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for a minute the utterances of such
men as Wilson, Roosevelt Lloyd
George and Abraham Lincoln-are
these the abStruSe and complex SOphlS-
tries Of cunning, worldly wise men?
On the contrary, all these show their
greatness by daring to stand for the
fundamental simplicities. Jesus stressed
these same virtues. His gospel is so
plain that a child may grasp it. lie
put child into the midst of his angry
and ambitious followers, and held up
the child qualities, and the idea OF
service, as the most desirable IN life.
A Prescription For Success.
Nothing is more needed in a demOc-
racy than these same ideals of Jesus.
His counsel is fundamental; If any
man would be first he shall be
servant to all" There we have the
soundest advice upon success ever
given. That teaching works. In fact,
like all the other truths he sets forth,
Jesus embodied this in his own life be-
fore he put it into words. He proved
That door is open to everybody.
There is literally nobody who cannot
serve. We may Gift lame dogs over
stiles"-and get after those who lame
them. We may remove banana peels
from the sidewalk, and help keep folks
from throwing them there. There are
to be fed. I know a man who always
gives an extra penny to the newsboy
and another who is careful to write
letters of coincidence Tor a person
with passion for service every day
Is full Of glorious opportunities. Never
mind about recognition: that was the
mlcrObe that troubled the twelve JUST
TO be helpful is to walk the way
charted by Jesus, and hallowed by his
Do we serio1Islv mean that Tas,s
here laid down program for life?
Nothing less than that He counseIs
his friends to be "the servants of all.
But surely he does not mean that we
are to serve the proud, the undeserv-
ing, and the unappreciative? God is
kind to the evil and the unthankfuI"
What people think and say does not
aIIect the truth which Jesus has in
dicated, that all who follow him should
serve and serve and serve-and die to
serve, If opportunity offers.
Two Much Powder and Paint.
one who travels extensively notes
Uhat there seems to be altogether too
much powder and paint used on wom-
ems faces; too much dining at res
taurants and too little hospitality in
homes; too much attention to clothes
and too little to reasing children; too
much "smaTtnesS'' and euptodateness
and too little regard for the old
fashioned conventions, such as the
sanctlty Of the Ten Commandments for
instance. In a word, there is too little
Of the child heart manifest among men
and women.
Indignation and Holiness.
Let nobody suppose that the simplic-
1ty and gentleness of the ideals of
Jesus mark him as a weakling. In
this lesson we find that the gentle
Jesus, whose patience seemed limitless,
ana who could endure neglect and even
insults to himself, famed forth and
was moved with indignation" when
ne saw his stupid disciples turning
chlldren away from him. Look out
Tor the holy wrath of a great saint
Jesus opened the walls of ais intense
FEELING, ard poured them upon the
heads Of his laundering friends.
Then 1t was that he declared. in
uealnless terms, the fundamental law
OF his kingdom: suffer the Little
Chlldren to come unto me; forbid them
not: Tor to such belongs the kingdom /
Of God. Verify I say unto you. Who
soeEer shall not receive the kingdom
OF Goa as little child he shall in
nowise enter therein And he took
them in his arms, and blessed them.
laying his hands upon them"
IhaI law still runs The child's
kingdom is coming We can hear If
sui in the echo of the Christmas bells.
The prominence of our schools. and
the multiplicity Of laws attuned to !
child welfare and the marvellous
growth of the Sunday school ali are |
lndlcaUlOns OF the present fulfiIlmeDt
OF the words of Jesus. The parent and |
the sunday school teacher have a !
great and noble part in working out I
this Christ ideal. They are factors in /
the kingdom of heaven and in tbe /
of earth for they are dealing !
with the stuff Of which states are |