Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-11-14
THE GREAT PARTNER
SHIP
BY William T. Ella.

BY William 7. Ellis.
Fluttering- mindedness marks our
q Folks are uncertain OF every
thing. themselves included. The gen.
erality of mankind seems to be without
any deep faith. Even from our poll
day appears to have departed. The
familiar lines on which this topic is
based:
1.-THE Lord is my helper: 1 will not
fear:
What shall men do unto me?"
represent an older ideal Of thought.
Yet we max bold to say that they
set forth h need Of our " time.
The sense of God seems t. have faded
the fulflment Of any article of the
days social program. we need this I'M
DERIVING. all-sustaining sense Of being
In alliance with the great God.
.s Henry 81 prummond says: Every
Christ be that spring"
Wherever a traveller goes in for
eign lands he Is sure to see the adj
refreshments Of the Singer Sewing Ma
chine company. IL the local agent bu.
knew how great is the business with
which he Is connected he could say to
his %neighbors. be they Arabs or Chi
neses or Hindus. OF Russians. II am
q small part of great whole. This bus
mess Is worldwide. My firm 10 so great
that 1t may be counted on to do the
uttermost everything it promises"
SO the worker in the local church may
say: This branch does not by any
means display all the wares of u
house. We do a worldwide business.
Our praise is on the lips Of men all
over thee earth. You cannot understand
n church local until you understand
the church universal, and all the menu
bers OF the corporation. in this world
and beyond the Skies" It is heartening
to h average Christian to remember
the greatness Of the work Of which he
Is q part, and the omnipotence of the
Head Of the house.
A Christian started out in a driving
storm to q rescue mission saying: 1.-The
weather and I are on the business OF
the same Master, and we shall not In
terfere with each other"
Wherever, in all this wide world. q
man drives a nail or writes a book or
breaches q sermon or teaches a child
or drives q horse for the welfare of
man and the glory of God. that man
operation OF all III limitless forces Of
Omnipotence.
Some responsibilities belong solely
to the Supreme Authority; and His
s~ubOrdinates are accountable only for
fidelity. The captain Of a ship. and
no. the or the stewards. is
running that ship. The United States
navy recently disciplined an officer be-
cause his ship ran aground, when he
was not on the bridge at all, but asleep
In his cabin. There is peace in the
assurance that many things about our
NE ana our work are not our affairs
at all, but Gods. We have only to
carry out orders. II we are faithful in
following the orders clearly given, the
rest is with Him.
Many firms fail. a the great COM
merctal agencies, like Dun and Brad
street. eau of insufficient capital.
A partner with would have
the wrecked business. Sc with
lie. Many OF us are going to smash
simply because we need a Partner.
with greater han ourselves.
TO be our helper. That Partner stands
ready to go into business with all who
are are. willing to be 'laborers together
A great confidence is born of a great
experience. 1t is the man who has
made many horseshoes who offers with
no note OF uncertainty in his voice, to
shoe the travellers horse satisfactorily.
me youth entering active life is
neve been actually tried. They count
most confidentally upon the help Of
God who have depended upon him In
the past. They who trust him great
~. Ind him greatly true
The really great things OF life. the
things that last and that reach out
into other lives. are all spiritual. They
partake OF some quality that is beyond
mere human capability. So It IL he who
knows how the power Of Christ flows
through his own abilities, and then
goes far beyond them, who says, with
Paul. = cand do all things through Him
Who strengthened me-"
7 will lift up mine eyes unto the hills:
From Whence coneth my help?
Ny help cometh from Jehovah,
Who made heaven and earth"
Once, %sojourning in . native Japa-
iese Inn. In Mike, q boy came with
!urdos to my room. Because he could
tpeak q little English. It was worth
Ehile to have him. In the course Of
ne visit, I asked him where he had
earned his English. From my mas
er." was the reply. That keynote Re.
founded through the evening conversa-
ion: 1t was my MASTER this and
my master that. The excellencies az
ne master were ever on the servants
Fps. 80 that, in spirit, the boy said:
For me to live 10 my MASTER That