The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-01-30

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VIZ, HIR{.MX lives are IRE
MY VI EXs$&X proachable. They
yIff mi NV M2M have sense OF
TXi hSkn~EWEA the responsibilities
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am EW IVA and possibilities of
H-rzs SSo,fsx6r UY life. They are
-,2c5,If sssssxS ready to bear their
n share of the bur-
den Of domestic, and social, and po-
litical life, and are n wholesome fac
tor in the buslnessNworld. The impress
of their lives is felt upon the communi-
ty in which they live. and their ihfu-
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
ton. People whose lives are a strength
TO the home, safeguard to the COM
munity and bulwark to the nation.
People OF whom 1t can be said that the
world Is better because they have lived,
and for whom when death has cut short
their careers there is sincere mourn
Ing. Men and women who use their
time and abilities and resources 10
wholesome and profitable ends; who do
not dissipate their energies upon the
mere sensual and feshly desires and
appetites. Men and women, in short,
whom 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 superior
type OF young manhood. He was of a
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 excuses
and sins OF youth. Notwithstanding the
fact that he wFis'very rich, and hence ex-
posed to great dangers and temptations
which so often prove the undoing OF
rich young men, he found 70 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 whim and desire, he had purposed
in his heart that he would not be deflleG
with the unclean and unwholesome and
undesirable things about him. A Jew
fish youth, familiar with the law, doubt
less the words Of the Psalmist: Where
wlthel 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 good many
people in the world who belong to that
class.
n ND Jesus, beholding him, loved
n him." | am glad that Gods Word
did not fail to record this attitude of
Jesus towards this splendid young man,
for 1t emphasizes the fact that moral
worth is held In high regard by GOD
and that He has love for the moral
list 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
II the young man before us had not
been genuine 1t 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 sin. 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
and women who stand high in the es-
teen of their loved ones and friends,
but men ard women about whom II 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 tho good
ind pure and the highest and best in
ife. He loved him because he recog-
nized the supreme authority of Gods
aw, and in so far as 1t was possible for
him to do. lived 1t out in his life. Jesus
|oxed him, and He has not ceased to love
y 1gho possess such characters.
No.. ain, that we find warrant for
hoiS,rs = olaiming that God be-