Omaha daily bee., 1915-10-25


OF Tails" He said
Text; l Kings. u.2 BE thou strone
and show myself man"
No one can read the Bible In a thought.
ful way without being Impressed with tho
fact that II makes much OF manhood and
holds II up as something that should b,
sought after with diligence and persc.
Verance.
In fact the Bible exalts and empha-
sizes manhood In a remarkable way, and
shows that real manhood Is the greatest
thing I'm the world
The book OF Genesis contains sixty
chapters and covers 800 years OF human
history, and yet one-half OF Il il devoted
TO telling us about the colossal manhood
OF Abraham and third to that OF Joseph
The story OF creation Is dismissed In
40 WORDS. but great deal more space
Is given TO the story OF Caleb's rugged
manhood.
1t shows that God thinks the making III
a man more important than the making
OF world. a whole book Is occupied
with the story OF Job. and another with
that OF Daniel. Hundreds Of others are
passed up as unfit in the same way that
a tramp passes up pay car or hum
ming bird fits by a swil barrel
Hear His admiration OF the character
OF Job. In the strongest language that
even God can use. in declaring, He Is
| perfect"
That's double A @. Some people look
all right, but it's character that counts
| You can't hide character. A fool may
| have knowing look, but when he opens
his mouth it's all off. All that some PEG.
pie care about Is the appearance they
can Keep up. They're all front door, but
when you open the door, you're In the
back yard. It's character that counts
every time. Whenever COLDS around
youll find brass around trying to shine
up and initiate the gold. You can do like
a woman who went into jewelry store
, to buy a gold ring. Every ring passed
out for her inspection she put to her lips
The Jeweler asked her why she did that
You can't taste gold, he told her. II
know can't" she said, but can taste
brass"
old FrRmeup Didn't work.
Sham battles don't kill: neither does
sham character count
Look at Joseph. when he was In tn,
house OF Potiphar, how he stood up ant
showed his character Potlphar's wifi,
tried frame-up on him. When her hus-
band was away she went after Joseph
but he pulled away from her and sh,
grabbed his coat and held Il. But 10.
seph pulled out OF his coat. Then wher
her husband came home she showed hin
the coat and said. Il have the goods or
him." But Joseph looked her square II
the eye and said, Nothing doing"
They tried frame-up on Joseph, but
It didn't work. And the old gang ha,
oeen trying frame-up on you evei
since Joseph's day. And yet you'll rur
out after some fuszy-hRired, calIcoeC
little chicken just the same.
And Abraham towers like mountain
above molehills when he pushed asid,
the rich spoils that the unrighteous kinl
or Sodom tried to force on him. Blu
Abraham pushed them aside because h,
would not be dependent on king o.
Sodom and his unrighteous treasure.
Stand UP, you Collaboration, hog.
Jowled, peanut-brained ward heelers
grating politicians, and see how a MAJ
can be n man. Look at Daniel keeping
himself pure In the pestilential palac
OF Babylon and refusing to hit the booze
LOOK at Moses turning away the scepte
OF Egypt. the greatest country In tn,
world at that time. so that he could dc
what God wanted him to do! There's ,
call all over this country for stronI
Christian men. The Bible applauds rea
manhood So arm for Christian manhood
IL Is the grandest thing I'm the world L
IL pleases God, be a man, not a multi
Let me ask you to note that Davit
wanted Solomon TO be anchored 70 ,
noble purpose. He didn't want tn,
young man TO drift along in an aImles
way, like log in a whirlpool but n,
wanted him to have his eve set n,
something for which II would be wortl
his while to strain every energy Il
reach.
stumbled To ThrOneJ Didn't stay.
He told him that a dead fish drifts
with the stream, but that Il takes q
live one TO wriggle up against tho stream
David himself had been a man OF high
and lofty purposes. His own life must
have been greatly influenced by the
character of Moses and the other mighty
men OF God who had preceded him. That
his aim was high and his purpose lofty
Is clearly evident from his life and his
writings.
Saul stumbled to the throne OF Isreal
and he didn't stay there. A young man
that inherts his money has It asout
that long. A fellow that's got TO earn
every cent he has won't part with It
for a gold brick.
David was faithful to all his duties
as a shepherd. but he looked higher than
that humble calling. and made OF It a
stepping stone. lie wouldn't sit on n limb
OF tree and saw between him and the
tree. He wouldn't stick his head In a
lions mouth unless there were a hundred
chances to one that he could get Il
out again. Half the failures in the world
come from men attempting TO do some
thing that's not In their line. And no
man can be a man who is not Chris
ton. The manifest man Is he that ack-
nowledges Jesus Christ.
David was anxious that Solomon should
have a high aim. He wanted him 10
reach out for the top Of the mountain.
He didn't want him 10 be content with
summer house In the valley,
TOPPER Finds saloon Everywhere.
Have a high aim. You get out of this
life what you want to get out OF It. A
vulture is looking for carrion. no mat
ter how high he scars. A topper sees
saloon on every corner. A Christian sees
the church on the corner. A humming
bird doesn't learn TO sing by taking les
sons from a crow or a boot owl Some
politicians see no more of public good