Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-03-13
CHRISTIAN ENDEAvoR TOPIC.
Patience and its Rewards, Cor. I3:a-'
Written by Mrs. II. y. Lttyenhcra1.

Let us run with patience the race that
is set before us, Heb 1871. What greater
motto could grace or guide the life of any
individual than the one set down by the
Apostle Paul, when he was talking with
the Hebrew Christiansg Now, with that
thought as our incentive, LET us make IL the
stigma of our individual lives, in our per
sonal WAYS. to make the virtue patience
predominate our daily existence more en-
tirely than ever before.
The question affronts us. how can we, as
poor, weak, worldly mortals, overcome
the vice of impatience, or tendency to dis
trust the future, because adversely greets
lis with such keen force7 We can look
first upon the lives of individuals in
physical and Biblical history, and above
all upon that symbol of perfect patience
and endurance, our Savior, Christ Jesus
. Let us a minute think first upon the first
named, the physical and historical char
acters, and but mention several: Judson,
the missionary; William Wallace the
Scottish martyr; Luther, the European
reformer; Zwingh, the Swiss reformer, and
David Livingstone, the African mission
ary, and numerous others, which time
VIII not permit to be mentioned. One
glimpse of their life histories and the re-
suits of their having lived patiently
through tribulatIon for their convictions,
made Christian nations and regonerated
wicked people TO Christ-living people.
Although these martyrs were not permit
ted to see their reward here, yet we know
that God took them Home TO receive
their well done"
Now the Biblical history references are
so numerous. that only two or three must
be mentioned as the most outstanding; for
instance, David, who wrote the Psalms of
Praise and Thanlfulness, because he had
learned the lesson of patience and reward
while In the Cave of Adullam, and in the
years when he was fleeing for his life
Next We can place our beloved Apostle
Paul, who suffered and endured, expostu-
lated or plead with the Hebrew people,
also the Corinthians; and in fact, with all
the people of those countries where Christ
had received no welcome, but whom Paul
loved and worshiped. We can almost see
Corinthians, "For now we see through a
glass darkly, but then we shall see face to
face; now / know in part, but then shall |
know even as ! am known" and again as
he prayed and plead with the Hebrew
children, using Abraham as his example to
win them, "And so after he (Abraham) had
patiently endured, he obtained the prom
ise.v These and such other pleas, together
with Pauls own exemplary life, won the
Christiess people. Then we must mention
the symbol of all human patience, none
other than the afflicted Job, upon whose
tribulations we cannot dwell, but whose
rewards we must emphasize because they
were won through patient endurance. Ia
so doing, let me rehearse the two state
menfs found in the book of Job, chapter
AZ, verse 10, and no other reference as TO
his rewards for patient suffering and en-
durance are needed: "And the Lord turn
ed the captivity Of Job when he prayed for
his friends, also the Lord gave Job twice
as much as he had before; and again in
verse IL, $50 the Lord blessed the latter
end of Job more than the beginning