Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-04
SARAH y. LOWRLE,S
SATURDAY EVENING TALK
The Religion That Really Helps Conno. Be Taken OF and
Put On Again Like a Dress

timely SO; and very moral citizens are
| irrel!s sicus and make no pretense at
being lovers OF God. David IL q
stumbling block 10 many people because
OF the two great cross currents ot his
lifc--his love Of God and sins against
+; God. But one thing is certain, David
could not have cried his great, genuine
! prayer for forgiveness:
! Have mercy upon me, q God. ac-
cordins to Thy loving kindness. accord.
{ ing to the multitude OF Thy tender
merries; for l acknowledge my trans
eress!ons. and my sin is ever before me.
Deliver me from blood outlines. .
God - and not meant II from the bot
tom of his soul.
He could not have prayed that
: prayer. could not have made Il up out
of heart that was unacquainted with
Goi.
The ,r.th OF the matter is in aEy
stress Of lie. whether Il comes from
outward circumstances or from inward
saws, il we cal. lciigi'u to oi;r aid. II
has to hr the real religion Of our in
most hearts. something that we have
intr,nsicully and that has accumulated
there. We do not get religion sud
denly. though we may suddenly rccos-
ni2o that we have K.
H' Eetins u ~ Hi"tIer VI sON
! assimilation. Our power TO a0preherd
; God is lcsaened or increased By every
choice we make in life. The preachers
tell us that God can save us from
ourselves. 1t Is their way OF saying
what We know. We can only be saved
from ourselves by God il lie becomes
he tisgps, part Of ourselves. II was
! what Christ mernt when He said:
"Ntrtgtholee,. thy will, not Mine
be done.
God ,,.',s,Ss~i Him. vas more q pare
Of Him than lIc was--humanly speak
ins--iliiHsclf.
\I1E MUST, N al. fairness, not
w blame religion and call il II futile
power because for some Of us i. drops
on us Ike n garment. when We "ns'
need il. We must remind ourselves
that We had forgotten 20 make i, a part
of ourselves during most Of ou- lives,
in moments Of real trouble only what
is actually part Of our'n vrs STAYS :;
"" become very natural, and quite sim.
pie we cannot pretend any more when
We are really down and out.
TO wait TO look up religion
one else : religion -therejore. when you
are hard pressed BY disaster, is about
as unsatisfactory as 10 try .n think
what you waHt done with your estate
when the ship YOU are on ha, struck
an iceberg. You will be very glad that
you have settled the question OF your
estate. Il you have attended to it on
shore before leaving. and you can 90
about your present business Of dying
with serenity for those whom you love
who are being left behind to live.
My friend IN the midst of her trouble
las, week could not stop to lister, to my
/ thoughts on religion. and she did not
need them. She had even better
thoughts Of her own which she turned
into acts.
! Now that her stress is all over, and
she is rested, perhaps she will read
this and get a sort OF help from It.
I because It will throw little Ii hit on
the rsasor she did not need r,:y re.
ligion. She may SEQ, what saw at
the time. thai she vas usirg her own
and nndins it sufficient.
LROM first 20 last uu- Lord throws
L great deal Of light OIL this subiec.
Of religion IN the Leart. The last uci
Of HIS earthly lie had to do with two
dying men next TO Him. TO whom H.
gave an equal forgiveness and an equal
ciance to turn TO Him. 1t was noc
throw Of the dice Of fat. that one
Of those men could only curse Him.
and that one could recognize God in
Him.
SARAH D. LOWRIE.