The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-11-07
az WILLIAM I ELLIS

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Y takes courage and resolution 20
live for arst thngs Only rare souls
succeed in doing so. For Il Is easy
20 slip down 20 tbs level OF a sec
onc-rats llte There Is great stgrih.
canoe In th>-enet th.-t---Al f i-1tfss o.
part OF he world Is pursuing second
AIRY things. To dress we'll 20 live
vel. 70 win mems praises, to--ss--
press ones ueighbors. 20 CRAFTY
one's pride. 20 pile up moUy 20
show ones self superior 90 tho mex
man--such a these are the Aubi
tions OF most Of us. True. We may
not care 20 see them cstaiogusd
/ thus. for hey do not impress us as
! being very noble. yet the plain truth
II that FOR ends ifke these we are
giving the hest OF our days and the
reddest OF our hearts blood. All
/ the objects that have been enruf
I ated may Re condensed as lies SEQ
1 ondary things. because hes 90 nor
endure: they nre OF time pnrishirg
tsnd not Of eternity everlasting. Re
cause man IS eternal all OF his goals
! should be eternal also
Elves are ike buildings Thoy
! cannot endure without good fQgud2-
4 tlons-th silent, unseen powers OK
/ the spiritual nature on whose depths
depend an achievement II We would
build high and permanently we must
prepare deep and broad founda-
lions
A. bright writer haa said that eve
nm orr houses with poor pictures.
our librarier With worthless books.
our heads WITH second rate thoughts.
ear Ives wlth He4eFthy friendship,
our days with unsatisfactory WAX
and our nights with unsatiifactory
pleasures all because We don't know
a good thing when We zee ~ lie
4. right Poor choices make half
The tragedies Of time and eternity.
Every one OF us n every da7 pa e.
ing BY he best and accepting he
second best or tha worst We some
how seem unable 20 realize che 81.
prerue Importance OF choosing sndur
ing AMI essential things Yet our
choices make or mar our lives.
The Erea, Indictment that Christ
brought against The things for
which men were giving theft lives
was that they were not worth while
They were not IN Themselves bad
but the7 were az minor Importance
they did not last Tfis summons n
men was summons 20 rise 70 a
ioftier conception ~ lifa. lie babe
them lift their aims and cult me
! mere existence which took no count
~ higher things Jesus implanted
IN mems breasts divine and tter
nal ambition. Seek nrst the king
dom" cried he: those lesser and
Incidental things will fall into theil
proper place and he added unto YOU
They az themselves a. LIES aims
are not worth n thought
"where mere "a no, vision the neo
pie PERISH says tho word 81 God
The truth IL one of wide meant 2
II applies 10 a nation. 10 church
n an individual The power Rnf
peace OF a Christians life viii b
exactly In proportion 20 his visior
Of spiritual thing 1f The heavens
are closed 20 him: n he can zee onl,
the enemies IN front OF him and no
heavenly helpers above and sbou
him, n his EYES are opcn ~ mate
rial things. but shut 70 the beautiei
~ Gods word and ~ Cod worship
ihen his religious isse viii inevitably
be weak, declining and Joy .oe'
thing Power 20 live below depends
on ability 20 look above.
Many % ne deeds and profession
81 Christians life must seem a.
' folly 20 the wording; The simrl'
! reason is. of course. his own spirit
uai blindness. The deep thngs O.
rellgidn arc altogether ihccppfltrn
slhie 20 ths uhrcgcncraih. T'terefDr
a Christian mus, 1.-Two his iife regard
. less 81 The world and 'i's' opinions
p seaklng his wisdom and hts cOmf0r
] from abovs.
. Think FOR IN instant of Tho thing
: We accept instead of Jesus TIN
q room that belongs ~ him We give q
q Foolish pride 10. vain pleasures. y
+ worldly ambitions and 20 petty cell
ishnses-all TRIES OF q day, III