SUNDAY BEADING

Hutt News, Volume 3, Issue 4, 19 June 1930, Page 10

SUNDAY BEADING

When this passing world is done, When has sunk yon glaring sun, When we stand with Christ in glory, Looking o'er life's finished story Then,- Lord, shall I fully know. Not till then, how much I owe. PBAYEB Our Homes < O, Father, who in Thy loving kindness settest the solitary in. families, teach us to realize the sacredness of home. Let the influence of our home life be for God, and love and purity; let every home be a shelter from care and sin; a place where Thy Spirit rules. May the memories of* home abide with the absent, chastening their heartE, keeping them unspotted from the world, and binding them to Thee. ".... Come unto me all ye that labour-and are heavy laden and I will.give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me.; for I am meek.and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is „ easy, arid .my, burden is light. Matt X.I. 28-30. THE UNSEEN "When the last" has been said solid facts an& our practical eye, the - truth is still that now, as always, the unseen stands behind the seen and overshadows it; We see the faces and forms of _ our friends,-but what we love is the spirit we cannot behold. We have confidence in our fellow-men with whom we live and work —not in the strength of their hands or the clearness of their eyes, but in their ability wisdom,- fidelity; qualities that have ngr visible form or shape. When a panic sweeps over, the lands, mills close and business is dull, it is seldom because of any outward disaster or that there is less money in the country. The general explanation.of it is "lack of confidence" the unseen feeling that makes, things go smoothly. Jesus, the Son of God came to inspire confidence in men, the confidence of love, of hope, and of eternal salvation* It is that confidence.in the heart which lifts man above the waves of surging sorrow and bids him hope in God. Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe' in God, believe also in me.—^'-The Outlook.' Dr. Wilfred Grenfell of Labrador, is; one of the greatest of men. The story of his life'is one of self-sacrifice and of ex>lendid devotion to the cause of Christ, and to the people living along the bleak .shores of. Labrador. .. . . .' . Along that perilous coa.st in,his little vessel, the r '' Stratchcoria ■'} he fought the storms andl the bitter cold in order to bring relief to those who* required medical help. His work has now attracted world-wide attention and during a recent visit to the Homeland ,his meetings attracted great crowds. On one occasion after he had given a lecture upon medical work .in Labrador, someone askea him if he did not find existence out there, lonely and monotonous. In answering the man, he told of one who had no c seen for 17 years until •the doctor operated on his eyes, long af--bieted with double catarrah. And the m&n saw. '' Opportunities like that do not make a very monotonous life," he observed, and added', /'there can be no monotony in seeing re-eriacted through the Christ in our own lives, the deeds which some people argue could never have happened. ff The sure way to avoid monotony is to become an earnest Christian.