The Denver star., 1918-09-28

t the postomcs in the city Of Denver.
EDITORIAL REFRESHMENTS BY
KYLE.
A Christian is God Almighty's gen.
tleman.
Not soft hands and soft jobs. but
downright service is the end of life.
He who fears to offend takes the
first step to please.
Offense need not be taken simply
because it is offered.
The weaker a man is the stronger
his habits grow on him.
Play the game of life on the level
and you'll win.
Never Judge man by his outward
appearance.
Time changes, SO do men and all
things else. save principle. 1t is as
fixed as the throne of God.
BY hiding the word of God in our
heart. as the Psalmist directs. we shut
out the evil which might otherwise
creep in.
Enlightened Christian civilization
has no confidence in the multiplicity of
Legislative enactments. Human gov
ernments will become burdensome and
a curse if the people are not civilized.
Common life-just plain, common,
everyday living-is the representative
life. the average Of it all. Life's best
lessons and truest wisdom are found
in the common lot.
No life can be accounted success
full one which does not take God into
account. Achievements may glitter
and dazzle, and men may applaud
them. but IL the heart is not right in
the sight Of God, life is fiat failure.
1t is true, and will remain so, that
the effectual fervent prayer of the
righteous availeth much. but not
enough to save one who is not him.
self personally interested in his own
soul salvation
We can easily manage IL we will
take each day the burden appointed
for it. But the burden will become too
heavy If we reach back for that
which is past. and then forward for
that which is to come. That is the
way many of us live.
Any kind of foreigner can come here
and you will find him q. member of
the city council or a juror. member
of the legislature; intact, everything
but the Negro. who has served his
country faithfully for more than three
hundred years is not even made >
bailiff, and is absolutely denied the
commonest rights of citizenship.
Repentance is the securing grace,
1t is that which purges, 1t is the bit
ter pill without the taking, and sound
working OF which base our sinful hui
mors will rest unrestirred, unpurged,
undriven out of the soul. Can repen-
tance be where Cody sorrow is not
we ooW Iue Secu VI IeptH-
tance, but 1t comes up in spots
There are times when we should get
apart entirely to ourselves merely to
worship. Sit, stand or bow before
God with simple alteration. Contem-
plate what God is and who God is,
and alone with our own beating hearts
and Gods himself, we thus hold com
munion. No one can emerge from a
scene like this without fresh equip
ment Of strength. Bustling and cleo
trical times like these In which we
live require more meditation.
When one has girded up his loins,
grasped the battle axe firmly and
with grim determination prepared to
hurl himself against the hated foe; de-
termined on an "eye for an eye and a
tooth for TOOTH" determined to con-
quer or perish, how the hard hands
clutching the battle axe relax and the
hot blood cools and the spirit of
Christ-like humanity charges anger
from its throne, then from out the
long gone past, serenly down through
the ages comes: do unto others as
you would that men should do to you"
Have you sent our boys any papers,
letters, or cards to cheer them this
week? II not, why not? They are
yearning for home newa no 1T