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THE GREAT REVOLT.
(Continued from page 2.)
do we mean by idolatry?” We mean
by it, anything that is given first
place in our lives, never mind what
it is. With one person it is an image,
with another it is money; not neces
sarily much money, for a penny used
in an improper way is as much an
idol as a pound. With others it is
pleasure, or fame, and so on. It is
the thing we know gets between us
and God and at the same time we
are unwilling -to give up—that is an
idol.
And God is displeased with this idol
atrous people and always will be so
long as it is so.
Then again the importance of this
question is also seen in that we are
on one sid<| or the other. Either
on God’s side or the other side —
there is no half way ground about
things. We are either on God’s side
of every question, or we are on the
devil’s side of it; there are no other
sides. And the great and needy thing
for everyone is, as far as we can, to
find out what is God’s side of the quesi
tion we are giving ourselves to. Do
you know how to find it out? Cer
tainly as a Christian man or woman
you are anxious to have God’s side.
In the first place, if you are consid
ering a problem, just ask yourself
this question, “Which is the right side
of this problem?’- For God is always
on the right side. Then if you cannot
find the right side, ask yourself this
other question: “In which direction
does this thing point?’ for God is al
ways moving in the right direction.
And if that thing points in the wrong
direction, a direction of evil, then it
is very clear what side we are to take
—we must take an opposite side.
God wants us to get on His side
against wrong; that is he one great
call of Almighty God throughout
Christendom —“Get on God’s side
against wrong; Join hands with God
iu putting down the wrong and estab
lishing the right. This is the call, and
in all these twenty chapters of Exodus
this is the one thing that stands out
and it is about the only thing that
need hold your attention: “Fill your
hands full of God’s works.”
PINEY WOODS SKETCHES.
(Continued from page 9.)
otherwise, it should be done his way,
unless we can demonstrate to his sat
isfaction that our way is better —tand
that is a dangerous venture which
takes usually all the tact we possess
for the first few times. Once we have
established a reputation for clear,
workable ideas, we usually have a re
spectful audience. However, of course,
it is his way and not ours that should
rule where the two clash.
The ability to distinguish between
essentials and non-essentials is large
ly a matter of experience, though com
mon sense enters into it (also: to
know w r hat is "worth doing, and whar
is not; to know 7 what is worth doing,
well, and what is not Strange as it
may seem, experience forces the con
viction upon us that some things are
not worth doing well. This is danger
ous ground, and perhaps should be
avoided for fear of misunderstanding.
A concrete example will show what I
mean. I once kept with religious care
a certain file of letters. I had always
a great regard for files —they were an
end ; n themselves to me. One day I
awoke to the fact that the file I kept
so carefully w r as never used, and it
dawned upon me then that files did
not exist for their own sake, but for
their current usefulness. No amount
of conscientiously filed material can
make itself valuable, and the time de
voted to it is wasted if it is not so.
But, as I say, th’s is dangerous ground,
it borders on carelessness and neg-
lect, and requires just the quality we
are considering for avoidance of them.
The time at one’s disposal enters in
to this distinction. For instance, if
one is pressed for time it is essential
that the original be perfect; it is non
essential, but a matter of pride, that
the copy be unblurred. It is essen
tial that any real difficulty be consid
ered with the employer; it is non-es
sensial that he be troubled with triv
ial, petty, annoying details. There are
times when little things will interest
him and can be considered and acted
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