The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-06-27


proportions and borne fruit in the
crime demanding punishment.
We rejoice in the present moment OF
ease and satisfaction and superficial
pleasure, while our Lord may be just
at hand viewing us with tear-dimmed
eye as He realizes what the next mo-
ments, or days or years may bring
forth. Now, we may be with the
throng which is praising Him, our
voices may be raised in helping to swell
the hymn which floats out on the
breeze from church window and
steeple, our feet and hands may be
busy with the externalities of church
life and Christian service, and to-mor-
row, when the day Of testing comes
and we must come out and be sepa-
rate, we may be numbered with those
whose cry is: eve will not have this
Man rule over u.s." Unless the will be-
longs to God, unless it has been sur
rendered to His control, man knows not
at what instant there may flash out IN
his life that which will identify him
with the enemies of Jesus Christ.
Teach me, Lord. my true condition.
Bring me childlike to Thy knee;
Stripped of every low ambition,
Willing to be led by Thee"
The Motley ThrOng.-Three ele-
ments are markedly noticeable in the
multitudes which surrounded our Lord
during His triumphal entry into Jeru-
salem and the proclaiming Him as
King. There were the few true believ-
ers in Christ as the Saviour of the world
and the promised Messiah; there were
the greater number Of curious, I'M
thinking spectators who were quick to
catch the spirit and enthusiasm OF the
moment and lend their voices to the
popular cry; and lastly there were the
avowed enemies of Christ, who contest
ed every foot of ground which Jesus
trod, and endeavored to thwart His
every move. The multitudes which will
fill the streets of London during the
coronation week will number among
its thousands and hundreds of thou
sands those who can be CLASSIFIED
under these three heads. There
will be found the true patriot,
the loyal Britisher, in whose shout
will ring sincere devotion to his
king and his nation. One who in
the time of darkness and uncertainty
and doubtful national policy will not
be found in the camp of the enemy,
but will bravely stand for that which
is best and truest in his country and
his king. There also will be found the
tickle enthusiast, who is quick to
throw himself into the excitement of
the moment and raise his voice in loud
praise with the shouting multitudes,
and, lastly, there you will be able to
find the enemy of the country and the
king. Those who have never heard
Gods voice saying: "Let every soul be
subject unto the higher powers. For
there is no power but of God; the pow
ers that be are ordained of Cod (Rom.
1870; or if they have heard, have turned
a deaf ear to the message. and in their
unreasoning blindness care not for the
warning which follows, for "Whoso-
ever therefore resisteth the power, re-
sisteth the ordinance of God; and
they that resist shall receive to them
selves damnation." (Rom. 1922 II
exhort, therefore" says Paul, in an
other portion of the inspired Word,
"that, first of all, supplications, pray
ers, intercessions and giving of thanks,
be made for all men; for kings, and for
all that are in authority"
The crowd that surrounded our Lord
that day represented in miniature the.
people of the world to-day in their re-
lation to God and His Christ. If you
had been there on the side of Mount
Olivet that momentous day, in which
class would you have been found? Not
many to-day would be found, it is true,
among the avowed enemies of Jesus
Christ, for this is day of popular re-
ligion and common recognition OF
Jesus Christ as a great leader, if not
as the Saviour of the world. But would
YOU have been numbered with the few
believing disciples, or would your
heart have deceived you, and while to-
day you were hailing Him as King,
tomorrow you would yield to the
popular cry, and shout with the
frenzied crowd: away with Him ?"
Self estimates are dangerous and I'M
reliable. 1t is easy to look at our
selves with the natural eye and judge
that we would have stood with the
few faithful ones. 1t was easy to be-
long to that rejoicing throng as it
hailed the Lord as King, but in the
dark hour on Calvary,
eff we had been among the throng that saw
the lowly Saviour die,
If We had heard the cruel song, the heart
less jest, the mockery,
Would we who now His triumph sing
Have hailed him then as Lord and King?
Would you or I?''
The God-fearing, devout bishop,
when asked at the dinner table by an
irreverent and thoughtless guest what
he thought of God, replied with en-
phasis that it did not make much diff
ference what he thought of God, but it
made all the difference of eternity
what God thought of him.
Thorns Instead of the Bejeweled
Crown-After the magnificent pa
geant has ended and King Edward
has passed in regal state into the
halls of Westminster abbey, the
sparkling golden crown will beplaced
upon his brow, and the brilliant roy
al assemblage will greet him as their
crowned king, fitting climax to the
magnificent scene. How different
was the climax which marked the
days following Jesus triumphal en-
try into Jerusalem! How the scene
has changed! Instead of the re-
ioicing multitudes, the glad hosan-
mas, the children's voices. the waving
branches and fower-strewn path, we
find the disciples scattered as sheep
without a shepherd, the dark
visaged mu1titudes led by the Jewish
rulers demanding that Jesus be cru
Gifted, and PLATE in his weakness
yielding to- the popular cry, and de-