The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-10
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BY WILLIAM T. ELLIS.
The highest mountain peak Of an
ctent Hebrew thought is that majestic
and oft-quoted passage from the pro
phet Isaiah. which foretells the hour
IN Gethsemane. and the various sacri-
nee Of calvary. It embodies the great
dim desire and dream of the race for
a deliversr, and the thought is true,
whether IL relate to a new ace spirit
or to q hero who should come in per
son. The conception of success
through service, Of victory through
surrender Of JOY through suffering, of
~exaltation through humiliation, was a
great one to GRASP, though all people
seem 10 have caught it more or less
vaguely in the development of their
thought. Today it is the accepted phi
losophy of the greatest thinkers M Of
the best men and women.
OF course the Christian world sees
in the old prophets picture of the ser
want Who should come, an exact pOr-
trait of Jesus. The passage which is
familiar to all readers Of serious liter
allure. because its noble elevation Of
thought. is the Old Testament pro-
phecy most frequently quoted in con-
nection with the Saviour:
Il was despised and rejected Of
men; a man of sorrows and acquainted
with grief. and as one from whom men
hide their fac He was despised, and
we esteemed Him not.
surely He hath borne our griefs
and carried our sorrOws, yet we did
esteem Him stricken, smitten of God,
ana afflicted. But He was wounded
FOR our transgressiOns; He was bruised
Tor our iniquities; the chastisement of
our peace was upon Him, and with His
stripes we are healed All We, Ike
sheep, have gone astray; we have
g0ne astray. we have turned everyone
10 his own way, and Jehovah hath laid
on Him the iniQuity of us all.
He was oppressed; yet when He
was afflicted He opened not His mouth,
as q lamb that is led to the slaughter,
and as a sheep that before its shear
ers is dumb, SO He opened not His
mouth. BY oppression and judgment
He was taken away, and as for His
generation who among them consld-
cred that He was cut off out of the
land of the living for the transgression
Of my people 10 whom h stroke was
due. And they made His grave with
the wicked, and with a rich man in
bis death, although He had done no
violence, neither was any deceit in His
mouth
For the Other Man.
There is a great deal said in present
day philosophy and ethics about "aI-
truism.f' h is well. But the great
est Aftruist, who alone fulhlls the on
ditions laid down by the ancient He
brew seer, is the Man Of Nazareth. He
itwas who poured out His soul unto
death" in dark Gethsemane. Sinless
himself. yet His heart broke for the
sins Of others Saint and inidel alike
see IN Him the perfect Man.
Life for the sake Of other lives is to-
day the accepted ideal of Christen-
dom. Jesus made it so. He put ser
vice and sacrifice in the place OF self
ishness. Today the noble man is the
man who most greatly serves and sur
renders. He whose sorrows are because
OF others sins and sunerings is follow
ing in the train of Christ. I ono saw
a strapping big soldier on an operating
table in a field hospital, and it took
four Orderlies TO hold him, yet I cOn-
Jess to sharing the smile of the sur
Reons and their assistants, because the
operation was most triNing, aud the
man was making all this hullaOalOO
over q little physical pain. But 1 look
UPON a minister i Know. who IS break
ing his hear in sympathetic service of
an uncOmprehending people. and the
deepest emotions Of pity q admira-
ton are stirred. Yet admiration for
such a man should exceed pity. for he
IS most blessed whose troubles are
chiefly because Of other people; who is
more concerned for the welfare of the
race than for his own personal pros
perity. Indeed, his is the test of the
reality of ones religion. What have
YOU suffered on behalf of your neigh
bore Examine the scars on your spirit:
are they the marks Of the Lord jesus
A little child has a tender heart, and
IS quick to pity a shOrt-sighted par
ent lamentS, and considers how great
Is the child Will suffer in life, unless
that sensitiveness Of spirit be lost by
contact with the hard world. Stay such
a wish; through the portals Of vicar
i0usness. whose three arches bear the
names of Sorrow, Sympathy and Sac
Ti6ce. a soul enters into greatness.
only shallow lives are free from pain.
whoever walks the way that Christ
and all the lesser redeeners of man
kind have trodden must pay the price
If heartbreak. He whO cannot weep
over Jerusalem is not worthy to enter
st ak king
A Parable of Power.
How rs it tina electricity to the
amount OF q 100000 horse power is
secured from a single plant at Mag
The secret is in the tunnel cut
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