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Be Courteous T HE following quotation from one of the British papers is a practical illus tration of Paul’s great statement that “love never faileth.” “Be courteous. I am thinking at the moment of something even more imme diate than that. I am thinking of what an enormous influence for good would be let loose in our general life if we all re solved during this new year to be gentle and courteous, and in the details of our daily life to maintain a persistent friend liness and self-suppression if need be. We know that the best machine in the world will heat and jam and be destroyed if the axles are not oiled, and how one drop of oil adds to the sweetness and efficiency of some mighty wheel. “Well, that is what,' in a word. I should give as my counsel to myself and to those who are on the look-out for some new formula for life. “One day, the story goes, a young lady, turning a street corner, ran into a ragged little boy and almost knocked him down. ‘I beg your pardon, my little fellow,’ said the lady. ‘I am very sorry that I ran into you.’ ‘You can have my parding, miss, and welcome; and the next time you run against me you can:’:knock me clean down and I won’t mind 1’ “This is the sort of thing which solves more problems than any act of Legisla ture.” &£> 8ai> Intellectual Difficulties It is related of Napoleon that when Marshal Duroc, an avowed infidel, was once telling a very improbable story, giv ing it as his opinion that it was true, the Emperor quietly remarked, “There are some men who are capable of believing everything but the Bible.” This remark finds abundant illustra tions in every age. There are men all about us, at the present day, who tell us they cannot believe the Bible but their capacities for believing any and every thing which seems to oppose the Bible arc enormous. The greediness with which they devour the most far-fetched stories, the flimsiest arguments, if they only ap pear to militate against the Word of God, is astonishing. The Routine of Life Rev. Don Shelton gives some helpful thoughts on the “routine life.” Routine, and the schedule it involves, he says, is an accelerator of industry. Usually the day that is carefully planned is the day of maximum achievement. It was John Wesley’s methodical habits which, in large measure, accounted for the breadth and vastness of his achievements. His unprecedented career was guided and sus tained by his undeviating purpose to set apart a definite time daily for prayer and meditation. His systematic provision for daily renewals accounts for his undimin
ishing freshness and vivacity. His daily withdrawal for communion with God pre vented the wings of his soul from being clipped by exhaustion. The Christian worker like Wesley, who, by daily, sys tematic waiting upon God replenishes his spiritual strength, is able to work on hap pily and productively as long as his phy sical and mental strength endure. It is through a well-arranged routine that time, that “irrevocable talent,” is husbanded and fully utilized. The hap hazard worker does not produce up to the maximum of his ability. Those who wait for a favorable mood for work before they make a beginning are often spendthrifts of time. Dogged still does it. Those who begin because they should, "generally con tinue because they would.
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