought il not be how
much can | give? In this way see
how much We can help the world on
ward Suppose that the Apostle Paul
had asked how much he was to have
received fol each journey he under
took Would We rave the privilege Of
reading of the churcfl at Phiilippi
Corinth ami many other f.4ees? III
Martin Luther had asked ROW much
he was to receive for ~ H,ork he
was doing would we b hoo .ag him
tcday2 The fact is this ihs &c men
and women who accomplished, most
fer the world have been m9-, qnsel-
fish They have put themsGiEe4 INTO
tie great work and their inlC@u. as
lived
Too many people are not fjt..,.,.r
With tie Ribe This Viii apply to
both ii ose who belong to our
churches and those who have not yet
identified themselves with the church
There is Il great lack in our knowl- |
edge of the Bible Ii the Bible is our
guide through this life surely we
ought to become familiar with that
which We depend upon, MIR Moody
used to say look out in nature and
see the hand of Good Look into the
Ribe and see God face to face" Some
time ought to be given each day to
reading the Bible, not that we ought
to see how much we can cover at a |
glance, but how much we can under. |
stand Of its contents
We are reminded every day how i'm |
portant it is to live pure If he pure !
life was the ideal, how much wrong /
doing would be corrected If the cou- |
Vie standing a-the marriage alte i; - ,
would have the pure life as their ideal
would ii not lessen the number of di.
Yorees? Would we not have better
ho. es? Would there not be fewer
children to care for in the homes of
charity? If the pure life was the
ideal would we not have better so
ciety? How our churches would be
filed with devoted men and women
who are anxious to worship Cod
men and women who would be anx-
jous to take a class in the Sunday
school and faithfully each Sunday
stand before their classes teaching
the things of purity and God! Realiz-
ing that the greatest of all things are
the things Which can be given for the
sake OF those who are here by our
side the opportunity for .abor is great
and the Held Is wide