Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1920-02-11
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the voice Of love and mercy calling
after the wandcrer, where art thou?'
"Whe"e art thou III social life? DO
those who minglc with YOU during the
summer vacation season and the long
winter evenings admire your Christian
character? Huvc you had the cour-
age OF the man in London a half CEN
fury ago, who in dining in one of the
mansions, at the West End, when the
conversation Grittci INFO Il channel Of
which it is sufficient to say was dis
honorable to Jesus Christ, rose and
asked the host if he could order his
carriage, and vixen the carriage was
at the door, said, Gentlemen, I an,
cNccc 1ngly sorry to withdraw from
your company, hut 7 want you to
know that am still a Christian You
say, Il clergyman but there were no
r!clgymen in the company. The man
who made this Statement, became pre-
micr, the great Sir Robert Peel,
above whose dust Ike Il great mauso-
lcum rises Westminster Abbey in
London tonight. A man who in the
presence Of Il company of men had
the courage to say: i want you to
know that | am still IL Christian"
"Whcre art thou in the church?
am not so much concerned about the
office you Eold. This may be quite
Incl lcntal, but what influence do you
exert? How much real power does
your membership add to the church?
Some church organizations are made
great in influence and have become
beacon lights to many because of the
influence and conservation of u few
who value their devotion to Christ
above everything else. who are
"stcadfast, unmovable, always
Astounding in the work of the Lord"
REAL CHARACTER TEST
"Where art thou in the home? This
is the real test of character. Nowhere
beneath the stars of heaven can one
exhibit the true and lofty Christian
character as in his own home. This
is the character building institution.
Most of us are what the home and
the grace of God have made us. Lis
ten to that sentence that comes ring
ing thru the ages, Let him learn first
to show piety at home
"Again where art thou in the
Christian development? How much
better knowledge have you Of the
Book? How much more power in
prayer? How much greater influence
and Christian charactcr than you
had one year ago? We grow in years,
in stature, society, intellectually, and
but alas! how little spir-
itual development ha.va we made.
"Where art thoy( in Christian ac-
tivity? How man are there whose
burdens have been made lighter by
your sympathy and generosity? How
many in the SUNDAY school and in the
church have b{en Instrumental n
winning? During the campaign in
Brooklyn, DR.. Carson, who for rs
years has been pastor OF the great
Central Presbyterian church, told me
that leaning over his pulpit one Sun
day morning he said to his people:
Every man in my church is either a
channel of hindrancc." The veal
thiest man in my church, president Of
The board Of trustees, sat near me,
was profoundly stirred by the state
ment, and that night III his magnif-
cent residence, on his knees at the
midnight hour, asked God to forgive
aim for having been Il hindrance,
thereafter to be channel.
The next morning in his private Office
IN his factory he asked the superin-
,cndcnt if he had been a faithful en-
oloycr, and if he had fulfilled all his
promises, Yes, but why arc you 60
ng to discharge mc?' 4 had no
bought of discharging you, but have
made up my mind to live an earnest
Christian life and go to heaven at
asst, and I wondered if you did not
!esire to go with me- And when the
Lnswer came in the Affirmative, they
lad prayer in the private Office and
hat morning God came into the life
# the superintendent. At the next =
ervice DR.. Carson said, this manu-
acturcr walked down the aisle of
ny church with IL other men, whom
le alone had led to Christ, think the
'roudcst man | ever saw in my
hurch.'
Gwen so, every member of every
kurch in this city is y channel OF a
indrance. If it be a hindrance, even
t the midnight hour in your home
nay YOU ask Gods pardon for the
asst, and then promise Him to make
lorious the future in conservation
nd Chistian activity.
"Where art thou who never knew
esus Christ as a Saviour? In a
land with open Bible,
hurch opportunities, and in city
here the gospel has been calling af-
" you, Somewhere If you are not
Christian you are where God never
tended you should be, for it is writ
n Seek We first the kingdom of God
nd His righteousness But if you do
ut come to Him soon where will you
:? If we cannot leave for our
lends anything else, Jet us, lrave for
lem that which is of more value
IAN all beside, the assurance that we
I've gone home. General Cox, of
'cllsbore, Pa, tells of boy who was
ing during the Civil War, and when
l.. e., E., H.,