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130:6.1 While they were up in the [[mountains]], [[Jesus]] had a long talk with a [[young man]] who was [[fear]]ful and downcast. Failing to derive [[comfort]] and [[courage]] from [[association]] with his fellows, this [[youth]] had sought the [[solitude]] of the hills; he had grown up with a [[feeling]] of helplessness and inferiority. These [[natural]] [[tendencies]] had been [[augmented]] by numerous difficult circumstances which the lad had encountered as he grew up, notably, the [[Death|loss]] of his [[father]] when he was twelve years of age. As they met, [[Jesus]] said: " Greetings, my [[friend]]! why so downcast on such a [[beautiful]] day? If something has happened to distress you, perhaps I can in some [[manner]] assist you. At any rate it affords me real [[pleasure]] to proffer my services. "

130:6.1 While they were up in the [[mountains]], [[Jesus]] had a long talk with a [[young man]] who was [[fear]]ful and downcast. Failing to derive [[comfort]] and [[courage]] from [[association]] with his fellows, this [[youth]] had sought the [[solitude]] of the hills; he had grown up with a [[feeling]] of helplessness and inferiority. These [[natural]] [[tendencies]] had been [[augmented]] by numerous difficult circumstances which the lad had encountered as he grew up, notably, the [[Death|loss]] of his [[father]] when he was twelve years of age. As they met, [[Jesus]] said: " Greetings, my [[friend]]! why so downcast on such a [[beautiful]] day? If something has happened to distress you, perhaps I can in some [[manner]] assist you. At any rate it affords me real [[pleasure]] to proffer my services. "

130:6.2 The [[young man]] was disinclined to talk, and so [[Jesus]] made a second approach to his [[soul]], saying: " I [[understand]] you come up in these hills to get away from folks; so, of course, you do not want to talk with me, but I would like to know whether you are familiar with these hills; do you know the direction of the trails? and, perchance, could you inform me as to the best route to [http://www.west-crete.com/holidays-finix.htm Phenix]? " Now this [[youth]] was very familiar with these [[mountains]], and he really became much interested in telling [[Jesus]] the way to Phenix, so much so that he marked out all the trails on the ground and fully explained every detail. But he was startled and made curious when [[Jesus]], after saying [[good-bye]] and making as if he were taking leave, suddenly turned to him, saying: " I well know you wish to be left alone with your disconsolation; but it would be neither [[kind]] nor [[fair]] for me to receive such generous help from you as to how best to find my way to [http://www.west-crete.com/holidays-finix.htm Phenix] and then unthinkingly to go away from you without making the least [[effort]] to answer your appealing request for help and [[guidance]] regarding the best route to the goal of [[destiny]] which you seek in your [[heart]] while you tarry here on the mountainside. As you so well know the trails to [http://bible.cc/acts/27-12.htm Phenix], having traversed them many times, so do I well know the way to the [[city]] of your [[disappointed]] [[hopes]] and thwarted [[ambitions]]. And since you have asked me for help, I will not disappoint you. " The [[youth]] was almost overcome, but he managed to stammer out, " But—I did not ask you for anything—" And [[Jesus]], laying a [[gentle]] hand on his shoulder, said: " No, son, not with words but with longing looks did you [[appeal]] to my [[heart]]. My boy, to one who [[loves]] his fellows there is an [[eloquent]] appeal for help in your countenance of discouragement and [[despair]]. Sit down with me while I tell you of the [[service]] trails and [[happiness]] highways which lead from the [[sorrows]] of [[self]] to the [[joys]] of loving activities in the [[brotherhood]] of men and in the [[service]] of the [[God]] of [[heaven]]. "

130:6.2 The [[young man]] was disinclined to talk, and so [[Jesus]] made a second approach to his [[soul]], saying: " I [[understand]] you come up in these hills to get away from folks; so, of course, you do not want to talk with me, but I would like to know whether you are familiar with these hills; do you know the direction of the trails? and, perchance, could you inform me as to the best route to [https://www.west-crete.com/holidays-finix.htm Phenix]? " Now this [[youth]] was very familiar with these [[mountains]], and he really became much interested in telling [[Jesus]] the way to Phenix, so much so that he marked out all the trails on the ground and fully explained every detail. But he was startled and made curious when [[Jesus]], after saying [[good-bye]] and making as if he were taking leave, suddenly turned to him, saying: " I well know you wish to be left alone with your disconsolation; but it would be neither [[kind]] nor [[fair]] for me to receive such generous help from you as to how best to find my way to [https://www.west-crete.com/holidays-finix.htm Phenix] and then unthinkingly to go away from you without making the least [[effort]] to answer your appealing request for help and [[guidance]] regarding the best route to the goal of [[destiny]] which you seek in your [[heart]] while you tarry here on the mountainside. As you so well know the trails to [https://bible.cc/acts/27-12.htm Phenix], having traversed them many times, so do I well know the way to the [[city]] of your [[disappointed]] [[hopes]] and thwarted [[ambitions]]. And since you have asked me for help, I will not disappoint you. " The [[youth]] was almost overcome, but he managed to stammer out, " But—I did not ask you for anything—" And [[Jesus]], laying a [[gentle]] hand on his shoulder, said: " No, son, not with words but with longing looks did you [[appeal]] to my [[heart]]. My boy, to one who [[loves]] his fellows there is an [[eloquent]] appeal for help in your countenance of discouragement and [[despair]]. Sit down with me while I tell you of the [[service]] trails and [[happiness]] highways which lead from the [[sorrows]] of [[self]] to the [[joys]] of loving activities in the [[brotherhood]] of men and in the [[service]] of the [[God]] of [[heaven]]. "

130:6.3 By this time the [[young man]] very much [[desired]] to [[talk]] with [[Jesus]], and he knelt at his feet imploring Jesus to help him, to show him the way of [[escape]] from his world of [[personal]] [[sorrow]] and defeat. Said [[Jesus]]: " My friend, arise! Stand up like a man! You may be [[surrounded]] with small enemies and be retarded by many obstacles, but the big things and the [[real]] things of this world and the [[universe]] are on your side. The [[sun]] rises every morning to [[salute]] you just as it does the most [[powerful]] and [[prosperous]] man on [[earth]]. Look—you have a [[strong]] [[body]] and powerful muscles—your [[physical]] equipment is better than the [[average]]. Of course, it is just about useless while you sit out here on the mountainside and grieve over your misfortunes, real and fancied. But you could do great things with your [[body]] if you would hasten off to where great things are waiting to be done. You are trying to run away from your unhappy [[self]], but it cannot be done. You and your [[problems]] of living are real; you cannot [[escape]] them as long as you live. But look again, your [[mind]] is clear and capable. Your strong body has an [[intelligent]] [[mind]] to direct it. Set your mind at work to solve its [[problems]]; teach your [[intellect]] to work for you; refuse longer to be [[dominated]] by [[fear]] like an unthinking [[animal]]. Your mind should be your [[courageous]] ally in the solution of your life [[problems]] rather than your [[being]], as you have been, its abject [[fear]]-[[slave]] and the bond-servant of [[depression]] and defeat. But most valuable of all, your [[potential]] of real achievement is the [[spirit]] which lives within you, and which will [[stimulate]] and [[inspire]] your [[mind]] to [[control]] itself and activate the [[body]] if you will release it from the fetters of [[fear]] and thus enable your [[spiritual]] [[nature]] to begin your [[deliverance]] from the [[evils]] of inaction by the [[power]]-[[presence]] of living [[faith]]. And then, forthwith, will this [[faith]] vanquish [[fear]] of men by the compelling [[presence]] of that new and all-dominating [[love]] of your fellows which will so soon fill your [[soul]] to overflowing because of the [[consciousness]] which has been born in your [[heart]] that you are a child of God.

130:6.3 By this time the [[young man]] very much [[desired]] to [[talk]] with [[Jesus]], and he knelt at his feet imploring Jesus to help him, to show him the way of [[escape]] from his world of [[personal]] [[sorrow]] and defeat. Said [[Jesus]]: " My friend, arise! Stand up like a man! You may be [[surrounded]] with small enemies and be retarded by many obstacles, but the big things and the [[real]] things of this world and the [[universe]] are on your side. The [[sun]] rises every morning to [[salute]] you just as it does the most [[powerful]] and [[prosperous]] man on [[earth]]. Look—you have a [[strong]] [[body]] and powerful muscles—your [[physical]] equipment is better than the [[average]]. Of course, it is just about useless while you sit out here on the mountainside and grieve over your misfortunes, real and fancied. But you could do great things with your [[body]] if you would hasten off to where great things are waiting to be done. You are trying to run away from your unhappy [[self]], but it cannot be done. You and your [[problems]] of living are real; you cannot [[escape]] them as long as you live. But look again, your [[mind]] is clear and capable. Your strong body has an [[intelligent]] [[mind]] to direct it. Set your mind at work to solve its [[problems]]; teach your [[intellect]] to work for you; refuse longer to be [[dominated]] by [[fear]] like an unthinking [[animal]]. Your mind should be your [[courageous]] ally in the solution of your life [[problems]] rather than your [[being]], as you have been, its abject [[fear]]-[[slave]] and the bond-servant of [[depression]] and defeat. But most valuable of all, your [[potential]] of real achievement is the [[spirit]] which lives within you, and which will [[stimulate]] and [[inspire]] your [[mind]] to [[control]] itself and activate the [[body]] if you will release it from the fetters of [[fear]] and thus enable your [[spiritual]] [[nature]] to begin your [[deliverance]] from the [[evils]] of inaction by the [[power]]-[[presence]] of living [[faith]]. And then, forthwith, will this [[faith]] vanquish [[fear]] of men by the compelling [[presence]] of that new and all-dominating [[love]] of your fellows which will so soon fill your [[soul]] to overflowing because of the [[consciousness]] which has been born in your [[heart]] that you are a child of God.

130:6.4 " This day, my son, you are to be reborn, re-established as a man of [[faith]], [[courage]], and [[devoted]] [[service]] to man, for [[God]]'s sake. And when you become so readjusted to life within yourself, you become likewise readjusted to the [[universe]]; you have been born again—[[born]] of the [[spirit]]—and henceforth will your whole life become one of victorious accomplishment. Trouble will [[invigorate]] you; [[disappointment]] will spur you on; [[difficulties]] will challenge you; and obstacles will [[stimulate]] you. Arise, young man! Say [[farewell]] to the life of cringing [[fear]] and fleeing cowardice. Hasten back to [[duty]] and live your life in the [[flesh]] as a son of God, a [[mortal]] [[dedicated]] to the ennobling [[service]] of man on [[earth]] and [[destined]] to the superb and [[eternal]] [[service]] of [[God]] in [[eternity]]. "

130:6.4 " This day, my son, you are to be reborn, re-established as a man of [[faith]], [[courage]], and [[devoted]] [[service]] to man, for [[God]]'s sake. And when you become so readjusted to life within yourself, you become likewise readjusted to the [[universe]]; you have been born again—[[born]] of the [[spirit]]—and henceforth will your whole life become one of victorious accomplishment. Trouble will [[invigorate]] you; [[disappointment]] will spur you on; [[difficulties]] will challenge you; and obstacles will [[stimulate]] you. Arise, young man! Say [[farewell]] to the life of cringing [[fear]] and fleeing cowardice. Hasten back to [[duty]] and live your life in the [[flesh]] as a son of God, a [[mortal]] [[dedicated]] to the ennobling [[service]] of man on [[earth]] and [[destined]] to the superb and [[eternal]] [[service]] of [[God]] in [[eternity]]. "

130:6.5 And this [[youth]], Fortune, subsequently became the [[leader]] of the [[Christians]] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crete Crete] and the close associate of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titus_(Biblical) Titus] in his labors for the uplift of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Crete#Classical.2C_Hellenistic.2C_Roman.2C_Byzantine_and_Arab_Crete Cretan believers].

130:6.5 And this [[youth]], Fortune, subsequently became the [[leader]] of the [[Christians]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crete Crete] and the close associate of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titus_(Biblical) Titus] in his labors for the uplift of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Crete#Classical.2C_Hellenistic.2C_Roman.2C_Byzantine_and_Arab_Crete Cretan believers].

130:6.6 The travelers were truly rested and refreshed when they made ready about noon one day to sail for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carthage Carthage] in northern Africa, stopping for two days at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrene,_Libya Cyrene]. It was here that [[Jesus]] and Ganid gave first aid to a lad named Rufus, who had been [[injured]] by the breakdown of a loaded oxcart. They carried him home to his [[mother]], and his father, Simon, little [[dreamed]] that the man whose cross he subsequently [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_187#187:1._ON_THE_WAY_TO_GOLGOTHA bore by orders of a Roman soldier] was the stranger who once befriended his son.

130:6.6 The travelers were truly rested and refreshed when they made ready about noon one day to sail for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carthage Carthage] in northern Africa, stopping for two days at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrene,_Libya Cyrene]. It was here that [[Jesus]] and Ganid gave first aid to a lad named Rufus, who had been [[injured]] by the breakdown of a loaded oxcart. They carried him home to his [[mother]], and his father, Simon, little [[dreamed]] that the man whose cross he subsequently [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_187#187:1._ON_THE_WAY_TO_GOLGOTHA bore by orders of a Roman soldier] was the stranger who once befriended his son.

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