THE QUEST OF THE BEST The International Sunday School Lesson For May 5 Is "Jesus Sets New Standards of Living"—Mark 10:17-27 By WLLIAM T. ELLIS "The Problem of Poverty" has be come a petrified phrase: for centur ies the world has been familiar with it. Just now, however, we are hear ing strangely little about it. The problem of today, by a curious anomaly is the problem of the rich Society is not half so greatly con cerned with how to feed and edu cate the poor, as with the bigger question of what to do with the ex tremely rich. Russian Radicalism lias sudenly precipitated the sub ject upon the world in terms of ex treme action. It has proceeded on the assumption that the wealthy and privileged classes have forfeited all rights to consideration, and even to justice itself. A terrible whirlwind is being harvested from autocracy's long sowing of the wind. Of a sud den, this class issue has come to be the war looming above the conflict in Europe. This is the topic that gives most scare-heads to the current issues of the newspaper. The corporations and their far-ramifying influence are merely an expression of the prob lem of the rich man. The power of the plutocrat is a fertile theme for authors of innumerable books and for magazine writers who trace most of the ills that affect politics, com merce and society directly to the door of the man of vast wealth. It is undoubtedly the arrogance and ex travagance of the very rich that is responsible for the tide of Socialism that is sweeping over America. Like wise the formal entrance of labor unionism into national politics, thus necessitating an ominous class cleav age, is due to the part that corporate wealth and power have played in legislation. IxH>king Vp a Big Question Whoever wants to inform himself upon this great and increasing issue is bound to look up all available re liable authorities on the subject. No serious-minded person dares to be in different to it Of course, it at once becomes necessary to learn the opin ion of the world's greatest Teacher of morals and social relationship up on this question. Whith means that the incident of Jesus and the rich voung ruler is of current inter est: that it is the present Sunday f-chool lesson is a timely coincidence. Jesus, on His way through the country cast of the Jordan, during the month preceding His crucifixion, had been talking about the kingdom of heaven. His words had been very impressive and alluring, and a cer tain wealthy young man of fine arts, a prominent citizen, was so attract ed that he came running to the Teacher, and kneeling—an extraor dinary mark of deference —inquired, "good Master, what shall 1 do that 1 may inherit eternal life?" Money had not atrophied this irian's finer qualities. In deed. rightly used, money is the greatest means to true culture. On the other hand, there are men in Wall Street to-day who notoriously have metal hearts, close and con stant contact with gold has deadened their spiritual natures. They are now little more than animated money bags: mere misers. Somehow, money has this quality. Overprized, it dulls the spirit's finest sensibilities. There is scarcely any fate more to be dreaded by a young person of noble qualities than that of becoming im mersed in money getting and money boarding. Fortunately this danger had been escaped by the rich young ruler. Like the young man who is heir to America's largest fortune, he pos sessed good impulses and a sense of the value of spiritual things. He wanted more than he had; he was ambitious for real life, and he had learned that possessions do not con stitute life. " 'Tis life whereof our nerves are scant, Tis life, not death, for *hich we pant: More life, and fuller that we want." Goods and Goodness Both goods and goodness were this fortunate young man's possession. In answer to the question of Jesus, he declared that he had kept the com mandments from his youth up. He must have spoken modestly, and as truly as he knew how. for Jesus was drawn to him in affection; he was the type of man whom the Master would love to have for a disciple and companion. So to test the depth of the seeker's desire. Jesus bade him sell what he had and give to the poor, and then to join the band of disciples who fol lowed Jesus. This was severq re quirement: it touched the man in his most sensitive spot. Not until we come to lay a finger upon the finan cial nerve do we prove the innermost character of a person. Plenty of per sons are converted —all except their pocketbooks. As the phrase has it. this young man's eager devotion was not a "purse-and-all-conseoration." Jesus applied the money test, not for the sake of the money, but for the sake of the young man. God stiH asks for our gifts because He wants us. 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He wanted life, but j he also wanted goods, and in the test- ] ing. he chose the latter—only to] ! have his property ravaged by the Ro ! mans a few years later. , With absolute conviction, it may be stated, that the one sufficient! remedy for society's present" ills aris-j ] ing from the greed or heedlessness of j the wealthy is the same as that pre-; j scribed ir. the case of the rich young j ruler—complete submission to Jesus j Christ. Only religion can redeem the i rich. Xone of the social schemes that are so freely proposed can save so ciety from its crass materialism: ac ceptance of the teachings of Jesus can. A revival of pure Christianity would do more to remove the causes j of present popular unrest than all! other agencies combined. A Tight Squeeze for the Plethoric ! Startling and paradoxical were thei words uttered by Jesus when thei rich young man chose wrongly. He ; declared it a moral impossibility forj ! a rich man to enter heaven, only the j ! illimitable power of God. with whom! all things are possible. He declared, \ | enables the rich man to become a' ! member of the qfernal kingdom. He I '•aid, "It is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye. than for a i rich man to enter into the kingdom j 'of God." This strong figure has < been toned down by some commen -1 tators by the statement that Jesus may have meant the small gate in the city's wall intended only for ped- I estrians. through which a belated' i camel could enter only by being j stripped of his burdens and trap- 1 pings. This is ingenuous, but un likely. Jesus' words probably meant just what their surface significance striking figure of impossibility; He I plainly says that from a moral stand- I point, the admission of the man who ! trusts in riches into the heavenly kingdom is impossible, but "all things are possible with God." Doubtless many moneyed persons to-day share the disciples' amaze ment at this seemingly extravagant speech of the Teacher, who was no demagogue. It is a common belief that money can do anything. A mil j lionaire may buy his way into "so- j ciety" or into the United States Sen ate. He may influence legislatures and even courts. He may find obse | quious attention on every hand. Old i world nobility will seek his daugh- j | ter's hand in marriage. Private cars • and palatial yachts may transport ; him anywhere in the world. All this and more will money do. But it can ■ not open the gates of heaven: rather it can hinder entrance thereto. Riches That Kiuiure There are riches that perish and riches that last; and the wise man seeks to be rich for two worlds. This was brought out by Peter's some j what nonplussed question, apropos of the subject of riches, as to what i would be the portion of those who left all and followed Jesus. Thereupon the Master enunciated ' I SATURDAY, APRIL 27 , R. 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"that God does not pay every Saturday, but He pays." He gives to His, that su pretne reward wihch the rich young man sought and then refused to ac cept at the price—eternal life. The Lord has all the endless eons of eter nity in which to settle His accounts. Then, adds the Teacher, as a clincher to His argument, "Many that are first shall be last, and the last first." The rich man may rule now. but that is no guarantee that he shall continue to rule. The respec tive positions of Lazarus and Dives stay reversed for a lons time. The sweetest hope of this present world, is another world where perfect jus tice reigns with perfect love. Religion is not a mood, but a life; not a seasonal observance, but a con tinual practice. A person is not more Christian in his character than he is in his con duct when engaged in the humdrum pursuits of every day. The man who shouts at the Sunday services, and yet shows never a sign of religion in the workshop, and the young person who is glib in Christian Endeavor meeting, but silent when the recrea tion that is going forward gives op portunity for a quiet, modest wit ness-bearing to his faith, are both lacking in a primary conception of the real nature of religion. Many ypung women are enamored of vague ideas of "a career" who ought to come straight to their senses and get married, settling down to that largest and most useful work in the world, the making of a Chris tian home. •' • • • Some homes do not know how to play. There are never any games about the evening lamp. The sci- KEEP LOOKING YOUNG It's Easy—lf You Know Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets The secret of keeping young is to feel young—to do this you must watch your liver and bowels— there'snoneedof hav ing a sallow complexion dark rings under your eyes —pimples— a bilious look in your face—dull eyes with no sparkle. 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Would that every home might have its "funatics," or tireless pro moter of good times. The flavor of home life is surely sweetest when it is permeated with religion. At the family altar spirit blends with spirit. A common faith is the strongest of all home ties. The family that is one in faith comes nearest to realizing the highest hap piness ever vouchsafed to mortals. There can be no adequate substitute —not the Sunday school nor the church—for religion in the home. That is the influence that strikes * - IS%|| v&jgHt DONE ON CREDIT- Get Your Share of Credit— -I|| I Buy Your Clothing Here ||h|- Generous Credit | &2skits -Hie New Spring Styles—Combining Good Taste With Intelligent Economy m What attracts YOU? Is it variety of models —exclusive style*—good tailoring or price? // ijjjj I Whether its one or all this is the logical place for you to shop. 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Any alert public school teacher will admit that the school is either in competition with or in co-opera Hon with the pupil's home. When the latter is not the abode of correct speech, good taste and large outlook, it can undo all the efforts of the schoolteacher. For the essential and abiding part of every person's edu cation is received in the home. George Ade says, "You may lead a boy to college, but you cannot make him think." And it is the thinking that is done in college that makes real education, rather than the in struction that is imparted by the teacher. To fail to learn to think— think clearly, consecutively and fear lessly—is to fail in the first require ment of culture. There are myriads of educated per sons who have never seen the inside of a college: and thousands of fools who own sheepskins. Sometimes we make a fetich of schoolroom train- APRIL 26, 1918. ing. L,ife lias many teachers and many classrooms. The person whose capacities are trained and under con trol, who knows the sphere in which he lives, and who can successfully relate his powers to present condi tions, is an educated man. Trivial and loveless gossip, and ill natured talk about one another, are never heard at the table where the Guest from Galilee sits. If we are to lose from our modern homes the race of pious mothers and godly fathers, who rear their chil dren ii) the fear and admonition of the L.ord, then we are within sight of the dread day when our Christian civilization must be confessed a fail ure. The charge is frequently made that the woman of to-day cares chiefly for clothes, for society, for appearing in public places, and mak ing an impression upon other peo pie; and that Mi*. has lost her taste for the domestic pursuits and thu deeper interests of religions. Which, bluntly put, means that some per sons believe that we are losing th Christian mothers who are the glorj> of Christendom. 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