The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-11-09
Bv WILLIAM r. ELLIS.

By WILLIAM T. ELLIS.
4 The gums have been roaring on the
| Balkan peninsula for q few weeks past
Most persons In this western world ars
befuddled as TO the actual reason
| Fundamentally these guns are mak MAXIM
answer to the great question
| the present Sunday school lesson - IL
The Christian allies are thsnaeains, h ~
dread gunpowder tones, Thou AT ~" ts
| christ Thou. and not Mohammeu.
| The issue that has brought on th..
| iong-expected war Is at root the qur,',
ton OF the place OF Ch r or III.
SamelsaiTiyerf May Moslem continue
! to Cypress Christ'anL . ,uas-
\ vivid and near as this supreme uues
ton OF life Is made asng ps FOE for il thus
/ 20 be actualized. This - the 80.
which has been dividing human sociSy.
and creating wars and connIct 49,
since the gentle Galilean Psasann ~
the pleasant fields OF Palestine; Walk
ing close by-exery man ana ,nn mosi
and rising TO assert, itself at tne nvo.
unexpected moment, Is thls ques.,0 10
| of ouestions, which no man can an
swer for another and which no na .n
can escape for himseif--"whom say re
that / ann"
town meeting ts-ealled- 10 con-
si6er an Important and immedlate
issue, and then IL fritters It's opPoa
tunity away In irrelevant quest9nss
and discussions sn,hsr inns Wing ON the
surface OF this tragic conference az
Caesarea Phillippi. which We STUDY TO
day, are many subjects for discusslV,n.
| one of the character and mission OF
j Christ Was He the Messiah; the o''
! long prophesied and expectedE -
/ The lieutenants of Jesus reporssd :,
l their leader the common opinion oi
their day and world. He was reputeu
/ by one party. they said. to be the bap-
! list; another declared that he W.
Elijah come again; others con.shueHu,
I conceded Him an extraordinary place
This was the opinion OF the scnofnf
and OF the sophisticated men or tns
time. The worlds pest NV, wso o9hsr men:
and the most grudging OF verdicts ln
the centuries since grants Him Al ieas'
mot battered. but rather disheart-
| ened by this report. Jesus turned from
the wisdom OF the Wise to the simple
| faith OF His own friends Then ..
now, the eyes OF the heart had clearest
sohoaarIy smepticism. Therefore Peters
prompt reply rang boldly out, thriiline
| the heart OF the lonely Leader, who In
! this hour espeeiaily needed the .,, com
a Thou art the Christ with all hi.
faults. Peter had that spiritual faculty
| which discerns the fnwardness OF
truth His was siemsn a,.s. r,:o9 Chris,
standing at the CROSSROADS OF time
awaiting the Judgment of men upon
himself by which judgment men them
selves are to, b: .J ,ncss eus.,,..
| Lifting It's snow-crowned head 'n
grandeur 20 high that IL dominates the
entire region OF Palestine from ,Jeruss,
in its majesty and beauty. To the soil
tude and strength OF this mountain
Jesus had taken His friends Al It's
foot, In or near Caesarea Philiippl, ne
underwent this> experience which some
writers have called the passion OF the
north" Here He faced the question
OF what He had come Into the woria
for and how far the world recoGnizeo
life there come these experiences,
when the soul is searched to Its depth.
and the eternal WHY In fronted IN
all its solemnsty
pain. II II not the shock OF the bui.
let In the body. but the thought OF ~
that hurts the more. Jesus underwent
III. csiysry In u spirit oe wSss ,S hs
Crisis OF REORGANIZATION and OF real
iEod public appraisal meant TO Him We
cannot understand, We know that His
the deeps OF this hour flowed the sub
lime teaching OF self.renunciation--
here Christ lifted up the cross upon
which He was later 10 be lifted.
Frtend's Foolish Counsel
Nobody suffers alone. We are tied
together In the bundle OF life. for veal
or for woe. The sharpest thorn In the
Leaders crown OF sorrow was the
ciples. To prepare them for what lay
before them Jesus began TO teach
them, that the Son OF Man must suffer
many thing. and be rejected by the the
scribes and be killed and after three
DAYS rise again" without ngure OF
speech and with utmost directness and
ieetins- feFmata- te-AaFthly- aEewns,
that the world had for them nothing
better than crosses.
At this point the mistake which =
S Seins friends s%s sv was made BY f impul.Iys
Master the suffering which Jesus had
indicated OF course he was short
IL responsible for thousands OF sons and
tate unnt Tor iGfe's burdens. Parents
have spared. children hsrdship 70 the
softening OF their soul nbre. Peda-
gogy. philosophy and religion all unite
| In the admonition 10 parents 10 teach
/ their cfIttdrFu to endure hardness- Nc
gor sS q nsefInn.s 20" we cannot 20 @
cape the profound truth that ability
90 serve mankind in ioftiest ways
always costs tears and bloody sweat
| Something OF shock comes TO ne az
we find the gentle Master saying
sharply 20 the man whose confession
short time earlier had been awarded
the KEYS OF heaven. "Get thee behind
me Satan Whatever leads one aside
from bis truest destiny n OF the evil
one. One OF the worst Of ali mistake
IN life u 70 seek the easy way. The
temptation TO escape the burdens end
cares and hardships OF life by rhivking
-tctear duty n a. temptation from Satan
himself, even though n come IN the
ieNiRg selleltade Of parent or wife or
inearssf friend