The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-05

pray for another DR.. Luke to lead
hef out into this field of opportunity.
Ahere Is no college education that
| can equal close association with a
| great man. Luke was a graduate of
Such school, for it was permitted to
MN TO be companion of the Apostle
Faul- A practical life-lesson from
| Luke's career is the wisdom of get
ing as close as possible-not for pur-
poses of boasting, but of discipleship
to the greatest personalities within
| ones ken. And it is to be remem-
| bered that not all the great men are
| famous.
The Gospel of ST. Luke is the Cos
pei OF the world, greeting ''all nations.
and kindreds, and peoples, and
| tongues with it's peace on EARTH
| st. Matthew traces the genealogy of
! Christ back to Abraham; ST. Luke
goes farther back, to the fountain
| head, where all the diverging streams
meet and mingle, as he traces the de-
scent of Adam, the Son of God. Mat
| thew shows US the wise men," lost
IN Jerusalem and inquiring, Where
| is He that is born King of the Jews?'
But st. Luke gives, instead, the good
tidings" to "all people; and then he
repeats the angel song, which is the
keynote of the Gospel, "Glory to God
IN the highest, good will
po"dfo men IL IS st. Luke only
who records the first discourse at
Nazareth, showing how in ancient
times, even, the mercy OF God flowed
out toward a Gentle widow and a
Gentle leper. st. Luke alone men
tions the mission of the Seventy,
OF a worldwide Gospel, seventy be-
ing the recognized symbol of the Gen.
tile world, as twelve stood for the
Hebrew people. St Luke alone gives
US the virtues of the Good Samaritan,
showing that all the virtues did not
reside in Israel, but that there was
more humanity, and so more divin-
ity in the compassionate Samaritan
than in their priest and Levite. ST.
Luke alone records the call of Fac
chaeus, the Gentle publican, telling
how Jesus Cancelled their laws of he
redity, passing him up among the
sons of Abraham. ST. Luke alone
gives us the twin parallels Of the lost
coin and the lost man, showing how
Jesus had come to seek and to save
that which was lost, which was hui
mainly, here. and there, and every
where. And SO there breathes all
through this gospel a catholic spirit
whose rhythm and deep meaning have
been caught in the lines:
There's a Wilderness in Gods mercy
Like the Wilderness of the sea-
Rev. Henry Burton, NJ. A.
Inc power TO observe must precede
the power to write. The difference
between good writers and poor ones
is he difference between eyes and no
eyes. Luke had all of the trained ply
sician's power of observation; he
caught the little significant details
in the Gospel story as it was told him
by eye-witnesses. That is why his
biography is the best "story" of the
four. One practical lesson from this
book il the importance of learning
how to observe closely to think clear
1y and to write accurately.
The great achievement of Luke, in
his Gospel and in the Acts, is his max
ing clear the personality of the liv-
ing Christ, and the reality and sig
nificance of his continued work. He
was Luke the reyealer. OF him it
could be said-as should be possible
of every Christian-that he made
Jesus Christ real to all whose lives
he touched.
The life lessons that may be drawn
from the Gospel Of Luke are prac-
tically the lessons that are taught by
the life and words of Jesus. Luke was
merely a faithful transmitter of these.
His book is but a reading glass
through which the Lord may be seen
more distinctly.