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it is a total loss compared with the profit o f saving his soul. “What shall a man give in exchange for his soul?” Christ asks this important question, at once putting His estimate upon the human soul. “ Thus in language the weightiest because it is the simplest does our Lord shut up His hear ers, and all who shall read these words to the end of the world, to the priceless value to every man o f his own soul.” Contrast the worldly self-seeker who cares nothing about heavenly things with the Apostle Paul who cries out in exultant jo y : “I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge o f Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but refuse, that I may win Christ.” There was no danger o f Paul, with a spirit like that, ever making the blunder of trading eternal values for temporal profit. “ Seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you.” “ Supreme success is to be so filled with Christ, that He will dominate us, guide us, and fit us for His service.” Illustrations I. W hat I s W orth W hile ? A student in a famous Italian university came to Philip de Neri, a saint of the six teenth century, to tell him that he had entered a law school and was going to be come a wonderful lawyer. “Well,” said his friend, “when you have finished this course of study, what do you mean to do?” “Then I shall take my doctor’s degree,” said the young man. “And then?” ... “And-then I shall have a number o f dif ficult questions to manage, and shall catch people’s notice by my eloquence, my learn ing, and my acuteness, and gain great repu tation.” “And then ?” repeated Philip. “And then, why there can be no question but that I shall be promoted to some high office, and shall make money and grow rich.” “And then?” said Philip. “And then, then I shall be comfortable.” “And then?” once more questioned- Philip. “And then, then—then I shall die.” “And what then?” was Philip’s persist ent question. The young man cast down his eyes and left him. II. U seless T reasure When the Moslems overran the empire of Persia, they took the king prisoner and left him to starve in his own treasury. All around that monarch were heaped dia monds and emeralds, topazes, and pearls of inestimable value. Wherever he turned, he saw nothing except gold and silver and precious stones; but with the wealth of Ormuz and the East about him, the wretch ed man perished o f hunger and thirst. —S tead . Discussion Material I. J esus , I Mv C ross H ave T aken Jesus, I my cross have taken, All to leave and follow Thee; Naked, poor, despised, forsaken, Thou from hence my all shalt be. Perish every fond ambition, All I’ve sought, or hoped, or known; Yet how rich is my condition; God and heaven are still my own. —L yte .
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Jesus’ estimate of human life is nowhere more beautifully illustrated than in the parable of the lost sheep. Christ is the Good Shepherd. He left His heavenly home to . come “to seek and to save that which was lost.” God cared enough for human souls to give Jesus, and Jesus loved them enough to give His life that “who soever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” That is what Jesus estimates the value of a human soul to be: enough to die for it. Praise His holy name I But none of the ransomed ever knew How deep were the waters crossed; Nor how dark was the night that the Lord passed through Ere He found His sheep that was lost: Out in the desert, He heard its cry— Sick and helpless, and ready to die. —E. C. C lephane . MARCH 26, 1933 IS IT PRACTICAL TO LIVE W ITHOUT WORRY? M atthew 6:24-34 Suggestions for the Meeting Hymn—“Where He Leads Me I Will Follow.” Hymn— “Trusting Jesus, that is All.” Prayer. Scripture Lesson Read in Concert. Quartet— “Have Thine Own Way, Lord.” Hymn—“Leaning on the Everlasting Arms.” Leader’s Message. No greater lesson is needed by the church today than the lesson of trust. How strange it is that, after all that the Bible has to tell us about a loving Heavenly Fa ther’s care, and all we have experienced in our lives o f that same care, we still worry I “ Take no thought” is rather an unfortu nate translation, because “ thought”—in the sense of reflection or consideration—is necessary both from a scriptural and com mon sense view. It is that worrying thought, that distracting solicitude, against which the Saviour warns us. Similarly, when He visited Mary and Martha in the Bethany home, He rebuked Martha, not for “serving,” bu t'for being “cumbered,” distracted, burdened with serving. In Luke 12:29, our Lord said, “Neither be ye of doubtful mind,” or unsettled. Paul tells us, in Philippians 4:6, “Be careful for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace o f God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.” It was not a person in prosperity who wrote those words, but Paul, a prisoner in a Roman prison, chained day and night to a soldier. He was daily expecting trial which would probably end in death, and yet, in the very midst o f these perplexities, he wrote to his Philippian fiiends, “Don’t be anxious/’ Now is it possible or practical to obey such advice? Is this an unreachable ideal? It would be, if it were not for the rest of the verse. Praise God for the eloquent “but” with which Paul begins the next clause: “ But in everything by prayer and supplication . . . let your requests be made Testimonies. Quiet Hour. Hymn—“Trust and Obey.” Benediction—Numbers 6:24-26. Meditation on the Lesson
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