The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-14

direct as that of child he believed
or bubbles
1t is good to know that Jesus. so
often hurt by hostility and misunder
standing and chilled IN his zeal by the
cold unbelief of those whom he would
help had this heart-warming expert
ence.s What a glow must have mount
ed to his cheek and what light to his
eye as he cried rejcicingly. Verify, l
say unto you, L have not found 50
great faith, 10. not in Israel" In
heaven and earth there is no spectacle
which SO delights the heart OF God as
human faith. The children OF the
covenant had failed to display it; rich
~ and rarely it was found in this gen
tile, who was a sort of first fruit of the
great harvest of faith-hlled disciples
who are being gathered even today
from the east and the vest so tn
some of the sublimest stories Of Chris
tian constancy and. devotion are those
from the foreign mission field. These
latter like centurion, prove them
selves true children OF the heavenly
Father. by displaying his likeness.
of course such faith conquered, and
the palsied servant was healed IN that
same hour.
A sight to soften Hearts.
Some scenes fncite all hearts to pity
In certain of these lessons we nave
perceived that Jesus alone was moved
with the compassion that was charac-
teristic of him; it is gratifying to find
in the present case the same divine
sentiment animating the breasts Of the
multitude.
Two calvacades met in one of the
rocky defiles just outside the little vii
lage of Main One had for its central
figure the wOnder-working Rabbi
Grouped about him were his chosen
disciples Surrounding them, and trail
ing behind in long procession. were
grateful recipients of his miracu tOus
powers. friends, admirers and the
merely curious, an animated, happy
company.
The other company's character was
evident from afar by the wild shrieks
and means of mourning which preced-
ed it. 1t was a funeral party. and the
whole city seemed to be genuinely
sOrrOwing. The multitude had COM
passion upon the mourners. for he
who was borne on the light. open bier,
covered only with cloth was the
only son of his mother. and she was
widow '-surpassin description of
sorrow. No wonder that all who be-
held the sad scene felt their hearts
melting within them, in the kinship Of
grief
The Main villagers may not have
known who Jesus was. but they at
least saw that he was an important
person, and the center of the entering
company So when he stepped forth
and addressing the wailing mother, in
Weep not" all were expectant and
alert. Then. regardless of ceremonial
de6ler7ent, Jesus stepDed forth and
laid his hand upon the bier-he was
ever prodigaI of his tol1ch; no far-off
Helper het=and the fun eral cortege
stood still and the mourners waited in
sudden silence for whatever might
come next.
The Fiat OF Life.
They were not prepared for what en-
sued. The moment was a dramatic
one, appealing to the imagination of
painter and poet. With the two CO.
mingling professions to afford multi
tude of witnesses, the habiliments Of
/ the mourners, the gaping wonder of
I the children on the edge of the crowd
the heart-brOken mother standing be-
| wildered, an underlined hope dawning
4 in her eyes. and in the midst the sim
pie bier. with its still, grim burden
while dominating all was the majestic,
pitiful figure Of the tender-eyed Christ
upon whom the gaze of every one was
fixed.
Then like the word at creation s
morn, went fourth the thrilling fat OF
/ life: young man, I say unto thee,
Arise There was none of the agon-
lied striving which marked Elijah s
restoration to life Of the child of the
widow of Zarephath. or Elisha's rails
ing from the dead of the Shunammite
| Woman's son. tt was the simple, sub
lime and sufficient volition of divinity
I The event recalls JOINTS stately pro
7 logue. I'm the beginning was the Word
/ and the Word was with God. and the
| Word was God. In him was
1ffe'
The action, the words of Jesus were
/ less startling than their effect upon the
| silent corpse.
Instantly the breast
Heaved in its cerements, and a sudden
Ran through the lines of the divided
And with murmur of his mothers
He trernbled and sat upright in his
shroud."
Gear took hold on all and they
/ gIorifed Cod" Instead IF great ex-
/ element. there was the hush Of we
and reverence in the presence of this
greatest mira Gle that Jesus had vet per-
formed. a mira Gle so Overwhelming
that the news of it speedily ran dowr
across Samaria and into the country oi
| Tudea. and all the region roundabout
Tho verdict of the beho1ders was Goo
hath visited his reonle" PhariSees
might caviI and doctors Of the law
y VIA ngle but the sinrIe-h earted faith
Il of the Main people had better vision
The testimony thus given always
: follows a restored life. The mira Gle Of
.. Main is beine repeated daily all over
the world have seen It. and so has
the reader of these lines Young men
whose best selves have been deadened
5 by sin and vice have heard the sum-