The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-11

A walk, Talk and : Wpnder. 4
r.ha International sunday school
T1esson for April H. 49, 10 .Jenr-
ney to Emmaus.r LnlEe T4s4A-se' |
BY w1LL1AK I. EIIla
a.. ~n,ltlnx With low-,I
SD heads toward thA nelf
Seet are heavy, as r. Weighteas y
1eet,or 4. written in their face tneir
attitude, their tones. Tne Hn ~
Of the olive orchards by the roaosl1e
has no beauty for them. Iney
0orers which carpet Judeas nS'
4 mood Of depression Is upon tne"i'
Rehind them lies the city OF DaSio:
where they had expected TO see. o.
this very time, the wohoSr oa.
~ thn nation. the assumption o!
Sfn~lv power by the long-expecteo
Tn.tead they had seen Him who was
their hope executed az comHo
4 criminal. The leaders OF the na.lo
which they expected ne W w." dreadful
Nesd Their gentle Prophet was deao'
THrourh two long nights and SAP.
18th between that awful reality nao
Srown clearer and clearer. PoF,
tents in the sky had a1tenoeu
His death. substantiating ms c aana.
An to no avail He now was oe&u.
thew had seen him laid IN Josephs
new tomb.
Now nothing remained but TO take
,,v Mes common round, a supreme
hone extinguished. These two men De
lonRed in the procession OF disaPpoln.-
Al ones. who nevertheless resume
isfA,s duties in grim fortitude ana
Tatthfulness. even when all the lamps
~ the soul had gone out. Until inns
4I,srd dav they had remained with the
company Of comrades OF Jesus; now
they must 60 back to Emmaus: tnen
vsIiare home. High hopes had been
crtir rnished. but at least blessed
ro,.tine called them. And as they
-nlked. they talked OF what might
have been.
when the Mood Is Gray.
II was like the ride homo from the
remeterv. was this seven-mile jour-
ney. The dear dead was the tneme.
The words. the little familiar tricKs
thourhtfu1nees. the great deeds OF
Jesus. their crucified leader, filled
their conversation. Over all hung the
rray pail, ''It might have been
ENCOURAGEMENT never sees clearly.
The mood of these men blinded tneif
eyes. The great gift OF noio .S =. ~. !
not theirs. Only rare souls have TINS
canacity. AZ write these lines 81.
nropped ND in a bed OF illness. ano
outside the rain is falling: therefore
the Easter note Of jubilation does not
sound so spontaneously as the lessor Sr
demands. A week hence may io'
y get that the sky was ever gray.
THE disciples did not feel" theil
religion: as il their feelings had augh
TO do with the immutable Love OF Got
or the changeless truth of Christ. De
preston is always foil 10 Ial.n
Physical moods blind us to spiritua
realities The mental attitude or tnos
two disciples interviewed like q tnicl
veil between them and clear Visiol
Of their Lord.
Tho Talk by the Way.
For the stranger who Joined then
in their walk. in the easy. famiha
and democratic fashion OF the Piail
neopfe. was none other than the RISE
Christ himself, though they knew
not. He slipped naturally into tn
talk. with a few searching questions
and they told him all-their hope:
the tragedy Of the crucifxion, thei
dependency, and the unsettiing ru
more concerning those who had bee
narly at the grave, which they foun
empty.
Then, to their amazement, and 10!
this new-found companion began I
widen. their knowledge by shown
from the Old Testament that 1t wa
thus the Messiah should die and ris
again. These men belonged to tn
laree company of Christians unfs
miliar with the study OF the Bib
Like many others. they were discus
ing tho profundities of religion In II
norance Of the teachings OF religio
A Nttle less speculation and q lit
more reading of the Bible would. cle'
up most of our spiritual perplexitie
We miss q primary teaching OF Tn
particular lesson. unless We Leaf
afreeh the importance of looking in
the Bible for authoritative teacnil
upon religious themes. Christ beg
his ministry by quoting ecrtptur
herA risen and triumphant, he st
finds in the Old Testament sunicie
explanation of himself.
Hospitality, and Consequence
II the wayfarers had not hosp
ably pressed their companion to e
ter their home. they would never ma
known that the Lord himself ,, n
miss when we fail of hospitality!
the blessing Of the frugal meal, a
in the breaking Of the bread, tn
ewes were opened. Perhaps they 81
the prints of the nails in MS nam
perhaps It was a familiar gestu
nerhaps the new attitude at the m
gave them q clearer vision. Son
how, they knew him. Their faith
tablished, the Master disappear
The story Of the lesson has been
told in verse by Lily p. Ponder, W
its application to our daily life
"o'er calm Judean hillsides. slop
slowly from the west.
The purple shadows, lengtheni
gave promise soon of rest;
All beautiful the landscape lay.
meath that chastened light,
Which in the lovely Orient prece
the fall Of night. fsr - s
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