THE SABBATH.

Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20278, 21 August 1937, Page 20 (Supplement)

THE SABBATH.

OUR LAMPS ARE GOING OUT. Along his upward trail of years, proud man Has lighted lamps:, the hissing, redorbed flame Of force; the steady torch of learning held Aloft In calm, superior hands of fame; The powerful searchlight; motordriven, which with The boast of science and invention shines; And little altar-lights that feebly flare Before out-moded cults’ decaying shrines. As on his present precipice man stands, And, one by one, the lamps which marked the track For pioneers go flickering out till sight Se'ems veiled and senses reel; may the deep, black Immensity but serve to focus each And every eye upon the Christ sublime, Th© whole world’s inextinguishable Light, Which shall remain beyond the end of time. —Elizabeth Patton Moss. THE DAILY TEXT. Bunday. Wilt Thou be unto me as waters that fail? —Jeremiah 15:18. I will not fill thee nor forsake thee. . . . The mountains shall depart and the hills be removed, but My kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shali the covenant of My peace be removed, saiths the Lord that hath mercy on thee —Johua 1:5, Isaiah 54:10. He is the faithful God. . . . Nor will He suffer Ills faithfulness to fall. Deuteronomy 7:9, Psalm 89:33. Monday.

Have I been a wilderness unto Israel?—Jeremiah 2:31.

Thou has been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the' heat, when the blast of the terrible ones was as a storm against the wall- . . . Thou hast been my help; leave me not neither forsake me, 0 God of my salvation.—lsaiah 25.4 ; Psalm 27 :9. I will never leave thee nor forsake thee.—Hebrews 13.5. Tuesday. Who is on my side?—ll. Kings 9:32. I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee. ... I will contend with him that contendeth with thee and I will save thy children.—Jeremiah 15:20; Isaiah 49:25, Feed them also and lift them up forever.—Psalm 28:9. Wednesday. When thou are spoiled what wilt thou do? —Jeremiah 4:30I will cry unto God Most High, unto God that per/ormeth all things for me. . . . for whosever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be delivered.—Psalm 57:2; Joel 2.32. The name of the Lord Is a strong tower; the righteous runneth Into it and is safe. —Proverbs 18:10. Thursday. Shalt thou be delivered —lsaiah 37:11. Thou hast delivered my soul from death; wilt Thou not deliver my feet from falling that I may walk before God In the light of the living.—Psalm 56:13. I will deliver thee and thou shalt glorify me.—Psalm 50:15. What profit Is it that we have kept His ordinance?—Malachl 3:14. Verily there Is a reward for the righteous. . . . Them that honour Me I will honour, and they that despise Me shall be lightly esteemed.—Psalm 58:11; I. Samuel 2.30. Let my mouth be filled with Thy praise and with Thy honour all the day.—Psalm 71:8. Saturday. Who is sufficient for these things?— 11. Corinthians 2:16. My grace is sufficient for thee, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.—ll. Corinthians 12:9. It suffleeth us. . , . When I am

NOTHING TOO LITTLE. Nothing is too little to be ordered by our Father; nothing too little in which to see His hand; nothing which touches our souls too little to accept from Him; nothing too little to be done to Him.—E. B. Pusey. GOOD DEEDB. For every good deed of ours, the world will be better always. And, perhaps, no day does a man walk down a street cheerfully and like a child of God, without some passengers being brightened by his face, and, unknowingly to himself, catching from its look a something of religion. LOVE. There are two kinds of love, confused together both in man’s nature and In our judgment of It —th© love that desires to love, and the love that desires to be loved. The first is always a debtor to the world, the second always finds the world In debt to, him, and complains bitterly that debt is unpaid. There is no more uncompromising creditor than the creditor for love, there is no avarice more grasping than his avarice. - . . Love that feeds on being loved, and not on loving, cannot conquer death; It turns traitor at the last, confessing Us own baseness, that it served for the sake of reward. GOOD IN ALL. I think a person may, by thought, encourage and develop congeniality. Great men, endowed with'high powers of imagination, and large and affectionate sympathies, suffer much less from the real or supposed uncongeniality of those who surround them, than other and commoner people do. It is the narrow-minded fastidious person who suffers most from uncongenialfty. A Mirabeau, an Alcibiades, a Bacon, a Shakespeare, finds something congenial to him in all those with whom he associates. Depend upon It, when you find persons difficult to live with, and thoroughly uncongenial to you, it is that you have failed to discover, and to appeal to those primeval and better elements of their character, which would yield pleasant fruits to an intelligent cultivation of congeniality on your part.—-A. Helps. WOMEN’B DUTIEB. What the woman is to b© within her gates, as the centre of order, the balm of distress, and the mirror of beauty, that she is also to be without he* gates, where order is more difficult, distress more imminent, loveliness more rare.

And as within the human heart there ts always set an Instinct for all its real duties, an Instinct which you cannot quench, but only warp and corrupt, if you withdraw It from its true purpose—as there is the intense instinct of love, which rightly disciplined, maintains all the sanctities of life, and misdirected, undermines them, and must do either the one or the other—so there is In the human heart an undlstrnguishable instinct, the love of power, which, rightly directed, maintains all the majesty of law and life, and, misdirected, wrecks them.

Deep rooted in the Innermost life of the heart of man, and of the heart of woman, God set It there and God keeps It there. Vainly, as falsely, yoti blame or rebuke the desire of power! For (Heaven’s sake, and for Man’s sake, desire It all you can. But what power? That is all the question Power to heal, to redeem, to guide, and to guard. . . . Will you not covet such power as this, and seek such throne as this, and be no more housewives, but queens? —Ruskin.

weak then am I strong ... . Strong In the Lord and In the power of His might.—J-ohn 14:8 11. Corinthians 12.10; Ephesians 6:10.

THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK. *• Utmost for tho high©©!." WELCOME CORNER. Rested Poaro, — Claudelands Pack. “ Good Hunting,” Restell. BT. GEORGE’B TROOR. To say we had a pleasant surprise on Monday night, was only putting It mildly. The hall seemed to be filled to bursting point, what with 15 points and about 25 hefty Scouts jammed into all available corners. The stove, for once, made up Its mind to be In a good humour and was blazing away merrily, driving away the chilly air which was hanging round outside. We started orr the evening with the Investiture or four new Tenderroots and then followed Inspection, etc. Aftei this we officially welcomed our visitors and then started ofT the evening with games. The parents were Invited to Join in and did they have fun, especially In a new form of dog and bone, which seemed to be the most popular on the programme. Bottle rolling, carrying peas with straws, etc., also proved popular, and believe it or not, t'he parents finished up the evening by winning the games by 6 to 4. Supper followed and then a few more games, the evening closing at about 10.0 p.m. I think everyone was sorry to finish. This Is the most successful parents’ evening we have had so far, and we intend holding lots more. Our roll of honorary members still seems to be steadily increasing and It Is also proving a good financial proposition. Thank you, all you honorary members, for the splendid manner In which you have responded to our appeals. Our birthday will be coming off shortly and so we will have this to look forward to next, so cheerio till next week. BT. JOHN’S TROOP. Well, here we are again with our little contribution to the Scout Notes. We met as usual on Friday night and started off the evening with Tenderfoot work, and In another rew weeks sortie boys will probably be able to be Invested. After a quick run over oqr work we started oil with some games, including hockey, which Is a prime favourite with us. Wc closed at 9 o’clock and owing to practically all the Troop being away for the next three weeks, we are holding no parades, so we will probably be absent from these notes for a while. TE AWAMUTU. Hello, Everybody, Here we are again! Our S.M. Is with us again, much to our joy, arid I can tell you we missed him while he was away. He 13 fully recovered from his operation. You could not kill our S.M. with a sledgehammer! Last Friday was the shield competition night, the Grey Ducks winning by a narrow margin. However, t'he S.M. was not very pleased With our work and