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Christianity has suffered little from those who bear not the name of Christ. It has suffered,much from those who do. The secret of a Christian’s life is to walk upon a narrow path with a wide heart. The true Christian is like the figure 6. Turning it upside down only in creases its value. The puddle does not contain the heavens, but it reflects them. Can we not reflect the Master’s image? The Bible, like the star, was not meant to dispel the darkness, but it was meant to guide the mariner. The most helpful commentary on the Bible is affliction. Literature is a gymnasium. Go there to stir up the blood. The Bible is a pantry. Go there for something to eat. Higher criticism is a torrent which, rising in the mountain, may be harm less to the mountain, but it is sure to bring devastation to the valley. It is much easier to die bravely for religion than to live bravely for it. Men are religious naturally. They are Christians supernaturally. It may cost you a lot to be a Chris tian now. It will cost you a heap more later not to be. In the street you learn a man’s man ners; at home, his breeding; at church, his creed; in the shop, his religion. To be on the way to heaven is to be already partly in heaven. Some men use their religion only as a life preserver; only during a storm. Men are clamoring for “ religious lib erty” . What they really want is irre ligious liberty. Eternal life may be gained only by
recognizing Christ. It may be lost sim ply by ignoring Satan. That is true Christianity which en ables even the poor to become givers and even the rich to become receivers. The evidences of Christianity which were never meant to be out of print are the lives of Christians. To see earth, open your eyes. To see heaven, shut them. In the early centuries Christianity suffered most from its avowed enemies. In reeent years it suffers most from its professed friends. No binding to the Bible is lasting that is not sewn together with scarlet thread. Religion is man forcing himself upon God. Christianity is God implanting Himself in man. We are all black, only some are bleached blacks. The anchor of the Christian’s hope is cast upward not downward. Christians are living far too much in the newspapers and far too little in the Bible. ' / The everyday Christian has seven chances to the Sunday fellow’s one. The church, is full of willing people. Some are willing to work and others are.willing to let them. Some believe in a very great God in Nature but a very little God in Grace. Set the pillow of God’s promises be tween your back and your burdens. It is far better to have your bank in heaven than to have your heaven in a bank. How much good talent is lost in the church, merely for the want of a lit tle courage! What most people need in their work is not more brains, but more pains.
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