Pueblo chieftain., 1921-09-25
In the Religious World

The Internationa, Sunday School Les
son for October ., is, "Paul's Third
Missionary Journey; Paul in Cor
inth."-Acts Is: 1-23.
(BY William 7. Ellis)
In the heyday Of the Laymen's Mis-
sionary Movemene pastor wittily re-
marked. MY concern about this upris-
ing of laymen is that they may sit
| down too soon His fear has been
justified in large part. Most Rising
young men" likewise too quickly cease
rising A majority Of promising
ments and enterprises appear from
time to time-and then collapse or be-
come a mere scrap of machinery where
by few men grind out a livelihood.
Where are the writer's of whom twenty
years ago we expected so much? And
we look In vain for the fulfilled pro-
phecies concerning scores of brilliant
young men and women from whom the
world was one day to hear. The theme
| is depressing one, with Illustrations
on every hand.
Apparently, fe persons are able to
utilize their highest powers to their
greatest end They can squirt, but
they cannot stick. To continue game
| ly to the farthest goal is the last and
greatest test of character. We arc
studying in this Lesson a man, who
| had the grace of continuance; one who
kept overlasingly at it, Somehow the
subject is most easily illustrated by
contrasts. AS we look upon gradual
ing classes in higher schools. year al
ter year. and listen to their lofty ambi-
tions and resounding words we scarce
| lly like to think that most of them Will
quickly become commonplace money
Erubbers. their dreams forgotten and
discarded. Recently it was announced
that a conspicuous figure in the reliS-
ious world of the United States, man
4 .h4t ~ nc
gone into business The cynical
French epitaph recurs to mind
Born a man: died a grocer
SOME MODERl' INSTANCES
To start something good and big Is
easy; to keep at 1t to a successful end
! is n proof of real quality. Almost any
enthusiast can make one missionary
journey: it takes an apostle Paul to
make three and four. We all know the
| type Of person who goes thru life
talking about his one foreign trip. his
ono serious illness. his one adventure,
his one honor. his ono achievement:
the only way to keep from becoming
a has been" is to say with Paul. For
getting those things which are behind
and reaching forth unto those things
which arc before. ] press toward the
mark"
II old Paul. whv had every ex-
cuse for quitting his first and second
big trips. had been like some men We
know. ne would have spent tho rest of
his life in Antioch or Jerusalem. retail
| ing old stories and dispsraging men
with frcshcr tales. II seems n law of
| life that no man may interrupt tho
exercise of his higher powers without
deterioration. I know man who was
once useful missionary in India.
He returned home and took to plat
form work-and the platform is more
dangerous to a mans mind and soul
L that tho NTnclru n AfrtCa-vhCrC his
missionary fevor outran all bounds.
| hut greatly increased his own income.
| HI oratory eventually became too
hectic and unreal for even the long
suffering church folk. and he got an
educational job. He held tAa. only 4
short time: and tho last the education
al world heard OF him he was inpalcd
upon phrase by professor OF
psychology as - hypermoron'" Yet had
that man stuck to tho actual perform
have been a rcal factor In the coming
of tho kingdom OF India.
Once there was n young missionary
at work In remote Moslcm field. do
/ Ing remarkable and constructive ser
vice. II is tho foolish way OF Chris
tians TO pull up every man who IN con-
| spicuously producing fruit as n preach
or or missionary and make him =
secretary or an tttncrant speaker. So
this rcll leader OF Christian forces In
tho Moslcm world was set to talking
in tho homeland; and his best friends
have been most Eriovcd 10 watch the
gradual Rtrophy of his real powers OF
Judgment and scholarship and Chris
| tian craftsmanship. He should have
been permitted to continue 10 grow IN
tho stern climate Of hard service Even
tho APOSTLE Paul did not dare trust
/ himself TO hc free OF his harness be-
/ timce.
A IoB's REAL, REWARD