Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-17
JESUS HAD EYE FOR
EVERYDAY NEEDS
Christianity Builds Many Refugees
Along the Highroad Of
Life
HE HEARD THE BECCAR'S CRY
God Likes to Answer Persistent
Prayer and Answers
A MOVING PICTURE OF SALIVA
The International Sunday School les
son For July 10 Is "BIind Barti-
meaus'-Mark 10:46-52.
(By William T. Ellis)
HE HEARD THE BEGGAR'S CRY
A MOVING PICTURE OF SALIVA
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The International Sunday School Les
son For July 10 Is "BIind Barti-
meaus''-Mark 1O:46-52,
(By William T. Ellis)


An enterprising old fellow, who
thinks that the world is going to end
next October, is now giving a series
of free moving picture exhibitions
over the land, wherein he purports
TO show the whole scheme of things,
from chaos through creation and
calvary, clear up to the present time.
Aside from the fact that chaos
ana creation do not lend themselves
readily to the cinematograph, the
idea is in accordance with popular
taste People like to see things in
picture. They want truth told in
stories, They remember history in
terms of great men, and great men in
terms of specific incidents.
so we may take this familiar
story, which is assigned for to-day's
Sunday School lesson, as summing up
the whole mission and message of
Jesus-the scheme of salvation in
an episode. The characters are
Christ, the crowd and a blind beg
gar by the wayside down in old
Jericho, where death awaited him
| within the week. Jesus had the pro-
foundest concerns of eternity to en-
! gross His thought but He still had
an eye for the needs of every day
| people.
Theophists believed that everybody
has an AURA" an impalpable per-
sonality which it eXhales. They
even give this laura" colors. The
| truth which underlies this fantastic
conception is that everybody radiates
something of himself. A mans repu-
! tation is a real aura, extending his
personality far beyond what he
knows. Thus the good repute of
Jesus had gone farther than ever His
footsteps had wandered. Kings on
their thrones and beggars by the
wayside had heard of this good man,
who was wise teacher and a Won
derful healer. Even poor, lowly
Bartimaeus, whose accustomed beg
! gar station was on the main high
way of Jericho, had heard the Won
/ der tales of the works of Jesus
| The way mans reputation may
travel in all directions, and down
into the substratas of society,
should give him pause. Sometimes
; the truest appraisal of a mans char
acter may be had from those who see
! it from the under side. The Iowly
! person whom you pass day after day
has an estimate of you that would
! perhaps eXalt or shrivel your pride.
The good news which Jesus spoke
and lived, was carried on the wings
! of report in every possible direction.
Before the Day of Asylums
We have no parallel for Bar
| timaeus in our western life. The
blind beggar no longer sits by the
highway, or if he does, he is likely
as not to be wealthy. We have bet
ter means of caring for the needy
than trusting them to casual char
| ity. Every State has its. asylums for
the blind, as for other deficients.
Poor Bartimaeus lived before the
day of asylums. He had to fend for
himself. His waiting. whining plea
was his only means of extracting a
scant livelihood from a world which
had not become tinged, as is ours,
with the compassion of Christ. The
horrible misery of the beggars of the
| Orient, as they are fixed in my mem
ory, makes possible a mental pic
ture of this abject creature by the
wayside.
The only asylum of which Barti-
maeus could dream was Jesus Him
| self There was no other. It is
| Christianity that builds refugees for
human need. So the only hope of
this blind beggar was that some day
he might come into contact with the
compassionate Healer and Wonderful
| Worker.
The Faith That Sees Clearly
Churches and preachers are often
ignored nowadays by large sections
of the community but Jesus always
created a commotion. Wherever He
went He was talked about. Rumor
heralded His coming. Multitudes
thronged His path.
"'What means this eager, anxious
throng,
Which moves with busy haste
along
These wondrous gatherings day by
day?
What means this strange commo-
ton. pray?'
In accents hushed the throng reply,
Jesus of Nazareth passeth by "
A "scene" was created when Jesus
drew near the stand of this familiar
wayside beggar. The abject creature
was delirious with excitement. His
dreams and desires were coming true.
Before ever the Master had drawn
near him, his shrill. hysterical voice
was lifted high above the tumult:
Jesus, thou Son of David, have mercy
| on mel"
Again and again, with increasing
shrillness, his cry was reiterated. In
the darkness of his mental isolation
the poor beggar had determined
that such works as had been
wrought by Jesus could be done by
none other than the Messiah. There
fore he acclaimed Him by the fa-
miliar messianic title. 1t is easy for
| great need to be possessed of great
faith Bartimaeus did not have to
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concerning the Messiah. No schol-
arly bubbles bothered Him. Here
was One who met the need of the
destitute. That was proof enough
of His divine mission. Then, as now
simple faith saw most clearly.
All the while the shrill scream
growing momentarily more hysteri-
cal, rose higher and higher. The
bystanders were becoming annoyed
and scandalized. They thought II
reflected upon the good name OF