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wheat plastered. That was the in
troduction of lime as a fertilizer for
wheat, in that country.
From this short story we can get
a lesson for our Christian work as a
school teacher, as a Church, as a pri
vate Christian worker, we can get it.
It is this: Never mind so much
about your theories, whether they are
beautiful or not, but oh, you be very
careful about your harvest! What
this world wants is to look in upon
the life of the Church and see that
it is plastered, that it produces fruit
after the manner of its teaching. And
whenever we begin to work in the
field of human need, as Jesus did, we
are going to find that the Church of
the blessed Lord, that has been such a
failure, is going to take on the wings
of the morning. Let us make up our
minds to stand by a piece of work, un
til we get it on its feet. And let us
not wait until we die. Now is the
time.
Dwight L. Moody tells the story of
a man who dreamed that he went to
heaven, and O, the glory that he saw.
Soon an angel approached, and lead
ing him to the battlements of heaven
he asked him to look down yonder. He
looked, and the angel said, “What is
it you see?” “I see,” replied the man,
“a great dark world.” “Look again,”
said the angel “Look, and see if you
know it?” He looked, and exclaimed,
“Why, yes, that is the world I have
come from, and right there is the place
I lived.” The angel asked, “Look
again; what do you think you can see
now?” Again the man looked and
then replied: “I see a terrible sight.
I see men and women blindfolded,
some of them are falling over preci
pices!” “Well,” said the angel,
“What will you do? Stay here enjoy
ing heaven, or go back to earth, and
snend a little longer time trying to
show these people how to live better,
and at last reach heaven.”
His reply was, “I will go back, and
serve my fellows, and then perhaps
when I return I can better enjoy my
rest.” " After that he gave his life
in the field of human need.
“When I am dead;
May this with truth, be said.
On the rude stone that marks my
lowly head,
That, spite of doubt and indecision,
In spite of weakness, lameness, blind
ness,
Heart’s trickery and fate’s unkind
ness,
Neglect of friends, and scorn of foes,
Stark poverty and all its woes,
The body’s ills that cloud the mind
And the bold spirit bind,
Still, through my earthly course I
went,
Not disobedient
Unto the heavenly vision.”
Practical Points.
1. The strength of the Church is
determined in the field of human need.
How true that is! The greatest
Church in London is the Church that
is doing most for needy humanity,
whether it has wealthy people in it
or not, that does not make any differ
ence.
2. If we have the privileges of the
mountain, it is that we may get
strength for the valley.
If you enjoy this privilege here this
evening, if you enjoy your privilege
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wherever you go, or any special priv
ilege as a Christian that somebody
else does not have the opportunity of
enjoying, have you ever stopped to
think what it is all for? Why you
nave more privileges than other peo
ple? It is that you may get strength
for service in some valley, and you
may not have to go far to find the
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why God favors you. Sooner or later,
God will take that mountain privilege
from you if you do not express it in
the field of need.
3. The finger of depravity points in
ward, and outward.
You find it in the case of the demo
niac boy. He was possessed inward
ly with a demon; on the outside by
an atmosphere that was contrary to
the development of his real, better
self.
4. Our work for our fellows is nev
er done until we have lifted them on
their feet.
5. The medium of divine power is
often the touch of a helping hand.
Is not that a simple thing, if it is
true? There is something wonderful
in the touch of a hand, especially the
hand of a child of God, that loves hu
manity.
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MISS CRANE’S CHANCE.
(Continued from Page 3.)
pie besides, diplomatically, will you
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modern life, and conditions.”
“Possibly,” Nell answered. “But do
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pier or better to read it?”
“They will at least be intelligently
entertained,” the lawyer affirmed, as
he adjusted an immaculate cuff inside
his coat sleeve. “But is that your
final test, Miss Crane, of whether any
thing is worth while or not?” he con
tinued, with a note of curious interest
in his voice. “Does nothing appeal to
you in a literary sense, unless it hap-
pens to come up to that particular
standard of excellence?”
“Why not?” she replied, in an
amused voice. “Have you a finer
test?”
“Possibly, in the world of books,”
he said, quietly, “at least a different
standard. But, in a social sense, I
have known a few people who made ev
erybody happier and better with
whom they came in contact; whose
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