Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-02-20
irresistible conquest of large part

of the known world
If we feared God more, we would
fear dying less. There is no warrant /
in the words of Jesus Christ for pur-
chasing life at the price of loyalty
and truth.
Why the Korean Pastor Resigned
A man from Korea told me this
story a few days ago. as we were
talking of the so-called conspiracy
trial." of Korean Christians by the
Japanese. AS is well known, the
Japanese tortured the prisoners most
fiendishly, in order to get them to
confess that the charges of a Chris
tian conspiracy against the japanese
Government were true. Wild with
the agonies of torture, some of the
men said yes to anything they
were asked. The sentiment of civil
ization forced Japan to liberate one |
hundred and nineteen of the Chris
tian men against whom these pre-
posterous charges had been con-
cooted.
Among those freed, after more
than year in prison, was the pas
arrived home on Saturday. On Sun
day he resigned his pulpit. His ex-
PLANTATION was simple: "I lied. I
said that which was not so, and I am
therefore not fit to be a minister of
the Gospel" Friends demonstrated
that the untruth had been spoken in
the agony of uncomfortable torture.
He sturdily maintained his position.
81 could have died-though the trout
BILE was that they would not let me
really debut | need not have lied.
Jesus died for the truth. Paul would
not have lied. | thereby denied my
Lord, and 1 cannot stay In the pull
pit" And the resignation was ac-
cepted, a thrilling example to the
have been a more perfect illustration
of the Masters words in this very
lesson, about fearing not those who
can kill the body; and concerning
confession of His name before men?
The ringing lines of Charlotte Per-
kins Stetson can scarcely be quoted |
too often;
"a man must live" We justify
Low shift and trick to treason high.
But is it so? Pray tell me why
Life at such cost YOU have to buy?
In what religion were you told
"A man must live?"
"There are times when a man must
die
Imagine, for a battle cry
From soldiers, with n sword to hold
From soldiers, with the flag unroled-
The towards whine. this liars lie,
"A man must 1ive.'"
The Sparrow and the Saint
Some truths are so bed-rocked that |
they suffice for sage and children.
They outlast all philosophers. Like /
the love of a mother which can never
be out grown, they serve from in
fancy to the grave. They are always I
the truth for the time"
Such was the message of Jesus (
concerning the care of Cod "A
not five sparrows sold for two pence? /
and not one of them is forgotten in /
the sight OF God. But the very hairs
of your head are all numbered, Fear /
not: ye are of more value than many |
Sparrows" Gods power is only |
equalled by His love. His ajesty is |
matched by His fatherhood. His |
! loving kindness is made effective by
His almightiness. AS James c. Wal |
lace sings:
There is an Eye that never sleeps
Beneath the wing of night;
There is an Ear that never shuts
When sinks the beams of light.
There is an Arm that never tires
When human strength gives way; |
| There is Love that never fails
When earthly loves decay"
Inc SnpBr0ODaDlG SIN
In this compact talk to the throng-
ing crowds Jesus uttered a sentence |
which has troubled thousands Of SEN
sitive saints: Unto him that bias
phemeth against the Holy Spirit 1t |
shall not be forgiven" Probably
this point will Great more discussi, n |
in the Sunday School classes than all
the rest of the lesson. Have l COM
mitted the objectionable sin, cry
worried spirits?
Nobody who is worrying about it |
has committed the objectionable sin. |
The very spiritual solicitude itself is
proof of life. The spiritually dead, |
who give no reaction to the concerns
of the soul-they are the ones who
should be afrrighted, IL 1t were possi-
BILE to interest them at all.
Over in Japan 1 noticed, especially |
at the hot sulphur springs of Kusat-
su, that the lepers were marked with
polka dots, blackened by the sulphur
Faces and legs and arms all showed |
these strange marks. Inquiry re-
vealed that the doomed ones had
burnt themselves with the moksa
plant, in an effort to secure sensa-
ton. 1t was the deadness Of their |
flesh that they dreaded. Any sign of
life, even pain, would be welcome.
So it is with the spiritually dead. |
They have lost their feel of life. No
concern about their present or future
state affects them. They are almost
dead in soul, even as the lepers grad
ually become dead in body. To be
alert to the state of ones spirit is the |
first sign of the presence of Gods
Spirit in the heart
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