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- Psalm cxlvi.5. "Happy is he that
hath the God of Jacobfor his help".
The trite meaning of happiness is
largely misunderstood, because the true
significance of Ufe is misunderstood.
The Psalmist pronounces a certain
class to be happpr those who have the
God of Jacob for their help. It is
worth our while to note this commen
tary of a later age upon the story of
Jacob.) Religion, I take it, is the
recognition or conviction of the rela
tionship of God to man. Religion which
thus. begins-rNvith the recognition of
that relationship leads on to -some
thing more Inspiring and higher Estill;
It leads on ty the enjoyment of that
relationship: and the whole story of
the progress of religious thought and
religious experience will, Ithink, con
firm this view.
Now the value of the story of Jacob
ties, I think, inthis, that it illustrates
the relationship of God to man, ud it
-shows the experience of' that rela
tionship as if moves from stage to
stage. I. am not surprised', if.wie
realize how very great a factor .God's
help was in Jacob's life, that after
generations should say "Happc. is the
man that hath the Gocf of Jacob for
his help." No doubt there were men
who had considered the story thati Ja
cob was put before them as one occu
pying a privilege and enviable posi
tion,, and who would be ready to echo
the words "That is man is happy whom
God will treat as He did Jacob". But
few facts are clearer than this, viz.
that the -most splendid of truths can
be misused and mis-applied, and ' ev
en -so distorted that their true mean
ing and value are wholly lost. . I think
I should like your .i n the first, place,
to notice how the veny simple truth
of God's help may be misused as to
lead practically to one of the lower
forms of scepticism.
Let me ask you to picture to your
selves a very case: we may suppose
a rjoung man starting with the natur
al hopes and ambitions of life. Such
an on as we here imagine sets forth
with high spirit and expectations am
bition: he earnestly desires to win
some success and achieve something
great in life before he dies. He looks
around the world, and he sees that a
great deal of success is due to the1 in
fluence of those who move along the
higher ranges of life and by their pat
ronage lift those who are 'below In
to a more successful position in or
der that he may achieve the success
he desires. But we know perfectly
well that a man who relies on hu
man patronage is always liable to dis
appointment, and on his failure to
break out in pasteionate discontent
ment. Realizing this, what is it that
f men muse De mcimea bo say uui,
"Put not (your trust in princes nor
in any child of mana". Instances rise
to our memory: Wolsey bewailing the
vanity of earthly confidence is shown
us by Shakespeare ; Dr. Johnston
writes his stinging words of reproach
tc his tardy patron. Thousands-have
learned the lesson: Vain is the help
of man. We can understand the
man disappointed in human patron-
age saying.
I will take myself to God"
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and thousands 'hate Indulged In what
they flatter htmeslves is a religious
thought, when- they -said "God is the
best patrori". 'Such people can cite
examples of encouragement. They
will : call rt6 miit&lMoses; saved In his
infancy and reaching at last a place
of unique influence; Joseph sold to be
a bond servant and brought at length to
be ruler of Egypt; David taken from
the sheepfolds and made king over lad
Ta,el. In all ' these-nstnaces it was
divine care; not human patronage
which wrought the success. Is It not
better to trust inH ..the Lord than to
put confidence in man. He. wlu re
lies upon' unman 'favors' 'and influence
may meet constant disappointment, and
the total result of his life instead of
success i soften failure. God is the
patron after all
. Now, if you will consider for a mo
ment I think you will see in the whole
eignifcance of the attitude of men the
weakness which mayilurk in this kind
of trust in God: it lies In the fact
that the trust is vitiated by a mistak
en view of life. We may measure life1
wrongly or rightly. What Is the meas
ure by which- wo measure life? Are'
you going to measure it by material;
prosperity, by the riches, by the com-j
fort, by the luxuries and pleasures we
can enjoy? Is there one of you who, in
your serious moments, really measures
life in-' this way? But, nevertheless'
at otner tunes we ao so, it is a fact
that we measure it, and we may note
the sceptism to which we have thought
the Psalmist in Psalms xxxvii and
ixiiu were temptea arose out of this retribution of Jacob's dastardly action
false measure of life. They measured followed him step by step. He could
Mfe by material prosperity; their Lnot escape the past, and in the hour
complaint was "I do see the ungodly of his prosperity the terror of it was
is such prosperity?" and thereflorej with him. God allowed him to meet
they rushed to the conclusion. My the consequence sof his wrong-doing.
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endeavor to be good Is profitless. "I
have cleansed my hands In vain." ,
Now the story of-Jacob is the an- us in every aspect of-life can never
swer to that mistaken view. If you change. He does so with the tender
will trace again, the different stages ness of one who is strengthening and
in that history, t think (you will see encouraging us and giving us strength
that the whole narrative is constant- to face truth and courage to bear the
ly leading up to this, that the true righteous penalty of wrong-doing,
measure of life's value is net in ma- There is in this, therefore, not only
terial prosperity. Jacob had God for
his help. (1) God was. in his life as
a Providence. As the young man he
goes out from his home, and at Beth-
el he meets with th
the protectio nof God's superintending
Providence. This Providence is with
him in his struggles against all the
devices of Laban ; he Is successful, and
at the end of twenty (rears, becomes a
rich and prosperous man. The Provi-
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deuce of God we .see waa with him in
the dread crisis of MjI life, when Esau
with ' his - armed' 'men, threatened his
fortune and his home. We might ask :
"Has jthere ever beea a story written
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w : wnicn troviaennai care, is more
evident ? Reading it we may ay :
"Happy is the man who hath the God
of Jacob for nisi help." But (2) we
must see that God was in Jacob's life
not merely as Providential care, but
in the form of trouble.
No story probably is so full of trou
ble and sorrow as that which tells of
the trials which befell Jacob. From
the' time that he went forth as a young
man sorrow followed him, and it was
with him at the very close. The man
who" had looked forward above all
things to a quiet and happy home In
the very jspot that he loved, consecrat
ed by the memories that were still
dear to himwas obliged to end his
days in exile. But the God who had
been with him in providence and in
trouble wa&43) the God who educat
ed him. But with all God's goodness
and with the success which lie attain
ed Jacob was still a worldly man. He
was still than a man whose heart is
like the soil choked up with weeds.!
What would the wise farmer do with
the land that is thus choked? Will
he leave the soil as it is or will he
root up the weeds and plough It up
that it might be fruitful? We see
that this is what God did to transform
the -soil of Jacob's heart bito such a
quality that it bore the fruit evident
to us. God was against him that He
might be for him. He wrought for
his education in character and in righte
ousness.
We are apt to look upon God as
one who will change His law and -or
der just to fit His convenience, but'
"believe me, whatever an earthly par-
enf may do, God is wiser and more
loving. But God does not let ns off,
Land God did not let Jacob off. The
The Almighty wil never accept our'erness. What for? "To humble and
bargains, but God's sincerity towards f
an education in righteousness, but an i
education in character. Jacob, tfce j
man who relied upon his own craft, !
and who wanted to be a providence to !
flocks and herds, not bargaining for
food and raiment, but for something
deeper and more precious. We see him
translated from a lower level of life
to a higher. It is the education of
God elevating the mind to noabler
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deslfe than that in which it hungers
and thirsts after' the things of this
life.' In -such a desire Is elevation- of
thought and eelvation of .character.
There Is elevation of Ideal, for now
Jacob 'seeks to know God himself? he
relates that ' religion consists In 'the
conviction" of our relationship to God,
There is elevation of-character. If
you' will' turn to the last scenes in-' Ja
cob's life you:-will be touched by. the
change which- has come upon his dis
position. The crafty self-seeking man
is no longer there. He is an old1 man
now, surrounded by children' and
grandchildren. What are the charac
teristics which he shows? He is old,
but we can see in him one who can
grow old gracefully. There is none of
the waspishjiessVf temperament which
deplores a past time as far better than
the present. He has a tender sym
pathy and interest with , the -rising
generation. How is it that so many
as tliejy grow old become the praisers
of past, times and are ready to dispar
age the age which is coming on and de-1
press the dispirit the young. There
is nothing of that' in Jacob. 'AH his
horizon is windening before -him. Al
though the old. man knows that death
is at hand his heart is young enough
to enter with spirit into the thought
of the future. He is alive to . the
meaning of life: looking" back upon
his life he regards It with a kind pa
thos which musttouch us. "Few and
evil have been the uays of my life,"
he says, but not with resentment or
pessimistic meaning, for he speaks al
so of the God who delivered him from
evil. He realizes further that this life
is not a complete thing. There is some
thing .yet to come ; and he can with
patience wait for it, and he cries, "I
have waited for thy salvation, O God."
vvnat stony is msuuci wilu mure
moral teaching? The crafty Jacob,
we see became the true Israelite.
'What is taught In his story was
taught to the whole of the people of
Israel. Moral laws do not die with
any single man or with any single
story of man. The God of Jacob was
the God who had led the peone
through the great and terrible wild-
to prove him and to find out his na-
ture to know what was in his heart" :
but never, to forsake him,- "to do him
good in the latter end".
And surely from this stroy of this
character development this lesson re
mains: Do not measure life by the
wrong standard. The things which
come to us in the form of pleasure,
luxuries, riches or comfort desirable
thought they be they are not life,
They may be means of life, they may
be very agreeable,, but they are not
life. A man's life, dots not consist in
the abundance of things whieh he
possesses. It is much more impor- j
tant for ou to be good than to be
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poess. there will come a time In the
end when these things must drop front " V ; -your
rasp,-and you will stand where-.i'f'
righteottsaesg, purity and love ; are the -' i',?
realities. The moral of it all la slm-
nlA ' n.lMlA tfllL M . J.1 A. . . . '
of - the things -which ' must remain. -Seek'
first the kingdom 6f God and Hlr
righteousness. . Then; satL the'-end -this'
witness of fafth' win be 'yours; as it
has been thajt of God's. children. Is'
had to struggle, but I never1 was left
alone in my struggles, God (stood be-.
ide-me-at-all tfanea.- 'Hetaught me.
He tried, He trained nie. ''He led me
to seek the highest I have seen his
face and enterd Into His peace. ; r -
AT CHAUTAUQUA-
WILLIAM l MEEHAN
"John Douglas"
In "Polly of the Ciua." .
CHARLES DI8ALVO,
Private, Company B, 354th
Infantry.
Private Disalvo (deceased)
was decorated for conspicuous
gallantry In action near Remon
ville, France, November 1, 101S.
When the combat group, -of
which he was a member, had
jf been halted by enemy machine jf
guns, ravate insaivo alone
charged forward. Attacking the
nest, he killed one gunner and
forced the rest to surrender.
His 'act enabled the group to
continue their advance. During
the charge on the nest he was
so seriously wounded that he
died on the field? His widow
lives at 8305 Arlington avenue,
SL Louis, Mo.
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