The Big Sandy news., 1910-11-25

as Joseph forgave his brethren, so
will this great antitypical Joseph of
the throne Of earth freely forgive those
who caused his cruCidxion.
Politics and Selfishness as Religion
The Jews are not so different from
other people now. nor were they then.
History indicates that some Of their
highest offices were held by irreligion-
lists for their political influence; thus
the chief-priests, at the first advent OF
our Lord, was Sadducee, who wholly
disbelieved In the promises OF God to
| Israel, including n disbelief in the res
direction Of the dead, Similarly today
there are high-priests, both amongst
Jews and Christians. who disbelieve'
and yet hold high positions. Amongst
! Christians there are d. DIS who Gre
unbelievers and many of the most no
table rabbls amongst the Jews also de-
clare themselves thorough unbelievers.
We are not claiming that such unbe-
lieying Christians and Jewish minis
ters would lightly espouse and support
an unjust procedure against an inno-
cent man. We do not know about this
II has yet to be tested, perhaps We
do know. however, that when faith
IN n Divine Revelation and in a Divine
superyision Of human affairs is lost the
natural effect Is that the losers OF the
faith become more and more policy
men and consider policy the extreme
Of human wisdom, particularly in the
guidance Of affairs Of Church ana
State,
Taking history for 1t, that the lead,
ers of Judaism at the time OF our Lord
we're Higher Critical unbellevers Csad
ducees). we can readily see thar thelI
policy was to curry favor with the
Roman Emperor and to seek to holc
the common people in subjecton Il
{ themselves, To these, then, 1t mus
= have seemed almost a calamity that
+ Door man, although of noble birth, o.
the family of David and the Tribe o
Judah, should gather about him
handful of nondescript fsheTmen, tax
gatherefs, etc, that he should pro
nounce himself king and declare th
setting up Of his Kingdom to be neal
and that by the exercise OF some 81
pernatural power for the healing q
their diseases he should attract IN
common people" to his standard. bu
not the learned We can well imagin
their reasoning that. If this thing, th
popularity Of Jesus, continued to IL
| crease, 1t would shortly reach the eal
4 Of the Roman Emperor and then n
d their claims for imperial fayOrs wou
y be discounted and they would be rate
j as a nation of rebels.
i The riding Of Jesus into JerusalsT
4 Just before the Passover, on an as
N after the manner of the kings Of
u rael and surrounded by multituC
n shouting, "HOsanna to the Son Of ID
q vid who cometh in the name OF q
y Lord" capped the climax, so to spea
| ana COUNlIlfPu lleAe uuDtllNNlhS JS"
p. poiitic.aIs upying religious Office
) that Il UUu be far better that o
or innocent T., u should die than that t
,ho whole nation should be turned into Il
~, MOL and wrecked by the Romans
~. consequence. How many Americ
Nv, s preachers. judges, officials, etc. wor
"" in this enlightened day be inclined 81
co. ilarly to decide such matterr A
pis is not this the policy which always p
tne walls in monarchies? Fancy such
'ne commotion In the capital Of German
ns' Italy, France, Austria, Russia, CIR
ing Britain, the United States Far
lah' that after such parade, mimic thou
.tne It might appear the adored one sho
10 go to the temple and execute 10
MS neglected law and. In thus exercis
ram his religious rights. suppose that
ION should drive out the money-chang
and and merchants from the outer I
With cincts Of their chief religious Cat
Thy drall What would he done to sucl
on person today7 Do we not know I
will in the most Civilized lands he wo
Ings be arrested and imprisoned, and in
Ter more SAVAGE lands he would bo bl