Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-13

servant and not master?
This is the difficulty Of all ;hC
highest service of life, namely, that
he spiritual il. invisible, and yet
omnipresent, public attention IS Fixed
upon the human agent. and profess
siuns of spiritual inspiration and i'm
pulse ere treated with G,7 "a =, il
ne. with contempt by The most ri
u.urhnd. It is the Invisible hrst
that is with the church giving her
aG er and influence in the cOmmuni
ity. Where the power OF Christ is
absent or lacks demonstration. the
church stands for but little in the
community.
Finally there need be no lack of
grace and power.
III any man lack wisdom let him
ask Of God who giyeth TO all men lib
orally and upbraidcth not and 1t shall
be given to him"
"Ye Lave not received because va
ask lot or beclls" - ask amiss."
! he serN ants may take counsel of
onr another but not to the Interrupt
ion of continual and trustful prayer
10 The master
Chrysostum beautifully says for our
comfort, Il have pledge from Christ
have His note of hand which Is
ny support my refuge and haven
and though the world should rage, to
his security ! CaEg How reads It:
Lo. am Weh YOU Away even un;o
he end r the world If Christ IS
With me what shall | fear? II he IS
mine all the powers of earth to me
re nothing more than spiders
wen"
Rev Vonckx Speaks on Roosevelt.
Last night the subject at the Pres
byterian church was Theodore Roose
welt, and the pastor gave some very
Interesting information concerning
this great man In part his sermon
was as follows:
"The lives Of men are open books
in which we should read for our prof
it. While no man is perfect. still
each lfo contains lessons that we all
ought to learn The life of a Chris,
ian man is particularly rich in truths
Tor our editicat.on. such a life was
hat of Theodore Roosevelt, a man of
he bible, of the church, one who be
ieycd in Christianity and practiced
IT,
TO Colonel Roosevelt the bible was
not an out of date book as is evident
from his own utterauce-I plead that
We do not lose the hold that our
.orefalhers had on the bible; neither
vas it book Of but common worth,
or he spoke in behalf Of its nstruc.
ion in the home for the children,
or a place in the college curriculum
lie stated that no educated man could
be Ignorant of it, and insisted that it
VAS the secret of the wonderful civili-
.ation that We now possess.
Mr. Roosevelt insisted that the on.
y way to study the bible for profit
vas 10 study il as a guide to conduct
mi not as a fetish merely on sun,
lay We must apply ourselves to the
gospel teaching wherein we are warn.
ii to be dOers Of the Word and not
hearers only our success in striving
o help our fellow men, and therefore
o help ourselves. depends largely up.
N our success as we strive. to lead
ur lives in accordance with the
reat ethical principles laid down in
he life Of Jesus Christ these utter.
noes of this prea' man show his
e'ief in the Scriptures. Thus it is
en- that Colonel Roosevelt stands
18th all Of our great presidents in
letr testimonies to the surprising
aIue of The Scriptures and of our
eei Of studying them.
Colonel Roosevelt was man OF
lie church, he believed in it. belonged
1t ANA co-operated with it. Beside
eng regular attendant at his ovr
lurch when home he spoke in many
lipitS, before the general assembly
the Presbyterian church and other
ke bodies, he addressed the world.
ide missionary conference at Car.
aEie nan in New York, to say moth
g Of the rescue mission and Other
'lEiouH institutions. He had the
ishest commentator for faishml
ass ana the most scathing denuncia.
on for the hypocrite. Of all the
'mnS OF the church we are told tina,
low Firm a Foundation was his IA.
)rite
Close Brotherhood Meetings.
me brotherhood meetings n tho