The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-28
Says If 1t Were Possible for
Job to BE Perfect 1t Is Pos
sible for Others as Well.
EASIER TO PLEASE
GOD THAN PEOPLE.


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Philadelphia. Pa Feb 27.--"Joh.
the Perfect Man" was the sub
loot Of AIR sundays sermon on a
recent afternoon His text was taken
from job t. There was a man in
the land OF II whose name was Job.
land that man was perfect and one that
feared God and hated evil" Mr.. sun
dav said
That verge gives us the greatest
possible certificate Of character. Not
only greatest in what IL said there, bat
language cannot express more. II de-
ciareS that Job was perfect; IN other
words that nothing could no added.
When that was said all had been SAID
thBt speech could say.
Perfect means an A proposition
and then some. That's the Kind of
man God tells rs Job was He was
perfect in character-nothing more
could be said of an angel ie was
perfect when measured by the highest
staudard-God's standard Of perfec-
tipn. He was white in the light OF
heaven. This certificate Of charae-
ter is the greatest that could be made
and from the highest possible source.
When the Lord makes the statement
il means that job Just suited God The
ali~seeing eve of the Lord did not find
ono single flaw In hts makeup. It
was the FIRST time in sacred history
that God could look through the land
OF ~ ana find ere he could trust,
one He could admire, one He could
recommend and tndorse. would
rather be perfect in the sight of God
thai nave all that the world can give
~ wealth, Of pleasure or of honor
+ Think Of the hope and inspiration
this Is To us meditating on the decla
ration that God made about Job. If
i Job could please God and become per
feet in His sight. why cannot YOU
! Why can't To know that It is pos
sihle. for one man to please God is 10
l,now any one who lives may do the
same thing.
Not Perfect in Sight of His Wife.
The Bible does NOT say that Job was
perfect in the sight OF his wife, he was
perfect In the sight Of God. If /
thought Ind 10 please everybody OF
miss heaven. I d simply have TO throw
UP the sponge and take the count II
Job had had TO be perfect In the sight
OF mis- neighDors, he would never wear
n crown There's not one OF us who
/ could please all the people for even
one week If our lives depended on IT.
There's hardly 81 man who would he
perfect IN the sight of his wife for
three days. ! don't know any man
who can please his wife for fifteen
minutes.
The humblest can please God Of they
are earnest and do their best. It's 6
thousand times easier to please Goo
than cur neighhors. The reason is Cos
| knows everything about 1t. while ouI
intimate friends know little.
our friends Judge lis by what they
see us do. God writes his judgment
on what he sees III your heart, not
on the color of your hair. or how
many teeth you've got. You may look
fine TO me, and yet be rotten inside
Many people measure God, but deny
HIS measurement Of them.
There was man IN the land O
W Don't know anything about th'
land of u Wish | did, bat I'll tel
| you what ] think about It. | have al
| idea that II was a hard place for {
| man TO be perfect. ! often meet PEG
| pie who think religion Is sort of {
| matter OF geography. that their stat
| Of grace depends on the State the,
may live In There are men in Phiia
| delphia who think they could be goo'
| Christians IN Boston; there are mel
| In Boston who think they could b.
| gooG Christians in California. ] hear'
| Of man who went to campmeetini
| and shouted until ne actually Brighten
| ed tho people and on his way HON
fought with the coach driver.
| Doubts Leaks That Sing.
| II Job could please God in the Ian,
| OF ~. / believe it Is possible for an,
| Christian 10 DO 20, wherever his 10
| may he providontly east The ma,
/ who has 10 be In a revival to b
| happv--ther's H. leak somewhere Il
| his faith Doubts are leaks that viii
| sink the shin IT faith
/ There was n man In the land q
| " ana his name was Job" Have yot
| noticed whenever the Bible saws some
| think good about q man II generaii
| gives the name and II nothing hu
| cvil can be said Of him. the name i
| withheld I'VE know the name OF TIN
| poor beggar at the rich mans gate
| but we do not know the name of tn
| rlch man There's something her
| ;hat We should think IF and ponde
| ever IN our mind II you know any
| thjuu good about any one. tell II ont
| If you don't keep still II won't hur
y1u aud IT will help the other fellow
AZ makes me SICK when "a man wait
uutii his wife dice and piles her cot
fin with flowers Too much mono,
s. spent on tube roses for funeral,
That ought to go for a hired girl
Ter stu another reason ! am gIat
Jobs name has been eYkn us il
connection with this story Of his trial
Ills experience has been great bless
ing and help to me. ! want 20 tel
Job whcn ! get to heaven. and I'm
glad 10 have his name so that I car
rall for him. ! want to take u wall
With him and have him fiji out any
&aps In the story. | want to ask hin
FL *e3 questions about some things
aver which ! have been curious.
Want to ask ham how he felt when the