Evening journal., 1918-07-31
Topic: "AlI for Christ. F"

Topic: "All for Christ"
Our Ambitions--Phil. 3;4-ii.
Written by Mr.. Samuel Reed, Yves
Christian Endeavor.
Z From early In life until death we ar'
hlled with an ambition to become
somebody and make our mark In The
world In our younger lives our am
billions lead us to follow some person
that we see or read about, who takes
our fancy, as for instance, TO scalp
Indians or to be bare back rider In
t circus. but as we grow older our ann
bitions become more conservative and
we look forward to higher and noDler
ideals.
Webster says an ambition is con-
Stunning desire to achieve some object
or purpose. But II matters not what
our ambition is II we have not God
with us all our energy and time VIII
be wasted, for as Paul says In the les
son, II he did not have Christ with
him he would count all his earthly
gain as a spiritual loss.
II is the spiritual element that counts
largely in our success. Generally
speaking It Is the religious people that
are the most influential men and wom-
en- in any community. We feel that II
is necessary for our leaders to have
the noblest and highest conceptions OF
life. and that II their ideals are low
and earthly they are not competent to
lead. and furthermore we feel that they
are not to be trusted, II the spiritual
side OF their life has not been well de-
veloped.
We must remember that in any
sphere OF life It is personality that
counts: IL is not only what is done, but
the person who does II and the spirit
in which Il is done that counts. Put
two men OF equally balanced faculties
and talents side by side. In the same
set Of circumstances and IL VIII be the
spiritual man who will have most
weight and influence. Cultivate the
spiritual because it Is highest and
best: because It enobles your character
and makes you finer and better work
er in the field Of the world. Cultivate
II because il is life, real life.
II You wish to realize your ambi-
tlon you must think we'll Of yourself
not in a sense TO make you conceited,
but to have faith in yourself Self
reliance is the best capital in the
world. for it has overcome more dill
culties and carried through more enter
prlses than any other human quality.
believe IL we had larger conception
OF our possibilities and larger faith
In ourselves we would accomplish a
great deal more. II we only understood
Christ better we would be possessed of
this larger faith.
God made us to hold up our heads
and carry ourselves like a conqueror,
not like a slave. as success, not as
failure. We must not belittle our
selves. for self-depreciation is crime.
There Is no inferiority about the man
that God made The only inferiority In
us is what we put into ourselves. We
must remember that what God made Is
perfect. The trouble is that most OF us
are not only limitations OF the man
God made and intended. II is the man
who can. "who can"
One fault with most OF us is that
we start out with too small expecta-
fions. We plan for things on a small
scale, we do not aim high enough. II is |
best 10 aspire to the higher ideals II
we never reach the goal. We were put |
here for a purpose. and we should bend
every effort to accomplish that purpose.
Develop your talents a little every day
and determine that you will be fac
tor in human life and well thought and
spoken Of in your community.
A good many have ambitions that are