Pueblo chieftain., 1921-06-18
PUTTING A HEART INTO A
FASHION


The Intern ational Sunday School Les
son for June 10. is. Making the So
cial Order Christian.''-Luke 4:i6-e1.
Matt 25:34-4o.
BY William T. Ellis
A certain cantankerous church
known to me is going thru the period
ical process OF getting rid of its min
ister, which is rare opportunity for
the preacher to show both Sumption
and grace. Alas. though. the young
man seems to be falling down under
the test. as completely as the con-
Eregation. He appears to be only a
professional" One of his pastoral
tasks was to visit. every week or so, a
lonely old blind woman and read the
Bible to her. But since the church row
started he has neglected this simple
bit of practical Christianity. To out
ward appearances. he was doing this
service because 1t was part OF his joe:
! when things went wrong with the
position he simply skimped his work.
That incident raises the whole issue
| of social service and whether IT is
| to become profession for a few. or
! spirit in the mass. II my clergyman
| frieno-whose wrongs at the hands of
a small-n:nded and mean-sp,ritcd con-
| Sregation / quite understand and re-
sent-had continued to visit the old
blind woman. or had increased his at
| tentions to her. then II would have
been apparent that his ministry was
real passion with him. and not n mere
the woriis commanded by Christ only
] because he is paid for doing them.
obviously never was really called into
this most sacred form OF human ser
vice. Perfunctory piety is as futile as
the turning OF Thtbetan's prayer
wheel
HELP LIGHTEN THE LOAD"
! The social order will be Christian
lied only as Christians are soc.aIiz.d
| Except the sense OF brother obiig,-
tion inspired the general fellowship
OF mankind. il will be in vain for a fc,s
specialists to be engaged In sociai
tasks. The tendency to deputize SOCIAL
responsibility TO professional welfare
workers is n sign of weakness 4, r,:-
common conscience. Humanity's
wrongs will never be rightrd and h..-
manity'd burdens Will never be lifted
by any group Of men and women. how
ever larsc. whose livelihood lis in th-
task. Nothing short of an awakened
general social consciousness can ac-
complish the grea: ends which are m
dica,ed in the Bible programme.
The call to social service by all Of
us has been effectively put in a bit ..
Outlook verse by Priscilla Leonard.
Help tighten the ioad''
Urged on Der the deserts. beset by Ia,
Men bend under burdens of hunger and
caYe.
And women mus, suffer and .oi, and
despair:
Yea, even the children. Astr,y 4, tho
strife
Are bowed BY IN. weigh. TIL they
worry OF life
Hark, unto each souI that Is hero. nc.
slave Nv
How clear sound. tn, call n ,1,
/ he brave.
Help tighten the load,
Help tighten the load,
win an OF the strength that tn. hear.
can command
/ With all Of the power Of h~,;, -, =.
hand ''
With wills set to sacrifice. .,-u--,.
and dare.
With love tina, seeks ever each burd.n
to share.
With unflasEins cndeavor tina, .to,.
not to ask
The length OF the journey. the coz, .,
the task.
Come sons Of the Kingdom, Conn.
And along the dark path bv IN. ~,-,,..
| anguish trod
| 6eln tighten the lcad,-
THE GIRL GRADUATES
CAREER"
humdrunn. patient doing o. sh~
1
IN the unprofersional spirit Of Ie.us
thus worlds social order ia going 70 hc
Ithrishantzed Girl graduatrs who
think Of social service as "ea,eer..
ncco TO 20 back to their devon,
| Trandrnothers to ret hold of ~.
sential truth that thine. ar. hc,,r
changed for the better by the hur,hie
individual practice Of the BIbIo ,ir.
tues- L., MS get firm hold OF the
.onviction that things arc not going
oe changed overnight by Sr-af
speech or a rrcat book or a great
law. Stiil less ia the kingdom, Of
brotherhood to he brought in bv a
rew persona railing at the existing
crdef or thiner. or by becoming com
mon scolds. Professional welfare
orsers sometimes become heavy
burden for ordinary folk to carry
II Is easy to ioee ones head. In
this day OF uusettlcmen.. with N.
new vocabulary and new standards.
70 "" should hold steady in our
thinans. and remember such Simple
! oohNderations ~ the relative irr1por-
t1nce OF professional reform with i,s
sensations. and such unsauss,ionai
| rnattor-of-fact m Christian service "a
The teaching Of boys and girls in the
sunday school There are nearly two
million Sunday school teachers in
Ike eighteen million other persons
| and tho net r~rii, NJ their urrenor.s,I
| devotion far exceeds that OF ali $50
eial experts" in the world 80 far as
affecting the life of our time I do
not m-an TO disparsE- social service
oven tho i's esvotees are inclined to
| 'sse themselves entirely too serious
"; hut ! do urge that We keen first
thfnss hr.'. and not overlook the
normal processes Of the ezse-ti,i
| Christian program for bringing in
the kingdom Of heaven by way Of the
| conSecrated eforts of the friends and
| feiiow lshor.r- of Cr-i..
| Wherevcr m individual Christian
/ IL walking the WAY there the social
| order IL being Ch-istisri.ed
| BrTrRESSED BY BOOK
| When the greatest Retorre- ~
history set out upo1 HIS public -u.s
l StOr-and