Omaha daily bee., 1915-10-07

billy" Sundays sermon in tho tabor
nacle this afternoon was az follows:
Text. Job 1. There was a man I'm
the land Of Uz whose name was Job,
and that man was perfect. and one that
feared God and hated evil"
That verse gives us the greatest possible
certificate of character. Not only great
est in what Is said tAere. but language
cannot express more.
1t declares that Job was perfect-in
other words that nothing could be added.
when that WAS said, ali had been said
that speech could say.
Perfect man means an Al, a 24-karat
proposition, and then some. That the
kind of a man God tells us Job was.
lie was perfect in Understanding
more could be said OF an angel-he was
perfect when measured by the highest
standard-God's standard of perfection
lie was white in the light of heaven
This certificate of character is the
greatest that could be made and from
me highest possible source,
When the Lord makes the statement
1t means that Job just suited God.
Tho ali-seeing eye of the Lord did not
find one single flaw in his makeup. IL
was the first time in sacred history that
God could look throughout the land OF
Uz and find one He could trust, one
He could admire, one He could recon-
mend and indorse.
l would rather be perfect IN the sight
of God than have all that the world
can give of wealth, of pleasure or OF
honor
Think of the hope and inspiration this
| is to us, meditating upon the declara-
ton that God made about JOB. Ii Joo
| could please God and become perfect
| in His sight, why cannot you?
| l hope to do IT, To know that 1t -
possible for one man to please God Is TO
know any one who lives may do the
same thing.
Can't Please All.
The Bible does not say that Job was
perfect In the sight of mamie was per-
feet in the sight of God.
II 1 thought 1 had to please every
body or miss heaven, I'd simply have
to throw up the sponge; it would be
impossible. II Job had to be perfect
In the sight of his neighbors he would
never wear a crown.
II you had to please everybody you
never would see heaven. lou have to
lower every standard of decency and
morality to please some NUTS.
There's not one of us Who could please
all the people for even one week II our
lives depended upon 1t. There's hardly
a 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 q
thousand times easier to please God than
our neighbors. The reason Is God knows
everything about 1t, while our intimate
friends know very little.
Our friends judge us by what they
want to do or would do IL they had
the power. Human vision stops at the
surface. God looks at the heart. Many
people measure God. but deny His meas
urement OF them.
God doesn't pay any attention to the
color of your hair or eyes or the
beauty Of your complexion. You may looi
fine to me and at the same time pf
rotten in the sight of God. Some peo'
ple will yell "Amen!" until they rais'
the roof, and then skin you In a horse
trade.
There was man in the land of UE
Don't know anything about the land o.
/ Uz. Wished / did; but I'll tell you VIVA
l think about 1t.
have an idea that it was harC
| place for a man to be perfect. OIL
ten meet people who think religion
sort of a matter of geography, that thei
= state of grace depends upon the stat'
{ they may live in.
There are men in Omaha who thinl
= they could be good Christians In chi
caso; there are men in Nebraska who
, think they could be good Christians II
California
heard of a man who went to CAM
meeting and shouted until he actual!
frightened the people. Think of people be
coming frightened at a red-hot camI
meeting.
If Job could please God in the land o
uz, 1 believe 1t is possible for any CHRIS
tan to do so, wherever their lot may b.
providentially cast. The man who hal
10 be In a revival to be happy-there's
leak somewhere in his faith. Doubts arr
leaks that will sink the ship of faith
II You Know God, Tell IL.
There was a man in the land OF VI
? and his name was Job"
, Have you noticed whenever the Biol'
Gays something good about man it gen
! orally gives the name, ana III notninB pu
evil can be said of him the name is with
held:
We know the name of the poor begga1
, at the rich mans gate, but We do no
know the name of the rich man. There
something here that we should think o.
} and ponder over in our mind. II Yol
know anything good about anyone. tel
IL out.
/ For still another reason am glaC
Jobs name has been given US In connec
!, ton, with this story of his trial. His ex
perience has been a great blessing and
? help to me. want to tell Job when ge
= to heaven, and I'm glad to have his nam'
so that can call for him.
= II a man is good, believe in telling Il
, TO him. Don't wait TO wet the grave o.
your virtuous friend with tears; tell hin
his good points now.
There is not wife alive today whit
wouldn't rather have flowers scattered
through her life than have them piled vi
or her casket.
Too much money Is spent for flower