The Robesonian., 1918-03-14
WHAT IS THAT IN THINE
HAND?~

HAND!
And the Lord said unto him, What
is that in thine hand? And he said,
A rod--Exodus AZ.
Using that as his text, at Chestnut
Street Methodist church Sunday even
ing DR.. R. C.. Beaman told how the
Hindenburg line, Of which the proud
boast has been made that it cannos
be broken, can be broken and will De
broken. That was not what he was
preaching about, but the statement
followed naturally and there was no
escape from it in the logic Of his az
gument. It will be broken when a
band of men get in touch with God
lay their resources at Gods feet, and
stay in touch with Him.
Slender equipment, that-A rod!
But it was sufficient for God to lead
a flock or establish kingdom.
Moses was busy man. God called
him from his work to use the equip
ment he had. God never uses idle
men. He always calls busy men. He
called Dwight L. Moody, busy shoe
drummer, and made him a flaming
evangel in two continents. He called
William E. Gladstone, busy with the
cares of state. and made him power
for righteousness. The busiest men in
this nation, men who were linked II
with the mightiest forces in the wofld
of business, hurried to Washington
at the beginning Of this war and Of
fered their services to the President
That is the way God works, anr
that is the way the nation must work
God is always busy and he has no 5st
, for an idle man. He cannot use al
idle man, The devil can and does
but God calls busy men to do Ii!
work.
Lay your equipment at Gods fee
) and see what will happen. Your equip
| raent may be insignificant. That doe
| not matter The one-talent man wrap
his talent in a napkin and says if h
had the chance to do something big
to astonish the world and occupy tn
center Of the stage, he'd go into part
| nership with God. No, he wouldn't
the preacher declared; he'd do jus
as he is doing with his one poo
talent. It is the man who bring
! the shepherds staff and lays it a
Gods feet that God can use to guild
a flock or establish a kingdom. Th
call Of God is not for every one to b
{ a star but for each one to lay what
ever resources one has, however slen
der they may be, at His feet. It j
better to be a glowworm than not t
shine at all.
God entered into the rod which Mos
es laid at his feet.
Napoleon's boast that God is on tn
side of the strongest battalion is true
for the strongest battalion is the bal
talon on whose side God is. Tn
proud boast is made that the Hinder
burg line cannot be broken; but it wi
be broken by men who get in touc
with God and stay in touch with Hin
because the strongest battalion is tf
| battalion God is with.
i And the Lord said unto him, Whs
is that ia thy hand? And he sal
: A rod.
w nen the natio2 learns the iesse
dawn from that text by Dr.. Beamz
the war will bc Won. When evs,
4 ore is willing to lay his resources {
=. tie nations altar and do his possib
: in whatever sphere he can acco1npli;
;. most, the rest will be easy. Il is II
given TO every one to be d star OF t.
first. ma gnitude. What {, monotono
: a,:! Impossible vor1d it would be
0 that were not so!
n If you cannot buy Liberty be-
d you can buy a War Savings stam
e if you cannot buy a War savin
e stamp you can buy Thrift STAN
II Lay your resources, whatever Il
q are, at the service Of the nation, a
: see what will happen.
e He that hath ears to hear, let n
It hear"