Evening journal., 1910-08-06

You are the one exception to the
rule The Lord did not say, "If you
love your neighbor as you love your
self you will at least put forth an
effort to make that neighbor as COM
Portable as you desire to be comforfa-
Bile" He was content to be very rich
while some Of his neighbors whom
he thought he loved as he loved him.
self we're very pOor-abiectly, sorrow
fully so. When Jesus discovered to
him the difficulty Of his situation, he
grasped il at once. He say himself
as never before. Il became a new
test with him. Thus it is with all
previous lesson showed us the King
dom as great prize, a pearl OF great
value, treasurer, which to possess.
viii cost ali that we have: and this
lesson points out the same fact.
Let us not make the mistake made
/ by some. and suppose that the young
man who lived so honorable life
and failed to gain heaven, would be
thrust down into eternal torment be-
cause he did not sacrifice his all to
become the Lords disciple His loss
OF the Kingdom was a sufficient PEN
atty without suffering eternal tor
ment In the future. Such members
OF the human family, under the bless
ed conditions of the Millennial King
dom, will doubtless make very rapid
progress and will obtain eternal life
on the plane Of human perfection.
though not worthy OF the Kingdom
honors which belong only to the elect.
And the elect are those who are glad
~ sacrificing their lives and their all
to gain the great prize.
Our Lord commented upon the mat
ter to his disciples and added that
tho rich must have great difficulty in
connection with their endeavor to en-
ter the Kingdom. He said, sympa-
thetically. rather than in q denuncia-
tory manner, 1T Is easier for a cam
el to so through the needles eye than
for the rich to enter the kingdom OF
God" This astonished the disciples
very greatly; for they knew that the
majority OF the religionlsts of their
day belonged to the wealthy class.
the Scribes and the pharisees They
replied. who then can get into the
Kingdom, II these oannot?" Our
Lords reply was, with men this ia
impossible. but not with God" Men
would be inclined TO say that God
would fine no one for the Kingdom
at all If he rejected the rich.
In word. no rich man can get into
the Kingdom. He must give up
everything to the Lord or else be
barred from a place in the Kingdom.
The terms OF acceptance are the same
TO the rich as TO the poor. He who
would have the pearl OF great price,
must sell all that he has in order
that he may obtain It. The rich must
> give UP all TO the Lord and then ar
I. stewards OF their riches viii be held
y responsible for their steawardship.
a The following little poem describe
" the needles eye. OF small gate besid
the larger gate Nthrough which th
y, eamels might pass mo the walled ci
- after sundown and Nithout any
4, their burden. So the ric2 by unloa
an ing and becoming poor haVt7e 90 -
NV to the Kingdom
I THROUGH THE NEEDLES EYE
or Tall was my camel and laden hig
"a: And small the gate as a needles ey
"a "The. city within was very fair,
m And I and my camel would ente
- there.
p You must lower you load the por
~ ter cried,
> You must throw away that bundle
y Of pride.
This 7 did. but the load was great,
Far too wide for the narrow gate.
Now. said the porter. to make It
Discard that hamper of selnshness.'
Il obeyed. though with much ado.
, Yet still nor camel nor / got through.
"Ah,' said the porter, your load
must hold
Some little package OF trust-in-gold.'
'The merest handful was all had.
Yet Throw It away the porter bade.
"Then 10, a marvedl the camel tall
Shrank to the size Of the portal SMALL
"And all my riches, a vast estate. .
j Easily passed through the narrow
! gate!"
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