The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-10

What the Church Folks IRE Thinking
About and Doing. RELIGIOUS AegUS
From EVexyWhere.
NDAY scHooL LEssoN am YoUNG PEoPLEs TopIC.

into great tubes, seven and a half feet
in diameter. and through there 1t falls
145 feet upon turbines below, and
there in turn revo1Ve the shafts at the
but it is that deep hole which makes
the thing possible; only the tremen-
dous weight of the water upon the
turbine makes the machinery move
It IS a parable of power through
depth. Up in the sunlight, on the dane
ing surface Of the water, there is
beauty and a small measure Of force;
but down deep, deep, lies the power TO
illuminate two cities and to turn a
million wheels. Would you help mem
i've deeply. The p~rofoundest expert
ences of life must be shared before you
can ever greatly serve 1t IS only the
man of sorrows and acquainted with
GRIEF " h can bear mems sorrows and
carry their griefs. 1t is the d~eep-hned,
careWOrn, sorrow-marked n pathetic
face of a Lincoln that a nation
best; and the burrows Of a
face are more beautiful than the un-
wrinkled comeliness of the fairest girl
who bushes and smiles at the portal
Of life.
The Universal Note.
Everybody understands sorrow, to
some degree. It is the touch of ma
ture'' that make the whole world
kim" There is no fellowship like the
fellowship of suffering; it is as a Ma
of Sorrows that Jesus Is best under
STOOD G4 the race. Man ana vile dIC
more truly one after they have walked
hand in hand through the dark val
ley; no c~omradeship is quite like that
Of h soldiers who have campalgned
and fought together against a ommon
foe. and the reality and clOsenesS n
comfort of the companionship of
Christ is never learned in fulness I'M
til one goes to Him in heartbreak and
finds the healing of the broker heart.
Always have some word of comfort
Eza 49, ~ N v-nrrr nrH n - ny
prayer" said an old minister to a
younger one. ut is easily possible to
face congregations that are wholly free
from especial happiness, but you will
probably never be called upon 70
preach to a people whose hearts are
free from burden and suffering So
the despised. rejected ~sorrowing and
smitten Christ is closest kin to hu-
manity- He was "forsaken OF men
that he might fellowship with men; he
walked the solitary way that he might
be close cOmrade TO every other trav-
eler therein.
What the Crowd Thinks.
One of the tragedies of time is the
way in which the race rejects its true
heroes; this servant was 'despised and
rejected of men and We es-
teemed Him not" Jus so it was later
written, He came unto His own and
His own received Him not" Herein
was incarnated all the loneliness and
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worlds unappreciated ones.
Mar looketh on the outward ap-
p~earances" say h wise book, and he
is deceived. His conclusions are for
ever being reversed By history. All
We like sheep have gone astray.' in
foolish unreasoning fashion, with re-
spect to our opinions of men, The
worlds first YerdictS are usually snap
judgments, a blind following of the
crowd. and of superficial seeming.
There are few lessons the average per-
son needs more to learn than a mea-
sure of distrust for popular clamor-
They say" is a poor bar to which to
appeal; they are usually wrong. 1t
is well to use ones own mind and eyes
and to form ones own conclusions, in
dependently of what others may have
thought before.
ONLY Mary of Bethany was able to
discern the real significance of Christ's
life prior to His resurrection. Even
those nearest to Him misunderstood
Him. as the prophet had foretOld.
Blessed are they Who ave eyes to see,
and who can discern. worth ana nobl-
ity where the world has not labeled Il.
Look for your own heroes, and you
will know a delight beyond that of Co
lumbus or any other pioneer, and you
may find them beneath your own roof
tree. This talent of perceiving the
best that is in people. of searching out,
beneath the forbidding or common
place exteriors, their essential charac-
ter. is better than the ownership of a
divining-rod. And this is -indispensa-
Bile to a full understanding and ser
vice of our fellowmen.
So only is vicariousness possible.
And NERVOUSNESS is the big word that
lies in the background of this pro-
Dhecy and in the sacrifice of Calvary.
He bore the sin Of many and made
intercession for the transgressors."
The same thought is wonderfully ex-
pressed in the words: by the knowl-
edge of Himself shall my righteous
ervant justify many; and He shall
bear their iniquities.' In those dark
hours in G~ethsemane He prepared
Himself for the great vicarious sacri-
fee. and died for all hat they that
live should no longer live unto them
selves, but unto Him who for their
sakes died and rose again.
The Significance of Sorrow.
.Terse Comments upon the Uniform
Prayer-meeting Topic of the Young