The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1915-06-14
HIDDEN AMONG THE STUFF.
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among the stuff Sam. 1922.
1t is with reluctance that your
attention should be called to the
failure OF a man. To morbidly
pine over the faults of others is
not a good tonic for the soul. 1t is
good TO talk of the successes OF
mankind and TO emulate the good
deeds of those who have dared to
do and have done. There are times
when the study Of failure is more
important than the study OF con
quest in steering the soul on the
proper course The captain who
believes there can be no dangers
ahead is unfit to steer the ship.
The engineer who believes that no
one would be base enough to I'M
lock the switch is better off at
home with his garden tools. The
miner who thinks he will not slip
and fall to the bottom of the shaft
had better beware
II is so easy to get hidden among
the stuff of life. The Sunday ball
game may have been a poor affair,
Out 1t beat sitting around the
house" The Sunday picture show
may not present very high moral
standard, but there is no place
else to go" The modern dance may
not send the dancers away with
prayermeeting feelings, but every
body goes" Yes, within yourself
lies the course of whatever enters
into your life. And when the
thoughts are not very high and
when the bodily appetites drown
the cravings of the soul it is very
easy to get hidden among the stuff.
Saul was fine looking young
man. He was head and shoulders
above his fellows. The whole ma
ton admired him. and thought he
would make a good warrior. lie
was called to be a king and to be
king he must possess kingly quail
tiles You are called to be a king
or a queen. No human should de-
sire to hold a lesser position 1t
is in your power to be what you
want to be, providing you want to
be that for which God has given
you life and breath and all things
you possess. When the day OF your
coronation appears do not let the
stuff of the world cover up your
kingliness and queenliness
1t arouses ones contempt to see a
big man, man born for great
aIouses a lively disgust to see wo-
men selling their latent lovable
qualities for stuff when they could
make a silver lining in many a
storm cloud in lives OF the sub
merged tenth" There are indeed
many things we can almost excuse
character, that would be almost an
objectionable sin in a man or woman
big with possibilities.
Everyone of us would forgive FAC
cheus for climbing tree in order
to see Jesus pass by. but We scarce
can forgive Saul for crawling into
hole and covering himself with
stuff SO his kingdom could not find
him. Before we get him out, since
We know where he is. let us re-
fresh your memory.
We object to his ancestry. His
father was man of wealth and
power. He stood we'll in the com
concerned much about God and the
trouble the surrounding nations were
giving the Israelite because they
had turned away from the Truth to
serve idols Their business was to
raises asses, and it is little wonder
that when Saul was called to some
thing great he crept into his own
environment. We hear OF others of
the heads of families in Israel vel
coming the prophet Samuel. and
turning aside to listen to his com
mands from God to the people, but
Saul did not seem to know who
Samuel was, had never seen him, in
fact. Being busy with his stock
Kish had never called the family
aside to listen to the prophet as
be passed along that way telling
the people of the judgments OF
the Lord. No, kish had little use
for the churches. He cared more
for driving horseless carriage than
for taking his family to church
Sunday was good time to plan
and figure up, but he never solved
the problem, What shall 1t profit,
a man, il he gain the whole world
and lose his own soul?"
The world is still propagating the
descendants OF Kish. There seems
no end of folks who are so tireC
doing nothing during the week thai
they are still too weary to attenC
Gods house on Sunday. For sly
days God showers upon them Hi!
tenderest mercies which they daily
receive without gratitude and with