The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-02


49, he had large and atten-
tive audience. We quote one
| of his discourses in part as follows:
| All men who have any knowledge of
Jesus esteem him-Christians Gentiles
and Jews. All men, whatever their
religious convictions, are ready to ad-
NIT the passing personality of the
great Nazarene and his wonderful
words of life. 1t is as respects his
| Messiahship that they differ. How
ever, we submit that if he were not
the special servant of Jehovah. the
Son of God, as he claimed, sent into
! the world on special mission, then
he must of necessity have been either
His wonderful personality and words
of Justice and wisdom and love con-
tradict the thought that he was either
ignorant or a deceiver. Hence. the
only tenable ground is that ne was
deceived man or else that he was In
deed the Son of God who acted and
spoke and performed miracles under
Divine direction and power. We hold
that the evidences of his teaching
overwhelmingly corroborate the truth
of his claims But here we make a
distinction between the claims which
our Lord Jesus made for himself and
other claims which have been made
for him without his sanction and with
| out apostolic or other inspired cor
! roboration.
Let it not be supposed that we are
forgetting the length and breadth of
Jesus love for all humanity and a
special love for all of his disciples,
Yea. for all who loved righteousness
and sought, as he did. to do the Faith
| er's will In keeping with this was
his prayers for his disciples on the
night before his crucifixion, in connec-
| ton with which we read. Jesus hav-
ing loved his own, loved them unto
the end John xiii, -. And again his
| statement Greater love hath no man
than this. that a man lay down his lire
| for his friends (John XIV, 49,. And
again his statement, VINO is my motn,
er and who are my brethren? And
he stretched forth his hand to his dis
ciples and said, Behold my mother,
and my brethren! For whosoever shall
do the will of my Father which Is IN
Heaven, the same is my brother, ana
| sister. and mother" Matthew xiii,
! 4S-5O). These expressions give US q
| glimpse of the length and breadth OF
the love of Jesus. But for the present
| occasion let US consider these persons
| whom Jesus is said to have especial
| ly loved. .
'sJesus Beholding Him Loved Him.
The rich young nobleman who came
to the Lord said, Rabbi, what good
thing shall do that I may inherit the
him, Thou knowest the command
| ments and he said unto him
| Master, all these have I observed from
my youth. Then Jesus behold1ng MIN.
loved him Jesus lovingly admired
the Young man who was thus desirous
of being in full accord with the Heav-
enlv Fathers will. That young man
had very much of the Masters own
spirit He wanted to do right and he
desired to have the gift of God, eter-
nal life. He thought that he must
have merited this by his faithful atten-
ton to the Law. Yet he knew that he
had not attained to eternal life, thas
the death sentence, was still upon him
He sought counsel of the greatest
Rabbi. the greatest Teacher. Thai
Teacher loved so earnest a spirit and
proffered him advice on what he still
lacked of coming fully up to Gods re-
oIireneuts of those who will be grant
ed place in the Messianic Kingdom
which in stdue time" is to bless 1srae
and, through Israel, all the families OF
the earth.
In no uncertain terms the Master
gave the young man to see that while
he had been keeping, probably to the
best of his ability, the commandment.
of the decalogue, he had only imper
fectly discerned the meaning of tn
Divine requirement of love for hi
neighbor as for himself. The yount
: man was very rich And to fulfill thu
) requirements of the Law to love hi
; neighbor as himself would have mean
? not the boarding of wealth, nor neces
sarily the distribution of it all, blu
l the wise use of it in the interest of hi
: fellowmen. But to gain share in tn
t Kingdom would require even NOR
3 than this. He must take UP his eros
2 and become a follower of JeSus-walk
3 ing in the steps of full obedience t
: the Divine will. The price was to
5 much for the young man, and h