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


The International Sunday School Les.
SON for August is ''The Triumphai
Entry."-Mark HILL.
BY WILLIAM T. ELLIS.
The present day visitor to Jerusa-
lem, who has any imagination, finds
his thought turning again and again
to the walled-up gate in the center OF
the eastern side of the city. It Is call
ed the Golden Gate" and the MOS los
gate IL opened again the Christians
will get possession of the city. for 1t
was through this gate that the pro-
cession Of tho Triumphal Entry passed.
Now the traveller who would go out
Olives must 60 up to the northeastern
corner, where st. Stephens gate opens
out on the talley Of the Kidron. =.
And standing by the Golden Gate,
on the ramparts of the old temple.
area, with the crown of the Mount OF
Olives before ones eyes. thoughts
crowd in Of that great day when the
clear air resounded with the shouts OF
the multitudes acclaiming the iowiy
Nazarene as the "SOn OF DAVID, the
long expected Messiah.
That was the greatest worldly TIL
umph Of Jesus-greater even than MS
experience up in Galilee, after the
feeding of the five thousand, when the
multitude would have made him king.
For here were Passover pilgrims from
every nation under heaven, full of re-
ligious fervor, doing honor to the Won
der-Worker who, in their enthusiasm.
they accepted a. the One Who Was To
Come.
The procession was q triumph for
Jesus, and it also partOok OF the flavor
of defiance of his enemies. He had
the people WITH him. In this hour his
enemies were powerless. They might
slay him ere a week rolled around, but
this hour they could not defy him. The
raising of Lazarus, his greatest mira
Gle, which was likewise the immediate
cause Of his death. had set the people
into a frenzy of adulation.
The Triumphal Entry.
All four of the biographers of Jesus
tell this great story. Marks narration
is the one chosen by the Lesson Com
mittee.
''And when they came nigh to Jeru-
salem. unto Rethphage and Bethany,
at the Mount Of Olives. he sendeth
forth two Of his disciples, and saith
unto them. Go your way into the vii
We be entered into it, We shall find q
colt tied, wherein never man sat;
loose him, and bring him. And If any
man say unto you, Why do We this?
say We that the Lord hath need Of him;
and straightway he will send him
hither.
land they went their way, and
found the colt tied by the door without
in a place where two ways met; and
they loose him. And certain of them
that stood there said unto them. What
do We, loosing the colt? And they said
unto them even as Jesus had COM
manded: and they let them go. And
they brought the colt to Jesus, and
cast their garments on him; and he sat
upon him.
And many spread their garments
in the way: and others cut down
branches off the trees, and strewed
them in the way. And they that went
before, and they that followed. cried.
saying. Hosanna; Blessed is he that
cometh in the name of the Lord:
Blessed be the kingdom Of our father
David, that cometh in the name of the
Lord: HOsanna in the highest. And
Jesus entered into Jerusalem, and in
to the temple: and when he had look
ed round about upon all things, and
now the eventide was come, he went
out unto Bethany with the twelve"
A Popular Demonstration.
The tides of talk which flow
through the ranks of the common
people are often disregarded by So
called leaders of thought, yet they de-
termine public action. Not always do
the newspapers reflect the subjects
that are engrossing the popular mind.
On this occasion when hundreds of
thousands, doubtless more than q mil
lion Jews were thronging to the Pass
over. the one dominant theme was the
personality of Jesus, the Healer.
Teacher and Miracle-Worker.
Plain folk do not talk In abstrac-
lions. They love truth tncarnated IN
a life or a deed. That Is one reason
why all the great religions of the
the man who was their founder. Peo-
pie often spoke Of churches in terms
of the pastor. A few days ago gen.
tleman inquired for the Presbyterian
church in a certain community. but
the station agent shook his head
blankiy. Then. as an afterthought, he
asked, IT wonder II you mean Mr..
Fields church?" He did not even
know the denomination of the congre-
cation, but he did know the pastor.
mended in terms Of human life. One
sanity character Is more effective In
community than hundred eloquent
sermons.
Some day, in the ideal state. the ad-
ministration will definitely provide
themes and occasions and personalities
for popular interest. Thus men Will
be helped to realize their best selves
and to develop a community loyalty.
:, Meanwhile. by a common impulse.
whose personality overshadowed the
Passover itself. 1t was a democratic
demonstration which ensued. In a
frenzy Of enthusiasm. people threw
their outer garments In the way for
him to ride over, just as nc. throw
their hats in the air at a political dem
onstration. Clearly, Jesus possessed
the interest and enthusiasm of the
people. A lesser one than he would
have had his head turned by the ova-
tion. He knew the fickleness of the
popular mind. for had he not expert
enced it in the North? OF all that
multitude, he alone was clear-eyed to
the truth taht the tickle mob would
soon be shouting. Cruelty him."
A LOwly Mount