. The Millions 1914 . spirit of modern religiouslife. We are living in anage of elaborate churchorganization and spiritualactivity. The church which is most highlyorganized and unwearied-ly active is judged so fre-quently in these days tobe the most , however, into allthis restless activity,hurry and noise of ourtimes, down into all thebusy activities which areabsorbing the interestand sapping the strengthof so many Christianworkers, comes again thevoice of the living God,Be still and know thatI am God. Is it so strange after all? Am I not correct whenI state that the greatest m
. The Millions 1914 . spirit of modern religiouslife. We are living in anage of elaborate churchorganization and spiritualactivity. The church which is most highlyorganized and unwearied-ly active is judged so fre-quently in these days tobe the most , however, into allthis restless activity,hurry and noise of ourtimes, down into all thebusy activities which areabsorbing the interestand sapping the strengthof so many Christianworkers, comes again thevoice of the living God,Be still and know thatI am God. Is it so strange after all? Am I not correct whenI state that the greatest manifestations of power aremade in almost complete silence? When God createdthis beautiful world in which we live, and the hostsof heaven above, there was no hurry or over again the simple but majestic accountof the beginning of all these things, so beautifully setbefore us in the book of Genesis, I find that Godsaid let there be ... and there was. So it is in the world of nature about us. I suppose. REV. ANHKKW S. IMRI1-INLAND MISSION COUNC the greatest manifestation of power in the world ofnature is to be found in the shining of the sun. Tothe sunshine we owe the marvellous power which we call gravitation, withoutwhich we could not livein the world; from theshining of the sun wehave the power of steamand electricity. Withoutits rays the world of na-ture would be a chaosand human life impos-sible. Tell me, did anyof you ever hear the sunrise? Its glorious ap-pearing is in absolutesilence. The same law holdsgood in the human more I understandof the laws which governmy own body, the moredifficult seem the prob-lems of unbelief. Of allthe organs of the bodythe most wonderful, per-haps, is the heart, pump-ing, as it does from eightto twelve pounds of bloodfrom the centre to the ex-tremities day and night,summer and winter, with-out even a moments rest,and as a result of itswork I am well andstrong. Yet if lyingawake in the stillness ofthe night we are ab
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