Evening journal., 1916-02-21

Westinghouse; you may have been
baptised with, or i'm or under water
fresh from the Holy Jordan; you may /
have performed all OF the rites and /
ceremonies of every religious order. |
And yet, II you are not willing to do !
what God wants you to do, and go
where He wants you to go, you must
OF necessity be cast away. Tho inn !
portant thing about your life is not
that you be, or do. this or that not
that you so to or abide in this place
or the other. The important thing
about every life is that he does the
viii of God.
This obedience to divine authority
is essential for peace, as well as
knowledge and effectiveness. and sal
vation. Physicians say this is an age
OF hysteria, OF nervous prostratiOn.
The greatest cause OF all of this is
sin. And what is sin but disObedi-
enco TO God? We are trying 10 90
contrary to Gods plan, to split, as it
We're crosswise OF the grain. When
God wants us 10 go one way. and we,
like Jonah proceed TO go another
way IT. hluhtn AlN0Ns NNtM ONl
Wills are parallel with His will. there
is no cross. Jesus said. MY peace
give unto you" and the peace OF
Christ was caused. primarily. by His
willingness to do the will of the Faith
er When We tune the instrument OF
our souls in harmony with the heav-
enly chorus. there is no discordant
note to rasp and Jar and wear and
worry. Great peace have they that
love the law" Thou wilt keep him
in perfect peace whose mind is stayed
on Thee: because he trusteth in
Thee" When we bring our lives in
to conformity TO Gods eternal pur-
pose and become laborers together
with Him. no longer do we struggle
Intellectually against the stream, but.
prospered by His kindly currents and
favoring breezes. with a peaceful voy-
age we gain at last the long desired
port. which, striving alone. we would
have tOiled to reach in vain.
know not what God has in store
for you in the years to come, neither
what he has in store for me. / know
that It is a very serious thing to put
yourself wholly into Gods hands TO
do His will II may be an overturn-
ing OF all OF your most cherished
plans and prospects. Il may take you
out of your chosen work and put you
into something that you have said you
would not do, that you had fought
against doing. For. as rule, II there
is anything in which one says. mo"
to God is that very thing he will have
TO say yes" before he can gain a
great blessing Yet Il has come to
this. according TO the words OF our
Master We must either cease our
mere verbal profession. or we must
Internationally abandon ourselves to
do His will.
DO you believe in Christ? DO you
believe In His infinite wisdom, His in
finite power. His infinite love? 10
YOU believe that His plan for your
life Is a better plan than you possibly
can form for yourself. DO you believe
that In proportion as you follow this
plan. your life. from the eternal
standpoint. will be permanently ricf
and happy and successful? II you do
then you will exclaim with the Psalm
list. 81 delight TO do Thy will, o Cod
: n. in times Of war, men are Willing
? to leave home and family and friends
] to leave. business and fortune. en-
turn their back on all the world hold
8 dear. 10 give their time. their healt
! and strength. and even life itself 70
b. the sake OF their country. what ough
; lives be willing TO do for their Grea
, Commander Jesus Christ, and the ad
! vancement Of the kingdom OF God?
During the Civil War the citizens o
Boston raised the money and equipped
a regiment of negro soldiers. The,
decided that i'm order 10 have this reg
iment have a place and prestige IN
the army il would be necessary tc
officer It with white men, and the
higher the character OF the officers
the greater would be the rank OF the
regiment. A committee was choser
TO select a colonel. After careful con
sideration they decided unanimously
upon talented young lawyer of Bos
ton. Robert Gould Shaw. They waite'
upon him and expressed to him thei
request. They said. "Mr. Shaw, W.
know that il you take this position
il will be at a great sacrifice, bu
we feel that the fate OF the nation /
hanging in the balance, and you
country needs your service. Hence W