Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1905-04-27
WORLDS %CONQUEROa.

Hundreds of thousands of persons
have seen the large picture, The Con-
querOrs.' which was exhibited at the
Chicago fair, and has since been ON eX-
hibition alternately in Philadelphia and
New York. No one who has ever looked
upon it can forget IT. The canvas por-
trays the worlds great conquerers
marching, with amer and insignia,
in IL solid column that dwindles off
into the indistinguishable distance.
There we see Napoleon and ,'aeson
and Alexander and Charlemagne and
Iyrus and NerXes and Ptoiemny and
the other great men who be-
held the world at their feet.
Two facts about the great
picture ut nice suggest themselves to
the thoughtful observer. The first is
ina these conquerorS came to glory by
u pathway of death. destruction and
desolation. The canvas is repellant to
some sensitive persons because of the
TWO long lines of stark, grim. gray
corpses that flank the conquerors on
either side. What u price humanity
had to pay that these men might wear
the laurel,
The other obvious remark is that the
greatest of the worlds conquerors is
not represented. The Victories of Alex
ander and Napoleon were inconsequent
and ephemeral beside the conquests of
Jesus. The veriest tyro in historical
study must perceive that the outStand-
ing hero of the past nineteen centuries
is the gentle Nazarene. whose way has
increased and extended until today 500
OOO. 900 of people, who in turn rule the
world. bow the knee to Him. Truly,
Thou hast conquered. o pale Cali
lean" And the conquests of Jesus have
not been along a gloomy course of sor-
row. suffering and death. Life and
light have walked i'm His footsteps.
Civilization has been his handmaiden.
Health. knowledge n happiness have
followed in His train. His triumphal
procession down the ages has been ac-
companied by the hosannas of the
myriads. who have felt His help or
witnessed His li%fe-giving touch.
The Greatest Triumphal Entry.
This triumphal entry into old Je-
rusalem OF the first Palm Sunday,
which is the Easter lesson of the worlds
Sunday schools. suggests stirring
thoughts. For i'm it was prefigured His
triumphal entry into human hearts and
into all the spheres of life. Individual
characters ascribe all their goodness to
the perfect One. Learning lays its lau-
rels at the feet of the humble teach
err who kept school by blue Galilee.
Medicine esteems as its highest honor
the fact that it walks in the footsteps
of the great Physician. Art has re-
served it's greatest brushes for the de-
lineation of the personality of the
Saviour. The lawyer hanks back to
the dicta of the Messiah for the noblest
code that can govern the conduct of
men in their relations one with another.
Philosophy confesses that the greatest
of philosophers was He whose teach
ings were so new hat they startled the
philosophers who first heard them; and
whose gentle speech expressed the high
4HN l~ M % I
mankind find in Him the one alto
gether lovely" The continual corona
ton of Christ is the sublimest spectacle
of the centuries.
Bring forth the royal diadem
And crown Him Lord of all.
OF all this how little conception had
the multitude which eagerly carpeted
His path with their garments and with
branches hastily stripped from the
palm trees. And how little the bafled
Pharisees understood that their disap-
pointed comment, 'Lo, the world is
gone after Him was in truth a proph-
ecy of that day, now arrived, when Je-
sus should be the enter of the stage
of the universe.
Men do not understand themselves
and their own actions, much less
their neighbo- and his deeds. Nobody,
save the lonely II sadhearted man
who rode as the center of the demon
st%ration. perceived its Significance as a
startling fulflment of the inspired
scripture. Even His disciples needed
the light that came by the Spirits
descent after the ascension of Jesus, to
enable them to interpret it. Tomorrow
it's always needed to illuminate today.
We walk all unseeing through life;
therefore. we shoul walk gently and
humbly.
Hate for q Hero.
Today 1t is the fashion to praise
Jesus. Even the men who honor Him
least In their conduct n deny Him
the allegiance of their lives are quick
to pay tribute to His character, and to
His teachings. In this atmosphere of
universal laudation of the Son of Mary
1t is not Easy to realize the intense,
bitter and unreasoning hatred with
which Jesus was viewed by the Phari-
sees and priests. He was hated for
Himself. because He was a non-con-
ventional teachings. The old is the en-
envy of the new: things as they are
are the worst foe of things as they
should be. The ossified religiosity of
The ruling class among the Jews
could not understand or tolerate
for an instant this fresh. vital spirit
from the hills. The browning act that
evoked pharaical enmity was the rails
ing of Lazarus from the dead. For his
they hated both Lazarus and the Lord.
since it increased the latter's popular
ity.
So much did 1t do so that for the mo-
,ment, at least, all the ssnarling dogs Of
nvy and bigotry had to stink back,
baffied. into obscurity. Behold. how
We prevail nothing; 10. the world is
gone after Him." they said among
themselves. For. in front Of their eyes
as they gathered in sullen groups, was
this tremendous ovation which meant
that Jesus was the idol OF the hour.
He could even be crowned king should
He 30 desire. The danger of popular
hero has been engulfed. beset Jesus In
full tide.
Blu He was not disturbed. There was