Central Wisconsin College - Valkyrie Yearbook (Scandanavia, WI)

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69 ing both the wishes of God and his mother, who was a devout Christian. Although her son seemed to be going farther and farther away from God, she continued to pray for him. He was finally converted and stands as one of the shining lights in Church History, and this was largely due to the mother's prayer. Prayer is a privilege which all should make use of, it is also a command of Christ when he said :- The harvest truly is great but the laborers are few. Pray therefore to the Lord of the harvest that he may send out laborers. The last and undoubtedly the greatest sacrifice which we may be called upon to take, to the Lord's work is -ourself. If the Lord should call us wholly into His service we should through His strength and guid-ance answer gladly as the pro- phet Isaiah did, Here am I. Send me. Wfhen we think of Christ's great sacrifice for humanity, how little are our gifts to Him although we may give our entire lives to help fur- ther His kingdom. True love to God and also love for our fellow men alone will prompt us to make this sacrifice of a life in God,s Service, if it should be His will. Let us then endeavor to work earnestly for the Lord, and Master, and not let a day pass without doing something good. The command is to work earnestly while it is yet dayf, Thy life was given for me, Thy precious blood was shed, That I might ransomed be, And quickened from the dead. Thy life was given for me, Wliat have I given for Thee? O, let my life be given, My years for Thee be spent, World fetters all be riven, And joy and suffering blent! Thou gavest Thyself for meg . I give myself for Thee. Bertha Lunde, Collegiate. l I

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n EBU -ml :HB Q 2 3 68 t ra- S mand of us that We make an account of how we have spent t-he time and talents he has given us. To the true servant, He will say:- Enter thou into the glory of my Father, prepared for you from the foundation of the world, but to the unfaith- ful I-Ie will say 1-f'Depart from me unto the fire, prepared for the devil and his angels. In giving of our temporal means to the furtherance of God's kingdom, it is Well to have a definite plan to follow. For example to give one-tenth of our income as the people of the Old Testament times were accustomed to do. A farmer may give the proceeds of a certain field to Missions. In this way he ,will take more interest in the Lord's work and labor directly for this cause. To give liberally to this cause may result in a little self- denial on our part, but think of the reward! A place in the heavenly home providing we are faithful. A man of consid- erable ivealth once gave 335000 to Missions. Shortly after the remainder of his property was destroyed and he found him- self a poor man. One of his neighbors said rather sarcastical- ly :- The money which you recently gave to missions might have been put to good use now that you have lost everything. No, replied the man, who had met with the failure, I do not for a moment wish for that sum of money. That is the only thing which I have keptf, I-Ie had not lost this because it was now his treasure in heaven and jesus had said 2- Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through and steal, for where your treasure is there will your heart be also. Although many may be poor as far as material wealth is concerned, and therefore cannot contribute as freely to the cause of the Lord as they Wish, there is one thing which every christian can give and that is his daily prayer. We also read in God's word Epistle of james 5, 16 'KA christian's prayer availeth much if it is sincere. Prayer had miraculous power and should therefore not be neglected. Its power has been shown in many instances in aiding the Lord's Work. In- valids who have not been able to be active in daily work, have sometimes made it a practise to pray for some definite cause. Through faith and persistence their prayer has been answered. Their accomplishment for the I.ord's work has often been greater than that of many of us who are able to be in active daily service. An example of what earnest and sincere prayer will do is that of Augustine and his mother Monica. . We are told that in his youth he was frivolous and careless, disregard-

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it ti nfs ri gg, ' 2 3 'a:' :j - gui -.Bra iv '. L , 512- EA.: 70 t s ... 24 RASTUS FIXES THE FORD Mr. John Thomas Brown lived alone in a big house in a little Kentucky town. He was a man who always kept up with the times, so in the year 1912 he bought a Ford car. Being wealthy he always hired a man to drive it. The man that lill- ed this position at present was a negro named Rastus Tomlin- son Carter. He knew how to drive a car but he did not un- derstand much about the motor for he was at least sixty years old. One morning as Rastus was caring for the car, he was in- terrupted by a loud voice: Rastus, aren't you ready yet? Yas suh, Massa Brown, I'se ready now only when I get dis clock on. ' That's no clock, Rastus, that's a timer. A timer-it is, such, but a time-a timer is a clock 'cause it makes de coils go off at a sartain time, suh. i The coils don't go off, Rastus, they spark, or you can say 'tire' if you want to.', Yas suh, yas suh, you am right, I put a wrench on cle fire plug an, you bet it tired, I got a shake and tired de wrenchf' Now Rastus, you shoulcln't say fire plugs, you should say spark plugs and you didn't get a shake, you got a shock. Dat's right Massa, I know it too when you say so. I got dat clock on er-er-a timer-on, I mean, now. i'All right Rastus, you start the mot-or and then welll go. But Massa, I done an' forgot to put some oil in de book- case, dat's wot I did. Book case-I-Im,-what are you thinking oi? You mean crank case, don't you?'! K'Yas suli, yas suh, I meant crank case all de time, only I done gone an, said wat I didn't mean at all. , 'KNOW 'then the oil is in and everything 'must be ready. Start the motor, Rastus, and then we'll go. 'H-Xfter cranking for a while, Rastus exclaimed breath- lessly, 'tIt-it-won't-go, massa, I tink dar is-dar-is some- ting wrong wid-wid defbeetle valve in de-de percolaterf' You're ridiculous, Rastus, you mean the needle valve in the carburator, don't you? Yas suh, dat's jes' itg I say jes' dat wot I don't mean no how.