The Children's Home Finder (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 1, Ed. 1 Monday, February 1, 1904 Page: 3 of 8
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THE CHILDREN'S HOME PIMDEE
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[The following is excerpt from
article in The Christian Advocate
of January 7, 190< entitled "The
Lord's Side"—It is given to
Home Finder readers because of
its clear presentation of the great
truths involved in this long bat-
tle of the ages, in this world-
Read the article carefully, you are
concerned—Editor. ]
THE ARTICLE.
"The warfare between sin and
righteousness is an old one. It is
a breach that can never be healed.
The conflict shall not end until
righteousness shall be victorious.
In this warfare we all have a
part.
The contest between good and
evil ought to exist, and must
continue until sin and Satan shall
be driven from the field and cast
into the lake that burns with fire
and brimstone. These parties
can never be brought together.
There can be no compromise, no
reconciliation, no peace. One
side is altogether right, and the
other altogether wrong. On one
side is truth and no error, on the
other error and no truth. On
one side is light and no darkness,
on the other darkness and no light.
The one is the side of God and
holiness, the other the side of
Satan and sin. One way leads
upward to the skies, the other
downward to .everlasting perdi-
tion.
We are all called upon to take
our stand on one side or the oth-
er. This implies that some are
on the wrong side, and some un-
decided. First of all, each should
find out where he stands. He
should be honest with himself.
To flatter himself that he is right
when he is wrong will do no good.
Let him speak to his own heart,
saying, "Tell me truly now, my
heart, am I right or am I wrong?
Am I on the Lord's side, or do I
■tend among His •asmlesT*'
To be on the Lord's side is
something mors than merely to
call Him Lord. "Ndt everyone
that saith unto Me Lord, Lord,
shall enter into the kingdom of
heaven, but he that doeth the
will of My Father who is in heav.
en." It will not do to be on the
Lord's side outwardly, while in-
wardly we are on the other side.
One is not on the Lord's side at
all unless he is altogether on His
side. To be on His side is to be
an out-and-out Christian. One
who is afraid to say which side
he is on occupies a dangerous po-
sition. One who would divide
his service between God and the
world cannot be an acceptable
servant. His manner of service
is not satisfactory to himself.
Something within tells him that
he is trying to do an impossible
thing. A wife who, at the mar-
riage alter, should give her heart
to her husband only in part,
dividing her affection between
him and another, would be no
wife at all. In this case it is all
or none. So in religion, it is all
or none. ' 'Thou shalt love the
Lord thy God with all thy heart."
One who is not an out-and-out
Christian is no Christain.
Our Lord said, "Ye cannot
serve God and mammon." He
did not say, "'It is difficult to
serve God and mammon." He
did not say, "Whoever serves
God and mammon shall perish."
He said the thing is impossible.
It has never been done and never
can be done. One cannot be in
New York and Boston at the
same time. No one can go east
and west at the same time. The
two things are absolutely incom-
patible. So the service of God and
mammon is incompatible.
One may insist that he is not
a bad man. He has no vieea.
He is honest, upright, and moral
He tries to do right by his neigh-
bors. He is not unfriendly to
religion. He doss not fight
against God or the Bible or
the Chureh. He is far
amny of those who make a
■sim of religion. He hopes
M net go hara with him in
tlw last day merely because he
is nst an open follower of Christ.
Bat let it not be forgotten that
the great Teacher reminds us,
m " He that gathereth not
wtihMe scattereth abroad." He
is m this world gathering the
souls of men into His kingdom.
We are all gathering with Him
or scattering abroad. By our
prayera, by our example, by our
1, by our efforts, we are
sheep into His fold, or
Jike wolves scattering
abroad."
A Mistaken Idea Corrected
No Fixed Income
Your Help Is SMdad
In a busy community as is
every part of Oklahoma, and In-
dian Territory is putting on a new
move, and will soon be as active
as Oklahoma, and a little later,
we think they will, and should
be one; when a new movement
ia inaugurated, it takes some
time, and repeated explanations
to get the question or matter
considered, fully and clearly be-
fore all the people.
Such is the case in regard to
the financial support of the work
of The Children's Home Society.
The idea is still abroad, and
among well informed people too,
that the Superintendent, and his
wife as Matron are liberally and
regularly and promptly paid a
fixed salary for the work they
are doing in The Children's
Home Society
Such uf not the case. There is
no fund to draw from. The
whole work is supported by
memberships or free-will offer-
ings See conditions in this pa-
per on 4th page in first column,
at bottom. Write for a Member-
ship card, or send your liberal
contribution to sustain and aid
forward this cause and work
si real merit, and honor, humans,
and Christian. Your Hwut m
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Wickham, Noah B. The Children's Home Finder (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 1, Ed. 1 Monday, February 1, 1904, newspaper, February 1, 1904; Guthrie, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc119187/m1/3/?q=%22United+States+-+Oklahoma+-+Logan+County+-+Guthrie%22: accessed July 16, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.