Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-19
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THE BEAUTIFUL LIFE.

OhS udy, dS LII. LciSuUOu TdThSs
now rector OF st. Bartholomew
Church, New York. was in his study,
young Japanese called upon him.
When the maid opened the door,
the young man entered very abrupt
ly, and said. "Sir. can you tell me
how to find the beautiful life?"
DIR. Parks answered. do you wish
to talk with me about religlon?"
mo. sir, merely want to find out
about the beautiful life"
Have you ever read the Bible?"
Yes. Sir, have read some, but
don't like the Bible"
Have you ever been to Church?''
Yes, have been twice. but /
don't like the church. am trying
to find the beautiful life. Many of
your people do Just as our Japanese
people do; they are bad, they cheat.
and tell lies, and yet they are all
[-Chrtstial,s 7nthat is not what i want.
do not want your religion, But
there is something l want, cannot
tell what it is; call it the beautiful
life, and they told me perhaps you
could tell me about It,"
Where did you ever hear about
it?"
Il never heard about 1t, but I saw
a man in a clearinghouse in San
Francisco. soon after Ilanded-a poor
old man, not an educated man like
myself, who have studied in uni
versity in Japan. and now am study
ing in one OF your great universities;
a poor man he was, carpenter, but
he had what all my life have want
ed have thought 1t might be in
the world, but I have never seen it
in my own country. ! call 1t the
beautiful life. How can find itr
This old man went about helping
everybody; he was always happy; he
never thought about himself. knew
him three weeks, and watched him
all the time, and felt that I must
have what he had. have seen some.
other people who have had 1t. do
not know what it is. 1t cannot be
your religion, because you do not all
have it,
DR.. Parks read him the thirteenth
chapter OF the First Book of CORN.
thians-that beautiful love chapter"
that means so much to us. and ask
ed:
rs that it,"
The japanese said. yes, perhaps.
1t sounds like it; but how can l get
it2"
Then DIR. Parks took that wonder
full story of the perfectly beautiful
life, and tried to ten him very SIM
ply, and said:
Now, you have Just to follow that
Life"
And then, as he was obliged to go.
he gave him copy Of the New Tesla
ment. The Japanese asked:
1Can you not give me a more mod.
ern book? You know, the Japanese
are very up-to-date."
But he said, "No, 1t is not in any
other book, although can give you
some other books that win help you;
but this is the one Book you need.
You may study it, and pray that light
may be given you to live this beautl.
full life"
DR.. Parks heard nothing from the
young man for a year or two, and
then received a letter saying:
81 am called back to my own coun.
try to an important position. Before
go must see you. May call at a
certain hour?"
T AS he could not be at home at that
hour. DR.. Parks wrote that he would
see him the following day. But when
the following day came, the man did
not appear. and he gave him up. The
next day, however, just at noon, he
burst in as he had done before, very
abruptly. saying:
"My train leaves at two o'clock. /
must take that train to catch the
steamer at San Francisco, to go back
to my own country. have something
10 tell you"
But he did not need to tell one
word. 1t was all written on that rad.
liant face.
'iSir, have found the beautiful
life. have found Jesus" he ex.
claimed; and then. unable to llnger,
he went back to his own country to
tell the people of the Life once lived
here on earth, and lived here again
in the lives of Gods children today.
The Churchman.
PROVERBS.
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