The Grenada sentinel., 1904-01-30

kUpTM and obligations
HkkEW NN and possibilities of
H4 life. They are
ready to bear their
Il share of the bur-
den of domestic, and social, and po-
litical life. and are a wholesome fac
tor In the business world. The impress
OF their lives is felt upon the communi-
ty in which they live, and their influ-
ence. like the ripples on the bosom of
the lake, extends in overwhelming cir
cles from the center of private life to
the circumference of the life of the ma
tlon. People whose lives are strength
TO the home, safeguard to the COM
mun1ty and a bulwark to the nation.
People OF whom it can be said that the
world Is better because they have lived,
and Tor whom when death has cut short
their careers there is sincere mourn
ing. Men and women who use their
tlme and abilities and resources to
wholesome and profitable ends; who do
not dlssipate their energies upon the
mere sensual and fleshly desires and
appetites. Men and women, in short,
"nom the world esteems and honors,
and whom God loves.
OUCH was the young man who came
- to Jesus in the incident from which
our text is taken. He was a superior
type of young manhood He was of h
high moral character. Unlike so many
many young men, probably of his own
day. and certainly of to-day he avoid
ed all of the indiscretions and excesses
and sins of youth. Notwithstanding the
TACT that he was very rich. and hence ex-
posed to great dangers and temptations
which so often prove the undoing of
rich young men. he found no time to SOW
wild oats, but earnestly sought the high
est and best in life. What an example
he Is to the rich youth Of to-day! Like
Daniel of old. although surrounded by
every luxury and the means to crafty
every Whlm and desire. he had purposed
IN his heart that he would not be defiled
with the unclean and unwholesome and
undesirable things about him. A Jew
ish youth, familiar with the law, doubt
less the words of the Psalmist: "Where-
withal shall young man cleanse his
way? BY taking heed thereto according
to Thy Word" had exerted an influence
over him which had made him strong
to choose the right. He knew the law
OF God, for when Jesus quoted it he was
able to respond that not only did he
know the commandments, the frame
work OF all the law, but he had kept
those commandments from his youth up.
He had honOred his father and his moth
er. What a noble son he must have
been. How proud they must have been
of him. What store they must have
set by him. He had never stolen from
or defrauded his neighbor He had
never been a tale bearer, witnessing
falsely against others. He was strictly
honest in word and deed, and he did
not forget the rights of his neighbor.
That was good deal for a rich young
man to be able to say. But he could
make these claims in sincerity of heart.
He was your pure type of the moralist,
and. thank God, there are a good many
people in the world who belong to that
class.
II ND Jesus, beholding him, loved
~ him." l am glad that Gods Word
did not fail to record this attitude of
Jesus towards this splendid young man,
for it emphasizes the fact that moral
worth is held in high regard by God
and that He has love for the moral
ist which is genuine and tender. And
here We must distinguish between the
moralist who is such at heart and the
moralist who is only such in pretense
and when the eyes of his friends are
upon him. That this young man be-
longed to the former class is certain.
for the eye of Jesus was quick to detect
any hypocrisy or sham, and He was
bold to expose and denOunce such. and
if the young man before us had not
been genuine it would not have been
possible to say that Jesus beheld him
with loving eye. The hypocritical
Pharisees were jealous moralists, and
delighted to parade their virtues and
hide from the gaze of the world their
secret corruption and sim And they
have left in the world to-day a numer-
Gus seed. Men and women who make
a pretense of loving virtue and profess
ing to walk in the paths of honor and
rectitude, but whose lives in the shadow
of secrecy and obscurity are sadly at
variance with their profession. Men
00o "onon "A~ S1"Au AA6u IN the eS-
TEEN of their loved ones and friends.
but men and women about whom it can
not be said, as in the case of this young
man, that Jesus. beholding them, loves
them" But Jesus loved this young man
because OF his real worth, because he
was sincere in his love for the good
and pure and the highest and best in
life. He loved him because he recog-
nized the supreme authority OF Gods
law, and in SO far as 1t was possible for
him to do, lived It out in his life. Jesns