The Gospel Trumpet - 37:05

              8o w111 I aeu oat DIY ahtop, and. 111U cloUvor them out or ..U pl&Coo '!<'hero they lla•• b • .m acattoro" 1n tho cloacly ancl clazk da;r. -Bsek. U: U.
And tboy IAaU bo m:r people, ancl I will be their Goci,-Ju. 82:38. At evon1n1 t.lme it sbaU be Ught..--Zoch. 16: 7.
Volume XXXVII.
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Anderson, Ind., U. S. A., Thursday, February I. 1917. Number 5.
THE MIBBIO~ Ol' Lll'E'B SORROW
lt. hI wn ""\'"' kuuw lifu 'tc MW•••!liii'Hd
'11ill WB chink it" l,iltt•t Jt1Liu;
Nnv~r knnw tho I•li•• of ftiiMhlun
'l'ilt tht•re rumu• the'\ rlr•·arv ruin:
No 'cr Mjoy hnnltb '1 bount;muo t.lt~td•r
Till by llleltnou It lo aln.ln.
'Ti• loy enutrn•t tlolll "'" know tlu•ftft!
'rh1u1 we h•aru, wlu•r•· ull rhiu~H tw·~~t,
Wlont tof •arlit iH ro•ulh· loitlo•r,
What nt ••art!< IM rcnlly awt••·t:
fo•nrn WO, too, tltnt all nrll IICI•olo•<l
Wont~ our lito bo full, compl<•to.
Cnulol wu Huuthn tlon hruw ot othrrof
('uul•l wn takn tlll'rn hy thn ltnn•l,
---u<>"infttrt thorn In all lloo•ir trinl•
With the thoul(ht of lu•"''"" '• lund,
W.oro tbt"ra In our hourhc ••u llllt)(ius~
OtWm111 tor that 1hiuinl( 1trun~t
Wollld we how bow wa.<.k nre mortal.o
Wbou tbe;r tAll aloag lite'• ro • .d1
Bow erl10 It eMmJ tbey c&D aot
'Neath tlo• hur.lon of their loed,
U we u'er, In J•nin, bnd fallen,
Na'er hnd telt cttrth 's eruor goR<lf
T~•;y who oinK on earth tho awnotost
Are the beartl ott ~owlld by eRra;
Tlooy whoM llvoe aro tbe complt•II!Bt
Are thoae drivon oft to prny'r;
An•\ they 'II abiroc, mrthink1, the bri11hter,
Wbon lhoy ro•llrh th"''" Jtortala talr.
-Muy J. Holpbingat.l .... -- ARE YOU PUU.INC OR DRIFTING
By .Agnu E. Tuttle
It TI'IIHirc•fl \'c~ry little efl'ort to follow the
eourMC whi•:h the world pul'llncs. It is CMy to
go that way; 0111: 11imply needs to drift with the
eurrl'nt. Bnt wlll'n one decides to live for God
it means to r.hnn~e one'a eour11e in life, it mrnna
to pull agnin11L 11•~ •:urrcnt, to Htcm the raging
Je&B of indif'fcn•n<ll!, worl•llinN;.q, nnd kinclred
foee.
Are you p11lliuJ.C ur cll'ifting toclay, my fric•ud t
I ecetn to hc:ar sotur. cmc 11ay: "I nm hnvinl! rli!R·
perate alr~gJ.Cics. The very air &ee!IIB to he full
of wicked spirit11 that would drag me down. Rut
I sa pulling, I am ll<:eking to gain the heavenly
prize." Then, you a.re irr n ~otood contlitiun.
Though Jesualllanda by our 11iclc to help in every
confiict, yet tlu:rc arc battles for lll! to fight.
Sometimes it takee de~~perate efl'orts to pull
apinat the enrrent.
Auuth~r voice seems to MY: "I a.m just flont­iu;.!.
J,ifn iH plt•nHnn•. Rntnetimc I r.xprc•t t.o
t.ur11 tIll' ulhl)r WILY nud pull np·strc•nm, hut thot·n
iH 1•1•·111,\' ur t irttr• l'ut• tlwl." ~I up, dr•ar R' ul,
tlto• \\'ILlt•f'H Ill'<' lu:<'ttlllillg- 11111 HWift. Y1111 lli'C\ liv­iliJ.(
tuo f:cHI. l'111111 \'1111 lttav h1111l wlu·l'" 1 hnro
will h1• IIU Jt)lli!C! {O t;ITII. 'J';ll'll IJU\\' While thr:I'O
is hupo.
IJC,t llA who nrc pulling take conrnge, for SOJDe
clny uur fmil liltlo b·rrk will be ~;afaly anchored
in tho harbor of onr eternal home.
'' l'ull ngainat tho ti<lo, brol!tor,
I 'ull n.J.(n.inft~ tho ti•lr,
}'ur t..hn t.Urt~ut 1lnwuU1 swift, hrotbo:r-.
"l'ia CIU!inr fur to drift, brothnr,
~'ltnn }IIIII nl(tLinut tho U~e."
Profitableness of a Godly Life
Ily 'PrPd ]I ruff ctt
In 1 'l'im. 4: !'i i11 prr·Hrutccl the profil"l,lcnC!is
of n l(odly li l'c:, hoth in thiH wul'ld and the next:
"l•'ur hoc lily t•Xl:rcioo rwufitr:th little: but godli­lll'llli
is )rrutitahle 1111t.o nil things, havinl( prorn­inu
of the life that 11ow is, unci of that which is
to t~UIIIC!."
Our 111iruU; arc clircclccl to the fnct tl rnt n
godly life is a present reality. 'l'hc prollliKCH of
Ood are not all future, but muuy of them afl'l!ct
a man hel'G and now. From tho moment wo firut
enter the servit!e of God, we hr~J.(in to rnnp the
bcncfitR, mor11ll,1', JJI('llt.ldly, nucl phylli«·ully.
}lin 111Ter.t.s ariindividnal in all tlw!!ll wn~·s. It
clwurfs and corruptll the moralR of a man until
hr. r~nn hnrdly diRC(Itn between right and wrong.
Jt. c:lorulH and dulls the intellect until one is un­nhle
to give his beat to the world, anrl numy a
tlinmonrl 1{0¢8 unpolished that othr.rwisc could
shine: for God 'a glory. It r uins health a.nd short·
Clll! life. Many are invalide, and somo die pre­matnrr.
cl~llths on acr!onnt of sin.
A l-(Orl!y life will chnnge theRe conditions, a.a
nothing eiRP. in the worlcl C'lltl.
A B!Oili';R PI,ANF.-A NClll!.~;R INf'f,Hf·::-lr.J::
When a mnn 's ~.on~cicnP.c is pnr~c>tl nu<l mnclc
elean, he at once becomes RenRitive to the Holy
Spirit's leadings. lie comes in contnP.t wit:. a.
higher power that will help him to hnilrl a nohll•r
charanter. He no more Htoops to thin:;!'R that nrc
cnrthly and sensual nor giveR him~;c:IJ' over to
Ntrnul desires, appetites, pas~ious, an•l lnstR; hut
he ia changed even to hill mnnncr of thinking.
Hn cau easily follow the r.xl•nrtntion of the
IIJ<<rHIIc Paul and think on "whnt:;ncvc•r lhin~
are true, whatl!oever thint.'S nrc honrst. whaiHn­ever
things are ju11t, whatRoevcr thin,:.:s at·c pnre,
whatsoever thinl-'fl are lovely, whatsoever thin.;a
are of good report."
P ure thinking results in pure Jiving; pure liv­ing
bnil(ls pure character; pure character sets in
motion, i.n this life, an influence that is over
leading men to higher, n oblor, and better llv•
'l'lirril is nothing that will 80 develop a. man's
thiulciu"' powcra, unu briug iuto uclittn thollC
unturul Oou-givcu tahmta nJUI abilitiCllnH a dean,
"'odly life. \Ve would 110L be so nun·ow llll to
fillY all who live ungodly are ignorant, but will
Hay that muc~h talent and ability is buried b<>­rtcath
the rubllish Gf Bin. The greater the sin
and ungodliness, the greater the !lllp~l'Jltition and
ignoraur.c. Godliness will clear a mnn for aetion.
Hy it ulouc eun all his thinking power~ be UHed
80 that he can give his very bC~~t to Uod and to
the world.
We would not sa.y that RkknrKs if! nlwnys a
11ign of Hlll.(ncllinrRS, Lcc•auHC ao111~timcs Ood 'a
people get !lick, lmt we knllw many nrc phyHi­enl
\\'l'ct·kH on a<:r:onut of Rin. Many, like the
wm1mn Mut·l< I:IJIC•ke of, hllvr. r;utl'~.<rcd many
tlrill!tR or wany physicinnll lmt hnvc: p;ro,,·u worse
ull fll(' wllilr.. The enuRe hm:; never been rc11ched.
C:mlliw•x!! will turn n man from hCJ.Ilth·rlr.stroy­in:,
r hahitR unci irHllll)!r·IH'c:R. It will elcallse him,
"f1•om all filthinc•SR of tho flooh and spirit." It
-will HCt. l•cfure him a. Htnnrlnrd of temperance
ilrut will rnnhlP. him to bring his body under,
into HuhjMtion.
c:odly livin~ will go further toward bnilding
np H1rong, hMlt try, robnst lives thn.n all tho
clruf{a in the nnivctlle.
FVTUI<El EFPEOTB
Turning from this present life to the future,
we observe tl1at our text tea.chcs the reality of
n future life. This should conc:ern us most, b&­cause
eternity is long-er t han our earthly life.
Death is the g11teway to eternity. Many who
do not seem to fear eternity, fear its entrance.
There is a ren!!on. W c are often in death 's