Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-02-20
A PECULIAR MOVEMENT.

At the beginning of this year some
young people of Cleveland. members OF
various religious societies. pledged
themselves 90 live for two weeks as
they believed our Lord would have lived
had he been placed in similar circum-
stances. Tho leader OF the movement
explained BITS idea as follows.
what would Jesus have us DO? Bo
a man. BE like "A burst OF sunshine.
SHOW your Joy in your handclasp. DO
not take mp four seats az time on the
street car DO not go 10 work ten
minutes Tate with Crouch Re sunny.
Also do not quit work ten minutes early
With sour face. Christ would not do
that"
Some interesting results f. is solid.
have followed this singular resolve by
about 1880 young men and women
THOUSANDS Joined them. But mo the end
OF the first week many said 90 was im-
possible 90 live mp TO the great ideal in
business. one young lady. "a stenog-
rapher. gave up and said. "You can't
live Ike Jesus and be am cmploye OF
large business house" She pointed out
that a firm 10 writing OF wiring an exc
plauatIon of why an order had not been
sent would tell O. falsehood Boy way OF
excuse. placing the blame when. % did
not belong mo doubt" said the stem
oguphor "t is necessary in business
o. taI that kind of Hes But Jesus
wouldn't And when type the letter
must tcl The lie. too. Jesus wouldn't
be- Implicated Goo the Ne. He would
refuse to write IT, I'll did that L would
lose uy position"
The case OF % nurse is told and her
rrtdicamcnt was presented 10 spirit
ual adviser A patient had fallen I'm
love with her and wished to marry her.
after Doe got we'll He was excitablo
and nervous and the nurse feared that
her refusal would perhaps cause his
death The question was.
shall she say yes 20 quiet him and
ten Doe hy So doing. or shall she say
no, and let the patient become excited
and uustrung which might possibly re-
suit BOO his dUath2 Which Be- worse--a
lir or tho death If a patient on your
soulf IL she says yes. it would quiet
him, and after De is we'll aud stronger
she could reason with him and convince
him " the fact that she was only try
ms to sootho his shattered nerves. This
npiFe Is trying TO live 3s Jesus would.
Now what would YOU doe What do
ypu think Jesus would do?"
THE pastor OF the church replied. 81
would leave IL TO my common sense.
were the nurse. would not attempt
% advise"
We do not desire to criticize adverse
ly vcll-meaning movement but this
seems 90 ms to De founded on the as.
sumption that any young man or uom-
air knows exactly what the savior of
mankind would DO under any given
circumstance. II presupposcs that
present moral standards arc. without
question those of the Master. This Is
vary fan from true. We 40 not say that
the fundamental principles of right and
wrong as now held in nations under the
iphuence OF Christianity are not the
sumo as those He taught. but when il
oomos 70 question OF every day life iu
its details. there are many conception.
not at an Christian, but OF quite "a dIf-
feront origin, having come down
through tradition. We believe that 81
our Lord We're actually 20 appear
among men today as O. man. the Chris
tlan world would be- as surprised at
his daily life, as were the doctors OF
divinity and teachers of morality 1000
years ago, when they saw Him break
ing the sabbath ass they thought, and
assocatug with outcaats What would
lie do' DIS question which not every
body is competent 90 answer
10 ls tolt OF Henry Ward Beecher
that. in au address 20 ministers Doe said.
that o. they entered heaven they would
be surprised 90 find many there whom
they expected had gone % the other
} lace They would ALSO Doe surprised
TO nud that many whom they thought
were there were not there. and HHauy
they would be surprised t9 find theme
scvos there
friends would. Dr. I.s Hhuu.u au-
poor on GARTH Doc surprised to Hnd
Him c1uiemunr much of what they
approve and approving some OFF uu
thIu-H InDy condemn THr1 would Hr
surprised t0 learn n.H Wfr. W. 600
know c1uceruus Wh.t H. would do.
were Ig o1 Garth now.