Evening journal., 1916-02-21
Mark x:ss- And He went away

ruler there are many things especially at
tractivc. The first of all is his earnest
ness and enthusiasm We are told he
came running. In these days there are
many so istless and lifeless and lazy
that they never get up enough energy to
10 anything very good or very bad.
would rather have a man serving the
devil, if he was doing good job OF II,
than one so shiftlcss and Indifferent that
he accomplishes nothing. If you have
an engine with a good head OF steam, a
big fire beneath the boiler, and plenty OF
fuel, even il it is running in the wrong
direction you can put it on the turn
table and head it the right way. But II
YOU have an old, brokcndown, worth
less, dead engine, it cannot even pull
fiat car. One man was criticising an
other for his intense energy and zeal. He
said he reminded him of man riding a
runaway horse The other one replied:
Il would rather be riding a horse that
sometimes was in danger of running
away. than to be sitting bolt upright
astride of dead horse.
No great work was ever accomplished
in this world without zeal. II you are in
line of business into WHICH you cannot
throw your whole heart, get out of it
and { into something else. A bright
young man applied one morning at the
Office of the manager of a great business
house, seeking position. The manager,
without looking up from his work, said
to him; well, young man, what is your
motor Quickly he replied: The same
as you have on your door there, push. "
Some people are lower down than the
devil, for they are lazy and he is not.
He certainly has energy.
In the next place we not that this
young man was gent man. He was
courteous and polite. He came and
kneeled before Jesus. The Germans have
an old maxim, which says:
Nit dem Hute in dem Hand,
Gcht man durch dem game Land
Literally, with his hat in his hand,
one can 90 through the entire world.
But our English equivalent to that would
be "Politeness pays There are some
who think that roughness and boorish-
ness are evidences of strength and rug
gedness of character. Absolutely the re-
verse. No one ever regretted speaking a
kind word or doing a kind deed. No
matter how others treat you. never for
get to be a gentleman or a lady. Ham
mer as hard as you can on principles, but
We note in the next place that this
young man was thoughtful. He asks
'What shall | do that may inherit
eternal life?' So many people you meet
are superficial They never think upon
any subject deeply or seriously. Par
rot-like they merely repeat what they
have heard. They never create new
idea--they never seem to have an ori-
ginal thought. Men are priding them
selves upon their liberal opinions. Many
folks have become 80 broad that they
are exceedingly shallow We are at
tractcd TO this young man because he
is thinking upon the subject of eternal
life and destiny.
Moreover he commends himself Ia
our favor because he was an upright
young man. When Jesus enumerated
many of the commandments, the you'll
declared, we believe truthfully, that
he had kept them all. Some have spread
the pernicious doctrine that IL was
necessary for a young man to sow his
wild oats before he straightens up anc
lives the right life. We might Just as
well say that one must 90 through an
attack of Asiatic cholera or smallpo,
or diphtheria, before he can have
sound, strong, healthy body. EyeIl
Gail habit you form j. a cord that binds
You TO the rocks of sin Iennyson say,
OF the noble knight that his strength
was as the strength of ten, because
his heart was pure.
As this young man stood there il
his youth and enthusiasm and earnest
ness, his courtesy and clcanness. jesus
looked upon him, and We are told thai
Jesus loved him. What a world o
meaning is implied in that expression
How wonderful TO have the love O
Jesus. / wish that we might form Z
conception of that look of affection. a.
il fell from the Masters eyes. ATTIC
the second DAYS battle of Gettysburg
when the hospital corps came on th'
battlefield TO collect the bodies Of th'
wounded and dead, they found sittinI
upright. against a tree, the dead bod,
of a union soldier In his hands wa
tightly clasped a faded ambrotype. TIN
picture of his three little children. Al
that afternoon, during the hellish rat
tie of musketry and the deafening roa
of cannon, that soldier, suffering iron
a death wound, found comfort for hi
sorrow and relief from his agony b,
gazing on the faces of his little loves
They dug a grave upon that battlefield
and laid away the body of that ma
TO rest. and upon his breast they place
the picture of his little children. Abov
the mound, upon the wooden slab be
meath the date of his death. were in
scribed the words Somebody's Father.
That love of Jesus, as He locke
upon the young man was so deep an
sincere that lie told him the trutl
"One thing thou laekest.' Il ofte
takes great love to tell folks th
truth II Jesus had loved the youn
man less, He might have courted Hi
favor by complimcnting him upon hi
goodness, by commencing his eNcellen
qualities, and by doing 50 absolutel
running the possibilities of the youn
man ever being saved. The great nee
of our day is the cultivation of col
science, the awakening of a conviction {
sin, the creating of a divine disconter
with your present condition.
''Woe unto him." says the prophe
who cries peace when there is no peace
"Woe unto him who tries to heal I'll
hurt of the daughter of my people lghl
ly."
The reply that the young man ho
made to Christ gives us a key to the ST
cret of his moral character He had sa
regarding the commandments, "All the'
have l observed from my YOUTH,
had doubtless had excellent early trail
ing, perhaps a noble father and a god
mother In his childhood they had il
culcated i'm him principles of honesty NJ
uprightness and honor. Doubtless the
are many of you who have been pridir
yourselves uDon VOur clean lives an