The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-15
In the Religious World
What the Church Folks Are Thinking
AbOUt and Doing. Religious RegUS
From Everywhere.
DAY scHoon LOO AND YOUNG PEoPLEs TOPIC.
rom Everywhere.


ably it was in the large upper room.
they had gathered, waiting for they
scarcely knew what, but drawn to-
gether by their common grief. There
as no dissension or striving for places
am, ng them now and their hearts
were peculiarly tender toward one an
other.
The doors were shut. for. deprived
Of their leader, they we're a tinid band.
All of a sudden and mysteriously Jesus
appeared in their midst. in His old
familiar form. The resurrection body,
no longer bound by the limitations of
the material body. went wherever It
pleased unimpeded by the old hin
ORANGES. But it was still the very same
esus with Identity unchanged.
This He proved by showing to the
hesitant and fearful disciples the
wounds of the cross. The Saviour has
marks by which we may know Him,
even as has His disciple. No need to
wear crosses or badges to advertise
ones self a Christian, for as surely as
the brand of the king is on the horses
and stores of the British government,
50 the marks of the Lord Jesus char
acterize His true friends. Would you
know such Then look for the spear
wound of sacrifice on his heart the
nail prints of service on his hands. and
his feet. and the thorn scars of hui
Tnility on his brow. These are the true
tokens of the Christ-Spirit within. On
is number one; sself1shness betokens
another ownership than Christ's.
a Salutation and 4 Sending.
That unexpected visitation was joy
unspeSkable to the little company of
loving hearts. Their whole desire had
been to see Jesus, and SO they rejoiced.
The deepest paSSion of every Christian
is for a clearer vision of His Saviour.
The story is not new of the eager
hearted church-member who found lit
tie of his Master in the learned Sun
day d1scourses of his pastor. SO, before
service one day, he laid on the pulpit
Bible the text, I'VE would see Jesus"
The minister was really a man of God,
and he caught the point; his next ser
mon WAS 50 full Of the Christ that on
the following Sunday he found on the
pulpit the verse from this lesson,
Il hen were the disciples glad when
they saw the Lord"
The first word of Jesus as he entered
the room was Peace the old Jewish
salutatiOn which he has filled with new
meaning. When He enters a life He
sufuses it with peace, a peace which
the world cannot know or take away.
The heart at peace is the Masters at
teStatiOn of approval; this is the in
wa-d voice which Is to be needed.
rather than the outward clamor Of
men.
After the salutation came the send
ing, LAS the Father hath sent me, even
so send l you" AS boy IN the Tenn
pie, when he met in the upper room
with the Twelve. and even as He hung
on the cross. the upturned thought of
Jesus was of His mission. The Faith
er's sending-that was His lifes pur-
pose and passion. Nothing could turn
Him aside from it-friends. enemies,
ease or suffering, the will Of God,
with its divine commission, was the
one supreme. insistent. unalterable
fact in his life
As an equipment for this mission
which He becueathed to the disciples
Jesus breathed upon them and said,
Receive ye the Holy Spirit" He was
going away; the Spirit would stand to
them IN His stead They would be
sufficient for all things. because Of the
divine Enabler.
The New Note.
The new truth that Mary told not
only began to change the worlds cal
endars, but also to make over it's maps
Equipped with it. the little company of
plain people, whom she found in per-
plexity and fear, commenced to mould
society anew and to transform the
world The great affirmation Of the
Gospel, of risen life for man right
hereafter, has been, and Is, the most
potent influence of history.
Christianity is not religion of mega
tive teachings and negative characters;
all such misrepresent it. The risen
Christ brought into the world a new
force. When He entered the room
where they were gathered on Resur-
rection day He found His disciples
fearful and covering; He left them
brave and courageous. The dominant
personalities of the time were soon
these feeble Christians. Boidness be-
came their outstanding characteristic.
They grew to be pioneers in agEres-
siveness Without fea and in stipend
Gus faith they challenged the world
and set out to conquer it. The resur-
recdon note sounds in the victorious
life.