Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-03
DO WITH MIGHT
ANY DUTY THAT
IS TO Be DONE

Nothing is worth while on this
earth except a good name and its
perfect affinitiesa good name
guaransteed by character; char
acter founded in religion; religion
centered in Christ; your life a gift
from God, and Christ your COM
panion in living; your life trust
from God, and Christ your CO.
helper in hard work; Christ your
co-partner in life'S achievements;
death, your friend, releasing you
from life's troublesome response
bilities; Christ your comforter in
that dark hour; and in the end,
Christ your Lord to crown you
when your work is done.
The above quotation from DR.. E. e.
Violette's sermon last night at the
Christian church emphasizes what he
views as worth while in life.
Fifty-four have come forward to
date in the meeting, seven of whom
were baptized at the close or the serv
ice last night. DR.. Violette's subject
was, Devotion to a Great Work" Sug-
gested by Matthew 7th chapter, also
from John 9th chapter and from
EIcclesiastes 9:10. He used the two
texts, "We must work the works of
him that sent me, while it is day;
the night cometh, when no man can
work." and "Whatsoever thy hand
findeth to do, do it with thy might;
for there is no work, nor devise, nor
l-,< o,1o 1o +f,i GRO wa
whittier thou goest."
The evangelist'S main emphasis was
upon the fact that God created man
for purpose and that it is mans
business to assume the Responsibility
God laid upon him and to do it with
his might. He Indicated that Christ
glorified work and that the ariStocracy
that refrained from work was a curse.
He told how in the old world an earl,
q. duke, OF a prince was not allowed
to work and if he should, he would
lose his royalty "But there is only
one aristocracy that is any good,' said
Dr. Violette, land that is character.
It is a shame not to work, and what
we do we should do it with our might"
He then Illustrated what devotion to
a task meant and said that Thomas
Edison set out to make an instrument
that would talk, but when Frank
Vanderlip banker of New York, talk
ed, the machine could not say specie
but Edison kept on and on for six
months before he perfected the ma
chine SO that it could say that word.
He said that Gray spent years on
his "Elegy in the Churchyard" and
wrote and re-wrote it 1400 times, and
then submitted it to 200 critics before
it was complete. He said Tennyson
spent AZ years on his Break, Break,
Break" before he finished it. st
was devotion to task" said the
speaker, "and was done with ones
might"
A little humor bubbled forth when
DR.. Viclette said, "God pity the church
that depends on the preachers in
spiration for sermon, for some audi
enceS give forth as much Inspiration
as tombstoneS. And some preachers
give forth as much inspiration as q
quart of embalming fluid. No preacher
can move an audience to action with
out much study and prayer and
thought"
DR.. Violette gave a brief biography
of Roosevelt, raised in rich home,
feeble in strength in youth but who
had a marvellous desire to achieve
something worth while in life and
finally reached the White House, then
compared him with woodrow Wilson
who came up through poverty and
reached the same goal. He closed his
message with an appeal to all men to
do with their might the work of God
and to finish the work God has given
us to do before the night comes. "The
saddest thing in life said DR.. Vio-
lette, i'is to see Christless man laid
in Christless grave"
His travelogue at A p. m. today will
be on "The Land of the Midnight
Sun" 84s
The subject at 7:3O tonight will be
"Our Lords Unanswered Prayer"
John 18th chapter. 1t will be strong
message IN Christian union.