The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-01

lG. and. behold. one came" As he
was going from the house where he had
blessed the children MARK 10: bid lie
came running (Alark). showing his earn
estness. mo common reason viii ever
lead the Oriental to break his slow, Sc
date and dlgnified walk. Living Ihey
that will have eternal life must run lot
it, because the DEVIL the law, sin, death.
and hell follow. them '--Bunyan. Ana
said unto him" AS he kneeled before
him MARK "Good Master Cor teacher,
what good thing shall l do" What act
Of sacrifice or heroism, what generous
action what penance or suffering ne
has the idea of purchasing, OF deserving
of inheriting eternal life. That l may
have mark. 'inherit) eternal ii1e. haNe
it as permanent possession, In the nome
of his father
20. "All these things have ! kept, Op-
served guarded so that they have not
been violated, and this he had done from
his youth up" He had sincerely tried
to live a good moral life. He had suid-
ed his actions by these laws IN outward
1 form, with good success. He did not re-
collect any failure, any special cases OF
disobedience Yet he was not satisfied.
and he asked. What lack ] YETI why
am / not conscious that 1 possess eterial
| life?
! 2f. Jesus said unto him." Looking at
him with a fixed and earnest gaze. Ana
I he loved him (Mar). He was 50 noble
i so earnest and sincere In his seeking, 50
4 lovable, that the soul Of Jesus was drawn
out toward him. And all the more pc
cause he was not satisfied with any out
ward keeping of the law. If thou VIII
(yvishest to) be perfect" Complete, want
ing nothing Jesus saw just what the
young man lacked and applied the rem
edy. "Sell that thou hast" Not for NM
self but to "giye to the poor" TO use
his wealth for God and humanity. Jesus
here touched the center Of the young
mans difficulty. He was willing TO com
/ nit to God everything except his prop
erty "And thou shalt have treasure IN
! heaven" You will have the character
which belongs to heaEer, and God VIII re-
| ward you abundantly there for all N5Af
self-denials for his sake. And come
Come to Jesus, TO his character ana per
SON. join the company of the apostles VINO
were to carry on the kingdom Of God IN
the world And follow me-" To fol-
low Jesus then meant to be personal
attendant on his ministry; to go about
with him from place to place, as well as
to initiate and obey him.
% He went away sorrowful." Luke
says he became exceedingly sorrowtui' :
Mark, that his countenance fell, the same
I WOfu as lldl ItHQcAtu AOWtAhAo "--~+-
the Savior was talking about the SKY
Matt 16: 3D. 1.-The signs Of storm were
on his face the gloom Of a heavy wrath
and disappointment was in his heart.
For he had great possessions" He went
away reluctantly, after great struggle
but he went.
%. IA rich man shall hardly with DIFF
hculty) enter into the kingdom of hea-
ven" Mark explains 1t Of those who
trust in riches" to which trust the rich
are specially tempted
a. 1T is easier for a camel tc go
through the eye Of needle" The camel
being the largest animal with which the
Jews were acquainted, it's name became
I proverbial for denoting anything remark
ably large; and "a camefs passing
through a needles eye came, by conse'
quence, as appears from some rabbinica
writings, to express a thing absolutel,
? impossibl ible."-George Campbell, Orienta
Proverbs. "Just as soon will an elephan
: pass through the spout Of kettle 7
Roberts
%. "Who then can be savedg' For th'
great body of people wanted riches
whether they succeeded or not. If TIL
most favored and prominent class coui'
. not enter the kingdom. who could2 An'
the difficulty was all the greater beeaus
prosperity was one of the promised bless
llSH u ltiN NANnaisaiA 49,
! was especially necessary for the king
dom as they had pictured it to their owl
minds.
l &c with men this is impossible" Ol
= worldly principles by worldly motives. b,
! the power Of man it cannot be done
I with God all things are possible. II
can remove these great difficulties. II
J. can renew the heart. He can take ava,
n the love Of riches lie can transform tn
hindrances into steps heavenward. H
can put into a mans heart new motives
that viii make him more diligent in bust
. ness than the love of riches can. tha
will make him full Of usefulness and help
: fulness. His very riches can be made I
; help on Gods kingdom.