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of purpose. Look a t God’s splendid testim ony to Daniel (Dan. 1 2 ;13 ). There is a crown of life for th e faith ful ones, (Rev 2 :1 0 ). There are places, high and holy, in God’s g reat scheme for the etern al years, b u t th e best places are for those who, Daniel-like, prove th rough th e testing years th e ir loyalty, th e ir w illingness, to do and d are for Him. (Dan. 2 2 :2 9 ). If you are diligent in th e Lord’s busi ness, you will have a place among the kings and priests of God. PRACTICAL POINTS (1) T hat Daniel’s purpose was pu re was proven by th e position he ob tained. (2 ) Daniel would not p a rt w ith God for a k ing ’s portion. (3) F e a r will cause a man to falter, bu t fa ith fortifies him w ith cour age. (4 ) P lain living and high th ink ing go together. (5 ) P urpose and p ray er p u t Daniel into a place of power. (6) F e a r may te st a m an’s faith , bu t fa ith causeth to trium ph. Man’s A ttitud e Toward Temperance. The sto ry is told of th ree Indians who were converted to th e temperance cause. Some white man to te st them placed a canteen of whiskey in th e ir path and watched to see w hat LESSON they would do. The ILLUSTRATIONS first saw th e flask W. H. P ik e and said “U gh!” made a high step and passed on. The second laughed, saying, “Me know you,” and walked around th e flask. The la st one drew his tom ahaw k and dashed th e flask to pieces, saying, “Ugh! You conquer me — now I conquer you.” Do you pas sively ignore intemperance or do you fight it to destroy it? Dr. Beiderwolf tells of a d runkard
who, having accepted Christ, afterw ard s fell back into his old ways. Called be fore th e church, he showed shame and penitence. The pastor, however, de clared th a t his fall did not come to him as a su rp rise; for while he had Joy in the m an’s conversion, he was filled w ith fear when he observed th a t, on his occa sional visits to town, th e man still hitched his horse a t th e same post, ju st by the drink-shop. He was exhorted to change hitching posts. Some prom inent Christians still ren t th e ir property for saloon purposes. They’d b etter change th e ir hitching posts. Temperance Transform s. F rom Portsm outh, Chief J. M. B roughton w rites, telling of th e m ar velous tran sfo rm ation in th a t city. He says, “ Your le tte r of th e 2,8th inst, in reference to th e num ber of arrests to hand. We had 36 d runk s and 8 d runk s and disorderly in November, 1915; and in November, 1916, we only had 4 d runk s and 2 d runk and disorderly. The change in th is city has proven to be wonderful. I believe th a t 50 per cent of th e voters th a t voted wet would vote d ry now .” W h at L abor Unions T hink of Temper ance. O rder of Railway Conductors— “We are absolutely opposed to th e saloon, and it is incorporated in our laws th a t a man cannot engage in th e liquor tra f fic and rem ain a member of th is organi zation.” B rotherhood of Locomotive F irem en — “We oppose th e saloon to th e extent th a t th e B rotherhood will no t to lerate a member being connected w ith th e sale of liquor.” United Garment W orkers— “Our or ganization is decidedly opposed to the saloon.” In tern ation al Seamen’s Union— “We continually enjoin sobriety upon our members by refusing to publish adver tisem ents of th e saloons.” The Journeym en Tailors— “We are
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