The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-29


The Golden Text is. His Name Shall
Sc Called Wonderful. Counsellor, the
Mighty God, The Everlasting Father
The Prince Of Peace" lisa. 3; 6.
By WILLIAM T. ELLIS.
Men sometimes wonder why it is that
religion has such a grip upon the minds
of tie common people one reason lies
more than 100000 persons on the
American. continent. most OF them IN
the impressionable years OF youth, nave
been studying every week, with more
or less Ihoroughness, biography OF
Jesus-a book written with the aVoWed
purpose Cf showing that Jesus IS the
Christ. the very Son of God
There IS a wide field for q review
sunday lesson in the thought OF now
Jesus life has been extended through
his followers Christ made deposit OF
many people. The selfless OutpOur1nS
of Himself into other lives was ms
constant mif ion The story OF Ills ire
is a narrative Of how the LORD surrehz
dered Himself in service. sympathy ana
s-tf.rif1ce Eternal influence Of .enu-
ent upon Unremitting sef-deVotlon-
Trh.v i've lollgcAt who live in other lives
Because the world has been to school to
the biography of Jesus it re-
allies that the master word OF lie s
philosophy is not get" but give"
Facing Big Truths.
Keep your ears open to the talk you
OTeThear on every SlQe-On the ST. ECeSs
n the cars. amid the crowd. in the par
lor-and you will be surprised at Its
triviality and inanity- We seldom TAX
about great themes greatly 1t IS
question whether the common run OF
Us ever address ourselves seriously TO
the consideration of big truths
Jesus has done inconceivable service
for the race in that He has exalted its
thinking Indeed 1t is no small matter
that these Sunday school lessons have
brought such a multitude of persons
face to face with tremendous topics
The lessons Of this last quarter OF the
year deal with the great events Of the
closing days Of our Lords life on earth
a Farewell Feast.
To this day loyal Jews all over the
world celebrate with the rites prescrlp-
ed in the book of Exodus, the passing
over by the angel of the Lord, of the
Hebrew homes where he smOte the first
born of Egypt. Jesus, as a Jew, with
his disciples planned to celebrate this
feast t was a mOmentOus occasion for
the young "a bbi. because he knew that
1t was his last passover, that 1t was
be celebrated For he, the lamb slain
before the foundation Of the world, was
TO be the new Pascal offering.
The guide led the disciples to a large
upper room. furnished; and here, all IN
knowing the sacredness that would at
tach to the scene. the disciples made
ready the Jewish Passover feast. That
upper room has become one of the
lions than the ancient temple with it's
glories- 1t shares with Calvary and
Gethsemane the sanctity of the Masters
passion The large upper room is where
devout souls. throughout the ages since,
who would commune with Jesus as he
opened his heart have been won't to re-
sort in spirit As the Passover had been
in memory of great salvation, so the
Lords Supper was instituted in memory
OF greater.
This lesson 90 gives US a glimpse of |
the Lords passion. but shows US the
broken hearts of the Man Of Sorrows. Yet |
the record runs that when the supper |
was ended they sung a hymn That's |
Christ's way. and the way he teaches a !
disciple There is never any hour so bit |
ter that ne cannot sing a hymn. With |
shame and death before him, he can go /
bravely forth with a song of praise upon /
his lips This is what baffles the world 4
in Christianity. 1t was the riddle which 1
the Romans could not solve-Christian \
martyrs awaiting the death of the arena /
with songs of peace and rejoicing. He /
who would meet his trials in Christlil1e |
fashion must meet them not railing at /
his fate or in blind submission, but /
etrongfully and songfully- There is |
never an experience which cannot be /
faced, as Christ faced Calvary and /
Gethsemane. with a song of praise to |
Jehovah.
A Kings Trial.
Thus was instituted that memorial |
feast which Christians in every land and |
time have recognized the Lords Supper,
eaten in remembrance OF the King and |
Saviour who longed to be remembered |
by those whom he loved With song |
on his lips Jesus went out to meet the |
vengeance Of his enemies Betrayed |
arrested. insulted, he at last was
brought to trial before the Roman gov 4
ernor- There he stood teaching the
world its finest lessOn-that manhood /
and kingliness are dependent upon no
from no ordeal. that humanity is worth
saving at any cost and that God looks
upon US with the tender, compassionate
eye Of a Father In that scene of test
ing it was not Jesus who failed to meet
the test and who was found guilty by
the judgment of posterity, but poor.
weak. vote-seeking PLATE. who sacrificed
his manhood that he might remain gov