Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-04-30

ungodly and sinner. appear?
The Bible is not given to com
dole men in their sins any more
than the books which treat of va
rious diseases are written to COM
| fort men in their myriad of ALL
ments and attending sufferings.
They point to a cure. The Bible
points to Il cure for sin. Our text
says all scripture is given by in
spiration of God, and that it is
given that the man of God may be
perfect. We do not understand
this to mean absolute perfection,
mental and physical, but rather
Christian perfection. in short, low
ing God with all our heart, soul
and mind. and loving our neighbor
as ourselves.
The question may arise in your
mind: Did any man ever attain to
perfection? For the answer let us
look to the Book. In Genesis the
sixth chapter we read a description
like this: Now Noah was a Just
man and perfect in his generation,
and Noah walked with God. Also
in Job the first chapter We read;
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Uz whose name was Job, and that
man was perfect and upright and
one that feared God and eschewed
evil. In First Chronicles, twenty
eighth chapter, we find a dying
kings counsel to his son--David to
Solomon; Know thou the God of
thy father and serve him with
perfect heart and n willing mind
And in Pauls epistle to the Corin-
THAN church he says: 1--WE speak
wisdom among them that are per-
feet"
But is there q perfection for the
Christian today in the midst of
our perverse environments, I'm
doubtedly. The Bible is not book
for any particular generation or
nationality, but Is for all genera
tons and peoples. 1t is sufficient
~ large in its scope to deal with
the greatest and most perplexing
of problems, both national and in
ternational. How far from perfec-
ton would the conduct of nations
be If in all their dealings with one
another they practiced the Golden
Rule? II this We're the rule among
nations billions that are being APP
propriated today for the mainte-
nance Of armies and navies could
with perfect safety, he turned in /?
to constructive channels.
This rule. If practical, would
solve our industrial problems. 1t
would especially solve the labor |
and capital problem. The Bible is |
very specific in dealing with this |
phase of the life of men. In the |
Epistle of James we read of the |
awful woe pronounced against the |
employer who, in order to increase |
his own margin. refuses to pay his |
employe living wage. The sacred |
writer says that God hears the J
cries of the children for bread and |
clothes which living wage would |
buy. He says the gold which is |
accumulated by this method shah |
eat their flesh as it were fire, and
that it shall testify against them ,
in the day of Judgment.
There are those who take great !
pleasure in contemplating the |
that are going to be
meted out to these hoarders; but |
the Bible is just as specific in it's
demands of the employee. The
will be no less for the
who refuses to be honest |
and give value received in labor
for every dollar paid him in wages
The employee is as duty bound to
do honest work as the employer is
to give honest wages. Here is an
excellent opportunity to practice
the Golden Rule. The obligation
to practice the Golden Rule is lust I
as strong on the merchant. though
it may mean the narrowing Of his
Not only does the Bible give
by which to solve the
problems. but it comes
into the home and gives precepts.
which, II observed, will save
homes from being torn up and
save our courts many divorce
scandals. We read from Paul's
1pistle to the Ephesians that men
ire to love their wives. even as
christ loved the Church. How did
Christ love the Church? He died
or It, The man who so loves his
wife does not seek enforcement
The same may be said with all
regarding the wife.
We find also from the Bible the
luty of parent to child and child
o parent. Children obey your
parents in the Lord for this is
light. And We fathers, .provoke
lot your children to wrath, but ]
ring them up in the nurture and ]
Ldmonition of the Lord" We i
reed n return to the practice of t
ha piI,Ia IN ny,r bnr,a.