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Q loies on CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR . . . B y M ary G. G oodner
gutter through drink, was converted at a tramp’s mission. The day following, he boarded a tram. The conductor was mysti fied, for the passenger’s clothes told of beggary, while his face reflected heaven. “Why, mate,” he exclaimed, “you look as if some one’s died and left you a for tune.” “You are right there,” came the quick reply. “Jesus Christ has died, and has given me His riches in glory.” •—V ictorious L ife . MAY 14, 1933 (Mother’s Day) OVERCOMING PROBLEMS IN Hymn—“My Faith Looks up to Thee.” Hymn—“Jesus, Saviour, Pilot Me.” Hymn—-“What a Friend We Have in Jesus.” - Prayer. Scripture Lesson—Ephesians 6:1-4. Solo—“Mother’s Prayers Have Followed Me.” Leader’s Message. Testimonies Telling of Blessings from Christian Homes. Quiet Hour. Recognition of Mothers in Attendance. Benediction—Numbers 6 :24-26. Make this one of your best meetings. Urge your mothers to come. Have a good leader. Plan in advance. Decorate the room: Have a flower for each mother present. Welcome each one with a gra cious cordiality that will warm their hearts.. Remember, you have only one mother. M editation on th e Lesson There would be no problems to overcome in the home if every one belonged to the Lord, where children of the home obeyed “in the Lord,” and parents trained their children “in the fear of the Lord.” These are most practical words and most appro priate at this time. Paul is exhorting Christians only, and none who are not “in the Lord” can obey these injunctions. However, an ideal picture of family life is here presented—fathers, mothers, and chil dren all loving the Lord and loving each other. There are no discipline problems here. Would that all Christian _parents would say to their children in their earliest years, “You do not belong to us, nor to your selves, but you belong to the Lord, who has entrusted us with your rearing. You are His own, for He has bought you with His precious blood. We took you as a loan from Him.” Such parents would then bring their children up in the “nurture and admoni tion of the Lord” daily. The Bible would be the food for their nourishment and growth in grace. Of such children one could say, as Paul said of Timothy: “From a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus” (2 Tim. 3:15). HOME LIFE E phesians 6:1-4 Suggestions (o r th e M eeting
And grow by brief companionship more true, More nerved to lead, to dare, to do For Him at any cost? Have we today Found time, in thought, our hand to lay In His, and thus compare
• MAY 7, 1933 RIGHT AND WRONG AMBITIONS P hilippians 1 :21; L uke 11:43 Suggestions (or th e M eeting
His will with ours and wear The impress of His wish?
Hymn—“Higher Ground.” Hymn—“Have Thine Own Way, Lord.” Prayer. Hymn—“More Like the Master.” Bible Lesson from Memory. Quartet—“More Holiness Give Me.” Symposium on “Goals” —Endeavor to have each one name the individual goal for which he is striving. Quiet Hour. Leader’s Talk. Hymn—“Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross.” Benediction-—-Psalm 19:14. M editation on th e L esson “One may well shrink from such a text S-Pliilippians 1 :21. Its elevation of feeling and music of expression make all com ments on it sound feeble and harsh.” Life means something to every one. To some, it means money; to some, fame; to others, ease; to others, power. Each per son has the privilege of choosing the par ticular goal he or she desires to reach. Having chosen that goal, it is still his priv ilege to strive to reach it. How important, then, to choose wisely! For all eternity is affected by the choice. In our lesson, we have two strong con trasting ambitions—the one by Paul, the greatest, grandest that could be conceived; the other, the most selfish and earthly. As far apart are these as the poles: Paul’s challenging us to our highest, the Phari sees’ shaming us by its low desires. No comment is necessary, on the verse in Luke, for we feel that every true Chris tian Endeavorer will instinctively recoil from such base ideals. “To me to live is Christ,” however, is still the mystical, in spiring, elevating clarion call to every en thusiastic young Christian who is yearning for the highest in life. Here the simplicity and unity of the Christian life are set forth grandly. Christ truly is the life of the Christian, for He is the mystical Source from whom all ours flows. His life floods ours just as the life of the vine flows through the branches. Jesus said, “I am the vine, ye are the branches.” We have no real life apart from Him. “To live is Christ,” for He is the aim and object as well as the Lord of all, and no other is worth calling life, but that which is for Him by willing consecration, as well as from Him by constant derivation. Let Christ be the Lord of your life, and then strength, peace, and freedom will be yours through all your days. L ead er’s H elps I. V ital C ommunion Have you and I today Stood silent as with Christ apart from joy or' fray Of life, to see by faith His face,
—S elected .
II. O nly T wo W ays
Only two ways: The broad and the narrow; One downward, the other upward; One to destruction, the other to life; One taken by many, the other by few. Which is yours? Only two sorts of people: Saved sinners, and unsaved sinners; The chaff, or .the wheat; The sheep, or the goats ; The living, or the dead. Which are you?. Only two futures: Come ye blessed; depart ye cursed; These to life eternal; these to everlast ing punishment. What will be yours ? III. T he S ame Y esterday , T oday and . F orever A dear friend of mine put the words, “Christ is Lord,” on the dial of his watch in place of numbers, and when he looked at it in his times of trial, he would say to himself, “Well, Christ is Lord, whatever time it is.” And it brought him peace. —A inley . IV. L iving H is L ife “God does' not expect you to live His life without first giving you His-nature.” These were the words that startled a god less and mocking young soldier in Egypt. “Why,” he cried, “that explains it; again and again I have been told to be good; and again and again I have tried; but I can’t. But all is different, if God does not expect me to live His life without first giving me His nature.” Then he knelt and received his rebirth. —T he D awn . V. L eft a F ortune A cultured man, brought; literally to the God Loveth Thee! God loveth thee—then be content; Whate’er thou hast, His love hath sent; Come pain or pleasure, good or ill,' His love is round about thee still. Then murmur not, nor anxious be, Rest thou in peace, God loveth thee! God loveth thee. Though dark the night, His smile shall make thy pathway bright, When weary ways before thee lie, The Lord, thy Helper, draweth nigh. Press bravely on, the end to see: Be not dismayed, God loveth thee. —S elected .
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