The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-09

What the Church Folks ire Thinking
AbOuf and Doing. Religious NegUS
From Everywhere.
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON AND YOUNG PEOPLES ToPIc.

A daughters Need. A Mothers De
sire
The International Sunday school Les
son for June 3. has the GehSie
Woman's Faith Mark z4- ~.
The Golden Text is, Great IS my
Faith: be it unto Thee even as Thou
witt Matt. Is; Is
BY WILLIAM T. ELLIS.
HE enmity Of the Pharisese7
was the background OF all
the events of the last year
of the life Of Jesus. Re
lentless and versatile, tney
- Swallowed his footsteps. his
enemies were the most powerful ~ U, a.
Teyvry. and their number increased 70
the end The daring young fsdo ls
IRON, the north, who had not hesltalee
To sneak the truth about the nlsn all9 ny
mighty. as well as about the oupcast anu anu
the sfnrer. was now paying the price u
HE feueritv The PhariseeS hau us-
creed his death. PRIDE such dS e4LeiL9
could not brook the scorn ana ueeP
cutting satire Of this Teacher OF run
He had put them to shame DeIoIe AllS 5
Foi1ouers. he had held them uD TO tne
ridicule of the crowd, ne nad mace 'iie
world to see them as they We're
only his death could satisfy the ven
gearce of such malignant foes sui
me hour of Jesus had not yet come 10
77szf himself out of the way OF persecu-
zion for q time he journeyed up
through the northeastern part OF t5al-
flee to the borders of Foreign ldllu'
the Gentle country OF Pnoelllcla- " ~,
hitter to Jesus than the opposition OF
the Phsrisees. was the deseruon or
some Of his own disciples when tney
perceived that he was not TO estapiis N
q temporal kingdom, as they nau
drear,ed and desired. The two causes
~ ratirefnent the opposition 70 the
Pharisees and the desertion OF 1rlends
was Increased by a third-the need OF
the Master and his disciples Tor resi-
and seclusion Down near the laks'
- tl.~o74pl1o1lt CSaliiee the mulritudes
+hrrneedz him Whithersoever he Went
n was in vain that be sought place
az cooperation.
on the WINGS OF Fame
Up in the neighborhood Of Tyre ana
Sidon, perhaps in the mountain eoui.-
try lying between Salilee and Pnoenl-
ella where the wealthy Phoemc1ans
had their summer homes. Jesus S'>u3h-
retirement. ''but re could net he hifL
iris fame had preceded him. n Fun
bred messengers. from many MOVIES
had told in Tyre a. SldOn re story
of this new Jewish prophet who had
arisen in the norsh country. d@d OF me
wonders that he wrought Nc man Wac
IS living a great life, speaking q SreHr
truth doing 6reat work can pc 3llu-
den from the world. I)r. RttnuE II
Smith the famous author and auLnOr-
ff7 on Chinese sub cots, is spending his
life in an obscure Chinese village. DBL
his fame is worldwide. The very wings
of the morning seem to bear the news
of a really great man to all ears W nat
fame Isl, and how it comes TO pass. ana
Wherein true fame differs from manu-
featured notoriety, are not simple ques-
tons but the surest route TO fafne.
whether it be desired or not. is TO live
ones own life speak ones own mes
sage, do ones own work. follow ones
own CLEAN
Thus it was that W in the heather
country there were many needy ones
who wistfully expressed the hope that
some day this great Healer and Teach
er unirht come to them, or that they
might be able to go to him. The house
that can hold Jesus without the neigh
borhOod's knowing il has not yet been
built. Where the Spirit of the LORD
e, there the fruits of the Spirit appear.
There really is no such thing as Sc
cret discipleshiD. If che disciplesh
be true. the character of Christ is
bound to reveal itself; even as through
the later painting on the old cathedral
walls we discover the early portraits
of Christ.
All the sorrows that the walls Of
home shelterl How many griefs are
hidden from the world within the fam
fly circle Beneath the rough figure of
about the tragedies which sit grinly, as
unbidden guests at every freside. 1t
may be the sickness or the selhshness
or the SHINING or the unsatisfed ambi-
tons Of one member of the family, or
some other spiritual or physical blight
that interpOses a cloud between the sun
Of happiness and the home circle. Be
It what it may. its reality is the over
shadowing fact of life to loving hearts.