Him and where they can bring Him the most glory. These poles are separated, set apart, for one service. They hold up the wire to bear the message. They stick to their jobs, too. They don’t do it only on Sunday, or on some special occasion. What a lesson we should learn from this. We should serve the Lord in winter and in summer, in storm and in calm. Unfortunately some of the poles are injured by birds; woodpeckers eat holes in their sides, the rain enters and the rot begins. The poles are weakened. The company, in some places, covers the poles with a prep aration to keep out bugs and worms. CHRISTIAN HOMES Give us homes that God has founded; Give us homes with love unbounded; Give us homes where Jesus' presence can be felt; Give us homes where Father, Mother, Son and Daughter, Sister, Brother, All in prayer to God the Father, oft have knelt. Give us homes where faith is treas ured; Give us homes where joy is measured By the time and the devotion paid the Word; Give us homes where love is yearn ing for the soon returning; Give us homes where lives are cen tered in the Lord. — Dr, H. H. Savage We, too, need to watch ourselves that our testimony is not weakened or hampered by sin. Our self-sufficiency, egotism, forgetfulness, laziness, per sonal ambition, and business, are the birds that will put holes in our souls and make us poor vessels for the service of the King. These poles are not there to please themselves. A mas ter mind placed them there. Each of us is dormant in the hand of the Own er. The Lord comes along and plants us where He wants us to be. It is the pleasure of our blessed Lord to put His children where He desires us for His glory. God grant we may be what we should be for Christ. 6
Telephone Poles (Continued) each one does, is to hold up the wire, although the appearance may not be so attractive. Some Christians are like that. Some are well trained, cultured, educated and refined. Some of the poles are quite crooked, others are straight as a pencil. Some whom our Lord raises up to carry His message have been reared in Chris tian surroundings where a holy at mosphere pervades the home. Godli ness characterized the parents; right eousness marked the lives of the mem bers of the family. Another person, however, may have been reared in surroundings of quite a different na ture. The father a drunkard; the mother a brawling woman; wicked influences all around. From the day of his birth there was nothing of God. Then one day the grace of God appeared; the light of the Gospel fell upon his heart and his soul was touched and transformed by the sov ereign will of God. Both carry the same message of God’s love in Christ Jesus who is willing to pardon, to forgive, and to save. Some of the poles are quite short while others are long and all of them in the same line. Some people have turned to the Lord in their youth; others given the privilege of carry ing the message of grace only a few short years before their homegoing. We can never tell how long we will have the joy of testifying for the Lord Jesus. Our days are shorter than we think; their number is less than we imagine. Let us carry the message well while we have the opportunity. God has always had some servants who were greater than others. Some are wonderful preachers who can at tract thousands of people. They are raised up for the special purpose of reaching a special kind of sinner. There must be some who can give the Gospel in the palaces of the kings. All are not permitted to enter such places. There must be some raised up who can talk to the educated, the cul tured, the refined. God places His poles, His servants, where it pleases
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