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And so increase our love for Thee, That all our future days May one continued Sabbath be Of gratitude and praise. —Oke. The act of divine worship is the ines timable privilege of man, the only created being who bows in humility and adora tion.— Hosea Ballou. Dr. Cuyler speaks about a cavalry of ficer with a small number of followers who was pursued by an enemy in large force. He discovered that his saddle girth was becoming loose; he dismounted, tightened the loose girth, and then rode on. Dr. Cuyler speaks of an application of this same idea in real life in the city of New York, where a delay in business for the purpose of religious meditation and worship was the daily habit. He says: “One of the most eminent Christian mer chants in New York City told me that he never met his family at the breakfast table until he had had a refreshing inter view with God over his Bible and on his knees; and this, with his family worship afterwards, was not only a tightening of the buckle for himself, but was a gra cious means of safeguarding his house hold.” One of the grievous conditions in these days is that too many children are growing up, even in Christian families, with la» sentiments on many vital points. They have loose views about God’s day and about God’s Book, and the atten dance upon God’s house. They start out in life with a “broken buckle.” There is a story of some monks in France who were beloved for their loving sympathy and kind deeds; but not one of them could sing. Try as they would, the music in their services was a failure, and it became a great grief to them that only in their hearts could they “make melody to the Lord" One day, a traveling monk, a great singer, asked for entertainment. Great was their joy, for now they could have him sing for their services, and they planned to keep him with them always. But that night an angel came to the abbot in a dream. “Why was there no music in your chapel tonight? We always lis ten for the beautiful music that rises in your services.’.’ “You must be mistaken 1” cried the abbot. “Usually we have no music worth hearing; but tonight we had a trained singer with a wonderful voice, and he sang the service for us. For the first time in all these years our music was beautiful.” The angel smiled. “And yet up in heaven we heard nothing,” he said softly.— Youth’s Companion. In the Palace of the British Embassy at Pekin, China, now almost restored to its former grandeur, one corner attracts the eye of all visitors. Standing just as it was at the end of the Boxer riots— shotholes, battered walls, sandbags on top, and every indication of a long and weary siege—there it remains, with the words “LEST WE FORGET” across the front in bpld letters. Inside the corner lie the bodies of the brave soldiers who gave their lives in defense of the women and children. So God would have our minds again and again centered on the Cross of
Oct. 31. Cleanse the Body. 2 Cor. 7 :1. Nov. 1. Restoring the Body. John 5 :1-15. Nov. 2. The Indwelling God. John 17:23.
Thou Knowest By L ucile E nlow “Lovest thou me?" the Master said, And I bowed my head In shame. He remembered my boast: Thrice had He heard me deny His name When He needed me most, But how gently He smiled! “Lovest thou Me, my child?" “Lovest thou me?” W i t h a thrust of pain I answered again, “Oh, yes!" But His searching eyes Said, “Now. But how in the time of stress?” When my life denies, Shall my tongue proclaim Allegiance to His name? “Thou knowest I love thee!” at last I cried, Crucified With my Lord. Myself was dead. He handed me then, the Word for my sword, And I lifted my head, Ashamed to weep: "Jesus,” I whispered, "I’ll feed Thy sheep!”
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C hoice N uggets Ten Commandments for Young People Do not spend your time in idleness. Use your spare time.in preparing your self for some specific work in life. Do not spend your time doing useless things. Remember that you have but one life to live. It requires very little more time and effort to do things worth while. Do not neglect your educational oppor tunities. You are living in an age of competition and must compare with those who are educated. Do not. allow circumstances or environ ment to keep you from making a success in life. You must overcome handicaps in order to be successful. Do not choose the course of least re sistance. Things which are valuable in life cost something. Do not be satisfied with goals that are easily obtained. It is better to have aimed high and failed than not to have aimed at all. Do not wait for luck. Luck comes only to the favored few and you have little chance of being among that number. Do not select your life’s vocation with selfish purposes in view. You are worth more to the world than simply to serve yourself. Do not associate with inferior or worthless people. “If you always live with those who are lame you will yourself learn to limp.” Do not fail to be religious in practice. Unite with the church of your choice. The Christian life will bring you re wards that cannot be measured in dollars and cents. My body is a temple, To God it does belong; He bids me keep it for His use, He wants it pure and strong. Whatever harms my body I will not use at a ll; Tobacco is one harmful thing, Another, alcohol. Into my mouth they shall not go ; When tempted I will answer, “No,” And every day I’ll watch and pray, “Lord, keep me pure and strong alway.” Practical Poem Never Begin From drinking and swearing and every sin, You are safe and secure if you never begin. A negro who had accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as His Saviour, and realized the truth, “Ye are not your oym, for ye are bought with a price” (1 Cor. 6:19, 20 ), used to exclaim in moments of trial or temptation, “Massa, property be in danger.” Trusting alone to Him “who is able to keep” (Jude 24), he felt secure.
Calvary, on the dying love of our Lord (Gal. 6:14), and “forget not all His bene fits” (Psalm 103:2). Worship includes thanksgiving, con fession, aspiration, intercession, and all these should be worked into the worship service. The main point in worship is to intensify and make real the presence of God.— Harrow. Once they put clocks on the out side of churches so that worshipers would not be late: now they are hung on the inside so that dinner will be on time. Intercession in the upper room gives way to feasting in the supper room, while confession in the supper room would lead to fasting in the upper room. Paul said, “What? have ye not houses to eat and drink in? or despise ye the church of God? What shall I say to you? shal I praise you in this? I praise you not.” — o — November 3, 1929 Making My Body a Fit Temple For God
1 Cor. 3:16, 17; 6:19, 20 (Consecration Meeting) D aily R eadings
Oct. 28. Filled.with the Spirit. Eph. 5:18. Oct. 29. A Strong Body. Judges 14:5, 6 . Oct. 30. Using the Body Aright. Rom. 6 : 12-14.
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