The Alaska citizen., 1915-10-04
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THE PERFECT IDEAL OF LIFE
 Jesus therefore said When ye have lifted up the Son of man then ye shall know that l am he. and that I do nothing of myself but as the Father taught me. speak these things And He that sent me IS with me. He hath not left me alone; for l do always the things that are pleasing to Him.-John S.2S-30.
 Three things are shown in this verse by the. Master. The first of these is the perfect ideal of human life as in the phrase, the thinGs that please him" Second that He Himself laid claim to it's pertec- tion in His own life, as He says, "l do always the things that please Him. And third. He tells us how it was possible to accomplish that ideal of life and fill it full, in another sentence, He that sent me is with me; my father hath not left me alone"
 The thing then for every life perfect realm of the things that please God. And the way is made possible and clear in making the life to abide in a constant communi- on with the Maker, not permitting anything to interfere with such a relation between man and God
 A most noticeable fact today is mans godlessness. The godlessness that is found on every hand. The gcdlessness of men and women that are called by the name of Christian What change would be manifest in the world if men were willing to live under the ideal of life that controlled the Christ, For goddess ness is not only a disobedience of the law of God, but it is d falling short of the possibility of the hu- man life. The man who sins not only fails to keep the command. ments but creates within himself an inefficiency of service that might have been his; he and society are the losers, for no man can sin alone
 Before each one is his life. Within is the possibility of development under Gods guidance, of thoughts, actions, character, destiny that will stands the life and knows how to make the most of it. No man un- derstands fully himself. He mus, learn by experience and every sin stain remains to mar the building God knows the man perfectly and can guide him into all truth. Beauti- ful are the lines of Tennyson as he sings:
 Flower in the crannied wall,
 l pluck you out of the crannies;
 Hold you here, root and all, in my
 hand,
 Little Flower-but if I could un-
 derstand
 What you are, root and all, and
 all in all,
 should know what God and man
 is.
 True, you say? Yes, very true, You hold the flower in your hand root and all. You can analyze 1t botanically, and tear it to pieces. putting one piece here and another there. Before you is the stem, the root, the leaves, but the flower is gone. Where did 1t go? How did it go? When you curiously tore it to bits you interefered with the principle of life and it's beauty is gone. What is life? No man can tell you. If you could know you would know what God and man is You know we'll that man curiously torn from God causes the death of man, and left to the communion that always pleases Him" we have life in man more beautiful than We can tell.
 Applying that little song parable to your life you realize that it is truth. Way down in your life there are reaches and depths that you don't understand No man can under stand them. The best thing to do is to say. Here, Lord, is myself, l want to do the things that please thee. take me as l am Man dis covers something new about himself daily. He is the crowning work Of God and His most glorious, and God only knows man.
 Then right in the midst of such mystery God sends to earth a man who does always the things that please God. That man is Jesus and you should know Him. Why is He so pleasing to God? How does He contrast with the other great men Of the past and present? You further ask. what is the music tha. comes from His life that never has a harsh tone or the least discord !? There are four things you will note that make up the perfect melody Of Hie life