The Washington herald., 1918-02-23

Elly Sundays sermon delivered
last night follows:
Text: Kings ii, 2. BE thou strong
and show thyself a man."
No one can read the Bible In &
thoughtful way without being i'm
pressed with the fact that 1t make:
much Of manhood and holds 1t up a:
something that should be sought
after with diligence and perseverance
In fact, the Bible exalts and EN-
phasizes manhood in a remarkable
way and shows that real manhood /:
the greatest thing in the world.
The book of Genesis contains sixty
chapters and covers 900 years oi
human history, and yet one-hah Of
It is devoted 70 telling Us about the
colossal manhood of Abraham and q
third to that Of Joseph.
The story OF creation Is dismissed
IN 500 words. but a great deal more
space IS given to the story Of Ca.
leb's rugged manhood.
1t shows that God thinks the max.
ing OF a man of more Importance thar
the making OF a world. A whole
book is occupied with the story Of
| JOB. and another with that OF Daniel
Hundreds Of others are passed up a.
unfit in the Same way that a tramp
passes up a pay car or a humming
bird fits by a swfll barrel.
Hear His admiration OF the charac-
ter Of Job, in the strongest Languages
that even God can use, in declaring
',He Is perfect"
That's double A G. Some people
look all right, but it's character that
counts. You can't hide character
A fool may have a knowing look, but
when ne opens his mouth it's all on
All that some people care about is
the appearance that they can keer
up. They're all front door, but when
you open the door you're in the back
yard. RS character that counts
every time Whenever COLDS around
you'll ind brass around trying tc
shine UP and initiate the gold. You
can do Ike the woman who went into
jewelry store to buy a gold ring.
Every ring passed out, for her inspec-
! ton she put to her lips. The jeweler
asked her why she did that you
can't taste gold,' he told her. %
know 1 can't" she said, but I can
taste brass"
Frame-up Didn't Work.
Sham battles don't kill; neither
does sham character count
Look at Joseph. when he was IN
the house Of Potiphar. how he stood
up and showed his character. Pot
iphar's wife tried a -frame-up- or
him. When her. husband was away
D. went after Joseph, but he pull
ed away from her and she grab
bed his coat and held it. But JOS
= IL
when her husband came home she
showed him the coat and said, q
have the goods on him" But Jos
eph looked her square in the eye
and said, Nothing doing"
They tried a frame-up on Joseph
but it didn't work. And the old
gang has been trying a frame-ur
On you ever since Joseph's day. And
yet you'll run out after some fuzzy
haired. calicoed little chicken just
the same
And Abraham towers like q
mountain above molehills when he
pushed aside the rich spols that
the Unrighteous king of Sodom tried
10 force on him. But Abraham
pushed them aside because he
would not be dependent on a king
of SodOm and his unrighteous
treasure.
Stand up, you God-forsaken, hog
jowled, peanut-brained ward heel
ers. grating politicians. and see
how a man can be a man. Look at
Daniel keeping himself pure in the
pestilential palace of Babylon and
refusing to hit the booze! Look at
Moses turning away the jscepter OF
Egypt, the greatest country in the
world at thar time. So that he could
do what God wanted him to do!
There's a call all over this country
for strong Christian men. The Bible
applauds real manhood. So arm for
Christian manhood. 1t is the grand
est thing in the world. If it pleases
God. be a man, not a mutt
Let me ask you to note that David
wanted Solomon to be anchored to
noble purpose. He didn't want
the young man Il. drift along in an
simless way, like a log in a whlrl-
pool. but he wanted him to have
bis eye set ON something for which
it would be worth his while to
strain every energy to reach.
stumbled to Throne.
He told him that a dead fish drifts
gsth the stream. but that lit takes q
I've one 10. .swTigsle up against the
stream. -
David himself had been a man OF
high and lofty purposes. His own life
must have been greatly Influenced by
the character. Of Moses and the otheI
mighty men OF God who had preceded
him. That his ann was high and nj:
purpose lofty is clearly evident from
MS life and his writings 49, >,
Saul stumbled to the throne Of Is
raei, and he didn't stay there. A
young man that inhertts, his moreS
has il about that long. A fellow that's
Igot to earn every cent he has won't
kpart with it,for a gold brick.
David was faithful to all his duties
s shepherd. but he looked higher
ban that humble calling. and made OF
a stepping. stone. He wouldn't sit
n a limb OF tree and saw between
i'm and the tree. He wouldn't stick
IS head in a lions mouth unless there
Tere hundred chances to one thai
e could get It out again. Half the
failures in the world come from mer
attempting to- do something that's moi
IN their line And no man can be 9
man who Is not Christian. The man
lest man is he that acknowledge:
Jesus Christ.
David was anxious that Solomon
should have a high aim He wanted
him to reach out for the top of thu
mountain He didn't want him to bs