Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-09

Christ in following the example Of John
the Baptist. 1. Tell men that Christ is
here. Then standeth one among you
whom We know not" The Messiah has
Lamb of God" g. Ask men to follow
Him. And they followed Jesus
Are you. my readers, able to say to
others from out your own experience and
knowledge that Christ has come. that He
effective testimony. and If you can give
1t you can also point Him out and say,
Behold Him. and bear record as John
did. that this Is the Son Of God" II
you know Him you can designate Him to
among all the sons of man; and then
you can say, Go to Him and follow Him.
This is the great and effective testimony
that every Christian should bear-know
And why not follow Him closely and
lovingly? Everything is to be gained by
SO doing. not only to ourselves. but to
others through the effective testimony of
words that count Some one has said
Words are the daughters of earth. and
deeds are the sons Of heaven" and the
greatest thing we can ever do is to be-
come a faithful follower OF the crucified
One. His promises to all such are album
dant and gracious. He says Of Himself.
Il am the way, the truth and the life"
Follow Him and He will lead you into
ways Of pleasantness, and paths Of peace,
and into the places Of all truth, and into
a life immortal and glorious.
Il am the Great Shepherd OF the
sheep" Follow Him and He will lead
you within the great sheepfold where the
ravenous wolves cannot enter, and where
winds and the fierce storms Of life.
II am the light Of the world Follow
Him and He will lead you out Of the
darkness Of ignorance and superstition
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bring you into the clear light that
| shineth around the throne Of the Eternal
! Sovereign Of all light and glory.
Il am the bread of life" Follow Him
den manna-that which will satisfy the
cravings Of an immortal appetite-that
bread Of which when you have once
eaten you will never hunger any more;
and at last will set you down an honor
er guest at His marriage feast, where
you may partake of the fruit from the
tree OF life.
II am the living water" Follow Him
| and He. will lead you in the green
pastures Of His grace and beside the
drink from golden goblets the water
| from living fountains, and at last you
shall walk with Him along the green
| banks of the river Of life.
rection and the life.'' Follow Him, and
| though He leads you into the caverns Of
the dead. yet you shall still follow Him,
as He came from the tomb and entered
said Of you as 1t was said Of Him, He
| is risen from the dead and has assembled
on high. where there shall be no more
death. nor pain, nor sorrow, nor cry
Ing"
II you wish to give forth the most effec
tive and the grandest testimony for
Christ and at the same time receive the
greatest rewards to yourself you can do
1t by responding to His call. Follow
Follow His footsteps as they lead
down to the dwellings OF the poor and
needy and do for them what You can.
You cannot do for them all that He did,
but you can do enough to call forth many
q fervent God bless you." from suffer-
ing and sorrowing hearts: and to them
your acts viii be testimony that counts.
Follow Him In showing forth your love
for one another. even as He loves you.
You cannot love with that intensity
which burned in His sinless bosom, but
you can initiate it-same in kind, though
not in degree. An imitation Is inferior to
the real, but it must be like 1t.
AS in the scripture selection for this
topic the central thought is the follow
Ing Of Christ by Andrew and Peter and
the words Of Jesus to Philip. to whom
to emphasiss that thought as the para
mount medium for Christian testimony
that counts.
It win. indeed. be effective testimony
IL we follow Him in all our daily walk
and conversation-follow Him without
| fear or doubling in all the words and
example Of His life. And 1t will be most
happy for us when the earthly Ines Jour-
ney ends still to follow Him across the
boundary line OF mortality into the land
Of pure delight, where. all arrayed in
purest white. we may forever wander
with Him along the green. banks OF the
river OF life and beneath the murmurfng
0oughs OF the tree Of life.