The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-05

BY WILLIAM T. ELLIS.
T=7HREE great stories, a start
i'm N ling declaration and a divine
principle comprise TINS
weeks Sunday school les
son, as set forth in the SIX
- teen verses from Mat
thew's gospel. The stories are OF oeeos
that show the Great Teacher as the
Great Doer: his actions Vlndicatins
his utterances: the sermon on tne
They are deeds of healing, nguring
forth the divine principle OF the ms
sion of the Vicarious KedeeIiieI ~
ssHinlself took our infirnltles ana
hara o11r sicl,nesses." The PROPOSE
tion which startled the hearers OIL
Jesus even more than 1t surprises US
concerned the entrance OF the heao oile,l
into the kingdom ahead OF lHe ciiii
dren of the Promise -,
While the thought of more thah
two myriad millions OF people Is con-
centrated on this particular passase
in the book of books there is some
danger that the miracles OF meaning
will be interpreted to stress unduly the
Importance O. health That IS Ten
heinr apotheosized as the supreme
Good But it is not. The glory o.
humanity is that it can tnlnk srssas
thoughts and do great WORKS aesR az,
the hindrance of physical inflrmity:
No doubt we should rejoice to see thau
the world is coming to see that the oooy;
which is the spirits only TOOL Shoulu
he better cared for and not so shame-
en- ,,oisused That is wholesome
None the less, the health faddlst neeus
to be reminded occasionally that Sum
of the lowest races OF mahklIlu ne1E
been the healthiest; and that mere
1oo5i1,- Warfare is not 4 sufficient goal
of existence. Good health Is only d
means of a worthier end
The Modern Lepcr's Plight.
Every few weeks the newspapers
announce that certain eA-soloi 49, -
the United states is or Is not lepel.
He has been driven from pillar 10 pos
bv the doctors and the autnofltiets.
once he is pronounced tree OF tallt.,
Contaminated. Public interest IN the
mans case does not subsloe' because
the western world is possessed o. d
deep. uniformed horror OF the loa.n
some disease of leprosy. The meaning
of fhe Ieper by Jesus Appeals TO the
popular imagination
of lepers. in all stages OF the oreau
nalady. I can understand why TINS
should be popularity accepted as the
hest TYNE of sin. Well do recall the
blazing day when 1 visited the roper
asylum at Alahabad; ana one poS Sf
leaving him only stumps OF Wrlsts'
came up and pleaded for bed on
which to sleep. He had been lying on
the ground and the white ants haa
hitten him: ard he was unable to brush
them Off That same day saw beau-
tiful young Christian woman, VINO
was making the most OF her hielohs
exile bv teaching the other women
ana children. similarly, in Japan I
had seen, in Christian leper asylum
and there were no government asy-
lums, guarantees or regulations IN
Japan for lepers until two or three
wears ago "a teacher who was
snending what was left of his days
in trying to kindle the lamp of learn
49, 1a@nr cf- n
fellows.
The News From Molokai.
An enlargement of what Christian !
ity is doing today for Iepers in many |
parts of the East is as near as We can
come to duplicating the miracle of
leper, and sent him On his way re-
joicing. That joy is beyond our pow
er to appreciate.
The nearest approach to it in mod
the leper asylum on the Island of
Molokai, Hawaii. There the govern |
1nent physicians have been making an |
examination, and they reported that |
at least fifty of the exiles were I'M |
tainted, and entitled to their liberty /
The dispatches merely intimated the |
JOY of the friends and families, and
the excitement among the patients as 4
Vet unexamined; but it was reported |
that the men and women who had sud |
denly come npon freedom were fa1r-
" delirious with happiness. The pic
tIIre which the cables thus outlined,
like the one drawn in Matthews Cos
pei. merely typifies the far greater
jov of the person who has been sud
denly delivered from the thralldom
A Soldier Story.
Discouraging as the patient Teach
er often found people. he yet occas-
ionally had 4 heartening experience.
One such was the case of the Roman
1rfn nit = In l1lf
The mana model employer; quite
unlike an eminent educator known to
me, who recently turned a servant |
adrift without notice or SuccOr because
the doctor had said she had the be-
ginnings of an incurab1e disease-was
deeply and personally concerned for
his servants welfare. and sought sue
cor from the Saviour. Jesus promised
to go and heal him.
Then came the electric shock of a
great faith. The splendid soldier re-
piled. ST am lot worthy that shouldst
come under my roof. But speak the
word only and my servant shall be
healed. I know all about authority: |
I exercise it myself; and I know the
diers obey me; the unseen forces of the
world obey you. say the word and the
healing will be wrought
That episode overwhelmed Jesus. He
was always prepared for the worst, and,
10. here he found the best. HE mar
veled." The experience came to him
like a draugnt from a tonic spring.
He exclaimed, 'Lo, 1 have not found
so great faith. no, not in Israel" Then
he proceeded to make a startling dec
1aration, which the ears of his hear
ers were not fitted to comprehend.
When the Last Enter First
One of the paradoxical laws of the
kingdom as laid down by Jesus is that
the last shall be first Here he illus
trared rnis, In poetica' and dramatic
fashion. "Many shall come from the
East and the West, and shall sit
down with Abraham and Isaac and