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was unjust and untrue and therefore
could not comprehend its meaning. The
Bible tells MS that eff thine eyes be
evil thine whole body shall be full of
darkness. If we turn away from the
path of right we wilfully turn our backs
upon Truth. Let us not allow the world
to befOg our minds so that mammon
shall be the main object of our lives.
Let us not become so affiliated with the
political scenes of our day, that we
shall shrink from standing squarely
against a public wrong. If we are not
true to the inner light and voice Of
conscience we cannot come TO an in
telligent knowledge of the Truth. owe
read that the pure in heart shall see
God, but the person who is insincere,
not only breaks the law Of God but de-
liberately shuts himself in the darkness
where it is impossible TO have a real
undimmed vision of God Let us live
more and more on the mountain-top of
God S infinite love, reached by the stair
way of the commandments, and we shall
get glimpses Of eternal Truth without
an intervening cloud. Study the lives
of those whose characters were founded
upon Truth. Read the lives of Isaiah,
Paul, of Plato, Carlyle Tennyson, of
Washington and Lincoln, and nothing
can hinder you from acquiring this
mine of wealth TO which / have already
referred
Above all study the life Of the peer
less teacher Of Nazareth. His life is
the greatest inspiring force in the world
today. Take Christ out of history and
it is meaningless. Take Christ out of
art and il is lost theme. Take Christ
out of society and the glory of life
would at once fade away.
If we would make success of life
we must be systematic, we must have
plan, purpose, a pattern If you please.
God commanded Moses to make the
tabernacle according TO the pattern he
saw in the mount.
We each have n task to discharge, a
building TO construct. Our lives are
intended TO be Temples of the living
God. Eternal Truth is the unchange
able foundation of God s temple, but
we need more than material for foun-
dation. We need a plan. You would
not employ an architect to draw plans
for sheep shed; but if you intend
building a mansion or palace you
would secure plans SO God gives us a
pattern. OOu uOts All iniuEo ny liduf
and according to purpose. As you
look upon the flowers of the field, the
beautiful landscape; the towering hills;
the vast expanse of the ocean; the heav-
enly bodies; they are the outcome Of
God IS wisdom and forethought. With
out purpose life is meaningless. Too
many move aimlessly about like the
butterfly. If you would succeed, con-
centrate your thought upon some pur-
pose or plan. Talking with a young
man about success and a career, DR..
Samuel Johnson advised a young man
to know something about everything
and everything about something. The
advice was good in DIR. Johnson IS day
when London was an isolated village,
and il took a week TO get the news
from Paris, Rome and Berlin. Today
| if a man were 60 take all knowledge
for his province and try to know some
thing about everything the allotment of
time would give possibly one minute
for each subject and soon the youth
would fit from topic 10 topic as a bee
| from flower 10 flower and life would be
about as evanescent as the drone that
lives for the present honey and for the
present moment.
Today, commercial, literary or inven-
tive success means concentration. Edi-
son g life motto has been "This one