The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-11

advantage Jesus had offered her
Dog he had called her; then dog she
would be; only she must have dogs
place and privilege" That the SEEM
ing sternness of the Master toward the
suppliant was meant less for her than
for the disciples benefit, is shown by
his admiring words, 20 woman, great
is thy faith"
The World Movement.
The disciples had been thinking in
terms of Jewry. Jesus thought in
terms of the world. Only dinly, after
nineteen centuries, are We beginning
to glimpse the imperial conception of
Christ.
For the love of God is broader, than
the measure of mans mind.
And the heart of the eternal is most
wonderfully kind
In his notable Berlin address a few
days ago. upon 1.-The world movement"
Mr. Roosevelt we'll said, browning or
hopeful, every man of leadership in
any line of thought or effort must now
look beyond the limits of his own
country" Continuing, he remarked
THE play of new forces is as evident
in the moral and spiritual world as in
the world of the mind and body.
Again, Moreover, the things of the
spirit are ever more important than
the things of the body. =. There
has never been greater need of high
and fine religious spirit than at the
present time"
OF course all this expanding concep-
ton of world citizenship has been
commonplace of the modern pulpit
and missionary platform 1t is good to
hear it from the lips of statesman
on a university rostrum. For this
world movement spells brotherhood.
learned at the feet of the gentle Teach
er who led his own band of followers
in thought beyond the borders of their
native land.
The Berlin Mob's Cry.
1t does look as if Jesus of Nazareth
is coming to his own. His name
wear. Nest great names grow dim
with the passing of time. When
monument was unveiled in Washing
ton recently to the Polish soldier
friend of America, Pulaski, the news
papers had to explain who Pulaski was
and why he was worthy of monu-
ment Mankind has short memories.
The world is covered with neglected
graves. Overgrown cemeteries are one
of the commonest of sights every
mounds are allowed to fall into disre-
pair. At Banares the neglected me-
MORALS of forgotten kings are fairly
tumbling into the Gauges.
Time, which obscures other names,
only reveals that of Jesus in increas
ing brightness His glory grows more
luminous with the centuries. Such
episodes as that which occurred in
Berlin last February reveal the hold
which Christ has upon the hearts of
the common people. A university pro-
fessor had pronounced the theory that
Jesus never had lived as a historical
parsonage. Soon the street signs bios
somed with the slogan, Jesus lives"
On Sunday, February 20, meeting
was called for noon in the Circus, to
nrotest AGAINST this attack upon our
Lord. Before II o'clock seven thou
sand persons had crowded into the
building. Outside twelve thousand
struggled for admittance. Then they
turned in procession toward the great
Protestant cathedral singing Luther
hymn. "a mighty fortress is our GOD,
aid 'I know whom I have believed.
That was the best answer to the
mad scholar. Jesus once lived; be-
cause he still lives. as dearest Lord
and Savior in the hearts of countless
hosts of plain people who have learned
to know him.