Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1903-02-25
AMONG THE CHURCHES.

. .CHURCHES. - tells the simple story of the good Sa s maritau.
 7 Both the Priest who first came ana . the Levite who followed might have s been expected to render assistance, l for the wounded man was, in the mar ' rowest conception, their neighbor, f and this was their business. But law , and rule cannot always enforce them
 selves and as there were no others present to blame or praise each passed by on the other side One, Faith. be- ; lieving him to be hurt. the other, | Hope, expecting that from some source help would come, and it did come. The good Samaritan, fitting
 emblem of love. came. saw, helped
 and provided for further help in case
 of further necessity. So while rule
 and law always ask. what must 1 do?
 Love always inquiries what may I do? Love seeks no boundaries but the ut
 most, asks for no limits but the most
 extreme, and only stops at the end of
 opportunity and ability.
 How like the Christ who seeing
 our extremity, when there was
 none to help, when the Jews could not
 only refuse to help but would shut up
 the kingdom of God to us poor gen
 tiles, bore our sins. propitiated for
 our transgressions and by his stripes
 we are healed.
 After this simple but striking story | Christ again asked, what thinkest thou, who was his neighbor? The ready answer came: ''The one who | showed mercy" and then Christ an- swered. "Go thou and do likewise. ''
 Observe Christ said nothing about
 holding to their theory of perfect love
 of which We hear so much in some re-
 ligious meetings. He did not require
 him to tell either his faith or experi-
 ence at every opportunity, for, alas,
 so often profession and possession are so widely different: but he only said,
 "Go thou and do likewise Let us do thus, that the world may know
 that we have been with Jesus and that. seeing our good works. they may be constrained to glorify Our Father, Who is in Heaven.''
 Rev. E. B. Taft, at the Baptist church, preached at Il a. m. on the subject ''Be thou strong, therefore, and show myself a man, :" l Kings ? 2
 Solomon has said that the great need today Is not so much more men as more man. We need men of con- viction. men with high ideals, men who have true principles. There are questions to be met. There are prob lens to be solved. There are respon- abilities to face. At the time of our text, David was passing away, and Solomon was coming to the throne. The parting charge is given: 'Be thou strong therefore and show thy self a man Prove yourself wise, valorous, and above all loyal to God. Dc not be a tool be a man: do what you believe to be right. We admire manliness. We are proud of men who are courageous like Joshua, self ciplined like David, self-reliant like Nehemiah. decisive like Moses, above reproach like Daniel, prayerful like Elijah, master of their passions like Joseph. We look with pride also upon men of modern times. who have had the courage of their convictions. In 1865 John Stewart Mill was the radi- cal candidate for Westminster for a seat in the British parliament. Dur ing this candidacy he was obliged to submit to a searching fire of questions | and comments upon some of his phil osophical opinions and theories. On | one occasion an opponent asked him whether he had not made a state ment which reflected severely upon | the veracity of English workingmen. A trimming politician would have ex- plained away the offensive statement. | \ witty diplomat would have evaded | a direct reply John Stuart Mill was simply an honest man. He waited | until the storm had subsided, calmly | faced the excited crowd, deliberately | said: 'I did," and then sat down. The straightforward honesty of the man appealed to the crowd and com pelled their admiration. which broke out in a ringing cheer.
 The truest manhood claims as an | essential element, likeness to Jesus | Christ. He is the only perfect man. Man was made in the image of God, but he sinned and the only way to restore that image is to let the life of | Christ be the inspiration of his life. Only the Master can bring out the | sweetest music. Mendelssohn once went on visit to the great Frieberg organ. The old custodian at first re- fused to let hun play upon II, but | after a time consented. The hand of the great master brought out such wonderful music that the old man sat spell bound. He had never heard | such sweet strains from the great or gan before. At last he asked the mas ter's name and learning it, said with | shame and confusion: "And l refused | you permission to play on my organ" Oh, from how many lives would go forth the sweetest music of true man. hood and true wOmanhOOd if only | they would yield themselves to the touch of the great Master Jesus Christ. Some of earth's greatest men have attributed all their worth to belief in Him. Wm. E. Gladstone said: "All that l have accomplished in Iifa and all final | hone to have has