The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-27
BY WILLIAM t. ELLIS.

- EIIGION should always be
AN interpreted in the present
tense. Its latest expressions
NJ should supplement its histor-
AN ical records. Thus the Fri
umphal Entry of Jesus into
Jerusalem, which the Sunday schools
study today, needs to be recalieo N
connection with the triumph when ne
is achieving today. J..
mind. There is the procession to Ober-
ammergau this summer. from every
direction, and remotest distances, traV-
eIers have been vending their way 70
the little Bavarian village which once
a decade celebrates the Passion OF
Christ. Many of the travellers go by
cheapest routes, and at the cost OF
much economy; others, by the nun
dreds, travel in their private automo-
hiles. Thousands of Americans have
gone to Europe expressly for the PAS
sion play. More than hundred thou
sand persons will have gone to
Oberammergau ere the season crosses
Why?' To see a theatrical play? NO.
Better acting can be witnessed, In any
great city. The attraction is the
theme: it is the representation or the
supreme experience of humanltys Ike
deemer that attracts rich and poor,
ignorant and learned. All this host
celebrate the kingship or CHRIST.
Thirty thousand Jews died at Jerusa-
lem a few years after the cruclhNon,
but nobody celebrates InlS. Ioudy the
death of Christ is the most widely and
seriously commemorated event IN all
history: the whole world is lining the
highway of time to honor his triumph.
when the Ends of Earth Meet.
Another triumphal procession of re-
cent weeks, to be considered along
side of the Entry into Jerusalem, was
the Worlds Missionary Conference at
ITdinburg. The Hero of 1t all perhaps
viewed this later demonstration with
more satisfaction than he did the huz-
zahs of the volatile Jerusalem crowd.
To Edinburg's royal hill-hencetorth
to have a greater place In history pc
cause of this assembly than any or
the Scottish kings or heroes have CIV
en- it-journeyed Christian leaders
from the remotest corners OF the earth
The earth's great were there-lords
and earls and baronets and generals
and statesmen and kings of commerce
and authors and archbishops and plsn-
OBS and doctors Of divinity and ex-
plorers and adventures and MISSION
aries-to do such honor TO the Loro
Jesus Christ as, in human estimation,
he had never received before. The
proud uniceristy of Scotland's capital
conferred honorary degrees upon few
of the representative delegates from
Asia Europe and America. The gath
erine was the most cosmopolitan that
ever assembled for any purpose
All this was not to witness the coro-
nation of an earthly sovereign, or TO
further schemes of personal gain or
to avow allegiance to any great politl-
cal principle, but only to do honor To
the Redeemer and to consider the
prosecution of his work. Some croWds
are counted and some are weighed
this one was to be. weighed. The Jeru-
salem multitude that exultingly crieo
s'Hosannai" was soon to howl &c
throaty hate, Cruelty Him! Cruelty
HIM" With calm and measured pur-
pose the Edinburg host sang, "CroWr
Him with many crowns"
The Accepted ovation.
There is a mock humility which is
glib in seIf-depreciation; it is the
bride which apes humility" Not sc
Jesus. He accepted the ovation of the
multitude as his right. He knew his
own kingliness. knew it far better thar
the noisy crowd by the wayside. They
were carried away by popular tide
of wonder, admiration TOT ms VOTES Tx,
and enthusiasm over a hero The
deeper significance of the demonstra
ton in which they shared they did no
understand: but he did.
1t must have been a comfort to the
sore heart of Jesus to hear the voice
of public acclaim. Even though 1t die
not go very far, it meant to him thu
fulfillment of prophecy. and a fore
CLEAN of the greater triumphs which
the Father was to give the Son. An.
sense of a realization Of spiritua
truths. however superficial, was pre-
cious in his sight And the honor o
the Son is dear to the Father: what
ever exalts the name of Jesus is we'll
pleasing in the sight of God. Some
times men sneer at the great Chris
tan Endeavor and Epworth Leagu
and Sunday school conventions, as eff
fervescent things: let 1t not be for
gotten that they are a public honorin