Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-23

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thai man was perfect and one that
feared God and hated evil That verse
gives US the greatest possible certificate
Of character Not only greatest In what
is said there but language cannot ex-
press more. Il declares that Job was per-
fest; IN other words, that nothing could
be added When that was said all had
tetn said that speech could say.
Perfect man means an Al, 24-karat
proposition. and then some. That's the
kind OF man God tells us job was He
wns perfect In character--nothing more
could be said OF an angel He was per-
fest when measured by the highest stand
afd-G0d's standard of perfection He
was white in the light OF heaven This
ceftifcnte OF character. is the greatest
til could be made and from the hiahest
roesible source When the Lord makes
suited God. The all-seeing eye Of the
Lord did not find one single flaw In his
m ke-up. II was the first time in sacred
hhtory that God could look throughout
the land of Uz and find one He could
trust, one He could admire, one He could
re ommend and indorse. | would rather
be perfect in the sight of God than have
nil that the world can give Of wealth, of
pleasure or of honor.
Think of the hope and inspiration this
Is TO rs, meditatlng upon the declaration
that God made about Job. If Job could
please God and become perfect in His
sight, why cannot you? / hope to do 1t.
To know that 1t is possible for one man
TO please God is to know any one who
lives may do the same thing.
NO MAN PERFECT.
1.-THE Bible does not say that Job was
perfect in the sight of mamie was per-
feet in the sight of God. If I thought
had to please everybody or miss heaven
ia simply have to throw up the sponge,
II would be Impossible. II Job had to be
perfect in the sight OF his neighbors he
would never wear crown. There's not
one of us who could please all the
PEOPLE for even one week IL our lives de-
pended upon it. There's hardly man
who would be perfect in the sight of his
wife for three days.
THE humblest can please God II they
are earnest and do their very best. It's
a thousand times easier to please God
than our neighbors. The reason is God
knows everything about it. while our inti-
mate friends know very little.
Our friends judge us by what they
want to do or would do If they had the
power. Human vision stops at the sur
flce. God looks at the heart. Many
people measure God, but deny His meas
urement of them.
!" There was man in the land of Uz.'
Iion't know anything about the land of
IL Wish did; but I'll tell you what
think about II. 1 have an idea that II
was hard place for man to be per-
feet. ] often meet people who think re-
ligion is sort of a matter of geography
that their state of grace depends upon
the State they may live in. There are
men in Denver who think they could be
good Christians in Kansas: there are men
in Kansas who think they could be good
Christians in California. 1 heard of n
man who went to camp meeting and
shouted until he actually frightened the
people. Think of people becoming fright
eTed at a redhot camp meeting.
eff job could please God in the land Of
liz, believe 1t is possible for any Chris
tian to do so. wherever their lot may be
ireyidentially cast. The man who has to
lie in revival to be happy-there's n
leak somewhere in his faith. Doubts are
leaks that will sink the ship of faith.
PRAISE THE GOOD.
There was man in the land of Uz,
and his name was job Have you
noticed whenever the Bible says some
thing good about man it generally gives
the name. and If nothing but evil can be
said of him the name is withheld? We
know the name of the poor beggar at the
rich mans gate, but we do not know the
name of the rich man. There's something
here that we should think of and ponder
over in our mind. If you know anything
good about any one. tell 1t out.
For still another reason l am glad
Jobs name has been given us in connec-
zion with this story of his trial. His ex-
perience has been a great blessing and
haIu IN me want To fell Job when / gel
to heaven, and I'm glad to have his name
SO that can call for him, want to take
a walk with him and have him fill out
any gaps In the story. i want TO ask him
a few questions about some things over
which have been curious. want to ask
him how he felt when the messengers ar
rived bringing the bad news; 1 want TO
ask him IL he didn't find it easier to en-
dure boils than the taunts and tnsnua-
tions of his friends.
Talk about the world growing better!
When you can show me a man with a
character better than Job had, according
TO Gods showing, al be ready TO believe
1t. There is hardly any one OF us VINO
hasn't the advantage of Job In many
wavs Think what little help he had to be
q good man compared TO what we have.
The Book of Job is admitted to be the
Oldest writing in existence, yet away back
In those misty days we ind man who
puts us TO shame.
THAT man WAS pcIAcNb anu uPAtbHN-
God said SO. The trouble with good
many Is that they are lop-sided, bow
legged and eross-eyed. They scatter all |
over; they never get anywhere.
= ne feared God and hated evil This
seems that he trusted God-that ne be-
haved himself. How soon we could make
this old world like Heaven IL we all did
that Trust God and behave yourself is
simply another way of saying Thou |
shalt love the Lord thy God with all
thy heart and with all thy mind, and thy
neighbor as thyself.'
SOME PEOPLE WORK AT GOODNESS
SHORT TIME.
JOB never stopped for holidays, He
behaved himself ss5 days in the year. One
reason why some people md it so hard |
70 behave is because they only work at
It : few minutes at time. II you did |
yonr breathing the same way you would |
have been dead and forgotten long ago.
Job was an upright man. This means
that ne had an honesty that could stand |
fhe light Of Heaven.
Job had character that stood out like /