The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-15

fences the Pharisees and Sadduceess
Mark u; 1927 The Golden rex
is. Remember to Caesar the Inln NJ
That Are Caesars and to COO ING IN,
Things That Are Gods. Mark
1871
Try WILLIAM Il. ELLIS.l
g yERYBODX enjoys co coz -. :,
roosters fighting furlousiy,
and a certain numerous class
Of men love to watcn wv
veil-trained human ailliilals
mounds the gore out or eacLi S -
me Dop,5lar novels of this perloo 80 ~
~. 4eIond Of personal encounters Oil
S-t,ber nlaue the struggle employ ,
--,ore difficult weapons ana appee -
-l-O- - discriminating class OF
~eo.1Ia Not all the big prize A5llts
psoPt -----,,-stion we're so colossal a bat
u g sav the debate between webster
and Hayne- .,,..,, v,ar,-
Vow the twenty-five million mem mem
hers az the worlds Sunday schoois q 2
called. upon to view again d ~ -
-@efic conflict than any already SUS
~-s7ts5 IN the last day OF intense ~
S~en antagonism between the slIilplS :
rsoii1ean on his way to a cross - ~
fbe fntrenched and sohdined Wsale 80,
learning and power OF Jer l eszllsi r., > >
iea5inT Jews The way in which the
80 Teacher came off victorious ONVA
all the wiles and assaults OF ms ei i1Sl-l
o. i a sDectacIe to stir the enthus-
s5ssn7 Of even the uninterested.
The Days Big Battle.
o,,,-io,,slv. this story of real religion
~ charm combat with formal slhpey
=. 77ss-sias+icisrn is a suggestion OF IN
e1r- i-,7r,ortsnt fact that the son OF
Sfsr came not to send peace Due q
-s---or.d- and that the programme OF We
FOR the memorable TUESDAY % L1o -
Week is still the everyday plOesi s-ii -
OF the church. me GU 41, 80
Ices The conflict between truth anu
80 righteousness and selflsnhesss -
stfII a. Keen and real as when, al, u
Fee,inr- the caln-eyed Christ taceu Ii 3
sinister cOuntenances OF me u -
1,fe bitfer enemies in the tempe couIe
% II e a mistake to assume that re-
,sot.,7 reians with undisputed sway IN
+Ia life Of today. The atmosphere %
fhs Sunday-schOol IS not the alii l
mere of the big world; TINS stlus1eloil
5s what first beWilders and then oZSl
-t-,-,r--e raanv an innocent youth me
Standards of religion and OF the Wo1Aa
60 dfanetrically opposite. without
accounting any unWarrAnteu ass 49,
If ease. Christianity must MAINTAIN ~
attitude of war-wise, patient war oul
var nevertheless. It will not 90 TOT
rrood people to retire into their own
srolfsiveness and ignore great ana
bIighting and far-reaching evils
Within a hundred yards OF the spot
1,-bere these words are written there
are three gambling games in progress,
and at one table. with MEMBER OF
ctou0rass and two other experienced
panesters, are two youths losing lafee
SIMS Of money Whlcn tneS never
earned, their blood heated by cohstanl
recourse to the wineglass, and their
speech that which repudiates the
teachings of the gospel. That scene
has its parallel in a myriad Of places
almost every day or night OF the year.
For the lives of those youths and TOR
+he health Of society, the Church must
summon all her powers Of warfare
Let no enthusiast delude himself into
the belief that the insolent and active
evils of intemperance, gambling, lust,
evil speech and dishonesty are going to
be overcome by any other means than
the wise and courageous battling OF
the forces of righteousness. The Son
of God is at war; his followers must
fight. That is a cardinal truth under
lying this dramatic day in his life.
The Crowded Close OF a Great Career.
The impending crisis which he clear
iy foresaw impelled the heroic Teacher
to an increased intensity OF LABOR on
this closing day of his public ministry.
The crucihxion was only three days dis
tant. Jerusalem was thronged with
Passover visitors. His name was upon
every lip; he was the outstanding per
sought The record Of the day is full,
beginning with the discourse on faith,
apropos of the withered fig tres, as
Master and disciples were on the way
from Bethany where they had spent
the night, doubtless as guests of Laza-
rus. At the very outset the Phari-
sees and scribes began to harry him
with questions designed to entrap him
into some admission that could be used
against him in a civil trial. He spoke
f-FT
of the Widows mite. and uttered his
excoriating philippe against the
scribes and Pharisees, in speech that
still seems to sizz1e and scar as one
reads it. Only a superlative warrior
could have so spoken.
There is a dark pathos over the pic
ture of this day. Jesus was making
tremendous efforts to have the Jews
accept him. 1t was their last chance