The Alaska citizen., 1916-10-02


 a lovely mother. now heartbroken weeping Tor the days when the flow CTS ul hope were white as the snow drops nl her fathers garden. fadet now all the flowers. The white lilies have been burned as if by drops of acid. All hope is prostrate and all happiness is dead"
 True, it was great painting, for the girl could not forget the look in Jesus eye. Others would have stoned her. but His look, how ten der. Every other hope was dead but the one she found in Him. At last in an agony of despair, she puts aside all fear and shame, and rushing in. telI at His feet, and covered them with tears and wiped them with her hair. Then Jesus | turned upon the rich man. simon, and told the story of q certain cred itor who had two debtors, the one owing him fifty pieces of money and tlc other ten, and when either had aught to pay. both were forgiven. And which would love him most2 simon made instant reply; The one who was forgiven most La ter, with exquisite skill, Jesus turn ed the incident upon simon himself, Who, Is host, had extended the outer courtesies while this woman had bathed His feet in tears and wiped them with her hair. Jesus ever turns to that Iit1le flower that has been TamDled under the feet. as if by human swine, and lifting the honeysuckle, he trains the vine upon
 he strong wall, and guarding it well bids it rrow and bear sweetest blossoms and exquisite perfumes. Put ing His hand in hers He lifts her up and calls her daughter. What a word was that. In it's ufterancc her whole wound Was healed What gold and gems could not do love wrought Jesus treated her with the tenderness that is filled with reverence. He knew that the hidden heart Was sweet. although the body was Geiled As the artesian well is found in the bleaching desert, and flows forth for the good of all, SD He knew that hidden in a shat tered body was heart that could respond to His love and flow forth to the world in love akin to His own. Wicked men said her life Vas blighttd forever. and that they, though guilty, knew no remedy, but Jesus calls forth Mary Magdalene redeemed, destined to be the first at the tomb when He should burst the bonds of death and walk in the garden to meet his friends in tri- umph Of a truth it is never too late to mend Always there is some thing left to which the prophet of love can make q successful appeal. tN"l with this pessmism. Away iti the idea that the social evil i5 necessary Away with the note that IaIIen women cannot rise, As long as there is place to plant a seed the sunshine of love will call forth the latent life. The flame may have died down in the ashes, but under the white dust are the coals ready to be famed into burn ing Any philosopher who is not as full of light as the sun regarding the human dereIict is mistaken in the hope that Jesus holds out to those who want to be rescued from the terrible sin that weighs them down and seeks to hold them the lowest of the low. Wait until the Infinite God is dead before you write the note of despair about the hu- man derelict, either of the scarlet man or the scarlet woman.
 The spirit of the reformer must be one of infinite pity and patience; one of constant compassion and hope. After the Chicago fire, when paper money was charred, the bills could not be separated by rough fingers, sometimes not even the thinnest knife could be used. Then an eX- pert breathed in between the char red bills, and upon the cushion of soft air lifted and separated the ire gile, ashy paper until the number of the bill could be registered for re demption. With infinite tenderness and compassion Jesus approached the prodigal and the shining girl. Strange that sinlcssness alone can be gentle in handling sin. Stranger still is it that as men go toward impurity they go towards kindness to impuri- ty, That is the law of life. Evil men believe everybody else to be impure Men that can be bought believe that every man has his price No man is so critical of the orator as the man who cannot speak. The author understands his literary equal, but the literary hack knows no mercy. Simon and the Pharisees were bad through and through, and therefore were harsh towards the bruised flowers. Jesus, representing the uttermOst of purity, is all ten dernes toward impurity Nothing in all Jesus career is so revelatory of the nature of God in His dealing