The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-01-02
ONE THING THOU LACKEST
The Young Man In the Scriptures
Who Had Kept the Conn.,
mandmsnts.
The Revival Meetings at the
Methodist Church Close
To-day.
The Sermon Mt Last Evenings Meet
ing by The Reverend q. II. Tabor,
OF Deer Lodge.

sistinc Rev. Price for several days IN gath
erings OF n similar character, delivering the
sermon for the evening. Mr.. Tabor, as he
says himself. is a plain spoken man and
holds the attention OF his hearers closely by
his conversational manner of delivery. He
took his text from the I, nth chapter Of st.
Mark, 2lst verse: 'J'hen Jesus beholding
him loved him, and said unto him: One
thing thou lackest; go thy way, sell what
soever thou hast and give to the poor. n
thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and
come take Up the cross and follow me-"
Mr.. Tabor began by wishing happ n ,ss to
to his hearers for all the 3G5 days OF the
new year. and that was equal to wishing
they would become Christians. He knew
one could not be happy unless he was a
Christian. The expression, zone thing
thou lackest,'' was addressed to a young
man who came running and kneeled at the
feet of the Saviour, asking what he should
do to inherit eternal life. The master in
answer to this question repeated to him the
commandments. The youth said, II have
kept these Then the Master said, lone
thing thou Iackest.''
The preacher wished to call attention to
the character of this young man. He was
a young man; not that there WAS anything
special in his being a young man, but in
other things in connection with his history.
He was u ruler, and had reached IN early
life the highest position that his country
could bestow upon him.. He had given
such attention to the improvement of his
mind and was acquainted with the laws
of his church and country that he was
we'll worthy Of the very responsible
position he occupied. You will see that he
was more than al ordinary young man.
Attention WAS called also to the fact that
posed there was n disposition to pride in all
our hearts, but this young man had SO sub
dued it in his heart that he came running
and knelt at the feet of Jesus Christ. HUI
mility always goes with greatness. Show
me an humble man" said Mr.. Tabor, land
| will show you at least o great man."
Another thing that he called attention to
was the Willingness of the young man to be
taught. Mr.. Tabor said he had found 80
many individuals who were wise in their
own minds with reference to the great
truths of the bible. He had found young
men who prided themselves i'll saying that
they did not believe in The word of God.
And yet this young man, Notwithstanding
his high intellectual attainments, had gone
and knelt at the feet of the humble Nazar-
enc and asked for instruction. Mr.. Tabor
believed that many Observation-Disclosures better
JuQZmeLU WHI6 pIOluYtcu w u lODlC lllc,
but pride of heart would not allow them to
kneel and be instructed. He called attention
to the earnestness of the young man.
He felt sure that the great need of the
church to-day WAS earnest men and women.
An earnest man would always succeed
wherever placed. 1t did not matter what
his business was, but it was a general rule
that earnest men always succeed. Show
him n Christian man or woman who was
dead in earnest and he would show that
they would succeed.
There was also great need of more earnest
men in the pulpits. Referring to his habit
of being PLAN spoken, Mr.. Tabor said that
he had felt at times sick at heart because
of SO little earnestness in religion. The
Young man of the text was earnest: he came
running and knelt at the feet of God. There
was no use of giving any attention to reiig-
ion unless you intend to be earnest about
it. Mr.. Tabor said that if he did not in
tend to be a Christian he would take the
world for his portion; he would not take
hold of religion with one hand and the
world with the other. To sinners he would
say that it was n miserable life to lead to be
n half Christian.
The young man of his text was humble, he
was earnest, and he was willing to be
taught: he was a model young man. To
the Master he said, "''' these | have kept
when Jesus repeated tho commandments
to him. Mr.. Tabor said he would give his
right arm II he COulu gay as biuCu. leu
| this Young man had the courage, in the
face of the prejudice of his religion, to
press his way to the feet Of God. Nico-
demus did not have that courage, but the
young mar realized that he was al uptit
subject for the kingdom of God when he
propounded the momentous question, what
should he do to obtain eternal life. Among
his hearers there might be leading men,
beers of the church who knew if they were
sinners. lie could not look into their
hearts; he did not know whether they were
Christians or not, but God knew, and they
might know if they wished to know. A
man might now and then trample down
his conscience, but there are hours when we
know that our hearts are not right. We
should be asking this same important ques-
ton which this young man asked. When
the master said to him. sell all you have
and give it to the poor, he reali Zed then
that he loved the world more than God.
Down in his hear: were issues to be settled;
the destiny of an immortal soul. The
Young man made a decision hewent to tho
Sanht drim and never returned. How
many have done just as this yonng man
who could not afford to give up the world.
The sermon was brought to an end by the
preacher asking his hearers what they
would do. The services were closed with
prayer and singing led by Kew. MIR. Price,
pastor of the church.
Mr.. Price says the revival m eting have
been quite successful. Mr.. Tabor will
preach again this afternoon at two o'clock
and at 1870 this evening. On Saturday he
will return to his church at Deer Lodge.