Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-02-10

mans mind is really the light of his
life. Therefore that life should be
true and clear. The man who lives for
money becomes materialistic; the man
who lives for heaven Con earth and
hereafter) becomes heavenly 1t is all
question of what one loves best and
desires most The teaching about
treasure is the same as the teaching
about masters. Let the main motive
the supreme allegiance-be right, and
the result cannot be seriously wrong.
One Mothers Case.
The solicitude of Jesus that man
kind should choose the best is like
mothers care for her child This
from woman whose life is spent in
a remote heather village, where she
and her husband are the sole repre-
sentatives Of western civilization and
religion. Her concern is for her son,
an eighteen-year-old boy who is now a
student in the United States. What do
you suppose is the special reason for
her anxiety? That the boy is having
too hard time? That he may secure
profitable employment? That life
may be easier for him than it is for
her and his father in their lonely,
over-taxed existence in the Orient?
Far from it. The mother is distressed
because her son, talented boy, has
been offered position at 500
month in New York City, that may
open up to him a career of distinction
and prosperity in this land; so that he
may be weaned away from his present
faith, and from his resolution to follow
in his fathers footsteps as mission
airy. Is not that solicitude breathing
the very spirit of Jesus? The mother
wants the best for her son: and she
has proved that the best is not world
ly prosperity, but steadfast loyalty to
Gods highest call.
The parents who are anxiously
teaching their children to "get on,
instead of inspiring them to rise up,
should con carefully this part of the
sermon on the Mount. North America
does not really need a single addition
al rich man; it can spare number of
those it now has: but it does sorely
need more men and women in whose
hearts the ideals of Jesus are supreme
The leaven that will save our modern
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first
There was soundest judgment in
the exhortation of Jesus to seek first
the kingdom of God. That way comes
all true prosperity. A mans Bible
class recently discussed whether
man dare in these material times, sac
rifce his job for convictions sake, es-
pecially when he has family Deepen
dent upon him. The judgment of this
large company of men of affairs was
| that it is really the highest form OF
business sagacity for man to be true
to his ideals. The very demonstration
and acquisition of moral fibre which
| such an action requires increases a
mans market value That sort of
heroism leagues one with the sublim-
est forces of history. Of heaven and of
earth. The earnest verdict of these
worldly-wise men favored the dictum
of Jesus. that call these things would
be added to the person who seeks first
the kingdom and righteousness of God.
All the resources of the Eternal, on
earth and in heaven, are pledged tc
the support Of such one.
! Better Than Massage
This is the elemental, bedrock faith
Simple trust in God is the best posses
sion. 1t never fails. The evil man
NAV seem to flourish like the green
bay tree-but his prosperity is not per
manent, and it is probably at present
| more apparent than real The spirit
that is courageous enough to withdraw
from the worlds complex allegiances
and to substitute one central, supreme
submission and motive, is sure to be
happiest and to accomplish the most
Child-like trust in God, and manlikt
disregard for the trivial and Temporal
exactions of an artificial society, will
! solve all problems. 1t will not demand
of God daily accounting of all his
ways: for he works from the stand
point of eternity.
Such a faith will not be anxious
about anything 1t will TAX etime t.
consider the lilies. the birds, thu
fields. the stars 1t will "be in League
with the stones of the field" And i
will possess serenity of face ant
heart which not all the beauty-doctor
and masseurs in New York can impart
1t will sweetly live for the thing
worth while, in the strength of Hin
whose omniscient preaching is accom-
panied by his omnipotent power.
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