The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-26
BY WILLIAM T. ELLIS

ST night I sat with a group
Of educated citizens OF IN :
Turkish empire IN one o.
the cities OF the Holy Lahu
NEl and talked with them CON
corning present conuIIIoIIS
in their country. It was staL ms 80; -
hear them cry passionately IQI jus N
-"Give US justice ana equaiIC --o,,a,.-1-
else will come" The form OF govern
rnent has changed in Turkey, put In ,
cr11eI oppression of the Christian sim
continues.
The night conference in an upper
room above a silent ancient city So
the mind TO recalling the IOHS = 90; o.
of outrages upon Jusuc .5,- 'ii@ historic
marred the course OF TINS So ~
land. But the foulest OF all the A.! t
carriages of Justice. not only IN the
land of Palestine, but also III an slIe
world. was that which the ouIUas
schools of today study-the trlal OF
TesTs of Nazareth. Human wicked
ness seems to have reached us Gu
max in the trial and death OF Jesus
He suffered unjustly-but tnereoy Ne
became the champion OF all VINO ne
prone beneath the blows OF UNJUST
power. His passion is TO-DAY the nope
of the weak and the Overborne-
Memorials That Remain.
r-,,-aI about Great Britain and Eu-
rona and YOU will see occasional yes
tees of the Roman occupation. Go
$50 Minor and Syria and there
will appear many remnants OF the
grandeur that was Rome but all are
minis ruins. ruins. In sharp contrast,
behold the memorials of this passive
Victim of Rome's supine injustice ana
Of bigotry's dauntless haIreG' 20
where YOU will upon the earth, save
into the densest darkness OF pagan
ism and of Islam, and there you VIII
find evidences of the present ana III
craasing potency of the Crucified.
History holds no more dramatic
evidence that the years OF God are
with truths cause. Rome IS dust ana
Jews are natiOnless wanderers Oh
the face of the earth since the su-
7,ran7a tragedy from which the moo
ern world dates its calendars 1heLe
Is hone and heartening for every III
treated servant of truth in this famlI-
lar view of eternal justice Inc cIles
Of all the outraged and prosecuted
and downtrodden ones OF earth lldN
4 sym pathetic hearing with him VINO
once stood scoffiug and splitting ana
shame before illegal tribunals. says
Lowell:
Though the cause of evil prosper,
vet tits truth alone is strong.
And. albeit she wander outcast now
I see around her throng
Troops of beautiful, tall angels to en-
shield her from all wrong
-
Incidents of the Event.
The stab that went deepest into
the heart of Jesus was not the sol
dier's spear but the perfidy OF Judas.
Alas, that friend may fall so far Jul
das not only led the temple police ana
the soldiers to this retreat amid the
gentle gray olive leaves, but he mol
Gated Him by a kiss-and as the
Greek shows, he kissed Him again and
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affection. The horrible picture IS
enough to make even base man GRID
up the loins of his loyalty, and re
solve. that come what may, he will
be true to his friends.
Then there was Peters attempted
improvement upon Gods program He
slashed about with his sword and
Topped off a servants ear, and he
might well have complicated the case
of his Master. There are many mod
ern methods that strive to better
Gods ways of doing things. Worldly
wisdom and twentieth century agrees
iveuess are poor substitutes for the
divine will.
Darling out of the darkness for an
instant, into the fire of those torches
and this immortal story, is a young
man clad only in a linen cloth, which
the captors OF Jesus seized when they
discerned his friendship for the pris-
oner, and he fled naked into the
John Mark himself. At least he
stands for the untabulated friends of
Jesus. In Nagasaki they keep a feast
which they call. The Discovery of
the Christians when a large num-
Der of secret disciples descendants of
the Christians in Japan whose faith
three hundred years of persecution
had failed to stamp out, appeared
when the day of religious liberty
- dawned. and confessed themselves
Christians. There are more friends
and disciples of Jesus in the world
than appear on the church rolls.
\ Justice for the DisHked.
The malignity which bounded Jesus
throughout his trials before Annas.
the Sanhedrin and PLATE, make the
judicial nature of the proceedings far
cical. He was tried by his foes They
were not big enough. or brave enough
to be fair to foe. Some persons are:
every civilized man pretends to be
or desires to be- said a religious lead
er recently concerning a man who
has made himself odious by his meth
DDS OF heresy hunting: He is the
squarest fighter know. have had
to oppose him many times and I
think he is narrow and intolerant
is able to be So"
This is a test Of character. II is
exceedingly difficult TO keen poise Of
mind toward rival. or a person who
has injured US, or whom. for anv res-
son whatsoever we dislike. That snir-
II OF Justice is essential to the true
disciple The suspicious, the fmuu1-
slVe, and the person of strong feel
ing, have a field for the exercise IF
ther Christian virtues in the keenfnp
or an open and a generous mind 70