St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-09-26

Tex+.r Inlcago. Sunday Aug. @. 1902
nave written unto Won yo,,n
of ca 1ecauss We are strong, and the Wor
ca, uou aoloeth in YOU, and We have owe,
A' Tue wicked one."-I John 2:l4.
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wHYSG@dN apostle. the on
iH2@N who is speaking il
n ~AN our text, was espe
7 cially interested il
n young men-in
L. V certain type O
y young men which h,
SAIA describes in tn,
S4S words before us
O|E This is not to b,
wondered at, TO,
John was youn,
man when he first met Jesus by the bank
OF the Jordan, and became His disciple
MS was strong nature. He was .
young man In whose character the cur
rents OF life ran deeply His affection,
ana sympathies absorbed his whole ma
lure. He was of quick perception ant
understood his Lord better than an,
otner OF His disciples He realized the
mighty influence which Jesus had ex.
erted on his life; how from narrow Jew.
ism prejudice he had been broadened in
MS views to take In the whole world
now, from low and selfish ideals havine
tneir realization in this life only, he had
oeen inspired with the Hottest ideals
which found their eternal realization in
God. for he exclaims in this letter from
which our text is taken: Beloved. now
are we the sons of God; and it doth not
yet appear what we shall be: but we
Know that when He shall appear, we
shall he like Him: for we shall see Him
as He Is. He realized how when he
nrst met Jesus he was filled with great
ambitions for this life only, but Jesus
had turned this strong current Godward
and had given him an ambition which
reached as high as God and which was
as broad as His eternal purposes And
because he realized what a mighty
change and influence Jesus had wrought
In his life as young man, he himself
was interested In young men. And
young men are always interesting.
FATHER and mother quicken at the
thought, for their hope, their ambi-
ton. their pride and joy are centered in
the young man of their household.
Younger brothers and the sisters with
loyal devotion accord the young man the
place OF recognized authority and leader
ship. The. young man himself finds
within himself a fascinating object of
contemplation, as the buoyancy of life,
the expanding energies. the bounding
ambitions, the persistent hopefulness are
felt throbbing within And because of
this the young man isinterested in young
men as he Is In no others. In the great
wide world outside the home and outside
of himself the young man is always the
center Of interest and expectation. The
business and industrial world turns to
the young men with assured confidence,
expecting that its burdens will be car
ried and its problems worked out in the
main by them The nations strength is
In her young men. She always turns to
them In the hour Of danger and need. |
She leans heavily upon them because
they are strong. and the honor and per-
manency of her government and insti-
tutions are measured by the character |
Of her young men. There is no place in |
all the world where the human family
finds home where the young man has
not an exalted place and is not sub
ject OF interest and Importance.
THERE are different types of young
! manhood, and should we ask which
one Is the superior type. we would no
doubt receive a variety of answers Some
would reply the Apollo of physical per-
lection; Others would esteem intellectu-
alism az the qualification which was to
determine; still others would declare
hat business acuimen which would en-
bile young man to become a Napoleon
If finance and industry was the trait
which would mark the superior type of
young manhood; while still others
would hold that ethical standards should
determine the question. But if we give
ohm the opportunity Of answering the
question, he would point to the class of
,oung men to whom he was writing and
leclare that there was the superior type
# young manhood-they young manhood
which was strong in the Lord and in
he power. of His might Two great facts,
ca three, must be kept in mind: That
IAN was created by God and created in
lis own image. and man was created for ,
he Glory of God. The highest possible
les Of man must find their realization /,
hen in and for God. The manhood which ,
effects most perfectly the God in whose 9
mage man has been created, and full y
lis most fully the purpose of that Il
reation, must be the superior type of a
E@ -
The sculptor with his chisel and mall a
let, and the artist with his palette g
I'D brush seek by their creative skill to t,
reduce something which will give ex- a
ression to an inward ideal and bring to 81
lem glory, and honor, and fame. The n
CHEST mission of the statue or the oil v,
Uniting would be to reveal the ideal of e
le one who had created it, and by its G
,rfect outline and coloring bring to him W
DRY. But suppose after the last chip tt
I'd been taken from the marble and the Of
st toech of the brush had been felt by b,
e canvas, that the statue or the figure st
the painting should willfully refuse ST
express the ideal of its creator and to
us dishonor instead of clarifying the nj
e who had SO patiently wrought upon ju
; Suppose the bird which God has hi
ade to fly should lay aside its buoyant in
ngs and with downcast eyes content ia
elf with life which never rose above so