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=" but, again. bur Young peoples bible must
contain a fulrFeveIation of the. plan of sal
of true wisdom NO one can md the city
of the great King who does not Know and
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the serpent's bruised head. and, we must
follow II with NIL the other promise which
and then we must not forget all the marvel
Gus ways by which our Lord prepared the
world for the advent of His Son by ritz and
ceremony, by prophecy and by providence:
We must have a place for ADAM, and for
and for Ezekiel. and for Isaiah. These men
are steps by which we are to climb to the
rhTSee for OF t Sod srS which af Christ on" If a aH sineie
one of them Is broken, we shal be hlnderei
in our climbing; and it Is perfectly obvious
that we must give a prominent place to the
four gospels, which are the revelation of
the words, the works and the atonemcnt of
| The central place of your bible, my young
friends-the central place of II all, must be
occupied by the life of Him whose name
And then. we must not forget the biog-
raphles OF the saints. which snow us th9
to lift "A mans heart and life, but it is al
most useless If it does not have the fulcrum
of example on which to turn. And so, the
lives of Noah and Enoch, of. Moses and
David, Of Elijah and Elisha, of Nicodemus
and the ~penitent thief, of Saul of Tarsus,
and the jailor, of Phillippi, are examples In
our proposed bible must have in it every
thing that pertains to human salvation, and
that. shows us how to work, how to reach
the land of promise and of rest. The con-
clusion is obvious. There is not too much
revelation in the word of God today. for,
And so it is plain to us that the bible for
our young people cannot omit one single
the hsP%sedd emptio N of s'" our Lord. 1t must cons
tain all that Is contained in the bible we
possess, that bears directly upon the plan
Still further. The young peoples bible
must have in IT the rule of life, such a rule
as is contained in the moral law which Is
summarily comprehended In love to God and
love to men, and these ten commandment
must be explained and enforced and largely
explained and enforced; for men are slow
to learn. Apostles and prophets and the
Great Teacher Himself put emphasis on the
fact that the ten commandments are a
spirit as well as a letter, and that tue
obedience governs, the thoughts as well as
the words and deeds.
GOSPEL OF COMMON SENSE.
to be exemplihed. Would you know how to
believe? Remember Abraham in his pill
grimage and on Mount Moriah.
Would you know how to be meek? Re
member Moses under the provocations of
Would you know how to be patient? Re
member JOB in his trials, who in one night
was left a childless beggar, and whose book
reveals the mystery of suffering and its
remedy.
Der Davids silent heart and broken heart.
Would you know how to love? Remember
JOnn, whose text anu sermon ever WAS,
Little children, love one another
Would you know how to be sacred to our
ready to. wish himself anathema for Christ,
for his brethren his kindred according to
the flesh.
Would you know how to be holy Remem-
and separate from sin. :.
Would you know how to conduct yourself
in the ordinary affairs of life? There is the
book of Proverbs, which teaches industry
fidelity TO mar and the fear of God
1t is not a gospel of salvation, but it Is
a gospel of cotlmon sense, and next to sal
the human race. Would you know how to
worship? There are the inspired Psalms,
perience and touch e, cry revealed attribute
of divine PERFECTION, They must be best, for
the Lords prayer. With its Introduction
after this manner, therefore, pray ye;''
a prayer that has been offered in the closet
child and the dying saint; and it is as new
today and in Omaha as it vas on the day
preached beside the sea of Galilee. Then
we have the RECORDED prayers Of the men.
DAVID into his closet, with Elijah to his
B}se r,ps whose ease' OPEN Tsn WIN Window oS"l was 20 of rs to oRami
Jerusalem. We can stand-greatest wonder
Of qllmbesiS side our Ho blessed ofSasl Lord and listen
prayer. If we do not know how to worship
In its manner and it's methodist we do not
have any lack of instruction or any example,
The question is sometimes asked, why
are the imperfections and sins of men sc
fully recorded in the word of God?" Why?
For our encouragement. There are other
been set before us we would have been
overwhelmed with despair. l once saw two
ing. That incident did more to encourage
me in my work than the sermon of the
great preacher. applause and laughter),
/ am glad to know something about
Enoch. who walked with God, and was not,
translated that he should not see death.
But. my Christian friends, l am a thou
sand times more, glad that the names of
place in the roll call of the faithful dead.
If they were saved, there is hope for you
don't You see it?L!must contain everything
that bears directly or indirectly upon the
theory and practice Of Christian living. OF
peoples bible must in this regard differ
in no respect from the bible as we have II.
TALES OF DARING AND ROMANCE.
must contain tales of daring and romance.
Such tales have a wonderful attraction for
the young; and where where viii we ind the equal
God2 Who of us have not smiled at the
pranks of Samson, the great practical joker
tanned boy? Who has not been saddened
by his death? Who has not been stirred
by the victory of Deborah and Jared, and
by the courage of Gidean and his 300?
What boy is there who is yet on his
mothers knee. or Is wearing q
crown of gray, who has not followed
with a throbbing heart the combat
between David and Goliath in the valley
of Elah? Where have we romance greater
than that of Joseph in his fathers tent. in
Potiphar's prison. and in Pharaoh,s pal
ace. of of Rebecca who said with all a
maiden's modesty and love and confidence
II will go with this man? daughter
or Jacob, who crowded so hard in his
search for a wife, whom he found at last
in the land of Padan-Aram? Where in al
the range of literature can we find a story
which is SO graceful in its simplicity and
so pure In its lessons and so happy In Its
outcome as the story OF Ruth. the Moa.
bites, with which Benjamin Franklin is
said to have COMPOUNDED the skeptics of the
French court? and we all love to visit
the quiet home in Bethany, and go out tc
its mighty sepulcher,
Have these tales and daring and romance
any power today? Go, ask the mothers
who have told them over and over, and
whose childfenIsexe evening clamor for
their repetition Take away these stories
of romance andidaring, and the bible. so faI
giant shorn of his locks and a song robbed
of its music. The conclusion Is obvious
We cannot omit one of those tales that sc
captivate the haarh of the young. In this
regard the young peoples bible must be
just like the bibleI we now possess.
Still more, The young peoples bible mus
contain a discussion Of the doctrines OF
is contained In the epistles OF Paul and
his fellow apostles; epistles which are
handbooks and sample of practical logic
Our young peopiets bible must contain
a revelation of thet future; such a reyela'
ton as Is contained in a prophets, and es,
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