The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-27
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of the Son of God: repetition with
improvements) of the Triumphal En-
try. He who accepted, aye, and ex-
pected and planned for, the victorious
procession into the city of David could
not be Indifferent to, say, the 1mpos-
ing march of men in the Adult Bible
Glass parade in the city of Washington |
few weeks ago, or the great process
sions of the Holy Name Society.
Measuring the Applause.
Pitiable indeed is the plight of the |
man or woman who works for the
public as lecturer, actor. singer or
politician, who gets his reward from
the volume of the applause of the
crowds. OF all the vain ambitions,
probably this one which measures sue
cess by the plaudits of men, Is the
vainest To have no higher or more
sustaining motive than this is to be
doomed to sure disappointment. 1t is
noticeable that while Jesus accepted
the reclamation of the multitude ne
yet kept his own reserve and polse- |
His life was lived for 1.-The Father who |
seeth in secret" When the hosannas
failed, he could still go forward stead
lily to his purpose. The approval OF
| God meant more to him than the ap- |
plause of men, So it must ever be |
with all who would work successfully.
The tickle public has woven thorn
| crowns for most of the heroes upon
whom it had bestowed the laurel 4!
wreaths.
The whole city was excited by the
| arrival of Jesus. He designed TINS. |
| Never losing sight of the merely sec
ondary Importance or popular ae tnolo
strations, it is to be recalled that these
have their place in the education and
| evangelization of the public. Iuper-
| culosis congresses, antl-oplun anu
| anti-saloon and anti-gambllng demon
| STATIONS Gall of which, by the way, are
| incidentally part of the contemporane-
| Gus triumphal entry of Jesus) nave
real part in bringing to pass the oe-
sired end. City evangelistic campaigns
have this to commend them. They set
| the people to talking and inqulrlng
| srWho is this?" The church has mucn
70 learn concerning the business OF
arousing the world at home TO the APP
proach of Jesus Christ There is
scarcely a great commercial firm or
| sporting project or amusement enter
prise or political party which cannon
teach the church how to do tna n; wh nc
| is really one of her primary tasks: the
advertising of her object.
Another Entry.
| We have a record of how Jesus en-
| tered Jerusalem: not so easy 10 write
is the story of how Jesus enters nu-
man heart That is one of the myster-
| les of religion. Somehow, sometime,
in a manner and an hour unexpected
and unforeseen, the mighty divine ll1e
of Jesus enters into the life or nu,
man being. Then and there is enacted
the great transaction. All the uni
| verse is made new. Purposes are
transformed. Ideals are made new.
Existence takes on deeper, hlgher,
broader meaning. What an hour It
was for the world when Christ entered
as concueror into the heart OF st. Paul
and st. Augustine and st. Patrick and
st. Columbia and Martln Lutner anu
| William Carey!
/, The little children hailed Christ as
, hero. and he loved it. When the emf
, nent gentlemen who determined the
religious code of the time and place
: objected Jesus spoke them to Scorn.
He cares for the praises of the little
, ones. Every wise Christian parent and
= teacher will seek opportunities to let
children share in doing honor to the
, name of Jesus. st. Louis man took
his SON to a great convention of lay
men because he wanted the boys IDEAS
| of bigness and manliness and great
ness to be associated with religion:
"Children's Day" and Rally Day ana
special occasion for children in con-
; nection with religion have their war
/ rant in welcome hosannas of the chill
dren in the temple, when they gave
ioy to the Savior who was about to
: A Conqueror's Scourge.
: Conquerors get their name from
conquests; and conquests mean STRIFE.
, Jesus was warrior. Inere Is ever
: emphasizing his passive virtues. = TO
I stress his own lowliness and his iden-
3 tity with the plain people. and his nom
military character, Jesus rode num-
4 BILE donkey, instead of fiery charger.
Yet he came from one series OF con-
l hicts and was facing others. 1mme-
= diately after the Triumphal Entry ne
was to cleanse the temple.
The world has not many paintings
| or statues of Jesus with whip In MS
hand: we do not like the attitude. Yet
: it was in a degree, characteristic. He
e came to cleanse as well as to save
His love for a pure church is typihed
bv his driving off the trafhckers from
g the temple. He cares for the purity OF
. Gods house and Gods people almost
n as much as he cares for the salvation
of a lost world. That is why he has
in every age called some men to be
reformers, to call the church back te
her first estate. Only pure church
can save a sinful world. And Christ's
CONQUEST is incomplete so long as MS
own friends are living contrary to his
plain teachings.