The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-09-04
THE SUPERIOR TYPE
Of YOUNG MANHOOD
Copyright, 1908. by ]. NJ. Edson.)
It Is Not Product of the World, But Is Marked
by Union of the Human and the Divine

been created in the image of God-that
is, he has been endowed with a spiritual
nature which can only find it's highest
possibilities and it's complete satisfac-
ton in God Himself. He was created
for God, and nothing but God can satisfy
This being true, the highest, the superior
type OF young manhood is found not in
the young man who achieves the merely
human and earthly success or honor OF
power, but is found in the young man
who links his life with God and gives
expression to the Divine will.
| CTRONG young men. Found within
- the ranks of the disciples of the Lord
Jesus Christ and not outside. Strange
that the opinion should prevail in the
world and among the young men of the
world that religion is weak and effemi-
nate. Strange, we say, and yet not so
strange, for the devil is ever busy get
ting the world to believe a lie And men
prefer to believe lie because their deeds
are evil. The devil is the most clever
sleight-of- hand performer the world has
ever seen, and he can make you believe
| black is white and white black if you
Will but give him audience. Jesus had
| to tell him to get thee behind Me,
Satan" for he dared not parley with
such visitor And if Jesus dared not,
how dare you do such a thing? l re-
member a number OF years ago when a
clever trickster made me believe that he
mad ripped every button off my coat He
had not, but the movements of his hands
were so swift and he held my coat in
such a manner as to make it look ex-
actly as though the buttons had been
pulled off. He made me believe a lie.
And Satan does that sort of thing, too.
He paints religion in unattractive colors.
and deludes young men into the idea that
with it they are less manly, and less sue
cessful than without it. Do you think to
ind the really strong young man outside
the ranks of the followers of Jesus
Christ? Let us see.
THE man of fine physique rejoices in
his strength, and during the vigor of
llfeknowsno what weakness means, but
when the chilling hand of death is laid
upon his powerful frame what has he to
depend upon? If he is a follower of
Christ he may shout with Paul, Death
is swallowed up in victory" But if he
has refused to receive Gods message to
his soul, of what avail is his physical
strength in the face of the eternal sum-
mons?
The moralist delights in his strength
OF will which enables him to live clean.
upright life. and he moves smoothly and
proudly through the world until at last
the grave opens and his career is ended.
His moral strength has enabled him to
leave with men stainless record, but
how is 1T when his soul gets into the
presence of God? There moral worth
loses its potency. There only the blood
OF Jesus Christ has the power to over
come the judgment of death standing
against the human race, and is able to
admit to Heaven. He has put his trust in
his moral worth and he hears God say
to his soul: 'All have sinned and come
short of the glory of God;" There is
none that doeth good, no not one" your
moral worth is of no avail this side of
the grave; depart from Me; for you have
rejected My Son who went to earth to
save you.
The man of intellectual strength MAJ
encompass the learning of the world and
sit upon the pinnacle of the mountain
of the worlds wisdom. What towering
strength holds him in his position of at
tainment? He excels all his fellows in
learning. But the brain which has mani
tested such strength and capacity is soon
palsied by death, and the soul with all
of its learning is ushered into the pres
ence of Him in Whom center all knowl-
edge and wisdom. Dare the poor soul
longer trust in the strength of it's own
wisdom as it hears the words: "The wis
dom of this world is foolishness with
Cod because the foolishness of God is
wiser than men; and the weakness of
God is stronger than men" "For the Lord
taketh the wise in their own craftiness
and He knoweth the thoughts of the wise
that they are vain" And the simplicity
and faith of a little child is exalted above
all his learning, for Jesus says: Except
we become as little children, we shall not
enter into the Kingdom of Heaven"
W/EALTH Yields mighty power. The
w man with the golden key can I'M
lock the treasure house of this worlds
possessions and crafty almost any de-
sire of which flesh is capable. Money
will buy any of the goods which are on
the worlds counters, but it will not buy
a mansion in Heaven. Money will take
one anywhere almost on the face of the
earth, but it will not secIre passage
across the dark river and into the pearly
gates of the Celestial city. Money is able
to buy up legislative bodies, and nations,
and fill the Offices of city county,
state and nation; but all the gold
mined and minted and all the gold
yet resting in the bosom of Mother
Earth is not sufficient to buy up
God and alter His judgments. The man
with his millions is mighty factor in
the affairs of men, but, like the rich man
of Jesus parable who was planning the
building of larger barns that he might
store his increasing treasures, when the
summons comes to meet his God, he has
to leave all his treasures behind. In
naked poverty he was ushered before the
judgment bar, and then what did it profit