Evening star., 1918-02-23
Told to Do So by God.

God loved him. To Know that God
loves US is sure to make US like Him
in loving others 1t is an enemy we
are told to love. Love your enemy.
All men love their friends. No one
not related to God in spirit can love an
enemy. The thing that Christ asks us
to do is unnatural for an unconverted
man. He can't do it.
Now, had God commanded US to
love them that love us, there are thou
sands of people that would never find
out that they needed religion. There
fore. if the command had been to love
your friends, you never would have
known you need your religion, because
that's easy to do. but it is hard to love
your enemy and you can't do it without
religion. Love enriches whatever it
sesses it; love makes every good thing
better and every better thing the best"
''Show Thyself a Man,
BE thou strong and show thyself a
man" formed the theme of the evan
gelist's sermon last night He said in
part:
BE thou strong and show thyself a
man.
mo one can read the Bible in a
thoughtful way without being impress
ed with the fact that it makes much Of
manhood and holds it up as something
that should be sought after with dill
TN fact, the Bible exalts and en-
phasiZes manhood in a remarkable way
and shows that real manhood is the
greatest thing in the world.
1.-THE book of Genesis contains sixty
chapters and covers 1900 years of hu-
man history. and yet one-half of it is
devoted to telling us about the colos-
sal manhood Of Abraham and 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 Caleb's rugged
manhood.
1T Shows that God thinks the max
ing of man of more Importance than
the making of world. A whole book
is occupied with the story of Job. and
another with that of Daniel. Hundreds s
of others are passed up as unfit in the
same way that a tramp passes up a
pay car or a humming bird fits by a
Swill barrel.
Hear His admiration OF the charac cter
of Job, in the strongest language that
even God can use. in declaring, He is
perfec<.'
Character That Counts.
That's double A. C. 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 he opens his mouth it's all off
All that some people care about is the
appearance that they can keep up.
They're all front door. but when you
open the door you're in the back yard.
It's character that counts every time.
Whenever COLDS around you'll find
brass around trying to shine up and
initiate the gold. You can do like the
woman who went into jewelry store
to buy gold ring. Every ring passed
out for her inspection she put to her
lips. The jeweler asked her why she
did that. You can't taste gold he told
her. i know / can't she said, but l
can taste BRASS
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. Potiphar's wife
tried frame-up on him. When her
husband was away she went after Jo-
seph, but he pulled away from her and
she grabbed his coat and held it. But
Joseph pulled out of his coat. Then
when her husband came home she
showed him the coat and said, L have
the goods on him.. But Joseph looked
her square in the eye and said, Nothing
doing
Tried a Frame-Up.
They tried a frame-up on Joseph.
but it didn't work. And the old gang
has been trying a frame-up on you
ever since Joseph's day. And yet you'll
| run out after some fuzzy-haired, cali
coed little chicken just the same
And Abraham towers like a noun
tain above molehills when he pushed
aside the rich spoils that the unright-
a King of Sodom and his unrighteous
him. But Abraham pushed them aside
| because he would not be dependent on