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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 gJO y ' r "JII hmm g|»aß -' jBWc yh’! ’ t X■ ■ 1 ■ i CHRISTIAN MARTYRS GIVEN TO THE LIONS : j„. 1 I CHRISTIANITY is the greatest fact in history. The early Christians endured 11 martyrdom rather than forsake principle. 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