The Alaska citizen., 1915-07-12

| dS AlIt oii IdSNSs tlt ' III IStldu NIit sputters and frets is not giving his | best light. Attention is called to the sputtering noise rather than to the delishtsome light We throw away the burned out electric bulbs | because they do not give good light Men throw away their bodies with wiCkedness and give no light. 1 The light is not to blame There is plenty of Truth, an abundance Of brain power. but these must be used not abused A man rolling in the dusty road after the celebration is not emanating very good influence. A lamp toppled over is losing oil which is its life for shining. "Ye are the light of the world" Are you !? Yes, if you are burning Truth and giving forth the light of character.
 50 let your light shine God and nature delight in the quiet pro cesses. The crops are perfected by "
 time. The fisherman soon learns that the trout are taken from the pools. The sailor fears at the noise of the breakers. but his delight is the quiet of the great deeps. The root cleaves the giant rock and aided by the elements quietly disintegrates hn fn hn -n,-ll !, never the suggestion of a sound the millions in the world gather the rate of interest Business. philan- thropy and religion are saying. Let men be seen not heard" Christ en- joins us to live so men will see. not hear our influence. Even so let your light shine More life and less noise is worthwhile power
 The lamps function is to keep on shining. To bother with it is to impair it's usefulness. Even a lamp must be trusted. Given certain conditions and you have light that brightens the room. Then the room can be set in order. Given certain conditions-a well kept body an alert mind; the truth sought and pursued; the windows of the soul opened for the flooding of the Spirit of Light. and you have an emana- ton of character that makes condi- tions so that the world and all it's ills and heavy burdens can be ad- justed. Some men are always gi@ ing forth influences for good; other fluences for evil; the difference is that upon which their life is replen- ished. Meet the conditions for good and the influence for good will take care of itself Even so let your life shine.
 In Investigating the lamp itself not depend on the kind of frame work of the lamp. A very beautiful lamp may be able to carry a most beautiful light, and the opposite may be the case. It is the same with watches. The thing that counts is not the exterior of the instrument with influence Many a Christian has large influence for great good whose outward appearance may not be very attractive as beauty usually goes but his heart being right with God he is right with his fellow men. The potent influence of the world is flowing from humble lives. The Apostle Paul was little known in his day, while the Emperor was widely known, too widely indeed, and his influence on the world has not been for the greatest good.
 The light of the lamp shines that it may reveal. The light revealed is the oil and the wick burning and being consumed, mysteriously chang ed from the fire applied from with out. So simple in operation and yet so mysterious for explanation. No more light than there is oil and wick So with the Christians life no more influence than there is light for influence. If the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness." Therefore for a life to give forth good influence the mind must be stored with Truth-the Truth of Gods word. The man has himself to express The prodigal son came to himself.' Christian influence is personal for it is a revelation of self It is of God for it is a revela- tion of the Truth. God revealed, therefore, to the world is the true ideal of the life of every man. He who is not thus revealing himself is sadly missing the mark of his life No man will reveal more Truth than he possesses. The Bible con tains Gods message to the world through Jesus Christ. The Christ ian as he shines will be a revela- tion of Christ to his fellowmen. He is responsible for the revelation of that which he possesses, but Is not responsible for the lack of needing tho truth on the mart of others for