MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1913.
PAGE 4.
PLATTSMOUTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL.
The Plattsmouth Journal
Published Semi-Weekly
P. A- HAXBS, PubH.hor
Entered at the Postoffice at Plattsmouth, Nebraska as second-class matter
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THE INCOME TAX.
The conference cominiltces of
the senate and lioui?e have
definitely agreed upon the details
of the income lax and on the
form in which it will become the
law of the land. The interest of
our readers in this bill, especial
ly our farm readers, lies mainly
in this, that it is a revolution in
our methods of taxation, says
Wallace's Tanner. Our methods
of taxation have been exceeding
ly crude, as compared wilh the
methods of .other nations; and
the burden of taxation has by no
means fallen on those best able
tn bear it, but almost universally
those who, because of their great
wealth have received the greatest
amount of protection, have been
paying the least laxes in propor
tion tit the value received.
As agreed by the senate and
house commit Lees, taxes on in
comes of less than -520,000 will
be I per cent. In computing the
taxable income, 3,000 will be
exempted in the case of single
persons, and $4,000 in the case
of married persons. That is, a
bachelor with an income of $20,
000 will pay 1 per cent on $17,
oon, whereas the married man
will pay i per cent on 16,000. It
is evidently assumed that it re
quires 3,000 to support a bach
elor comfortably, whereas it
takes only another .$1,000 to
support n wife and whatever
children there may be in like
comfort. This certainly tis a
compliment to the wives, and
should be a powerful argument
in favor of marriage.
When the income is less than
?50,000 the recipient must pay i
per cent on the lirst $20,000
($200), and 2 per cent on the
balance, or $800 on $50,000. If
it amounts to $75,000 he will
have to pay 1 per cent on the lirst
$20,000 ($200), 2 per cent on the
next $30,000 ($i00), and 3 per
cent on the balance ($750), or a
total of $1,550 annually. When
it amounts to $100,ooo, he will
have to pay, in addition to this,
4 per cent on the additional $25,
000, making the total $2,550. If
he is one of those farmers bless
e.l with an income of $250,000,
his taxes will be considerable, for
he will have to pay the above and
also 5 per cent on the additional
$150,000, or a total of $10,050.
If he is among those lucky farm
ers who has an income of $500,
Ooo, he will have to pay the above
and an additional l per cent on
$250,000, or a total of $15,050.
When his income is over half a
million he will have to pay the
above amount and 7 per Cent on
the balance.
Farmers will not worry much
over this income tax; but will
congratulate themselves on the
fact that the taxation, so far as
the United Stales is concerned,
will not affect them, but will tend
to check the accumulation of
swollen fortunes.
There will, however, be a lot of
interesting questions in connec
tion with the law before it is put
in actual operation. What is a
taxable income? A farmer bought
a farm five years ago for $100 an
acre, and sell it for $200. Is this
profit on the land taxable in
come? If he sells land on Ion?
time, does he pay income tax on
the payments, or on profits, as
they are paid? Or does he count
the profit on the sale of the farm
as taxable income? There will be
a thousand questions come up,
which it will take the lawyers a
long lime to settle.
There was an income tax in
18G9, and many persons paid the
Jncome tax. .Then the law was
at Plattsmouth, Neb.
repealed. The enforcing of this
law will be like pulling teeth to
many people. Thero will be
"weeping and wailing and y;nash
ins of teeth," provided this law-
is held to be constitutional and is
put in operation. There will be
hundreds of ways devised to avoid
paying this lax. It will be held
to be a tax on thrift, inquisitori
al, impertinent, unconstitutional,
and everything of that sort. Law
yers will acquire large incomes
in the great cities from contest
ing the law.
Nevertheless, we believe it to
be one of the best pieces of legis
lation that has been enacted in
the United Stales. The burdens
of taxation from top to bottom
have been resting upon those
least able to bear them. No one
knows or can even guess with any
degree of accuracy as to the
amount of income this will fur
nish the United Stales. The
danger is that it will develop
more and more the spirit of reck
less extravagance which has
characterized our federal govern
ment for generations. In this
lies the main interest which it
has for our farmer readers, as
most of them, without any strain
upon their conscience, can easily
escape this tax.
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It is a hard thing for a gov
ernor to please everybody, and
the editor of the Journal believes
the more he tries to do this, the
more enemies he makes. We be
lieve Governor Morehead done
what he thought was right when
he appointed James T. Begley
judge of the Second district. Of
course there are those in Cats
and Otoe counties who think the
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a Cass county man, but he could
not see his way clear to do so and
give general satisfaction. He
took a long time to deliberate
over the matter before he made
the appointment, and it is just as
well to make the best of it. Gov-
ernor Morehead may be censured
by some, and while the writer
made a visit to the governor in
behalf of Mr. Dwyer, we do not
blame him in the least, because
we believe he acted for the best,
under all the circumstances.
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The Outlook Magazine says:
"It might as well be admitted
frankly that the newspaper is a
personality rather than a com
mon carrier of news; in fact, that
it cannot be a common carrier of
news because it would be swamp
ed with its freight. All that can
be expected of it is that it report
the news honestly as a person of
a certain attitude and viewpoint
might a pervasive and extended
person but still a person. This
conception of the newspaper may
be verilied in the experience of
any reader. One newspaper per
sonally may be cynical, clever,
frivolous; another coarse-grained,
Uashy, Mulling, with all the
attritules of a confidence man;
another sober, sedate, cultured,
conservative; another breezy,
entertaining, radical, delighting
in new things. The news reports
as well as the editorials of any
newspaper will be determined in
large measure by the sort of per
sonality that it has developed."
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Henry J. Fink, the private
banker of Belleville, Illinois, has
been found guilty of embezzle
ment and has been sent to the
penitentiary for four years. Fink
absorbed the accumulations of
hundreds of people who entrusted
their savings to him. He was
unfaithful to his trust, and he
pays the penalty. It serves him
light.
FIRST SHOW-DOWN. .
Mrs. Pankhurst opened up her
show in Madison Square Garden
New York, under the auspices of
Mrs. Belmont,- hoping to coin
money out of her reputation in
England as disturber of the
peace. The impuaence of the
woman was seen in her stating in
an interview that she should not
call on President Wilson unless
he invited her. He was good
natured enough to let her come
in without any reference to her
former record. She was brought
here on speculation and her man
agement hoped for an attendance
of 12,000 at $2 a ticket. .
A small crowd was in attend
ance and when Charles Edward
Russell, who is the socialist can
didate for mayor of New York,
started in to introduce the lady,
the crowd in the cheap seats in
the rear, finding that the front
ones were unoccupied, began to
shuttle forward and made so
much noise that his words were
lost. The lady herself confined
her remarks principally to de
fending her peculiar methods of
militancy. She said the English
are so stupid and conservative
that they would not adopt a re
form until they were forced to it,
and so she and the other mem
bers of her organization attack
ed their opponents in their most
vulnerable point, that of the de
duction of their property. When
he Irish needed funds to support
heir movement for home rule
hey came to America and she
could not see why the sutTraget-
tes were not allowed the same
privilege. The audience took lit
tle interest in her remarks and
the movement so far is a fizzle.
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Canning congress and pulling
part of it in prison is a drastic
measure, even in a region of ma
chine and machine gun politics
like Mexico. It indicates that
Huerta is hanging on by his eye
brows, and was compelled to re
deputies can thank President
Wilson, for Ley Fuga (what a
linguist we are becoming) is the
favorite law of Hureta, and when
he doesn't use it, the indications
are he fears consequences. How
ever, the prison may serve as
well. With the political leaders
of the opposition in jail, the op
position will stand less chance
than it stood before, which was
not large. Washington author
ities now admit that a fair and
constitutional election next Sun
day is impossible, and it never
was probable. But, for all that,
Hureta may hang on, or possibly
because of that. He has pre
cipitated conditions demanding a
dictator, and he is it. Meanwhile
the rebellion in the north goes
merrily on, and the prospect of
peace remains remote. If anyone
knowns the answer or the way
out, the public is palpitating for
information.
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The man or newspaper that
makes the assertion that "Bryan
is now recognized as the weakest
man among men of note of the
present age," certainly demon
strates his prejudice, or weak
ness, we don't know which. In
many things this paper has dif
fered with Mr. Bryan, which right
is God-given, but we have never
let our prejudices run to such an
extent as to make statements
that could not be substantiated.
We have always considered Wil
liam J. Bryan one of the greatest
men this country, ever produced,
and think so still.
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The election next year is go
ing to be extremely interesting,
not only on the democratic sidQ
of the house, but also on the re
publican side. There will be at
least two democrats for the nom
ination for congress and several
republican candidates are loom
ing up. Numerous candidates for
governor are coming forward to
the front. So you can make up
your minds to go through a ?tir
ring campaign from start to liu
ish next year.
Beatrice Sun: The city police
of Lincoln received a call from an
iraYe parent, the other; evening,
asking that an officer, be sent to
his house to remove , from the
front porch a, young man who was
calling on the daughter, and make
the girl come into the house. .This
perhaps is an extreme cas?, but
it is in line with the modern ten
dency to depend upon government
lo do Uhings for us which we
should do for ourselves. . Many
parents are appalled by the im
moral, dances, for instance, but
instead of applying the shingle
remedy, they helplessly appeal to
the police .or to the school
authorities. It seems that par
ents are losing their nerve, and
lllial piety, respect for authority
and firm domestic government are
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der somebody doesn't start an or
ganization to defend parents'
rights against youth's encroach
ments, we depend so much on or
ganizations.
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fter having lvnched the two
negro boys who shot up the town
of Harristown, Miss., they hung
them up to a coal chute and let
them stay there all day and all
night as a warning lo other
youths not to go on the ram
page. We have called attention to
Ihe fact that the curse of the coi
ned race in the south is cocaine.
It is almost impossible now to
j,r! any work done in construc
tion gangs without, giving the
kd.orer this power stimulant. II
is put in cider, and there is no
law against selling cider. This is
another direct effect of prohibi
tion. As long as the colored man
could get beer, he was satisfied,
nit when prohibition ruled to
such an extent as to prevent the
sale of beer, he went to deadlier
narcotics. He is fast becoming
lemoralized. These two boys
were crazed with the drug and
perpetrated these horrible out
rages. ,
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If the bankers doirt know more
about currency 'than the politi
cians, our judgment errs more
ban we think, and we concede its
frequent errors. But they know-
ess about people, or Ihey would
oppose the pending measure by
being in favor of it. The idea of
soaking those who have it is still
rampant, although not always
best for those who have not. And
when it comes to currency plans,
he average voter has little con
cern beyond making more of it.
vven if he takes the, pains, and it
s painful, to read the Glass bill
r the Aldrich plan, he is still left
considerably in the dark, grasp-
ng for breath and wondering
where he is at, not lo say whither
are we drifting. The average
man is not a banker.
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Our young friend, Frank W.
Brown, jr., and son of ex-Mayor
Brown, of Lincoln, has embarked
i the newspaper business at
. la 11. .
vearney. lie nas bougnt me
Times of that city which is print
ed both daily and weekly,, and we
elieve is a good piece of proper
ly! Frank is a bright young man
and possesses the ability to
reach the lop-notch in the news-
peper work in Nebraska. He is
a chip oiT the old block, genial
and pleasant to everyone, and he
possesses the energy and grit to
make things hum, for sure. May
success and prosperity be with
ur young friend in his under
taking, is the wish of the Jour
nal for he trulydeserves it.
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"With the enactment of the
tariff bill, I have completed the
work in the house that has been
my ambition to accomplish. Be
fore retiring from public life I
should like to have the honor of
representing the people of the
state of Alabama in the senate of
the United States." Thus spoke
Oscar W. Underwood, leader of
the house of representatives, and
if the democrats of his state have
the great respect that other states
have for him, he no doubt will
have the honor he truly merits. J
FATAL AMBITION
N0BLEAT.1B1TI0N
Ambition a Prime Necessity lo
a Successful Life.
A MISTRANSLATED TEXT.
Its True Import Two Notable Exam
plea In the Bible of Right and Wrong
Ambition A Glorious Life and
Prospect Ruined by Wrong Ambi
- tions In Contrast, Another Glorious
Life Enhanced In Eternal' Glory by
Following Right Ambitions The Les
son to the Church of Christ Inciden
tal Lessons to All and to Angels.
Washington, D.
C, November 2.
Of Pastor Rus
sell's two dis
courses here today
we report the one
on "Ambitions
Noble and Igno
ble." He took for
Ills) text Thillp
pians 2:G, 7, but
corrected the
translation, declar
ing that lie had
the support of
scholarship in rendering It thus: "Who,
being in the form of God, did not med
itate a usurpation to be on an equality
with God, but contrariwise made
Himself of no reputation, and took
upon Him the form of a servant" lie
said:
Whoever has no ambition has not
properly begun to live. Ambition im
plies appreciation of the value of life
a weighing of prospects and possibili
tiesa decision, and a fixed determi
nation of will. Parents and teachers
should aim to lift before the mental
vision of the young noble ideals, and to
assist them in determining what they
would copy and which goal they will
bend life's energies, to reach. To such
parents and teachers many of those
successful in life refer in terms of en
dearment, declaring how much they
owe to the encouragement of ideals
and ambitions to which these assisted
them.
Many Woe-Begone Faces.
As we learn to read character and to
observe people, we perceive that many
are wholly without ambition; or that
their ambitions are so low and trivial
as not to be of real benefit. In a crowd
of a thousand people, less than a hun
dred will show by their faces and their
energy that they have an ideal, an am
bition, and are pursuing It. In other
words, nine-tenths of our poor, fallen
race lack the very mainspring of life.
This lack of proper ambition not only
makes life a drudgery instead of a
pleasure, but it is a menace to our so
cial fabric. According to the Bible, It
is this nine-tenths of the human fam
ily, without lawful ambitions, that will
be anarchists, striving to pull down the
structure of civilization in a kind of
blind fury the awakening of an am
bition which, knowing not how to vent
itself, will bring trouble upon all.
Worldly Ambitions Profitable.
It is the ambitious tenth of humanity
that cause the wheels of progress to
turn. Their ambitions are Keeping tneir
own minds actively occupied and are
giving employment to the remainder
of men. The nmbitlous mechanic hopes
to become an inventor and to rise In
the social scale. The ambitious clerk
strives for success, hoping to become
a successful merchant The successful
merchants, princes and captains of in
dustry take pride in building up vast
enterprises, in the erection of monu
mental edifices, in the construction or
great bridges, tunnels, etc. Others
have ambitions along professional lines.
There is a general tendency among
the ambitionless to view these success
ful people harshly, to think of their
ambitions as purely selfish, giving no
credit to the pleasure of an exercise
of ambition which the majority cannot
appreciate because they have none
themselves.
Contrary Thoughts Should Prevail.
Men with ambition leading on to
senius should be admired, appreciated;
and It should be remembered that they
have helped mankind in general to lar
ger conceptions of life and to wider
possibilities. I grant, indeed, the ne
cessity for legislation in restraining the
rich, and especially trusts ana com
binations of brain and money which
might endanger the liberties and pros
perity of the masses. But let us never
forget how much we owe to the ambi
tious men whom we seek to restrain
from power to crush those of less am
bition and less capacity, wno are more
or less dependent upon them.
As proving that some of our success
ful men were moved by ambition rather
than love of money, we note the fact
that, having accumulated vast for
tunes, some are directing their ener
gies in expending the money in the en
dowment of colleges, the building of li
braries, the financing of political ana
medical investigations for public weal.
Whether their judgment a ours agree
as respects the wisdom of their bene
factions is another matter. - Tneynave
a rlgnt 10 exercise iueu vu
ments In the use of money which came
to them through the exercise of their
own brains and ambitions.
We can surely agree that a beautiful
library building becomes an Incentive
for the erection of other beautiful
buildines. even though, .comparatively
I fw
fFASTQg. gUSSELD
few of the public . make use of the
books therein - and prefer the trashy
kind. Perhaps some good may also re
suit from the endowment of great cot
leges, even though they are doing more
than anything else to undermine faith
in the personal God of the Bible, and
thus hastening the great day of anar
chy, by destroying faith and hope In
Messiah's promised Kingdom, which
are an offset to the trials and difflcul
ties of the present life.
And if to you or me should come the
thought of how much more wisely we
could use the money, let us check the
thought, remembering that God has
not entrusted it to us," and that sit
our time and thought may be more
wisely used in connection with our own
stewardship of what talent, Influence
and money we do possess.
The Lesson of Our Text.
We should remember that our text,
and Indeed the entire Bible, Is ad
dressed to the Church of Christ to
those who have left the world, who
have given their all to the Lord, ac
ceptable through Christ, and who are
intent upon knowing and doing God's
will. The world is left by the Lord
to try out its own ambitions, to realize
eventually that these result in dlsap
polntment It is when we experience
the disappointment of our own plans
and ambitions that we are truly pre
pared to look to the Lord.
In our text the Apostle does not
specify Satan In contrast with Jesus
yet we may read between the lines
that He had in mlud the opposite
course pursued by Lucifer, who be
came Satan, and the Logos, who be
came Christ The Scriptural record is
that Lucifer was one of the highest
and most glorious spirit beings a
cherub. But a sinful ambition took
possession of him. Instead of the
righteous ambition to serve and honor
his Creator, he thought that If he had
an empire of his own he could im
prove upon the Divine order of things
Isaiah 14: 12-13.
This ambition ultimately led Lucifer
to carry out the program in connec
tion with mankind. Thenceforth he
was known as Satan, God's Adversary,
"the Prince of this world, which now
worketh in the hearts of the children
of disobedience." According to the
Bible, Satan has been permitted to
have a certain amount of liberty, to
show what the evil course would be
and what its evil results. But ac
cording to the Bible he is soon to be
restrained for a thousand years, while
Messiah's Kingdom will break the
shackles of sin and death, and give all
the fullest opportunity to return to
harmony with God and to attain ever
lasting life. Ultimately, Satan is to be
destroyed, together with all who have
his spirit of antagonism to God in
subordination evil ambition.
The Logos Humbled Himself.
Mark the sharp contrast between
Satan's course and that of the Logos,
the Only Begotten Son of God. The
latter meditated no such usurpation of
Divine authority as Lucifer aimed to
obtain. On the contrary, He was the
very personification of loving obedi
ence and self-abnegation. Instead of
meditating a usurpation to make Him
self equal to the Father, He declared.
"My Father is greater than I"; "My
Father 13 greater than all"; "I delight
to do Thy will, O My God." John
14:28; 10:29; Tsalni 40:8.
As in due time Satan found oppor
tunity for manifesting his ambition, so
In due time the Logos found opportuni
ty for manifesting Ills humility and
loving obedience. Man's fall brought
the opportunity the need of a Re
deemer. As it was man who was con
demned to death, so the redemption of
Adam and his race must be accom
plished by the death of a man. The
death of bulls and goats could be only
typical. Neither would an angel be a
corresponding price, nence the Divine
proposal to the Logos that if He
would become a man, taking the sin
ner's nature, but not participating in
the sinner's weakness or sin. He might
thus be the Redeemer of men and ac
complish the Divine will.
Attached to this proposal was the
promise that so great a manifestation
of lore, loyalty and obedience to the
Father would receive a great reward
an exaltation to the Divine nature.
glory, honor and Immortality. Thus
Jesus declared that for His faithful
ness He had been rewarded by His
Father with a place in His Throne.
Revelation 3:21.
The Lesson of Humility.
St. Taul was seeking to impress the
lesson of humility, as the context
shows. Jesus exemplified in nis own
course of humility the ambitior to be
and to do just what would be pleasing
to the Heavenly Father, not meditat
ing for an instant to grasp Divine glo
ry and honor, and association with the
Father in His Throne. He did Gods
will at the cost of Ills life even the
death of the cross.
And behold God's wonderful grace!
He who sought not to usurp the
Throne, but who humbled Himself,
has been exalted to the right hand of
God! What an exemplification of the
teachings of God's Word! Did not God
declare, 'Tride goeth before destruc
tion, and n haughty spirit before a
fall"? He permitted Satan to be an
illustration of just such a result; and
this illustration is forceful in Its appli
cation to all. "God resisteth the proud,
but giveth grace to the humble."
The Apostle points out that the
Heavenly; Father, who so highly re
warded our Savior's loving obedience.
has made a similar proposition to those
whom ne Is calling during this Age to
become associates with His Son. If
we become dead to the world and lay
down our lives in obedience to the Fa
ther's will, as Jesus did, we shall share
is Throne, as He has promised. Jus
tified by faith In our Redeemer's sacrl- -fice,
"presenting our bodies living sacri
fices, and faithfully persevering in the
narrow way, we shall "make our call-! '
Ing and election sure." 1 " f
"Every Knee Shall Bow." it
The Apostle (V. 10) declares that
our Master's exaltation, "as a result of
Ills humility, is so great that all even
tually must recognize Him as Lord of
all. Unto Him every knee shall bow
of the Heavenly and the earthly fam
ilies. Already the angels acknowledge
Him. As we read, the Father saltb.
"Let all the angels of God worship
acknowledge Him." -' The", bowing of
earth will come later. ; -
The work of . the . entire thousand
years of Messiah's Reign will be for
the uplifting of mankind from sin and
death. Whom the Son will make free
will be; free Indeed. But all-thosor.
made free will know that their release?
Is due to the great sacrifice which
Jesus a-w-mpllshed in the carrying out
of the Divine Plan. And all will know
that the- Redeemer has been honored
of the Father and exalted to the chief
place. And those reaching perfection
will be glad to bow the knee to Him
and to confess Him with their tongues.
The Father Is Excepted.
We. are- not to gather from these
statements that Jesus, in any sense of
the word, will take the place, the glo
ry, the honor, of the Father. Jeho-
rah God declares, "I give not My glo
ry to another." Hsaiah 42:8.) St Taut
explains that although Jesus will be
hailed as Lord of all, nevertheless it
Is manifest that He is excepted who
puts all things thus in subjection to
the Son. St Paul emphasizes this
by telling us (1 Corinthians 13:27, 28)
that it will be the Father's Tower that
will bring everything in subjection to
the Son; and that when the Son, in
carrying out the Father's gracious
plans, shall have put all things in obe
dience to nimself, then shall ne de
liver up the Kingdom to the Father,
that the Father may be all in all.
Truly the Divine Program, as stated
In the Bible, is beautiful and wonder
ful. It illustrates to us elements of
the Divine Character that we never
could have appreciated except as man's
fall Into sin and death gave opportu
nity for the exercise of Divine Wis
dom, Justice, Love and Tower, nad
there been no sin, no death, there
would have been no opportunity for
God to manifest His Justice in dealing
with the sinner, no opportunity to man
ifest His Love for the world in provid
ing that they should be rescued from
the power of sin and death. Neither
would there have been an opportunity
for demonstrating Satan's disloyalty
and whereunto it would lead. Neither
would there have been an opportunity
for testing the Only Begotten of the
Father, and demonstrating the depth
of His love and loyalty even unto the
death of the cross, unless sin had been
permitted.
Neither would there have been an
opportunity for God to show His gen
erosity in dealing with the Logos, in
nis high exaltation to the Divine na
ture and glory. There would have
been no opportunity to show the length,
breadth, height and depth of the Love
of God In lifting the Church from
the horrible pit and miry clay of sin
and death. Justifying them freely
through the merit of Christ's sacri
fice. Inviting them to share in nis glo
ry, honor and immortality, and finally
bringing the Elect to participation in
the Divine nature, and in the great
work of Messiah. Rev. 2:10, 2G, 27.
Room For Boundless Ambition.
In view of what we have seen of
the Divine arrangement there 6urely
Is room for the exercise of the
most boundless ambition Imaginable
amoncst those blest with the hearing
ear and the Gospel Message. It would
be a treat ambition to strive to
become kings or queens of the king
doms of the world. It would be
irreat ambition to hope to become
judges, senators, or the Tresldent of
the United States. But such great am
bitions would be as nothing when com
pared with that set before believers of
God's Word the ambition to be receiv
ed by the great Creator as sons, par
takers of the Divine nature (2 Teter
:4). heirs of God. and Joint-heirs with
Jesus Christ our Lord, to a neavenly
Inheritance and Kingdom everlasting.
If anv one wants a grand ambition.
here is one worth dying for! Indeed. It
can be attained only by dying. lirst
must come the death of the will as re-
nects earthly aims, projects, ambi
tions, etc. Then gradually must come
the transformed mind, which rejoices
to die daily and to suffer with Christ
if so be that we may be also glorified
with him. (Romans 8:17.) This Is the
ambition necessary to make true, loyal
soldiers of the Cross, willing to endure
hardness in the Cause of the Captain
of their Salvation, and to lay down
life in the service of the King of kings.
A Grand Rush For It.
One might suppose that such a Mes
sage would find millions anxious and
willing to lay hold upon its terms.
Rut no! onlv a few have faith and
without faith they cannot be pleasiug
to God. Some have a little faith and
render a little obedience, take some
steps, refrain from certain sins and
seek to walk hand In hand with the
Lord and with mammon. But these
make a mistake. There Is no promise
f joint-helrship with the Savior ex
cept by a full cutting loose from the
world and ly a vital union wun uuu
through Christ
He that hath an ear to hear, let him
bear." "He that hath a humble heart
of obedience, let him lay hold or the
promise and attain the greatest of all
mbitions. As for others. let thm
choose the noblest ambitions of which
they are capable, assured that In pro
portion as they are honest and loyal
they 6hall eventually be blessed under.
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