The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-15

iDrSGhS the ndrQeSt hearts. 1t has peer
mightier than all philosophy to over
leone the world.
The cross is full of meanings. The
first of these is atonement, which is
the at-onement of God and man. There
reconciliation. They who were afore-
time alienated come together. The sir
that separated has been borne away by
that Crucifed. There is now a straight
path to the heart of God for every wan
dering child who would come back. The
cross is more than the meeting place
OF history; it is the meeting place OF
a Just Jehovah and a sinful humanity.
The highest point in the world is not
some mountain peak, but the crest OF
Calvary, for there earth comes highest
to heaven.
| LIES heaviest burdens are not those
which are upon us from without, but
| those that are within us. Pilgrim S
pack represented the heavy heart. 1t
| is the weighted and weary spirit to
which Christ gives liberty. Come unto
me all We that labor and are heavy
laden, and I will give you rest cried
he. There is peace OF heart only at
the cross.
| A new symbolism has been given to
the world by the crucifixion. The cross
| is the emblem of mercy. borne above
| the fields of battle carnage. 1t Is the
favorite ornament of rich and poor. 1t
crowns the church steeples, as an up
lifted sign of spiritual succor and Of
divine forgiveness. Powerful fraternal
organizations are proud to display 1t as
their banner, labeled "In hoe signo
vinces." Now this was not always So
Paul was using no vague phrase when
For in his day, as in Christ's, the cross
was as offensive as the gallows is today.
1t stood for shame and the most ig-
r. ominious death. By express provision
of law a criminal who was a Roman
citizen could not be put to death in
this degraded fashion. The extremity
of the humiliation of Jesus may be
more clearly understood in the light OF
this fact.
A British diplomat in China, a Uni
tartan, nearly a hundred years ago,
wrote poem expressing his own deep
est sentiments. He had no knowledge
that the poem was being used as
hymn until, ten years later, he heard
it sung by a company of American mis-
sionaries in Turkey. That hymn is the
immortal I'm the Cross of Christ I
Glory" Like Ray Palmer's MY Faith
loi the few that are enshrined in the
hearts of Christians everywhere.
There is a green hill far away,
without city wall,
Where the dear Lord was crucif1ed,
Who died to save US all.
, We may not know, we cannot tell
What pains he had to bear;
But we believe it was for US
He hung and suffered there.
He died that we might be forgiven,
He died to make US good,
That we might go at last to heaven
Saved by his precious blood.
There was no other good enough
To pay the price of sin;
He only could unlock the gate
OF heaven and let us in.
Oh, dearly, dearly, has he loved,
And we must love him too,
And trust in his redeerning blood,
And try his works to do.
For there's green hill far away,
Without a city wall,
Where the dear Lord was crucified,
Who died to save us all.
Francis Pott
All who glory in the cross of saliva
ton should glorify the cross by SER
vice.
The sacrifice of the cross is linked to
self-surrender. Jesus voiced the two
ideals when ne explained his mission to
his disciples by saying, THE Son of
man is come not to be ninistered unto,
but to minister, and to give his life
ransom for many