New-York tribune., 1906-06-25


oass they were o Of III the wrong stamp your
And what has been true here will be true in the
world afterward. AS you enter upon professional
what books say, but from what you exempied
in the careers of men, past and present In law
find heroes that you wish to be like AS You grow
older by your choice Of heroes will your lifes pur-
pose be determined and dominated. In the world
as IN college strong man OF any knd VIII ma
fanatic. politician or millionaire philosopher
Christian. there will be men who will choose him
Nearly nineteen centuries ago there was typical
gathering at the Passover at Jerusalem A large
part OF the multitude chose as its hero man who
represented physical force in its lawless exercise
release unto you?' they cried, ''Barabhas, There
was another section of the community who were
moved without reason by a leader that appealed
n1oa1 no their emotions and when CaiaPhas the high
yoc die FOR the people they cried with ioud
There was smaller but more influential section
which cared for success it embodied in ma
in Pontius PLATE the Roman Governor He repre-
sented the really successful man whom they wished
yenient to wash his hands Of matter Of which he
Not by any of these groups, nor by. the ideals 10
which they cung. the world to be saved Be
ed had already been the means of destroying the
nations freedom and reducing it TO subjugation
BELIEF IN CAIAPHAS LED TO WAR
Belief in Caiaphas and the things that &C caiaphS1s 1s
into a desperately mistaken war and into more
Plate and the things that Plate represented if it
helped at all. helped him to secure the pros
thing that did save the world. the thing that did
leave its mark on history foreyer .he t {ing s
for all time. came from yet another group, far
the little group of those that took Jesus Of Naza
reth as their leader: king whose kingdom was was
in devoted service to others. even though that
Does Amerca % to today dS believe in the Lord Jesus
Christ sufficiently to avoid the fate OF the Jews OF
Barabbas Bar and caiaphas la al and Pontius PLATE?
We say that America is :, hi istia1 nItnr; ;n9 10
Jesus Of Nazareth in the daily life and work of the
sTea nadnS PeSpsf of h the woFd believe ha when
ever it to a great crisis-pOltcal 1ndustrlat
America to save us But though we have good
ground for hope we are xey fsP %e ave only
to look at the facts in the world about us TO see
iieving in Jesus as the man they wish to be like
and in the things for which Jesus stanoS l as Which
turns with aVidity to sensational accounts OF roD,
bas!' That part which looks TO platform t OF press
eader %ho ca1 @ give Civ Voice to the prngs Of its
own Preiudices or emotions, mas oTed for the
crucnxion And that part of our people & WHICH zen
more enlightened than the second is nevertheless
content make prosperity in business or pts -
the attainment of that prosperity by any t means ms
not TOO grossly SH Sr @1' greatly from him
who washed his hands of the whole matter that was
the most momentous in the world 5 history
THINKS NONE WILL CHOOSE BARABBAS-
Which of these standards is yours? Whomn i+ie arc
Won Choosing for yCur hero? do you the luSolce l
to think that of you VIII ehoose eet makes
Every consideration of habit ana inIeSi5,n1 an
against that choice You come of lawaDfog f ,snv 1I
cesors and they by Their 6 go9q the danger Of
making an outlaw your object OF Worsnlp 1Soi
ro9p 0eete that moi Follows after Caapha You have seen
many sides of life and nave uI@w s nrntected in
large measure against the danger of fanatcai o
yoton TO some one paSSrolt e % danger that without
knowing it you viii enroll yourselves % among me The
air is fun of influences which lead you IN tnat oil
reetion without your knoWIedse Me so,rontv has been
shocked by the revelations of Immoral methods IN
men who had enjoyed the respect of the com
munty. We have asked ourselves over obIa aro 1Ner
high minded and seIf-respectng TO all outward ap
without protest But If any of us will look at his
own present and prospective temptat0ns ION , dme an m
our example of professional success the man VINO VINO
reputation with the world We tend 20 Pu9 LOT 9 e ne
and office and reputation in the foTegEouns1 ana 20 70
office or reputation as an unimportant incident 9
When things once geI tO 'nS ] SaPe Pecon1es m U nos
are called upon to face the greater the ruin that
In the quadrangle of Leland Stanford University
there was a magnificent memorial arch. that stood
as a monument to its builder no less than to its
designer. he had StrlVen lot erect anu ne
it one day there came an earthquake that shook
the foundations; and it found that they We're
this man built worse than others; but the very
oftness Of the memorial that he had raised served
is no reason to beheXe that P9ntus Plate was
but it fell his lot have his work really tried
| before the day of judgment. in the sight Of men
as well Of God.
STAND FOR THE DOING OF THINGS.
Stand for the doing Of things: by all means stand
for the doing of great things If possible But
let the greatness of the thing get far into the
exists And above all things let the honest intent
1 seTe e T6 ar tnr To 3 for vorsef n s
| for this that Jesus stands. He cared much for
who were doing the worlds work. in His own time
and ever afterward He was practical man who
ther-to such an extent that this made
narrower harrow 70 than His But When His hearts purpose
demanded the sacrifice of His life and the imper-
ment of all appearance of tangible success. he
hesitated not a moment.
means by faith. 1t is not belief in formula; it is
an abstract idea Of the way in which the uni
mans e; srone enough to enable him to get
things done @ but It, broad enough & and he % b
range Of vision wider than the territory which he
ing with the range of his achievement This Is the
belief on the Lord Jesus Chris: that saves men
AS we look back on the pages of history. the men
whose figures rise large and inspiring are not those
empires, but those who. amid the hostility of the
them. have strongest stood for principle. The bat
ties and the fortunes of a MariborOugh-nay. the
constancv Of purpose of William of Orange. In the
great drama Of slavery and secession we draw
guments Of the orators nor the brilliant strategy
two great heavy hearted men on opposite sides
unlike in all else but alike in unselsh devotion TO
What man Of you, when the choice is placed
squarely before him would not prefer the immG-
Who would not choose to bear the burdens OF