The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-23
BY WILLIAM n. ELLIS.

BY WILLIAM T. ELLIS.
TVERY life should get I'D IN
to a mountain at least once,
W The TRANSPORTATION expert
enee-that rare hour Wneh
love dawns. when a mission
unfolds, when GOD SHOWS
self-is the right of every spirit. II
lifts existence above the plane VI
dreary endurance: rewards Tor lapoIs
past and fortifies for trials to come;
NOT to have known the glow ana
thrill of inspiration of a great vision
is like having lived flat, pent-up me-
with no heights in 1t. And IL taxes
the mountain top view to give true
and adequate horizon. When Jesus
wanted his disciples to see his mission
in perspective, and In relationship 10
two worlds, he took them up TO Her-
meas top with him. that tney lisLl
share the TRANSPORTATION nour WIZ trsaa
the Father had prepared for the SON.
Jesus was TRANSPORTED. The very
texture of his being was irradicateu
with a heavenly light. he was VIZ
tied by Moses and Elijah, ana pr!sn.
cloud. out of which came again thaI
attesting voice, This is my beloveo
Son. in whom 1 am well pleased; near
We him. Then after all, he nad 70
20 down to the plain, where IRE Will IL
all its sad and ugly eyeryoayytn "a him
sin, suffering and shame, aWalleo HIM.
vvisa As the person who insists upon
rnountatn times Every day to rise 70
the altitude of a great DOCK a gFSatt
poem, q beautiful picture q MUS -
of Ynusic-that is to live aftef the pa
tern Of him who sought bravery TOT
Me ttmes anart. The soul steady men
have ever been those who knew tnS
secret of getting away from mankilo
at seasons, and above the roar anu ~
multi of the street. IL Is a. Hue -
stinct which calls the Chrlsllan VIZ Of
er OF to occasional gatherings q
leaders. Given a choice between. say,
a trip to the recent worlds SUNDAY
school convention in washington atiu
q new spring outfit, the wise pelsor
would choose the former. the new
cIothes would be quickly out or 1asn-
ION but the spectacle of that Worlo
convention and its messages WouIo pe
a Iife-Iong memory of preciousness'
There is a place for religious conNen
tons in our hurried modern IRE
Mountain top experiences are sell
Revealing. The TRANSPORTATION at
tested the true Christ. "Count your
highest moments your truest' salu
Phillips Brooks.
'rWhat we dream of. that we are.
For one transcendant moment
According to the vision, so must pc
the life. The hours of uplift estap-
lish a new plane of character anu ser
vice. The man who has written one
great
be content to relapse into med1ocrlly.
The hero is a marked man foreVeri
heroisn must be his rule OF conduct.
whoever has been apart with Chrlst
on the heights where heavens secreIs
are revealed and earth's needs mace
nIafn. must thereafter bear the speelal
responsibility of one who is TO nelp
the whole world to that knowledge
All the opportunities GOD gives are
eouiprnents Whereunto we nave al
hot mo
.'No Vision-PeopIe Perish"
What does the world need today
from the church-this weary, Vexeo'
burdened and perplexed word OF eV-
eryday life of which you and l are a
part Does it need more organizations,
better methods, a multiplication OF
professional religious workers9 Far
from it. Let it be said with utmost
clearness that while the church was
never so clever or up to date or SO well
organized as now. her real need Is Tor
vision. ''Where there is no vision the
Deople perish" We have smartness
and versatility and moderntty ana
adaptability-but have we that vital
vision which lifts up the soul. ana
makes man feel that he has been in
converse with the Most High? The
utter supremacy of truth, the reality
of God, the sanetity of love, the pro-
found sense of service owed to man
kind, the non essential nature or the
pursuits to which men are giving their
souls. in word. the voice from the
Ynount-these are what we need. rath-
er than any of the devices IN Whlcn
our age is so fertile,
The souls which have visions are
the worlds redeemers. The prime
qualification for human service. the
one Heall" that is indubitable--is this
tremendous sense of the reality OF the
things which are unseen. Let man
talk with Moses and Elijah and Je.
hoVah In the mount. and 1t will be OF
entirely subordinate interest whether
or net he has attended a theological
seminary. The chief value of such
meeting as last months Worlds Mis-
sionary Conference in Edinburg lies
not in its specific resolutions or utter
anees, but in the vision OF the on
march OF the RedeemeF which 1t has
given to the world.
Fellowship in Deep Things.
Because two persons have eaten Ice
cream together is no mark of inti-
Macy but that two persons M, nave veg gene ne
real Fellowship. In the things of the
soul we want little company, and that
of the most eengenial. Jesus, in this
spiritual crisis, took with him into the
mountain his three intimates, Peter
lanes and John. They were sleepy
heads and hlundereFs. but they were
his best friends, This great moment
on the mount may not rightly be un-
deFstoed unless we consider the sig
nifieanee Of the presence of the three
comrades of earth, as well as of the
two fererunners and types from heav=
en-, Despite all its limitations, human
communion Is a divinely ordained stay
in hours of testing.
1t was while he prayed that Jesus
was TRANSPORTED. The Man of prayer
entered most Of his great experiences
on his knees. To him PRAYER was the
supreme necessity. He could get along
without food, and without sleep. and
without rest, but he could not get
along without prayer. A hopeful
mood Of today is the deepening sense
Of the place of prayer in the Chris
tian's life, As we draw closer tC
God we get nearer to men: by tina