Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-05-09
BY William T. Ellis.


"Shun ambition cries the poet. Well,
that depends on the ambition. The great
est boon that could come to a few million
persons would be an attack of ambition.
They do not achieve because they do not
aspire. They sorely need to be aroused
lives for little ends. Wherever the New
Testament has had free course in the
minds of people it has melted them to
yond question, Christianity has been the
greatest spur applied to mortal minds.
This is the explanation of the obvious
fact that Christians rule the world today.
The civilization that it attuned to the
keynote of the Apostle Pauls magnificent
declaration, II can do all things through
Christ which strengthened me-" is headed
straight for the Kingdom OF heaven.
A Christian should ever be content with
his lot. but never satisfied nth himself.
Not all dynamite doings are outrages.
mite is a %favorite with f''s New Testament
writer's. Commonly it is translated
power" The gospel is dynamite. 1t has
blown over most of the institutions Of
Blown up by the gospel. Where are the
class lines of glorious Greece and power-'
fni Rome? Blown up by the gospel.
kind? Blown up by the gospel. Where
are the expressions and cruelties toward
the tOilers, and the e~ubjugatiOn OF woman
kind. which once were general? Blown up
by the gospel. And. more constructively,
what has made the slave over into the
Christian freeman? The power of the gos-
pei What has liberated minds as we'll as
bodies. so that the worlds great literature
today is a Christian literature? The pow
er of the gospel, what has written into
the statute books of nations the world
around new laws of liberty. education and
human well-being? The power of the Cos
pei. The warrant that the gospel of Christ
will accomplish the great tasks which
remain for 1t is the historical evidence OF
its past accom- plishments.
There is no task on earth that is beyond
the power of one man leagued with God.
The very genius of Christianity had
been caught by Carey when he wrote.
. .EsPee ,b, Ersat te things 5;sd from r Scd; ,a as.smp pt
high emprise, this daring devotion to diff
f1cult deeds. has ample New Testament
warrant. 1t is apostolic. When God finds
venture mighty tasks for the Names
sake, he fills his hands and his life-and
continually enlarges the capacity Of both.
Notices sometimes explain careers. One
man who had risen from lowliness to q
position of really worldwide influence was
had possessed no education. no infuenti III
friends. and no special opportunities. The
answer, spoken In the of init
mate %iriendship:: and not for the public
the truth. and I snail do all things
through Christ which strengthened me-
That became my life motto. Everything
= nave dared or done has been in vindica-
ton Of that truth. a v trusted Christ
treaty. and-have found Him greatly
Strength is one thing. and power ia
another. The giant of Gath had strength,
but David had power.-Mocdy.
and We must have z iasa, NorK % pow aei
With which. to do it.-A. j. Gordon.
30 great Is the work Of the kingdom
snat only they who.are conscious OF limit
undertake. Il. Spiritual service, even in its
elemental forms. Is far beyond mere hu-
~ Ecapaclty. Unless helped from above.
We labor In vain below. Except the Lrrd
S Su,'d the !. house. h labor in vain that's
What man has done. man can do
That familiar epigram has spurred many
. y0uth,a annhit.On.s tits profoundly true.
What Chrlstians have done Christians
nay. 60; The power. that made Paul also
q Christian may be helped by God to be-.
come - great = servant ~ he daressto be.
II the ''pldgin English OF the China
cosse one o9 the comrnonest phrases Is.
can DO The mayter says to the SER
yent. Car dol" The servant
SCansoo." A. GOOD worker Is q .s..can do
Ram Ae. has Efficiency. To lift the. figure
Up 70 = high plane. We sAy that theSfeith
sxg! olsciple of Christ ~ e do" ser>
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