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sn re slsurian rocks 50 tns real Jesus
has oeea buried la the oalaeozcic strata
Of Christian literature. Perhaps the great
ezf service that has been rendered The
cause % reai religion within TIE past
twenty-five yezEs IL what might call the
excavation Of the real Jesus. tbs re@i1<a-
ton % tire PropaeS. ths RsforEnHr. the
Hero. ard tns Saint o. NazaEerh- For the
achievement OF this important task we,
who speak Ire English language. are e.
peeiaify Indebted TO the laeors q ta4t
eminent English orthodox commentator
and critic. Edwin A. Abbott, whose arfl-
Gle, entitled Gospels II the ninth e1i-
s4on OF ire Encyclopedias Britannica pre-
cents 20 Is the source ot or Information
concerning the real Jesus Three ese-
rnents there are, 20 De noted 81 tne char
acter % Jesus.
~Fsrst-L>oyaIty to truth. Utter SINGER
.ty. absolute ccnsonAnca Of word and deed.
saying what He meant and meaning
wat He said, intellectual integrity, WHITE
Tninaeaness-thet. I think. Is the crown
ing attribute ia the character OF Jesus
His soul Nas on FIRE with intense ecnFle-
1sons and he held 10 them vita edaH1AE.-
tine anfisxfbsllty.
s'saeond-T'ns second element Ia the splr-
ftual greatness OF Jesus was His sym
patty for uan--A sympathy 50 pure, 50
deep 20 broad, 80 psreanially fresh that
K Was Ike q clear stream nowinS IN
thirsty land. where 10 water Is. Jesus
klndled a new reverence for n2n IN the
human heart. he claimed that there was
a divine spark IN every human being
which needs only to be famed Into a
flame, and lol the spiritual beauty Of that
soul will be revealed. no matter how low
and degraded il may have been. All men.
lie said are gods IN the germ The king
dom OF heaven, the spirit ol Righteousness.
"a IN al men. no matter how invisible Il
may be, and love Is the only power tn@e
can call II forth
'"Third-FFOm this unsurpassed synpa-
thy FOR man, and this answering loyalty
10 conviction. we are ready 10 consider the
third element 81 the spiritual grea tness OF
Jesus His devotion 70 an ideal llfe-alTn,
20 a magnificent purpose II lie, 10 q
trsanscendent aim, winch Was nothing less
than the effort To MAKE justice and love
rule Ia the world. There is no granaer
aim than that; and. just 3n proportion as
We regulate oar lives according 10 TINS
spirit mat Vas in Jesus, Just 70 that de-
gree II there any hope for the redemption
OF society. IL l were To state in a single
word what I think Jesus means 10 rs llo-
sFals-if I were TO express the yalue q
that life Cor Va by a single world should
say Inspiration. Who OF Us can contem-
plate ais loyalty to conviction and at the
Same time bc Indifferent 10 mat which =
hottest and highest IN ourselves? Who OF
rs can mediate upon our sympathy Tor
man and then turn deaf ear 10 the calls
for sympathy and practical heipfainess
that appeal TO US from every side. VINO OF
us can ponder over that devotion TO NE
aim, transcendently beautiful, such a.
was His. and then DO indifferent 70 the
pr0mptiugs Of that inner voice that bids
Is dive the divine lifeg
e spirit Of Jesus, SIN speed on.
Speed on Thy conquering way.
TIL every soul Thyself shall Own,
And the divine Will obey.