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to us and is the root and strength of all other work. THURSDAY, Dec. 36. John 21:15-19. Preparation for Service. There are manifold chasms to be bridged or filled and countless barriers to be removed before we are fit for service. Love is the great solvent. “Thy love unknown has broken every barrier down.” Having yielded our selves to Him, we yield ourselves to our fellow men in self-denying service. No inappreciation or antagonism on their part will prevent'us from helping, cheer ing, comforting and blessing them. The work of preaching the Gospel to the unsaved is glorious and accompanied by the richest compensations. The work of shepherding silly, sickly sheep is of ten hard, discouraging and thankless. It is full of heart-ache and disappoint ment. It carries us, however, to where the Great Shepherd is and merits for us His welcome plaudit, “Well done, thou good and faithful servant.” FRIDAY, Dec. 31. Hab. 3:1-4, 18, 19. The Midst of the Years. The prophet’s prayer for revival is peculiarly' appropriate on the lips • of the middle-aged. Middle life has brought disillusionment. The buoyancy of youth has gone. The retrospect of age is still future. We have known re pulse if not defeat in the battlefield. The sorrows and losses of life have shaken our faith. The spirit has grown fatigued and the hands hang down. Life has grown tame and .inefficient and we see nothing ahead but monotony and decay. Then we need revival and resuscitation. Under the Divine breath the waters rise once more in the fountain. A nobler yearning and a Diviner passion takes possession of the soul and a prayer, not for changed surroundings but for victory over them. The Saviour meets us in this time of need and in His pres ence the vanished splendor of the heavenly vision which gladdened our youth, comes back to us and with it the skies are bright once more.
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Exchange says, “A man certainly must feel cheap when he ‘feels like thirty cents’ nowadays.” At the annual convention of the In ternational Bible Students’ Association a pledge was circulated and signed that, so far as possible, the members will avoid being alone in a room with any of the opposite sex unless the door of the room is wide open. Editor of Los An geles Times remarks: “Of course every body best knows his own weakness.” Peter Hell of Chicago gets the court to change his name to Hall. Peter kept a store and was annoyed by funny cus tomers who would advise people^ want ing some article he kept to “go to Hell for it.” We don’t blame the man for wanting a change but there are a lot of people who dislike the word who have personal reasons for doing so. Dislike for the term doesn’t do away with the place. Church notice in Los Angelas paper: “The Pinch Hitter,”’ a cinema picture featuring Charles Ray, will be shown at the evening service at the First Con gregational Church tomorrow. Dr. Carl S. Patton, pastor, will give a brief ad dress on “Believe in Yourself.” What a comfort all this would be to a sin- sick soul! “Believe in yourself”—that’s like casting the anchor of the ship into the hold of the ship. Anchor in Christ if you want to keep from drifting. Listen to Dr. L. W. Munhall, that valiant defender of the Word, of the Methodist denomination: "The only new thing in connection with so-called New Theology is that it is taught in Methodist schools and pulpits, and apologized for and tolerated by those in authority in our church. I have repeatedly offered one hundred dollars to any one who will state one real new theological truth. The offer still holds: No one has ever attempted to accept my challenge. What the so-called scholars call new was thrashed out long ago and thrown into the junk, where it belongs, for what they call new is not true, because what is true is not new.”
TODAY’S SUNSHINE Take the sunshine of today;— Leave the coming sorrow; God will surely make a way Through each dark tomorrow.
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