What Are They For? by Max Hill

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Jul 10, 1907

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 33, No. 28.

What Are They For?

By Max Hill

G LADSTONE, England's "Grand Old Man," was all thru his long and varied life of strenuous activity a devoted Christian. His piety was a part of his character, it was his character; not a cloak to be thrown about him, but a complete garment of salvation. His humble, Christ-like life was once the topic of conversation, when one man remarked, "After all, what are Christians in the world for?"

Truly enough, what are they here for? Is it not their mission to show forth the real character of the Lamb of God in true humility, the Son of Man in brotherly love, the Friend of sinners in forgiving the erring, the Light of the world in leading men to the Source of light, the Saviour of men in perfecting characters that meet the standard of God? A high standard is demanded. Would less be expected of Perfection?

The Christian draws from a Source of strength that is more than human. This alone insures fulness, for the love of God abounds, overflows, and with the psalmist the Christian exclaims, "My cup runneth over." It is not an imaginary filling, it is not a shadow of a standard; too many have tested it in every possible environment; too many have dwelt in the secret place of the Most High, in the shadow of the Almighty, to be deceived. "O taste and see that Jehovah is good; blessed is the man that taketh refuge in Him."

MAX HILL.