The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-05-07

religion is religion, and they mix no more
than oil and water" but today we are be-
ginning to realize that business Is religion
and religion is business. and that business
and religion, rightly understood, cannot be-
divorced.
REAL HAPPINESS.
One of the great opportunities of the
young men Of the twentieth century will be
to assist in settling the spirit of unrest
which today prevails, threatening society,
by reminding men that the real happiness
of this world is not dependent upon Outward
conditions but upon an inward state. The
prevailing unrest is due to the disparity In
the circumstances of men, but there Is no
indication that the time will ever come
when earth's inequalities will be a matter Of
history. There Is no promise that there
could ever be a day when there will be no
more rich and poor, when there will be no
more master and no more servant. There
is every reason to believe that this condition
of things. to a degree, will continue until
the end Of time. The only hope for the
establishment of peace and the breeding Of
contentment among men is in the hope Of
getting them to accept the teachings Of
Christ when he said, ''The life Is more than
meat, and the body than raiment. A mans
life CONSISTENT not in the abundance OF
things which he possesseth." Real happi-
ness depends not upon outward conditions
and circumstances 1t depends not upon
possessions but upon the inward state. It
depends upon character, and the lOwliest
and the humblest, the plainest and the
poorest man may after all be the richest.
The narrow life may be the sweetest and
the happiest. All this is illustrated amply
by the early disciples of Christ. They were
plain men, but they were happy and con-
tented, as much so as though they had
been princes. Life has its compensations,
and the richest things of life are those which
are most widely diffused and the real
sources of happiness are within the reach OF
every man. The crying need of the times
is to impress this truth upon the minds and
hearts of men, and 1 cannot help but think
that one of the great opportunities of the
twentieth century Is the opportunity OF
lifting life above possession, and of rescuing
to the thought and heart of men the true
conditions of co%ntentment, peace and hap
piness.
H BIBLE
Another opportunity of the twentieth
century young man is to hold fast to the
Word of God. 1t is to preserve this sacred
book which has been handed down from
generation to generation and to give 1t to
the young mel of succeeding generations as
their store house-the treasure house-of
all spiritual blessings. 1 need not dwell
upon the attacks which have been made
upon this book. Suffice it to say that 1t has
survived them, one and all. 1 hope that
the young men of the twentieth century
will receive 1t at the hands of their fathers
as the very Word of God.
1t is related that Pompey entered Jerusa-
lem as a conqueror about the year Ga B. G.
When he went there he determined to x
plore the recesses of the temple. Some of
his comrades demonstrated and thought to
restrain him from this irreverence, but in
spite of all he lifted the sacred veil and en-
tered the Holy of Holes. He was almost
overcome with surprise, for he expected
that in this place which was so jealousy
guarded from human intrusion he would
find some visible glory of the Unseen, but
he ltI rak E,1 - A. Iso k~- -.1A
looked around upon the Holy of HOLES, he
saw nothing but an empty chamber, and yet
the infinite Jehovah dwelt there. So there
are those who with unlighted eyes, with I'M
clarified vision, look into the holy of holes
of Gods Word, protesting to search for the
evidence of the Invisible One there, and
like Pompey, report that He is absent from
the volume that is purported to be His par
tlcular dwelling place. But not so if we
have learned His word. God dwells in His
word, and whilst that word Is maintained
and whilst 1t is taught and whilst it is spread
broadcast over the earth, it will be fruitful
in producing all the glory of heaven in the
hearts and lives of the young men.
SAVE THE YOUNG MEN.
The greatest opportGnity, perhaps, you
have as members of the Young Mems
Christian Association, is the opportunity Of
saving the young mel of the twentieth GEN.
fury. Goethe says, "The destiny of any
given nation at any time, depends upon the
opinions of the young men who are under
25 years of age" If this be true then it
seems to me that the young man is the STRAIT
egic character of the age and it is your
privilege as young men to run and speak to
the young men and save the young man,
save him to a true faith, to a worthy life, to
a noble character, to a program of service
ableness, and then you shall have saved the
state, the nation and the world.
CLOSING THOUGHT.
1t is said that when Napoleon drew up
his troops before the Marmelukes under the
shadow of the pyramids, pointing TO the lat