Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-03-18
WEEK OF OUR LORDS PASSION

that hour which he alone understood.
forecasting the fatal future which he
alone could see. he broke into a cry
in which was uttered all the pathos
OF his passion. IL was a cry whose
pathos the world can never forget.
and whose significance every gener-
alton must consider. II was not Cor
Jerusalem alone. That proud, bigOt-
ed and selfish Ncity was but the type
OF humanity. Here Is infinite, divine
yearning, And here Ia the hope OF
q final apprehension. Il Is not for
Jerusalem alone. It Is for the world.
which Tod so loved, that he gave his
only begotten son, thar whosoeyer
believed in aim should not perish but
have eternal life.
Jesus Is ever to us the revelation of
God. He shows US Gods attitude.
He unveils Gods purposes. He speaks
for the father. And never more won
derfuily than here.
It was not for himself, II was not
for mere religious interest apart
from the great human interest, Il
was for the men themselves, because
he loved them and because their
highest welfare was his supreme con-
Germ, that he sought to lead them
from their follies to his faith. It was
Infinite and divine yearning to bless
them. But they would not There
is the tragedy of human life In that
refusal, that deliberate human rejec-
ton Of divine grace. We see the
truth and beauty of the appeal OF
Jesus. And yet how little our day Is
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they know better than the master
what is good. He seems 10 show
them an impossible and impracticable
way OF blessing. They think happi-
ness is in selfishness. and they still
say, We will not ,have this man to
reign over Us. Jesus principles of
discipleship seem too high. We can
not follow the teachings Of HIS pos-
sible perfection. Jerusalem would
not, and Europe will not. and AmerI-
ca will not. The rejection Is repeat
ed over again.
There are some who really think,
like the Sadducees, that Jesus pro-
gram of life means the destruction OF
the social order Annas and Gala
phas led the assault upon our Lord
because his success meant, as they
supposed, the interference of the Ro-
man and the disruption Of the state.
Men tell US today that business would
have been abandoned IL Jesus prin-
ciples were enforced; national life
would be Impossible: society could
not exist; civilization would disap-
pear: Ihere would be no law, no
property, no incentive to labor, no
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long to the church. but they viii not
be disciples of Jesus. Sadly our
Lord looks at our wealthy, prosper
Gus life and says to US: How won
drously ! could transform IT.; With
what different spirit men could
work What brotherhood of brain
and hand there would be- How all
the hatred and oppression and COM
mercial ini1uity would vanish, IL
were leader! And there would be no
less wealth and progress, hut far
more. Oh America, America, how
often would have led your TO the
way of life-and We would not"
And more among us are like the
tickle people or Jerusalem, who will
not think and will not be earnest
Ii the religion that Jesus has can do
anything for us-give US bread and
butter-we will accept it. But his
ideals are far away; his fellowship
with God means nothing to US; we
have our interests and our pleasures.
And so the great world goes on its
way. It is. not rejecting Jesus, but
ii does not know him. It does hot
care. He is here as he was in Jeru-
salem with souLtransforming power,
opening the way to glorious life and
beauty. They do not know; they do
not care. 1t is not deliberate rejec-
ton of him, but it is deliberate re-
lection OF all the holier, higher calls
of life. And Jesus cannot save them
as he would
That love, infinite and yearning, OF
the heavenly Father, so wondrousIy
revealed in Jesus, has never ceased
No rejection has losS 1t to any soul
Jesus cry is not sentence of con-
demnation, but still call to repen-
lance. He did not leave Jerusalem to
its fate, but came back that he might
die for his people. And the last mes
sage of the risen Christ sends the
heralds of salvation to all the world,
beginning at Jerusalem. Guilty Jeru-
salem still offered mercy! And each
of US, however much We have reject
ed Jesus and his light and leadign,
are still offered his salvation to the
uttermOst today