El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-01

Text, IL ChrOn. 49, Is. eThen Man
Rsseh knew that the Lord he was God"
n 4 ANASSEH had a good chance to
M have learned that before, and in
a way and time that would have
brought better results to his own life
and greater blessing to his age. For
Manasseh had a good father. Every
stage Of his career was marked by the
signs Of goodness. In the first year Of
the first month Of his reign as king
Of judah he opened the doors Of the
house Of the Lord, set the priests in
their courses and called the people
back TO the worship that they had
neglected Next in order, he broke
down the affairs in the groves and upon
the high places where the children Of
lSrael were, engaging in the same
wicked orgies for which God had driv-
en- out the heather. In time Of war
fare he trusted in God instead Of al
lance with heather nations And
when Hezekiah was dead, they wrote
In the brief chronicle a mention Of his
goodness So AIanasseh's life had a
chance TO unfold like a beautiful flower
IN the sunlight of the knowledge and
the love Of God.
When Paul wrote to Timothy he
said, From a child thou hast known
the holy scriptures which are able TO
make thee wise unto salvation, through
faith which is in Christ Jesus" Poly
carp. who is spoken Of as one Of the
Christian fathers, and who left his
mark upon the religious thought Of the
ages was converted when he was nine
years Of age Rev Dudley Tying,
whose dying words gave the inspira-
ton for the hymn stand up, Stand up
for Jesus" from the age OF six years
manifested @ pronounced piety. Rev.
Joseph Grigg wrote the song Ashamed
OF Jesus, when he was boy under
16 years Of age That was better The
p. e Ze,T Sc ~
youth, through the love and goodness
Of God and the joy and exuberance Of
How to Find God.
We do not have TO 20 the way Of
wickedness, and find sorrow and wreck
and ruin in order to lind God. Many
would make the conclusion from this
text that we must find God that way.
They would read OF Manasseh,s goddess
life and then Of his conversion, and
would say That is the ideal way TO
get genuine religion"
A young man once said TO me that
he thought the hest preachers and up
lifters OF the public were the men that
had rubbed up with the world ana
learned something about It's sin from
their own experience said 10 him.
do you mean that you think every
man ought TO be given a course in
debauchery as a preparation Tor his
life Work2" BE replied, Wei, did
not intend TO put 1t that way, but that
II is the devils liei AS vel say that
the physician ought to have the small
poX and cholera ana buDonlc plague
and tuberculosis in order to treat these
diseases cympatheucally and success
fully As well say 10 the doctor who
has been summoned to set a broken
arm, IF you have not had your arm
broken, we do not want you Many
a man knows about the. laws Of life;
and the evil Of sin, and the way OF
salvation and Of real strength Of
character who has not learned through
revolving personal experience with sin
A recent article in a popular magazine
speaks Of the uselessness Of sunburn-
There is q popular notion that when
you 20 off to the seashore or TO the
mountains, you must get good coat
OF tan It IS mistaken notion me
tan is only natures effort 70 prolecl
itself by depositing a brown pigment
in the skin. You could have the same
protection by wearing a broad brimmed
hat and covering the neck and arms
with clothing So there is a nouon
that people are stronger when tanned
and Scared by sin 1t Is not true
such scars do not speak OF moral
health, but only Of the immoral e&-