Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-06-20
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 as goal to be striven toward. One of the things worthy of your effort is the formation of a pure manhood A manhood unSullied by the vices of men. The foundation of purity of 1 life is love of God and man. In the man Christ Jesus we have love per sonified in human form-lOve incar- mated. 70 more wonderful theme is given to man for his contemplation than the love of God manifested in the person of Jesus Christ. If you will study the Bible narrative well you will find that while in a sense we have a claim upon God, we being the pro- duct of His hand, yet man soon for feited that most enviable position which made him the companion of l God. He was an active participant in the glOrieS of that blessed com munion which eXalts man infinitely above any other earthly creature Just why man should have caused God to put forth such wondrous display of love and pity will be one of the themes well worthy of an eternity of investigation. Enough for us that He did do so, and when there was no eye to pity nor arm to bring salvation, that His eye pitied our wOeful state and His arm was out stretched to bring salvation nigh. Was there ever such love as that which we find in the man Christ Jesus? Who though He was rich vet for our sakes became poor that We through His poverty might be rich
 oh. the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God: how unsearchable are His judgments
 and his ways past finding out" says | the great apostle of the Gentiles as he stands in awe struck wonder in con- temptation of the matchless love of his Master. Again we hear the same Apostle saying. Scarcely for a right eOus man will one die. yet peradven- | ture for a good man some would even dare to die. but God commendeth His | love to us in that while we were vet sinners Christ died for the ungodly. g | Not for those who were reverencing His name, but for those who were 1 blaSpheming it: not for those who were holding His love in the treasure 1 house of their hearts sanctuary. but ! for those who despiSed it. and count ed it an unholy thing. was the life of | the Son of God given: and such has ! been the bitter tale of our reception or rather rejection of the man Christ Jesus ever since the race entered upon it's career of degeneracy and loveless l folly. Yet, over all these the love of
 Jesus triumphed gloriously. and in so doing has forever made the way of l anI nIx~a NTgar. I T sons of earth.
 Hence tonight in laying the found ation of your character. 1 would have you put in the corner stone of love to l God and love to men. The love life is | the loftiest and most sublime whether | you find it in the walks of peace or 1 the grim realities of war Boasts our civilization of anything higher than the love life in the home in relation of parents to child. or husband to wife or wife to husband? There is but one | answer to such query. it is most decided 'Nor If you are pleased to go to the dreadful field of the dead | and dying, whom do we mourn more | than those who for love of country or of freedom. have yielded up their lives I War: But mark you the love of the man Christ Jesus had no such incen- | tive set before it as has the relative, or the patriot. Love is essentially un- | selfish, and none more so than that of the love of the Christ. Hence. my young friends see to it that you culti- vate the nOblest type of love. and that | the quality of your love he like that of the Nazarene.
 "A second characteristic of the man Christ Jesus should be found in your character-that is Humility. Now, l do not mean that form of humility
 which is forever disparaging every
 known and unknown virtue which its possessor has. If God has given you
 talents along any particular line, then use them to the very full: expand
 them to the utmost capacity. evel
 mindful however, not to be one sided
 in your development But if you have gift from God treat it as such ] use it as such. speak of it as such. and never disparage it or the possibilities
 of your life. To do so is to manifest
 a mock humility, a pharisaical desire of praise of men. What was the type of humility found in the man Christ Jesus: it was the ever present con SciOusness of His relation to God. Hi.
 Father. which. however was not ob
 truded upon men in such q way as tC prevent Him associating with anC
 winning mighty triumphs among tn,
 lOwly of earth. You need not an(
 must not lose your self respect. whil,
 seeking to so live that your life vii
 ever have an uplifting tendency upoI
 the mass of humanity around you
 Humility will keep you from seein!
 only yourself and very narrow ho
 rizon about yourself and your Owl
 kith and kin. The world. young peo
 pie. has a right to expect from VOL
 that you will help it upward toward
 it's ideal toward God and good: anC
 hinder it not in it's feeble steps in tha
 direction. The meek and lowly One then. can ever be an undimmed type
 and example of humility. As a na
 tiOn we are never tired of pointing |,
 such men as Abraham Lincoln th,
 great. with all his power and in
 tiuence he was still the great hearte, man and sympathetic friend to thos, who knew him in other years. Add then another stone to the foundation
 of your life's building and let ther
 be engraved upon it the word 'humil ity.
 Lest even for brief moment vol should be led astray by what I hay, just said. let me at once call your at tentiOn to another trait in wei
 rounded character; it is strength. , Strength of character: an ability [, think for ones self. and act not agains the wisdom of all the world in Shee , contrariness. but that characteristic . which will make you one to be depend ; ed upon. one to be looked up to a. ; a leader. Have you in your reading O the Word of God ever noticed how al most inStinctiveIy all kinds and con dttiOns of men were attracted by tn,
 strength of Him. who taught q. one having authority and not as tn scribes:' or again. who simply and ye completely the Sanhpdrim Ieode,