The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-06-21
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Which kind of a person are you?
Are you of the kind. who like Saint
Peter wanted 10 know what they
would get out Of it for supporting and
following the Christ. Or are you =
true follower of that Christ. and are
you in this life TO serve and not to Dc
ministored unto This same question
arose many years ago when the
Apostle Peter asked the question of
his Master and received the answer
that has been the marking diileronc .
between the followers Of Christianity
and all the religions that ever ex-
listed.
Service thing that is sold, traded
in, and bartered like so much mani
mate merchandise. Seryice-a thing
which should be rendered for the
good that it does the individual who
gives. Service-a thing which devel-
opes the deepest, the best, and the
most potent of the godlike powers that
distinguishes man from all other of
the animal races. Service can come
from beasts IF burden. from animal
pets. like dogs, but no service can be
so complete, so far reaching, as the
service that is given by an intelligent
being, who in giving the service re-
ceives in return a development OF him.
self in the exercise of hat attribute.
view point Of life, strengthen our
s%ympathies. increase our power for
good. and i~nvigorate our whole ma
ture. both physical and moral. Every
increase of power to serve gives us
that much more power to receive good
from the service. Indirectly we gain
more than we give. but maintain the
matter OF giving or serving as the
primary reason for our doing.
The purely material individual, and
there are several OF him around.
wants to see, like Saint Peter, his re-
turns in so much money, honors, or
other material increment. A material
reward right in the hand is all that
he can comprehend. Yet with all of
his materialism he Is the first person
to render homage to the one who min
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II you can. where the giving Of SER
vice does not bring material gain. and
We will show you men who care not
for material gain for it's own sake,
but for the sake OF the further service
that they can render. No man has
more power, more talents, than he
can use to advantage. So il you are
poor In attributes Of leadership. of
money making, of other material sue.
cess. it is because you would not
know how to use those talents il you
possessed them. Exercise the mus
cles and the whole body becomes
strong. Exercise the mind and the
brain becomes active, virile and crea-
tive. Exercise your material gifts
and they gather to themselves other
material of the same nature. Put
money into circulation and the nation
grows. hoard it and the whole people
suffer.
The time for a distinguishing OF
yourself in this relation of where you
stand in your relation to life, is right
at hand. Are you here only for the
little dollar and that little dollar
alone? Or are you here for the
greater mission. that carries with it
all you a get from the lesser one
and much more both for body and
for mind. Serve, and in the serving
develop. Serve, and in the serving
so strengthen yourself that you may
be strong to receive the gifts that
your service will bring you. No man
but the Christ ever served for the
pure love of serving. but all men can
serve for the love Of serving and re-
ceiye the gifts that service brings
without being mercenary or self-serv-
Ing.
Serve: the Red Cross call for the