Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-06
"CHR|ST|AN DUTY
AND KNOWLEDGE
Christian Endeavor Topic Dis
cusscd for Members by Mrs.
II. +. Smith.
Psalm IIg, verses . to Ii.
Mrs II Framcr Smith

translated cleanse, means, IN tho orig
inal, "to he pure or, what amounts To a
stronger purpose, Ito make pure. Thus
the Christian Duty and knowledge
thought Of these eight verses represents
Gods way Of purifying the lie, and
threefold progreas-rncthod Of accomplish
ing this notification can be disccrned rs
The logical structure of the section. That
Christian Duty and knowledge are the
termini of the structure thus discerned Is
obvious. The first division NAV he called.
/ The Realization Of Personal Weak
ness (verscs and To-
The question ol verse nine. How shall
youth cleanse its way. how shall youth
be made pure Is realization OF personal
weakness scripturaliv anticipated In
Isaiah 53.6 and 6i.G Gods very chosen
arc shown 10 have acquired this weakness
born of sin Little wonder that David
greatest Of Isracl's royal representative
should have been concerned about the
youth of that nation. that the cleansing
might begin at it's fountain head, youth.
The overwhelming confession of this
weakness portrayed IN the tenth verse
sounds certainly Davidic II ever man
had sought God with tho whole heart u
was he; vet if every man had reason H.
cry: % Let mo not wander from thv
commandments II was likewise he
Christian Endeavorers, youth IS the
lSevword of our organization. We need
no Old Testament testimony that We have
need of cleansing save that which bears
New Testament confederation az, Tor
example, There is none righteous no,
not one Not few nf us have sought
with the whole heart, vet with constant
tendency to wander from God s command
ments even the two commandments upon
which hang the law and the prophets.
II is interesting then, To follow The Psalmist
IN the second division 81 tire section whlch
might be called
H. The development of individual
strength (vcrscs | ! and y
\ remark able feature Of The realization
Of personal weakness is reviewed through
a comparison of the last clauses Of verses
nine and ten. respectively The hccding
Of Gods word admittedly necessary 10
cleansing was evidently wanting: n very
| least the PRAYER ~ be kept from wandering
| from Gods commandments was born ot
| sin-prcgs,Ire that each one of us knows
| only too ,gel II youth Is 70 bc cleansesl
| and personal weakness oveYcome. midi
| vidual strength must be developed The
| needing of the word NAV be = problem.
| the hiding of the word y the solution.
| God ] shall not SIN against Thee II hide
| Thv word In my heart J =, three blessed
at Thous. q lord, for thus Teaching me
! Thy statutes.
| Fndcavorcrs. IT is through thr hcaft
| door, that God word goes on 70 indl-
| vid,lal strength that overcomcs personal
weakness. The pure IN heart arr blessed
| because Il Is ont oi the abundance OF til,
| heart that the mouth spcaketh ant, toe
often alas. shows that ont of the hcar'
| proceed evil thoughts But hide God
word in the heart and the new treasur'
| will be knowledge Of His statutes /
| the verv voice of the heart IL the Wore
| Of God, how can NE hut heed HIS com
| manlments and what can NJ say bu
that we have learned His statutes Via
| Will result may he called
III The Manifestation ol ACQUIRED
| Power verses f3-Ift
Here we can be brief allowing the verse'
| to speak their evn verbatim mess age
| The knowledge that he hidden Worf
has produced and. for weakness. stIhSti
tuted strength is stated IN verse thirteen
| The lov that the transition has brought L
| the theme Of verse fourteen The new
! dutv Of conservation Is the theme OF tht
| fifteenth verse. wbIle the sixteenth ane
| final verse of the section reveals a contrast
to the ninth. or first, that amounts (
q rebuke Instead OF wandering from the
word there IS a never-forgettlag ot It
Instead of "a hcart-sorc .wherewifhal
there IS q light-hearted Il viii delight
| myself
Just this IN conclusion The Psalmist
/ was in the fold, not ont of It II he. u
one Of the chn-cn perceived this need of
| knowledge and duty, and Il ". through
! the study of the section, have followed his
rmnd We can otlN admit hoW we'll the
| study Is named, and how much the lesson
! Is needed Christian duty and knowledge.
| The Executive CommIttee his three Of
| its members In the service; Thomas
| Sweeney. Lemucl Birch and NOV our
pastoralcounselor Rev Henry Cunning
| ham.
Ore O. our boys - home With Us ier ).
| ten day furlough. CoTpnrai Leonard Poster
| CORPORAL Poster was always very active
| III Christian Endcavor work and he Is
| nov stationed ii Camp t,ordon. etearga
| uuh the 327th Infantry IL Is proud ii
| fs regiment, aud they eltI0 t. be Tue
| best regiment OF the SD DIVISION
Among other Delaware boy II the camp
| who send us greetings Is Rct l4hn
| LINDSAY from Westminster Church.
l. 1t any wonder our rally chairman
SAID he wa working to hl West Church
at our Spring RnlIy' He Is ttP t. the
| minute. for he has serured Tor our speaker
| DR. c. l. Hubbard, the new pastor oi
| St Paul's NJ T.. Church
Bethany, ono oi our neW soeletics. had
q particularly good meeting last Sunday
! evening Their theme Vas mission work
| in Africa and It was not only interesting
| but also instructive They have been
/ having large attendance If al al fheu
meetings and their members have been
/ taking an active part IN the work
| We are glad to say II Paul soflet1
| scem- to have taken on new lease ai
! life. Jldcng from the attendance
! and the interest shown At the last coupl,
| II meetings.
First VI l. ha, organized i .laHlur { !
society. anil they have appointed Alr.
j L Graham as Junior superintendent
They organized about three weeks az,
and they now have q membership oi abou
forty children.
We will all hc gIad "a welcome br
Hubbard into ou edy | mon
Dom forget Tire Spiing Rally !. u h
held IT. West Church on April II
Tie topic ncat week vii he written d
Miss Elizabeth krauss.
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