wi
ATLANTIC
#)NION
“
Lift
up
your
eyes,
and
look
on
the
fields;
for
they
are
white
already
fo
harvest.”
VoL.
1
SouTH
LANCASTER,
Mass.,
AUGUST
27,
1902
No.
33
4
“HE
CARETH
FOR
YOU.”
How
strong
and
sweet
my
Father's
care!
The
word,
like
music
in
the
air
Comes
answering
to
my
whispered
prayer—
“He
cares
for
thee.”
The
thought
great
wonder
with
it
brings:
My
cares
are
all
such
little
things,
But
to
the
truth
my
glad
faith
clings,
He
cares
for
me.
Yet,
keep
me
ever
in
thy
love,
Dear
Father,
watching
from
above,
And
let
me
still
thy
mercy
prove
And
care
for
me.
Cast
me
not
off
for
all
my
sin,
But
make
me
pure
and
true
within
And
teach
me
how
thy
smile
to
win
Who
carest
for
me.
O
still,
in
summer’s
golden
glow,
Or
wintry
storms
of
wind
and
snow
Love
me
my
Father;
let
me
know
Thy
care
for
me,
And
I
will
learn
to
cast
the
care
Which
like
a
heavy
load
I
bear
Down
at
thy
feet
in
lowly
prayer
And
trust
in
Thee.
For
nought
can
hurt
me,
shade
or
shine,
Nor
evil
thing
touch
me,
or
mine,
Since
thou,
with
tenderness
divine
Dost
care
for
me,
—
Marianne
Farningham.
A
WARNING
AGAINST
SELFISHNESS.
“Nor
every
one
that
saith
unto
me,
Lord,
Lord,
shall
enter
into
the
kingdom
of
heaven
;
but
he
that
doeth
the
will
of
my
Father
which
is
in
heaven.
Many
will
say
to
me
in
that
day,
Lord,
Lord,
have
we
not
prophe-
sied
in
thy
name?
and
in
thy
name
have
cast
out
devils
?
and
in
thy
name
done
many
wonderful
works?
and
then
will
I
profess
unto
them,
I
never
knew
you;
depart
from
me,
ye
that
work
iniquity.”
These
words
portray
the
sad
end-
ing
of
the
self-deceived.
They
see
the
good
that
they
might
have
done
in
this
life,
and
they
plead
that
they"
have
performed
some
good
actions.
But
their
good
was
so
alloyed
with
selfishness
and
greed
that
they
turned
souls
from
God,
causing
them
to
lose
faith
in
all
professing
Christians.
In
the
minds
of
those
with
whom
they
were
connected,
they
created
a
sense
of
suspicion,
distrust,
and
injustice,
which
strengthened
the
spirit
of
criti-
cis.
Though
claiming
to
be
in
the
service
of
God,
they
educated
them-
selves
in
dishonesty.
Their
sense
of
justice
became
confused.
Their
hearts
were
hardened,
and
they
left
undone
many
things
that
would
have
glorified
God.
Self-complacency
filled
their
hearts,
leading
them
to
say,
“I
have
done
this
and
that
good
work,”
But
the
Lord
did
not
accept
their
work,
for
it
was
defiled
with
selfishness,
Their
wrong
course
began
with
the
cherishing
of
wrong
principles.
The
spirit
of
cupidity,
not
at
first
apparent
to
themselves,
grew
until
it
led
to
actions
that
meant
robbery.
Their
unfaithfulness,
commended
by
the
world,
was
cherished
for
a
lifetime
under
the
decent
garb
of
frugality
and
honest
industry.
Constantly
it
was
working
the
destruction
of
them-
selves
and
others.
is
covetousness;
it
is
the
frugality
of
selfishness.
Selfishness
is
as
contagious
as
the
Parsimoniousness
leprosy.
Selfishness
in
dealing
with
the
Lord's
goods
ought
to
be
seen
as
it
is;
for
it
is
the
greatest
curse
that
can
come
into
any
man’s
life.
It
is
hard
to
reconcile
the
selfishness
shown
by
many
church
members
with
their
claim
to
be
the
Lord's
helping
hand.
The
half-hearted
Christians
who
are
working
in
the
Iord’s
vine-
yard
are
the
cause
of
the
great
dearth
of
means
in
the
treasury.
Will
those
to
whom
this
is
well
known
continue
to
reveal
a
hard-heartedness
that
1s
lessening
the
revenue
which
is
to
support
the
Lord’s
work
in
the
world?
Godliness
is
becoming
more
and
more
rare.
Unless
the
divine
leaven
of
renovation
works
in
the
church,
little
will
be
done
to
convert
souls
who
will
be
not
only
consumers
but
producers.
The
church
vast
hospital,
filled
with
the
spirit
ually
sick.
The
future
of
the
church
depends
on
the
efforts
made
by
the
members
to
understand
the
sinful-
ness
of
selfishness,
and
their
willing-
is
now
as
a
£