West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-05-06

"'"u'S VI Tuln, ana DoQueath II To
coming ages as the most adequate cx-
pression OF great thought. Just so
Jesus, passing by the many names by
which God revealed Himself in part in
the past. chose the dialect of a little
child, the unspoiled universal human
heart. calls forth the name of father
and "by association with his own
great personality it becomes great
enough and pure enough To describe
most adequately the iumost nature of
the Eeternal One" And blessed be His
name, there is n growing company OF
men and women upon earth who are
learning To look up into His face and
call Him Father"
:. Jesus Reveals the Meaning and Ma
ture of Sonship.
Hut before we can realize the life
oi sons of God we need also To be
shown the meaning and nature of son
snip. Here again is Jesus our great
R"Nealer See the life that LIE lived
What lesson i'm filial devotionl What
oneness in the Fathers plans! What
enthusiasm for the Fathers work.
what calmness and trust i'm the Faith
or = wisdom. What ready acquiesence
in the Fathers Will! Not slavish ser
Witty, but illial devotion characterized
His life. "lle never lost the conscious
ness OF the Fatherhood of God. His
whole life and thought were cast i'm
that mould"
.. Jesus Shows Us the Right Relation
OF Sons to Each Other-A Brother
hood
Furthermore the nlial life OF Jesus
is seen TO be not u life of self-contain-
ed and solitary communion with God
DE conceived His own mission to be
10 seek and to save the lost, to win
humanity to the life OF the Sons of
COD. lie saw Himself as the mediator
between a lost world which knew not
It's rather, and the life of Soulship
"hlch God had planned that men
should realize. This life I'm relation to
each other is to be a brotherhood has
ed upon the essential relation of all to
the Father, and in which love and na-
uent forebeaTance is to be most char
acteristic. lie was Big Brother to
men, the first real brother thew had
ever known, and II is for brothers like
unto Him that a hungry, heart-sick
world Is dying. Sonship and brother
hood, as seen in Jesus Christ becomes
radiant with a sane and hearty whole
someness to be found only I'm those
VINO have entered through Him into
the realization OF the life of the Son
OF God
q Jesus Brings Light on the Problem
of the Meaning OF Life.
Moreover we see i'm the life of Jesus
the attitude of the Sons OF God to the
order of life about us. There liz no
hope OF men becoming reconciIed TO
God as long as they wander i'm the
dark, as to the meaning of life and the
world processes about them, unable to
ma justice or love, and uncertain as
TO whether they are in the grip of
maleVolent fate. II Is the old pro
blem, perhaps the deepest and most
persistent in the human heart. In the
Old Testament 1t finds immortal ex-
preston in the book of Job in which
Is dramatically set forth the struggles
OF an honest soul toward light on Iife's
suferings. But even the light TO which
he struggles is deep gloom, i'm which
he dimly describes Il life beyond this
And that was as far as the noblest and
most spiritual minds could 20. Jesus
now comes to the rescue Man shall
not lie In the dark crushed by the
weight OF his ignorance and uncertain
~. Jesus displays i'm clear shining
light life and interruption through
His Gospel. lie lives a life OF I'M
broken faith In the Father, OF enthus.
iastic optimism and hope as to the
world goal, the long outcome OF life
To prove his faith I'm the Fathers care
ana ability TO turn the worlds greatest
tragedy into its greatest blessing He
went to the Cross. In the light OF His
life our misty and mistaken Judgments
OF value are reversed MANY Of tbo
things to which we attach great values
arc really Of little worth. Life is seen
to be not meat nor drink, nor raiment
nor houses, nor lands. nor money with
all that money can buy. "a mans life
consiseth not in the abundance Of the
things which he possesseth." These
may indeed work the damnation of his
soul. AZ any rate they shall most
probably fetter the eagle pinions Of his
soul that should be- free for soaring ip
nigh attitudes The really great on
portunities come TO an alike Not ON.
portuntics for wealth or position or
iame these weigh little even in tho
worlds market But purity. sweet.
ness and mercy sincerity. truth. hon
esty. love. gcuUoness. forbearapcc
righteousness. peace and joy I'm the
Holy Spirit these have eternal val.
ues; these are priceless. even I'm tbe
worlds market; these are within reach
OF every soul Lies inequalities arc
more apparent than real ! would not
nave you close your eyes 90 the Ills
That are, neither would / have you ler
these blind you TO the gerat poo;l
Things lie all around you. priceless
and eternal Under the hand Of Jesus
life's crumpled page becomes beauti-