The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-11-24
"BY THIS SIGN CONQUER,
son for November % is ..CI,riS,
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 15:21-4I. Lake
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son for November % is ..11,r;s,
Crucified."-Mark 15:2I-4i. Lake
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BY William r. Ellis.
When visitors enter the room
where the Declaration of Indenend- |
ence was signed, in P~hiladelnhia
they instinctively remove their hats |
They are in the presence of a great
and sacred transaction. The depths
Of reverence are touched. So when|
we approach this story Of the Cruci-
fxion we pause and bow orr loads
in awed meditation. This is the great.
est theme that mortal pen ever es-
sayed. Here is the apex of history.
Calvary is the crossroads of time.
At a common wooden, bloodstained
cross on a hill outside the wall Of
old Jerusalem, heaven touched earth.
Even the cherubim and the archan-
gels must veil their faces us they
contemplate Calvary.
There never was an hour in all the
bong course Of time when mankind
was reader to hearken to the story of
the Cross and its broken-hearted Vic
tim than now, when the spirit of the
world is crushed in sorrow. The
only symbol Of hope on the only
symbol Of hope on the earth's horizon
as the cross emblem.
In a sense not meant by Constan-
tine-the first Christian Roman en-
ptTOT, WHOSE maine Is borne by the
great city on the BoSphOruS which is
one Of the days war centres-the
cross bears the message of hope, by
this sign conquer" Only the cross
n its message can deliver the
world in this hour of woe. The world
has come 20 a new Golgotha; may it
not miss the meaning Of the cross
that stubborn human pride
and redeemS all of life.
When Book And Cross Clash.
The world war is a conflict be-
tween the empire of force and the
empire Of sacrifice and suffering.
Once again the battle is on between
the Roman idea Of Imperialism and
the Jerusalem message of atonement;
and who can doubt the issue?
For it was philosophy which caus-
ed this present war. the latest anC
most fashionable form OF worldly wis.
dom. We could name the philoso
oilers responsible, if that were wise
This sophistry made it's appeal tt
mans natural pride, his desire to bt
"hard-headed" n worldly wise
and "up-to-date" and scientific" Sc
the rule of might and pride and ag
grandizement and Selfishness cast it
alluring spell over tie minds Of mil
lions. 1t is easiest for human natur'
to accept the philosophy of self-inter
est. Left to himself. man has Away
g~ravitated that way. Therefore thi
prideful modern philosophy ma
plunged the world into a wicked
woeful, wasteful war beyond words.
over against the might Of super
armed selfishness, with it's spectacle
philosophers exultant in the back
ground, we put the cross, eterha
symbol of se~lfshness, sacrifice an
suffering. The cross will cOnque,
even as the seer perceived that Their
was a slain Lamb in the midst Q
the throne" Of heaven. Selfish phi
losophy lifted up to the worlds gaze
as of recent days, has filled men VIII
horror and repugnance; but from Ia
cross echoes the message. Il, II 1 o
lifted up, will draw all men unit
Me" The Christ idea of love al Ut
termost cost, the Calvary conceptlo
of man ~reconciled to man n l
God, will win over the w beal
ing and pride of life. AS it was |
the Greeks, the cross ideal seen
foolishness to many today; but it wi
emerge from this universal Slrli
triumphant. 1t is the broken heal
of Christ that breaks hearts OF pro
In deepest suffering, men pest uhue.
stand the Man OF Sorrows. freuellt
Lawrence Knowles has a fragme1
called "Golgotha:"
sour crosses are hewn from dlfere'
But we all must have our Ca
varies; J.;
We may climb the helght Irohi d ~
ferent side,
But we each go up to be crucl1lec,
AS we scale the steep, another ils
share
The Dreadful load that our shoulue
bear, .
But the costliest sorrow Is al y
For on the summit we oieeu dioie
When The Auto Was Wrecked.
Argument we can Withstand. y
love overwhelms US. That Is a ,Iu
in hic the cross is planleu.
not when seated at the head OF
the worlds teachers that Jesus WI
the allegiance of mankind. but "n
raised on the cross Of ultl1nale -
rifce and devotion. We cannon l.
get that the most p~hiiosopnica - ,
ganized expressions of Chrlsllan
go 80 most barren Of result