The Detroit times., 1916-03-28

heaven. and be Tell 20 the earth
ard heard voice saving unto h'nE
saul saul ghy persecutest thoa
me, And he said vho Art thou.
f.ord- and the Lord said. am
Jesus whom thop persecutest: II l.
hard For thee 20 kick against the
rrieks And be trembling and as
tonished said ord what wilt thou
have ne 10 do And The Lord said
unto hrm Arise and 40 into the
ci,y. and shall D. told thee what
thou must DO And the men which
lourneyed Rith hlm stood speech
less. hearing q voice, but seeing no
man Ard saul arose from the
earts ard when hiS eyes were
o9ened he cav no man but they
cd hhn .nro Damascus And he
vas three days without sight, and
neither d.d ear nor drink
what saul needed sss light. and
he Sot IL. with Az ntensi'y aud an
abundance thar felea him As a
trained philosopher. The young schol-
Ar would have reasoned that there
could noi oe any greater light than
tina, of the sun a. noon Bot The
lghr of the face OF The sioriaed
Christ made the syrian sun seem as
darkness. A great many persons
are arguing by what they call nat
u-al Laws. against the phenorens
OF relie on yer the experience OF
countless saints. and thank God
often OF the sceptics themselves.
confutes the abstract philosophis'nS
OF the overwise. saul learned that
day. What myrisds OF saints in gioTy
already knew. thar The lsmo Who "a
ne light Of The Ci,y Celestial Is he
very Brightness Of God before whose
face the sun Is dimmeG
Just a. II 70 Eeveal the foolish
ness o. mortal wisdom this young
scholar this iogicisn. this philcso-
pher. was converted by an expert
ence. and not by an intellectual pro
cess. AL through his wonderful
ministry We find the great apostle
appealing 10 his experience. Nhai
he personally new ot Christ meant
more 10 him than al The operations
of the greatest brain thar ever has
worked within a human head. That
experience on the Damascus road
made Paul a Christo-eentric Christ.
,ian. and gave 'he Church a Christie
cen1ric theology
When Heaven Opened,
o. all the mighty implications oi
this story the greatest IL the prec-
ious truth strapped up in the phrase.
Il am Jesus Il means that the
very same Jesus IS in heaven who
was on earth. All the solicirude thar
ffe showed when he walked The
fields OF Galilee with His fisher
friends He carried with Him 20 His
Fathers throne RE could lot re-
main seated while Stephen vas be.
ing stoned and He could not keep 81
lent while such a possible disciple
as Paul was to be converted. Our
too-sopr sticated time 3 prone 20
rob the risen Redeemer of this His
rarest oroNn-His concern for His
children on earth and ali that
touches them. The enthroned Christ
IS not TOO gr az 70 give heed 10 ths
prayers OF little children OF 70 BE-
Affected by the cries of tempted AMI
suffering saints His eye Is on the
streets OF our city even as II Vas
ou the road 70 Damascus
By the way. the guides still poinf
out the traditional site o. saurs con
version. Likewise. the most popular
resort Of tourists II "the street call
ed strait" Damascus is better
known TO the Christian world Tor
what happened there 10 Paul than
Tor any OF IT'S hesped-up events IN
connection with kings End conquer
ors. II is worth while 10 visit n ?
scene or Gods deslings with Saul IN
Damascus. but il : better worth
while 10 oenold vhst God IL doing
today in the lives of men and WON.
en. The piigrimazes that are being
made 70 Billy Sunday rabernacies
and 70 rescue missions are worth
while Perhaps. ~ resul, o. this
lesson. some teacher or parent will
take group Of boys 10 visit ?
rescue mission. Nhere sanls Dsmas-
Gus road experience is being repeat
ed today
Tire obseur. Mar Wro Dared
Whiie re are thinking about What
bsfsn saul. and mis- instant obedi-
ence sofhe heavenly vision are mus
not overlook the other character
yho "a named In the story Il ia
easy 20 talk only shout the preach
1T or the evangelist and 10 speak
% church work a. !, done by them
alone. IN truth. as everybody who
knows anything about churches IN
derstands IL t. fhe plain folk. whose
names are never mentioned Ia the
newspaper reports % church az
fairs vho really bear the burden
of tho work. The angels know that
The prayers of The people prevail
more than The preaching % the pas
tors r roulc BE- surprise 10 all
concerned II ge could know Who
really is who 30 me average church.
The obscure man who emerges IN
this tory is a Christian named An.