The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-06-08

had been laid upon his eyes. he no
longer was forced to be a begger
Now he too, as other men, can make
money, can have a career. 1t was
characteristic Of Jesus to open careers.
He took twelve humble, ignorant OBJ
scure fishermen and Peddlers of fish,
living in huts in obscure places, and
after three years of companiOnship
with them, he had developed into them
men who have influenced all subse-
quent history, and in this Companion-
ship Jesus showed us the real science
of true education, Jesus conception
Of his work was that it was to take
men. men who can see light in its
totality, men in harmony with the di-
vine constructive plan of their gener-
alton. Out of the twelve fishermen
he made men who were willing to face
death and men who attained TO spirit
ual vision, putting together scattered
bones, until finally he succeeded in re
storing the form of extinct animals,
Cuvier gained his great renOwn, Gu
vier is a genius. Living among pub
Iicians and sinners, even showing
strength, sympathy for the under dog,
the down trodden, the abject. Jesus
developed paragons of excellence, Je-
sus was Gods and to develop human
character he always made use of love,
sympathy, companiOnship. Jesus en-
Couraged the blind man.
obligations, always manifested true
gentIemauliness putting aside all the
claims upon him he hunts out the
poor prosecuted beggar, hidden away
in some dark corner and ministers UNI
to him with kindly sympathy, and this
is indeed typical of Jesus. He is Of
infinitely attractive personality. child
rem, the lame, the blind, lepers, fiocked
unto him, his outlook was one of en-
.couragement. ChriStianic is not re-
Iigion of sorrow as the German phil
osopher asserts, it is a religion OF
encoura cement Life is a spirit ascent
with nature over ready to help In
his youth the speaker had once served
as a clerk, he has forgotten many Of
the incidents of his store life, but he
will never forget a present made him
by his employer. q present of book,
Friends Go Up Higher This was his
message to all. Seek to live in 4 better
house. do a larger business. Weld
a finer influence, have a finer grasp Of
true conception, enjoy u sweeter COM
mission with God, go up higher.
A Street Preacher.
Jesus was a street preacher and
the real founder of the Salvation
Army. One day while teaching in
the streets he attracted the attention
of a rich pharisee who invited him to
dinner but did not show him any of
the usual courtesies, but 4. woman with
a sorrowful past washed his feet
with her tears, and wiped them
with the hair Of her head the patrO-
nizing rich man looked on contempt
uously, but Jesus. who was always
sensitive to coITtG%ieS told the wo-
mans story of the two deptors and
asked which would love the more,
then he made three thrilling state
ments, She has loved much OF the
faith has saved thee. Go in peace.
Jesus revealed himself to the blind
man as the son of God.
Can Do All.
I'VE can do every one of these fou"
things and can do them better than
Jesus. We can make men whole. To
go to New Orleans, to the Canal Zone
to Jacksonville. and eradicate con
sumption or yellow fever is to do
greater things than to restore Lazarus
Ito life Sanitation, preventative med
.iCine-these are the ouJworklnSs OF
the spirit Of Jesus
In Richmond among the humber
classes seven out OF twenty children
die in their first year. among better
classes only one child child dies out %
twenty What greater work than 10
save the six. We need in Virginia. in
Florida, one million healthy human
animals by spending one dollar and
eight one cents apiece, many home
in Philadelphia has been changed for
the child from hell into heaven.
Let US open new careers. found new
industries. advance the public schools
and especially the rural schools. raise
the ideals of publicly so doing We
are showing the spirit of Christ"
The speaker then told OF the in
IcalcuIabIe good done by Semmes in
1884 and by Eaton in 1880 in founding
aschool Hampton Virginia, Their
small gifts have become by natural
increase SI00, 600 producing an annual
income Of $500, GEO and although BAT
Ties have been waged around the