The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-05

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be any praise, think on these things"
philippians 49, He said:
More and more we are learning the
power Of the will. "As a man think.
eth in his heart, so Is be-" The heart
represents the real man, whom we are
not always able to properly recognize,
weigh and value. God looks upon the
heart, and each man should carefully
scrutinize his own heart-especiaIly all
who desire to be pleasing in Gods
sight. But the Apostle uses the word
think as representing another process
Of the mind, the will. We must do
some thinking in order to will proper
~, wisely. AS a man thinketh, he will
gradually come to do, because the
nsnd' the thoughts, give us our ideals
for the activities of life, just as the
architects drawings give ideals In re-
spect to the construction of a house.
The man who does no thinking has
not properly begun to live. The man
who thinks upon wrong things, who
has set before his mind wrong ideals,
is worse of than the man who has no
ideals. We must admit the truth of
the Apostles proposition that We should
think upon the good. the honorable.
the just, the pure, the true. the loving
things. If we would have our lives
just, loving. true, noble. pure, lovely
and lovable.
I have chosen this subject, not be-
cause I believe that this congregation
is devoid Of good ideals, but because
we are apt to let slip some of those
noble ideals which we set before u
minds and which God has set before
us through the words Of Jesus and the
Apostles and others of His servants.
We need to set u affections on that
which is just. noble. true and good
the Heavenly things Of Divine ap-
proval: and as they slip away to
earthly ideals, we are to set them
afresh. The opening of a new year is
n time especially favorable for reset
ting our heart affections upon things
that are just. noble. pureS lovely, the
time for calling to our aid all the will
power and resolutions which we can
command. Thus we make character.
Moreover, we r all preaching, by
our words in public and In private.
and by our. actions. Our nelghbors
and our friends are Influenced more
by our actions than by our words II
the two are in conflict. AS Gods peo-
pie we are all to be ministers Of the
Truth, ambassadors for God, to show
forth His praises as we have opportu-
nifty. Our ordination. our authorize
ton. is OF God through the Holy
Spirit. Whoever has received that has
a Divine authority to preach, which Is
the highest. the only authority.
The Worlds Purisy Congress.
In November last 7 received appoint
ment as a delegate to the Worlds Pur-
lily Congress, which met in Minneap-
oils, November 7th to 18th. Although
/ hesitated because Of pressure upon
my time, ] was afterward glad OF the
experiences gained. There 7 made the
acquaintance Of some noble men and
women who. so far as I could Judge,
ARE laying down their lives In lighting
against sin. %irnpurity. wrong, and to
uplift humanity. Nearly all seemed ia
be having a considerable fight against
the powers of darkness In their va.
rious fields OF activity; and all seemed
earnest, jealous. courageous and hope
full. Some lahored as followers OF
Christ; others labored apparently
merely from a humanitarian stand.
!. point. But. I reflected. the Lord de
clared that there are but two masters
so I said to myself. AS between God
and mammon. these dear people seen
to be seeking to serve God and to fight
against nammon, against sin, against
vice. They are on the Lords side,
whether they realize II or not.
You will be interested respecting ths
scope OF that Congress. and the va
rious fields OF activity OF the workers
The G0ngrass did NOT discuss ayiIG
merely. bnt rather the good. and swilat
must he accomplished In order TO havs
The good prevail. was pleased ii
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