The Alaska citizen., 1916-10-02
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 Euu again he stopped down, and a.a.. ou the ground John SIS.
 Somehow the scarlet man is able ta .-tape much ol he criticism and .ssU gha Is the result of the life Nature has favored him ..G .. ,.u more successfully cover
 .H practices and degrading re- -t5z aI his toll. Often in his criu- ! e.0 mi sc9n of those less for
 tartr Hr is the nar,heet and se- satasg. knowing no pity and eAer- ..su4 HDJIe regard for he better m,nJ Ol those not so much shining aa -innrd against Knowing his ad- vantage. he makes evil used of it to keep in easy transgression those who I hu.e .uien oy to SCOTT them mos when they would cndeaNor to recall In. days ol passion and years of a4=gTaay When others are guilty . he 4.u.uus the letter of the law
 in their punishment Thinking not r us. worse sdiIt, he would punish
 a. r..u.s soul in the name of re- a-.sa. Thus dld Jesus come face .5 u,e wI,a men ol His day when ] Gg hos c,li,o upon to deal with fine Woman yl the street A guilty one aas D.Ju4lO into His presence
 tag u.aarug- Na7 against her, Calm .a. waited the interpretation of u.. a4 that nould stone her, Je-
 a. alea Inc hear. and thought of ......a. pIe-.u uj He knew the . p...at-s- ol those hearts before Ha; lie knew the demon of their ..aoas. Calmly he wrote on the aa.a Al tH, temple stones. It was l .aa only words that were recorded b. Ha hand, and they were but ,s. a Houeug Ghe stern, but wicked, aguusyrs STOW impatient. Why does agl He interpret the law and speedi- l.. put it into execution. But lie writes aa though he had not heard chem. So when they continued ask Hs Him, he lifted himself and said unto them, lie that is without sin among you, let him first cast d stone at her" Without sin among you Here the words that siIenced them. And they which heard it., being convicted by their own con sciences, went out one by one, i lsueahed out is the word) beginning al the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst Thus lest some rafouuer would grow dis coaIased Jesus has left us this stony. 1t Is story of human dere- .sJ. Iu her Illuminating book Jane -AaaaMs has discussed An Ancient l-sI Ill .LJucru Society," With per as-g taaIRHess and the utmost deli .aay sae has told the story of the a1,.a evil All historians must con .gay that her portrayal oi the events 5l history, as illustrated by the so- clu evils oI Jerusalem and Ephcsus, .a A,u,us and Cornth, iii Paris and ..o.,aou, IH New lUIh and Chicago, ,. .iy.., accurate, startling, and de pressing to the last degree" Re formers stand in wonder and de par ot any remedy or reformation, Day by day We get articles on eV- cry hand portraying the history of human delinquency. What hopeless ness is expressed. What despair in the pages. Do drugs and drink en- tIrIy destroy the will? Is it true that there is nothing left to which all appeal can be made? Equal tC all other tasks, even physical death, is an Omnpotent God unequal to the task of the recovery of the lost woman? Just here to recover our faith He tells another story: it is another type of human derelict. One night lie went to simon, the rich mans house, as guest of honor. The reception was large and the house packed. in the dark, hoping to es- cape observation in the shadows, a young girl entered the room, and kneIt at the couch upon which Jesus reclined. Guests who were cynical looked knowingly at each other. Perhaps the young girl had heard Jesus often. Respectable men like Nicodemus had gone to Jesus by night with their story of hidden trouble Now, in turn, this girl
 with her broken heart, turned to One who seemed to embody her last chance, her last hope. Her story is told in an old Italian panel, paint ed by d master The panel repre- sents the unfolding story of the girls experience We see Jesus standing for moment before an open window, beyond which is d beautiful girl, surrounded by admir- CTS, who stretch out the cup of flame, and Wreathe her forehead with blossoms, and bribe her with rings and gold. Suddenly Jesus looks into her eyes, reads her story and knows her life And all the dis
 guises fall away, and without word Jesus disappears. In the next panel the girl has torn the Wreaths from her forehead flung the rings and