The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-01

I of the Lord. Peace in him and
glory in the highest. Hosanna in the
highest"
All this Jesus accepted a. his due.
thereby infuriating the Pharisees. He
had kinsly dignity. which took as
MS right, royal prerOgattves. ana a.
he looked about that crowd. he saw
| many familiar faces: there were the
sick he had healed; the blind to whom
he had given sight: leaping In the
yonder. shouting sturdily. was digni-
fled Jairus; Mary. with rapt face. fol-
lowed: hard by the Teacher. Lazarus
was an object of interest, second only
to the Lord himself.
Even the celestial choir must have
shared the enthusiasm Of that hour Of
exultation. when it was given to the
multitude to possess a flash OF spiritual
insight. It IL great thing to let our
best selves have q chance. They who
rail at the enthusiasm of Christian
Endeavor conventions and other reli-
gious gatherings have forgotten that
Jesus rebuked those who would have
silenced the tumult of the triumphal
entry.
eff Thou Hadst Known
When a great city repudiates or re-
fuses to accept man Of greatness. the
consequences are far beyond prognos-
tication. When Philadelphia well
coined poor Ben Franklin she ac-
ing interest on that hospitality. Jeru-
salem spurned Jesus. In rejecting him
the city missed all of her prophesied
highest distinction. He had come of
whom all her prophets had sung, and
Jerusalem knew 1t not. She was an
ecclesiastical center. and yet blind to
the spiritual visitation for which the
ages had waited! Alas for the COM
munities dominated by the little big
men. with petty ideas of thrift and
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see opportunity when it arrives. The
tragedy Of it pierced the compassion
ate heart Of Jesus.
He openly wept over the city Of his
love. crying. IF thou hadst known in
this day. even thou, the things which
belong unto thy peace! But now they
are hid from thine eyes. For the days
shall come upon thee when thine enc
mics shall cast up q bank about thee
and compass thee round. and keep
thee in on every side. and shall dash
thee to the ground and thy children
within thee: and they shall not leave
In thee one stone upon another; be-
cause thou knewest not the time of thy
visitation"
BY one of the great reversals of
history, Jerusalem is now a world
capital because Of the Christ whom 1t
rejected. The highest buildings in the
old city today are Christian churches
Her prosperity comes from Christian
pilgrims and Christian schools and
monasteries and many churches. Yon-
der on Mount Olivet. around the slope
of which this triumphal procession
Journeyed, there are great buildings
dedicated to the name of the Lowly
One who trod the hillside afoot. The
heights Of the Mount Of Olives are sur
mounted by two great church steeples,
visible from far beyond the Jordan
The triumphs Of Christ today are more
real and lasting than those Of the tu-
multuous day nineteen centuries ago,
when the air was rent with "Hosan-
mas" in his praise.
After tho Triumph.
The watchful eye of the Patient
Figure. riding in the midst Of the up
roar. saw the sinister faces of the
Pharisees looking on from the edge
of the crowd. He heard their NUT
terings and knew that their patient
plotting would be rewarded after the
clamor of the crowd had died down.
They were Withholding their hand only
because. as they said. 10, the world
has gone after him."
That statement is truer now than
then. The entire fabric Of the social
and political and economic thinking
OF our day Is impregnated with the
tdealism OF Jesus. His present tri-
umphs are greater than on that first
Palm Sunday. A world. which Is
vastly greater than the one known in
the Pharisees' day, has gone after
him.
We wonder. as we recall this scene,
whether when the procession first
turned the shoulder Of the Mount OF
Olives and came in sight of the city,
the eye OF the Leader did not instinc-
lively turn toward that hill, a short
distance from the northwest, which
was the place of public execution.
called Calvary" He was not de-
ceived. He knew what q week would
bring forth; yet this was his work and
he would do 1t; his cup, he would
drink it: his mission, he would fulfill
It. Jesus knew that he must die that
the unworthy multitude might live
Ride on! Ride on in majesty!
In lowly pomp. ride on to die;
y Christ. thy triumphs now begin
Ger captive death and conquered sin"
"Gentlemen Cnafraid.n
Terse comments for August 2.
Twelve Great Verses. VII. The Cour-
BY WILLIAM T. ELLIS.
THE fear Of the Lord il the begin
ming discourage. The first step in
learning how to be brave IL to have q
simple confidence in Jehovah. Trust
In God leads to trust in self. For II
our times are in his hand" II He
knoweth the way we take" then what
reason can ths A be for fear? II he
Is In command Of the situation, all must
be well: and we can afford to be brave
and unblinking. That Is why the god
Hest regiments have ever been the
bravest. Scottish Highland regiments
have untarnished records for heroism;
and Cromwell's 'Ironsides'' and their
courage are known to everybody,
When the fear Of pain and the fear
OF death have been banished,-and the
Chri2tian NAV h. -<doliS,nse1>d hath