Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-05-21

the sight of God that a man who
lives for Him, is led by Him, grows
into Him and unto Him until he
may be called a perfect man?
Somehow the text fits Brother
Roming so fully that you feel no hes
itation in seeking to apply It to his
memory and make II the interpre-
tation Of his life.
The Psalmist has In view a char
acter which is Justly entitled to the
ascription of perfect In such q sense
as fifty expresses a properly un-
folded and balanced life and does
not hesitate to call upon us to be
impressed with the hope OF reach
ing It fully.
Mark the perfect man, and be-
hold the upright; for the end Of
that man is peace"
These are strong terms and must
be properly applied to be fully APP
propriate to man.
Development OF language has
somewhat elevated the formerly
positive word perfect" into a sort
of superlative which makes 1t SAVIOR
of extravaganza to apply 1t to a
man.
But It needs no further justifica-
ton in this case than to read into
1t the synonym upright" which the
Psalmist has coupled with SO closely
as a full Interpretation.
Our Beloved Brother was perfect
in the true sense of the word In He
brew and its equivalent in Greek,
both of which indicate the whole
ness of a unit, an integer, one. He
fulfilled the sense of perfection and
uprightness which is fittingly closed
In a natural sunset after a long and
beautiful day-a calm and peaceful
going to rest, in a twilight which
brought out the rich coloring of
blended peace, safety, satisfaction.
He was peaceful in all life's re-
lations; not because he was not
positive In his convictions, strong In
all his beliefs, decided in his opin-
ions, but because he recognized the
right OF others as being as genuine |
rs his own at all times.
He could peacefully review the |
record of the past for he lived each |
day in the full integrity of upright
ness and consciousness of being |
guided by the divine will of God.
When the outer connection of the
human soul weakens and leaves its
power to act upon the
of memory, then woe to
he soul that cannot review its life,
'ecall its associations, recreate its
risions and employ all its powers of
attainment in summing up its well
ounded hopes, its we'll grounded
Ieliefs and blessed faiths while wait
ng in momentary anticipation of
'pening the inner sanctuary Of eter-
lity.
1t is here that the righteous re-
ward begins, that peace dawns, for
he soul that can read its divine re-
ationship written in acceptable
language of earth and heaven; when
t can recall the promises and re-
lew the covenants and still feel
hat its life record Is written in the
light of God through the mercy of
esus Christ acceptably. II
Our Brother had this privilege and {
t gave him the peace attendant up
n 1t.
He was upright in his personal
lie, his character and his inner soul
opposition; a gentleman by instinct,
onsiderate of all forms of life and
II classes of men, he cultivated the
races that adorn without weaken
ng, and add polish to strength in
lie.
Man is the upright creature; of :
II Gods creatures his head and his
cart are farthest from the earth in
roportion to his stature, so that he a..
an look with eagerness to the heav-
MS above or with caution to the
arth beneath, and stand safety be- :,
ween them with the consciousness
right relation in either direction
'hich is the essence of those quail
les and attributes which creates
ght relations in all directions.
He was upright in his private life. a
is home life, his social life at all h
mes. A gentleman of the old school, h
no acted in the strict form of ETH n
uette because 1t was native to his 81
,uls inner life and natural to its
,mmon mode Of expression; for he .