The herald., 1921-02-24
CONFIRMATION.
Methodist Church Notes
Rev. c. c. Weir, Pastor,
Residence $50 Oliver st.
Phone Algiers 1873.

Last Sunday the pastor continued
his series of sermons on Life Service
as other pastors are doing in an
endeavor to induce young people to
enlist in some special work for the
Kingdom of God. At the night SER
vice, the subject was, THE Divine
Call to Principleship." The text
was. "And l heard the voice of the
Lord, saying, Whom shall / send,
and who will go for us? Then said
1, Here am /; send me-" The call
of Isaiah was reviewed and various
instances in the Bible of how God
had always called men to work for
and how men had answered to the
call. A quotation was made from
DR.. r. H. Bennett on How to Decide
upon Life Work as follows: There
is no mystery about this matter.
The whole question is largely one Of
entire conservation or ones self to
God. And it is horrid impiety to
plan and live our life without his
guidance. 1t is rebellion. 1t is
treason. And the end of such a
life is a crash and a shrek and
plunge to the bottom of the sea,
or else the skeleton of ship, half
buried in the sands, outlined against
the sunset sky on some ruin-haunted
shore. If a man will make the fol-
lowing committal or something like
ii his life-work decision will not be
difficult. / hereby freely and fully
dedicate myself to Jesus Christ as a
living sacrifice in service for others,
wherever, whenever and in whatever
form of service will please Him. l
will definitely seek the will of God
for my life work and covenant to do
His will wherever it may lead me
and whatever may be the cost, This
does not mean that a man is going
to be minister or missionary or
a professional religious worker. That
will be settled later. God needs and
calls men, as Bezaleel, to be work
ers in brass, in iron, or in wood, to
conduct the worlds business and
trade, to serve in every station in
life. And all such are faithful to
this call will receive a prophets re-
ward.
| Bishop Henderson says: In or
der to discover Gods will for my life
work, it is essential to believe with
intensive conviction that God has a
first choice for what i shall do with
my life, where / shall invest it, and
the particular form of Christian ser
vice in which l shall engage as the
best expression of largest usefulness
for Him. 1t does make difference
to God whether l am a farmer Of
lawyer or a grocer or a minister
or a social settlement worker, or {
missionary, or musician, or ;
carpenter, or anything else. Coz
does care. Every man should in
vest his life so that it will yield ;
large return to the Kingdom of Coz
and to this we must remember tina
we are to please our God and thel
there can be no doubt about tn
: matter of service. The young PEG
: pie were urged to remember tina
life was no great big joke and shoul'
be treated as a serious affair ant
given entirely to God. Every mai
and woman should have listening
ears to catch the will of God an,
knowing this should bend ever,
energy to make their work count.
PERSONALS.
DR.. A. C.. King is sick at hi
home, sos vallette st. He has bee
in doors several days, but is muc
, better
At the last session of Grand Chap
, ter of Louisiana, the Rev. John +
Foster, a former pastor, but nov
stationed at Franklin, was made tn
Grand Chaplain of that body. !
q wise selection.
Last week the Rev. Geo. Fox, o
Bunkie, was a delegate to the Gran
|, Lodge. He and George, Jr., were tn
guests of Rev. and Mrs. Wier, at tn
Parsonage.
i Mr.. w. o. Campbell of Bienvillt
! college mate of the Pastor and Nj
and Mrs. B. M Heard, of Homer
were visitors to the Parsonage.
The many friends of Mrs. j. "
Daniels will be glad to know tina
she is rapidly recovering from a n
icent severe case of la grippe.