The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1913-03-07
Pure IdealB Would
Eliminate Divorce


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"whsrssoss shss evssss sats nj Speak
- ths childrsa = Israel thAe they 30
| Toward"
h the Chsistian lifs thers b little
promised thai y easy. Me- ass con-
tineaIly bslng PIT 70 To eest- Often
men ere placed b hard p1acss. where
the burden b fosnd 70 ~ heavy
Moses was BOW carrying heavy bur.
den. He bad led the childrsn Of Israel
from boadaGs 70 frssdoa. Nov II
hooked - though they would DO taken
back 70 bondage again. TIE thought
q this was weighing heavily on
Mosss. and BE- crSsd unto God. The
answer was: "0psak thou unto the
children Of Israel that thsy 90 for
ward. Because os the passing years
The words havs not lost their mean.
| Ing. But IN . larger ssass they are
being applied today.
The message Of God 70 men 10 For
ward" Il would b . shame for the
present generates TO - n ths same
degree Of snllghtsnmsnt - The gener.
alton that has just passsl We today
have the accumulated thought which
has led 70 the degree q snlightsn.
ment. A. We have found % much
The responsibility 10 laid upon ~ to
| move forward % that we b. our lives
win NOT retard the march Of civilixa-
ton. The Christian should ever have
his or her facs forward ready to
march 1t any and al tines.
We are placed into such beautiful
world one would think u would b
hard for the children q men not to
think Of God. But ~ are forced to
bsltevs that there are many people
Who think very little u hin Who has
given 20 much for % 70 sAjoy. The
great. broad fields bearing thsir prsci-
ous fruits. the prscious stoass found
In the bowels Of the earth. the great
forests furnishing The tinbsrs for our
great buiidings and ships. The great
mountain peaks.
All these things should rsnind ~
| Of God and his goodness and cause ~
to thinh much Of him. The beauty Of
the sunrise and the glory u the set
ting thereof. the beauty d ths stars,
the sengs OF the birds. the llghtninG
nash. al reveal to 10 the greatness Of
Cd. How strange that nsa can pass
o. with % little thought q God. who
has bsea % kind and eos1.
The Qssstion We hear oftsa y. How
much WIN you givef" ~ that Ques
tion ws mean how much Win ! get.
We are very anxious about low much
vs viii 81 Ou0At u soe - how
much can I givey II this way 80
how much ws can help the world @.
ward Suppose that the Apostle Paul
had asked how much 10 was 70 have
received for each Journey be saAsf
took. Would ~ have the privilege Of
reading OF the church u Phillippi.
Corinth and many other placssf u
Martin Luther had asked how much
be was to receive for the WORT b.
vas doing would We b honoring hin
todayi The fact 10 this. that the men
and women who accomplished most
for the world have bsen most unsel.
hsh. They have put themselves into
the great work and their influence haa
lived.
Too many people are not familiar
With the Bible. This will apply q
both those Who belong to OUT
churches and those Who have not YET
Identified themselves with the church
There 10 Q great lack In our knovi
edge II The Bible II the Bible 10 out
guide through thia life. surely "
ought TO become familiar with that
which Ne depend upon. Mr. MOODY
used TO say. look out In nature and
go tho hand Of Good. Look into The
Bile and see God face to face Some
time ought to be given each day "a
reading the Bible. not that ve ought
to ses how much ne can cover at 4
glance. but how much We can under
stand OF It, contents
We are reminded every day bow I'm
portant II 10 10 live pure II the purs
life was the IDEAL. how much Wroae
doing would b corrected n the cou
pie standing 1t the marriage altai
would have the pure life a. their Ideal
would n not lessen the number Of d
vorcssf Would Ne not have bettss
honest Would there not b ssvel
Children 10 care for In the homes oil
charityf n the pure life vas the
ideal would Ne not have bsstse 20
cistyy How our churches woul1 b
6lled with devoted mon and womsg
vho are anxious 10 worship God
men end women who would - aaa
icus 10 take . class 10 the Sunday
school end faithfully each SUNDAY
stand before their classes seaching
The things d purity and God! Rsaiis
Ing that the greatest Of all thlagu an
the thinss which can b givss eoP ths
saks ~ those Who are here b. oul
side. the opportunity for labor b great
and the Geld 10 vids.
! Naeme~y.