The Detroit times., 1916-05-17

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stimulate the jaded interests oil
these city jewellers. Calling Barns
bas "Zeus,' or Jupiter" and Pau
"Hermes," or Mercury" they swim
ly organized a religious demonstra
ton. The priest OF Zeus, eager "a
get all the credit possible for his
temple. brought bullocks and gar
lands TO the gate TO offer sacrifice
10 these men whom they acclaimed
as gods.
Not many can resist adulation
The EXTREMIST compliments are &C
cepted by most OF us as our due. II
is difficult for a public speaker 10
think that the Hattering words with
which he is introduced do not repre-.
sent the judicial appraisal OF his
real worth. But these old mission
aries were OF different sort. and
the demonstration intended for them
set them 10 tearing their clothes and
showing an excitement that no III
treatment had ever aroused In them
Nobody ever heard Paul and Barna.
has lamenting or wailing when they
we're mobbed. But when they were
heing deified they cried. "Sirs, why
are you doing all this. We also are
but men. with nature kindred 10 your
cvn. and We bring you the Good
News that you are to turn from
these unreal things. 10 worship the
everything God. the Creator Of earth
and sky and sea and everything tina:
is in them In times gone by He al
lowed all the nations TO so their
own way. and yet by His beneh-
cence He has not left His existence
unattested-Hisb eneficence. mean.
in sending you rain from Heaven
and fruitful seasons. satisfying your
hearts with food and ioyfulness
Even with words like these they had
difficulty in preventing the throng-
ing crowd from offering sacrifices to
them"
These men were in apostolic sue
NfNe4Ou ~ JOHU luf DdpNiSAs "uO
said He must increase but I must
decrease" They were prophets from
the same school. Not unto us. o Je-
hovah. not unto us. but unto Thy
name give glory This unprecedent.
ed ovation 10 themselves they used
merely as an opportunity for preach
ing the living God. whose humble
servants thev were. II Is great
man who can take praises for him
self and turn them into a pulpit for
the preaching OF Christ, so that he
himself Is forgotten.
DeiHed, Then Mobbed
Every man who has observed life
has remarked upon the fckleness OF
rorular favor. The world seems 70
weave alternate crowns OF laurel
and crowns OF thorns for it's great.
Hidden in obscurity and poverty in
many parts OF the land today are
men and women whose names once
commended applause and figured in
the front pages OF the newspapers.
There is no form OF success more
unstable and unsatisfactory than the
applause OF the crowd. The appe-
tite for II has ruined more men than
have been inspired by II. The sim
pie truth is tina; anybody who is
strong enough TO lead the multitu( q
Alright, thus winning its plaudits, t.
reasonably sure, IL he remains
strong. 10 incur the enmity OF the
multitudes by unpopular views. II
a man has no better measure or
success tina, the huzzas OF the
crowd. then he Is in a sorry way in.
deed
The heads OF these missionaries
were not turned by the attempt at
apotheosis They went right on
preaching the Gospel Nor were
they surprised when. in short
time. the same people who had tried
"a engarlsnd them stoned Paul and
dragged him out OF the town. be.
l!eving him TO be dead That was
en- experience which the mission
aries could stand better than they
could the ovations OF the fckle null
titude
II is worth remembering that the