Show TALKS ON TRUE VALUE OF LIFE Field Worker Delivers Eloquent Sermon at Westminster Presbyterian Church TAKES TEXT FROM JAMES We Are Constantly Forgetting the Uncertainty of the Future Clyde E. E van tier cler of ot Chicago general field worker for Cor Christian Endeavor En En- deavor occupied tho the pulpit of ot tho the Westminster Presbyterian church yesterday yesterday yes yes- morning morning- in tho tine absence of or tho the pastor TIe Rev C. C C. C McIntyre The Tho subJect subJect sub sub- joe of oC the morning sermon was The Value of or Our Lives Livos Th text was found James iv h fr 14 For Fer what Is your you our life Mr van der dor said In p part rt as follows The Tile Apostle James Is protesting a against the tho foolish security of or who plan for Cor tho future Our subject this morning Is la the true value of oC life and the of ot every one to realize this value I J 1 am nm sure that wo we all need the tue Apostle Tames James for we are arc constantly forgetting the uncertainty of ot tine the fu future tu- tu ture and so are arc 11 likely I c to throw awu away as of ot no value the tho quickly flying moments moments mo mo- ments like that young girl In tho painting 1 which you OU have probably seen who Is bending half halt asleep over the side of or a boat bont while the tine diamonds from her hor necklace laco aro falling ailing one ono by byone byone one ono Into tho the flowing stream lost Jost for for- over ever d What Is your our lire life What Is It In lit it Its Hs length th of days Its avera average c length th I Is about throe thirty years eare But suppose sup sup- pose JOSe that thaI a a. man lives to bo io seventy se how man many days has lias he hue of possible In Intelligent In- In dugout service fler Well Veil seventy o years i are nrc 2550 G 50 days das and tile they seem sem to us Interminable us as we looked forward to them from tile the low hills of or childhood and antI from under tinder the tho sunlit skies hut but measured h by 13 the thc lines Jines of ot great ac accomplishments ac- ac wo must deduct the years or days hays during which I ono one has no definite aim no system InI in inIfe I liCe Ife life and no skill of labor and this leaves eaves days From this this wo we must I deduct third one for o sl sleep cp and ancL ancLe we e have o I days das of or life 1110 left Then for zor eating bathing necessary recreation and illness we must deduct at nt the least figure third one-third more and you oU have hn days left or 01 about twenty twenty- I two years rears of ot a working life liCe Do De in his calculations takes off ort another third leaving anI only eleven on and und one-half one years rears of ot responsible life liCe but if you ou call can It two twenty-two years how short the the period is for tOI character buildIng buildIng bullring build build- Ing ng for tor doing our part in the worlds world's U uplifting I ft i n g. g What is your life lIto The matter of ot Its ts length Js is insignificant and arid It de dependent dependent do- do pendent upon Cods GotI will but the qU question ques- ques lon tion of ot how to make o the most moat of oC the moments Is for Cor you OU and me mo to answer and if it we wo waste them in thoughtlessness thoughtless thoughtless- ness end and tull oily folly the responsibility Is ours One of our heathen philosophers wrote rote Vo Se trifle with that tha t which is 15 most precious an and throw awn away that which Is our greatest Interest to re re- re deem delm Well Veil there aro arc two errors which we must avoid ol and antI tho the Is that c circumstances make the tile man that e vents events are architects The rho oth other r error errors is Is I s that the purpose of or life Is pleasure arll and that he ho most truly lives hives Into whose l lap ap the tho mo most moat t fragrant flowers flower arc nrc poured Pleasure as an aim Thim Is ignoble an Ann Js Js 3 a a. ver slon 1 pf pr that thai which was cr for tor grand grana anti and sublime sub stub lime inie h uses Do you OU suppose that Gad gave you OU that brain POW power I which Is Isable isable able to think thou thoughts God in order ordel t that hat you might night use it Jt to wheel around t the he bab baby wagon of or selfish elfish pleasure Do you suppose that he lie goa gave 0 you ou that heart whose love lo can commune with His own Infinite affection that you m might ight turn Its streams In upon yourself yourself your your- our self sel and feed eCu your our self gratification No Such a conception would degrade our Idea Iden of or God Cod The question then What hat Is your life lire really means what Is there of oC nobility ut o-C o beauty o of power inside of oC you ou 1 or 01 what Is your our I 1 wish now to leave lea you these three essentials to a noble life UCe The first N essentials to noble nohle living In piety or your our life lIro hid with Christ In God Piety is IE a divine dl principle In the tue BOU soul b by y which as on a stron strong and beautiful axis It Is ever cr borno up and made malle to turn urn In harmony harmon with the music lr the Fathers Father's will There Is no real life Ute where hero God Is lit left lert out A life UCe without God Is like an orphan is like nature without the tho sun like a flower without an any perfume like a watch without the mainspring like hike a pin with Its central ll gone Aone It is like c a n ship Ter very beautiful In construction hut but with no ballast ani null and no captain ln on nn the or like on one trying to paint a picture with no COW cop before him ana nua no great t artIst art- art bit Jat to direct tho the brush Another essential of ot true living I Is inward growth Growth Is tho lie proof out of or life lire Another essential and tIle the last to toa toa toa a noble nohle life lire Is ulI unselfish love 10 for others Selfishness Is Only an as one goes oes out of ot this shell of ot elf and ami shat teri It Its prison walls only onh as his ambition am am- bitten Is Is not what can I get out of ot the world for Cor self IC but hut what can enn I give to the world of myself to lighten Its burdens to wipe away Its tears to to- In Inspire inspire In- In spire spiro humanity Godward only ony only then dowe do tIo dowe we begin to lIeLet live lI Let mo me mo In closing point you OU to the tho one perfect Man Ian and the tho ono one perfect Life Christ Life Christ Jesus Jestus There In Him you OU see the thc piety viet which was rooted In the 3 life of or God There Thero in lit Him you ou see tho tue I principles of ot growth and Jesus was increased In III wisdom om and stature am ond In favor with God and man There in Him you see in its full tull and wonderous blossom a telf love hove Stud Study this man Christ Jesus Jesu Take no lower Ideal than that for Cor your char char- actor acter and your our life work Study Him till there shall shaH come to you OU a 3 ulous and inspiration to to be he Wee like Him to live as aR Ho lie lived with Cm and for Cor God GOll and for the thue humanity Ho lIe loved lo and diet died for tor foron on Calvary |