The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-11-25

I(SHARGED WITH BLASPHEhH BECAUSE
IW-RE SAID IAN The SON or GOD
as Joseph forgave his brethren. 30
will this great antitypical Joseph OF
the throne Of earth freely forgive those
who caused his crucifxiOn.
Politics and SeIfishness 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 10y irreliglon-
lists for their political influence; thus
the chief-priests. at the first advent OK
orr Lord. was Sadducee. who wholly
disbelieved in the promises Of God to
Israel. including a disbelief Ia the res
direction of the doad Similarly today
there are hlgh-priests. both amongst
Jews and Christians. who oisbelieVe'
and yet hold higu positions. Amongst
Christians there are - -. VINO are
unbelievers and many Of the most no
fable rabbis amongst the Jews also de-
clare themselves thorough unbelieyers.
We are not claiming that such unDe-
Ueving Christians and Jewish minis
ters would lightly espouse and support
an unjust procedure against 40 inno-
cent man. We do not know about TINS
u has yet 10 be tested. perhaps. we
DO know. however. that when 1alth
i'm a Divine Revelation aud IN Divine
sunorvision Of human affairs is lost the
natural effect is that the losers OF ihe
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 It. that the lead
ers of Judaism mt the time Of our Lord
were Higher Critical unbelievers (Sad-
duceesi. we can readily see that their
policy was TO curry favor with the
Roman Emperor and to seek TO hold
the common people IN subsection TO
themselves To these. then. 1t must
have seemed almost a calamity that
moor man. although Of noble BIRTH OF
the family of David and the Tribe OF
Judah. should gather about him
handful Of nondescript fishermen, tax
catherers. ETC.: that he should pro-
nounce himself a king and declare the
setting up Of his Kingdom to be near
and that by the exercise Of some SUI
pernatural power for the healing OF
their diseases he should attract the
common people" to his standard but
not the learned. We can well imagine
their reasoning that. If this thing. the
popularity Of Jesus. continued TO In
crease. il would shortly reach the ears
Of the Roman Emperor and then all
their claims for imperial favors would
be discounted and they would be rated
as a nation Of rebels.
The riding Of Jesus into jerusalem
Just before the Passover, on an ass
after the manner Of the kings OF Is
rael and surrounded by a multitude
shouting. "Hosanna TO the Son OF Da-
vid who cometh in the name OF the
Lord" capped the climax, so to speak,
and convinced these unbelieving jews
politicians. occupying religious Offices
that II would be far better that one
innocent man should die than that the
whole nation should be turned into fur
mou and wrecked by the Romans in
consequence How many American
preachers. Judges. officials. etc. would
In this enlightened day De inclined sim
fairly TO decide such a matter. And
Is not this the policy which always pre-
walls in monarchies? Fancy such
commotion in the capital Of Germany
italy. France. Austria. Russia. Great
britain. the United States. Fancy
that after surh parade. mimic though
II might appear. the adored one should
90 TO the temple and execute a long
neglected law and. 10 thus exercising
his RELIGIOUS rights. suppose that he
should drive out the money-changers
and merchants from the outer pre-
cincts Of their chief religious Cattle
dral, What would be done TO such
person todayg DO we not know that
in the most civilized lands be would
be arrested and imprisoned. and In the
more savage lands be would be beat