The Washington times., 1913-04-05

Our subject this week Is q very fitting
one for conservation meeting. II we
are going to reconsecrate ourselves to
God and His service. We must needs
learn the lessons Of humility. for only
too often is pride the DOWNFALL Of the
new Christian. True humility may be
hard to cultivate, but We are not
wholly surrendered to Christ until We
have this virtue in our hearts.
First we must learn the lesson Of
humility before God. We have two very
fine books on this. the book Of Gods
In the first we learn of a just and
righteous God. and yet God who loves
US. He, can destroy the earth with q
flood. and repopulate 1t with a few
selected and saved by His choice. and
yet not a sparrow falleth but that He
knoweth. We learn Of the punishments
visited upon those who do not follow
Him, and the love that He bestoweth
upon His children. The children. Of
Israel stiffened their necks before Him.
and for forty years they wandered
through the wilderness. Here we learn
that while He IL q just God, Justice II
tempered with mercy. and II no other
lesson known to mankind could bring
man to humility. the simple lesson OF
the cross should be enough for all. The
very fact that q God as great as God
is can love you and me enough to send
His only begotten Son to save US from
our sins should bring us forever on our
knees before Him.
In the book Of Gods Work. Nature.
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touch with Him; but here He seems
to be a terrible God. The winds blow.
the seas rage. and the rivers Hood, ap-
parently moved by an unseen hand,
and that hand il the power Of God. LIN
Should s / isoi the Spirit | Of Mortal Be ProudT"
and certainly when we see Gods handi-
works it Is hard to answer that ques-
ton. Who does not feel infnitesfmal
when he stands out q night and looks
at the stars circulating the globe; and
the spirit of mortal be proud? But
we, in our humility, know
that God will take care Of US II We
are hfs children, and that He controls
these powers q thousand times easier
one Of our hands. How can We help
but be humble when we realize HIS
greatness, and yet His love for US?
But we must also learn the lesson Of
before mankind. we must
learn to be humble and yet not lower
ourselves There II a decided differ
ence between humility and servility. II
suppose Jesus Christ Ia the only man
who ever mastered this lesson. and we
can but emulate Him. We must learn
to take the tibes, the insults. the
taunts, and the wrong accusations
which the world Is only too ready and
anxious to offer, and when 1t comes to
a matter Of right or wrong we must be
firm enough to believe that one with
God is a majority. Jesus kept silent at
the trial as long as criticisms and false
accusations were brought against him,
but when they said that He had claimed |
to be the Son Of God, like the King
Of Kings that he is, He answered Thou |
sayest-' The time had passed for
silence, and II required courage to stand |
before that bowling multitude and say
what He did. How much easier II would |
have been to have kept silent all the |
way through, and even to fight his case |
a little. How easy 1t 10 sometimes for |
rs when we are under fire to just keep
quiet Although Jesus was humble |
enough to accept the crown Of thorns |
and the torments Of His Prosecutors, He |
showed the kingly quality of standing
up for the right when occasion de- |
manded.
Does not that same struggle come |
TO US time and time again? Have you |
not had false remarks made about You, |
being silent all the way through, or per- |
Are you not tempted sometimes to ease |