Evening star., 1927-03-19
Sunday School Lesson

walk by faith, not by sight. All men
exercise faith in their daily life, for
trust is but another name for faith
The Christian lives his life and per
forms his daily duties inspired by the
invisible fellowship that he enjoys
with the Risen Christ. His life should
be productive of greater blessings to
mankind because of the relationship
of the present with the future. He
understands the Masters purpose,
realizes the Lords unlimited power
appreciates the influence of His love,
and Is conscious of His unseen pres
ence. knowing that one day he will
be ushered into His presence and re-
warded for the work done for the
Lords glory and the uplift of men, the
Christian should tackle the problems
presented to him daily in the cour
agerous spirit Of a conquerer. We
should labor. knowing that we will
give an account to Him concerning
the activities Of our daily life, and
that our place in the Fathers home
will be determined by our faithfulness
to the Lords cause here among men.
Message Inseparable.
John points out the purifying power
that the hope of a future life with
Christ exercises upon His followers
Many of the professed followers of
the Master have failed to catch the
vision of the close relation of the
future life to the present. We can't
separate the fact that some day we
shall be like Christ from our obliga-
ton to be like Him today. Christian
ity will be welcomed among all nations
and greater works could be done by
the followers of the Lord Jesus if
we did not try to separate the
spiritual message of salvation from
it's economic and social application.
Christianity Is dangerous to humanity
whenever any group. communion or
church seeks to keep the gospel Of
the future from shaping the lives OF
men today.
When we seek to promote the liv-
ing of Christlike lives among men,
by the requiring of Christ living today
from all who hope to become Christ
like in the future. we will remove
much of the difficulties and handicaps
that are hindering the dawning of
new era among men and nations. If
we realize that full gospel concerning
the future coming of Christ and our
sharing the Fathers house with Him,
we will live lives that will reflect His
glory and the purifying power Of the
future life.
Jesus sent us upon Jno same mis-
sion to all the world that prompted
His coming with His message Of reve
lation and salvation. There Is no
stronger appeal for missionary work
than for us to be like Him in pro-
claiming the gospel. Christ won men
by the purity of His life and He
encouraged us to carry His gospel
to all nations, for His promise of
eternal life is Gods hope for hui
manity. Carver has well said that
this Christian hope Is, then,
supreme challenge, to every one that
has it, for a Christlike compassion
for
"........ Him who never sees
The stars shine through his cypress trees.
Who hopeless lays his dead away.
Nor looks to see the morning light :.
Across the mournful marbles play.
If we are Christ's we are not only
called upon to be like Him today by
purifying ourselves, but also to be
obedient to His commands to carry
the good news of the Christians hope
to those without any knowledge OF
the Fathers love, the saving power
of the Christ, and the assurance of
place for all who love Him in the
Fathers home. We know that He
has assured us that "In my Fathers
house are many mansions; II 1t were
not so, I would have told you; for
go to prepare a place for you" The
place we will have with Him will be
determined by how we allow the
gospel of the future life to shape our
daily life, labor and love.