We have seen something of thi young man's charm, we have spoken Jof his lofty ideals; we have seen that there was something hindering the fulfilment of his dreams. If we may revert to the medical metaphor, he had come to Jesus as to a physician and Jesus had diagnosed his case as one of a malicious growth. We need not generalize. As we have said, every case is different, so must the treat~ ment be. If doctors had only one prescription for every disease, there would be no need of doctors. But here there was the need of a serious operation. Jesus made a stern demand of this young man. © For he Was no ordinary man; he was out of the common ruck; he Therefore if that was the p lof Jesus, no test could be too ster to prove that avarice was eradicate jed.. Perhaps Jesus does not make igo stern a demand of the rank abd fle of His followers, but those who fare to be leaders in His Kingdom must make the fullest renunciation. Tm their minds there must be no rival claims, What was this young man's attitude to this clear call of duty? He failed. He could not face it. Avarice had him in its jerib. The, material entanglements were too strong. He was peeps better than the average; he passed the standard of Moses; but he did not reach the standard' of Jesus. Did he come back? Who knows?
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