The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-01

The Golden IEXJ is lie Sun "a 49,
Is come to seek and to save thae
which was lost" Luke 1910.
by WILLIAM T. ELLIS.
19 HERE are two kinds OF PEG
Die in the world. those VINO
do things and those who talk
about the ones who do things,
the observed and the observers
81 Most of mankind is IN the sec
ond class; Jesus was in the nrsL ne ne
was during his life the cynosure OF AZ
e.as.0 wherever he went and what
aver he did. public interest stood agape.
when he made his last memorable
tourney to Jerusalem the procession
stood aside to watch and comment.
m, q aerofsT1 Of this caln1s clesfeySus
..,j.asfts4ine r,ilerimaKe to Jerusalem,
.--vJoIcb he knew perfectly was to pc, on
tbfz occasion the city If his DEAN, IS
something to dwell upon Jesus se
~ensIv faced his fate Fear round no
nome in his heart. Duty was 10 MN d
4bfne- 10 be done inevitably ana IN
lsfrafd. To all the multitude OF Ahen
80 women who are called upon 10
cont dreadful ordeals, he has leAt an
'---aIy ia meet any hard thing IS with
eves omen and without talterlhS VI
.Ss~1n1afninr. And this example has
allied with fortitude countess human
n fba clutch Of a great crisis, man
--s-,ds7s vvhv the world goes on so
zunnilv when midnight Is upon ~ ~.
NTH all the stars blotted oQl. "a -,
heed not the sold dramas tnae a. -
fnr enacted all about them aeio 49,
the Son of God gong up ~ 80 date Of
that was to give history a new oa ss,, %
beginnfnRs. and that was 10 o eeoii a..
fhe central and most 1rnpo IsilS .5
sS7s iffe Of the universe CT IOlIe -. y -
Perea or Judea for tnae; eil a. same
~. ci+ies resounded with the Sai5e
5--flI cries of traffic; every WeiiSl '17
FeId its group of idle gosslpels, a. -, -
4re rattv concerns OF a IaIioW -7e
80 held the attention OF llS -. 80 -
e,-,tf1 Tas1s should come dlrecIly uLl'AS-
l nt1 5 800 when he would furnish
- - 1rtt1, their chief lite nor CONVEX
sa1 ~ real greatness Of the Hero was
,-s,-aaIed in this. that ne olo no - -i+ll
or shrink from these - ~ 71lito a svnl-
t17air small interests, but WIN a b5s
u 81 tenderness that concealeu ilis
55,vn supreme tragedy. ne sttP =, ~
S,s1r fhe needs of men as ne - - 1if.
- the way It is easy 70 Nv - I've
~ -ror1d in the world, OF " ~
o. see If the spirit apart from ~
the z,+ II is great to take LLiS
49, 3+ ;,,D,rIses and heroisms o. NJ
lst4 -,erl7t down among men ana - -.
lei them work out IN uil7
istry. 800 x1-isbes
a,+7, the clamorous cries OF tlS
--l5 for many thingsZahd maj a. 800
,e,-er desired so many things as ft,H IF
Fodav as witness Whols sliOP Is.-,+,io,1S
s1,sg accessories Of luAullOu,e
1ieg5ll.. .sl1 toy7-there lie but rev real
entail needs. Apply TINS 70 ne
-9irif or the body and 1t IS eq 4alls = -
E5is truth levels all artlIlciai pa - ~,
ana inks all men together' even s ls ~
S-ea5Iine at San Francisco, lIllle-
99tstsi1- after the fire, created one com
49, democracy of rich and poor:
- tbe two diverse incidents OF TINS
lesson story are harmonl1eu- DOlli - -
Bartimeus, the blnd p esss.a, - ba5 az
zaccbeus. the rich publican Hau as
[beir underlying need Jesus the C lll,l
trT1.s-, he aDpeared and received them
IN tbe vital wants Of their liyes We're
g-et Bartimeus was a PROF esslotlel
S.everar outside the Jericho gate he
SO t,ee-g~ar because he was blind; his
dearest wish was for sight Every
Sbsre else would be endurable II only
re might receive his sight On the
other hand. the need of Zaceheus was
Zee 4an~ibie but no less real: his was
sfe soui-hunger. which is worse than
snv material lack. His spirits unrest
frnneUed him toward Jesus, the Won
s7er-worker Teacher from Galilee.
A Time to Override ConventiOnality.
AS he sat by the roadside, as he had
with soul-deadening mOnotOny sat for
MANY years poor blind Bartimeus
heard the approaching hum and then
the nearer tumult Of the procession
that followed Jesus. Helpless, he asked
again and again what it all meant.
reaching out to clutch the garments of
some one Of the streaming crowd to
compel an answer. At last he got it in
2 sentence. Jesus Of Nazareth passeth
BY All how he had dreamed and
talked Of this Man Of miracles, and of
the possibility Of his one day restoring
sight to himself The news of the
great deeds of Jesus had been the talk
of the countryside for many months.
inspiring wild homes In many breasts
that had been buried in despair
This was the hour of opportunity
for Barimeus. His beating heart al