Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-25

the mortal company of soon-to-be
forgotten dead, who merely leave
behind them a memory-and the
veal how brief is that memory.
Jesus left more than a memory. for
he bequeathed to his dear ones a
personality and a presence of pow
er. His bequest was even more than
message; for it was living author
ity to put that message into effect.
So long as the Holy Spirit lives,
Jesus himself lives.
The Sovereign's Other Self
A few days ago / had the priv
ilege of chatting with Mr.. Arthur
Balfour, King Georges special am
bassador and plenipotentiary to the
United States. He has come to this
county clothed with full power to
speak and act for his sovereign. He
is now not his own man. In all
things he is a representative. His
pledges are binding upon his king.
The White House itself was never
guarded with such elaborate pre-
cautions as surround the dwelling
where Mr.. Balfour abides. Any af-
front to him would be an affront to
the majesty of his empire.
In somewhat the same fashion,
the Paraclete came to be the ambas-
sador and plenipotentiary of the
king who is Christ. We misunder-
stand both his character and his
mission If we attach to him a sig
nificance ghostly and eerie. He is
conducting negotiations with men in
behalf of Jesus Christ, who has
his stead. Any honor done the
Spirit, is honor done TO Christ.
Obedience to him is obedience to
Christ. In the most personal and
practical way, he stands in all things
for our Saviour. to interpret his
mind and to fulfill his work.
There is an old, old story of an
iHfidel who wrote on the wall, Jesus
is nowhere" His little daughter
copied it; but spaced the words diff
ferently, Jesus is now here" That
is the basic truth of the lesson. The
Redeemer was planning to go from
his disciples: but also to stay with
them. He had done all he could do
by visible presence and audible
words. Henceforth he would be
present by the Spirit, through whom
he would reveal much that the
brotherhood had been unable to hear
while he was in the flesh.
Through Times Magnifying Glass
Lincoln and Lee are greater now
than they were in the sixties. Wash
ington's glory is far above the mists
of misunderstanding that surround
ed him on earth. The power of
these three is more effective now
that they are dead than when they
were alike. Yet they left no such
surviving agency as the Spirit who
descended after Jesus had risen. The
parallel holds only to illustrate the
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scures full vision. Jesus could not
have accomplished as much had he
continued to live in the flesh
throughout the centuries as he has
done through the Spirit. Then his
power would have been limited by
his personal presence; now it is diff
fused throughout the universe by
the omni-present Paraclete.
Few of us busy westerners under
stand the first cause of the division
between the Eastern Catholic
Church. Two little Latin words
added to a creed split asunder these
bodies, containing the vast majority
of Christians. Those words are "et
Filioque"-"and from the Son." The
creed had said that the Holy Spirit
proceeds from the Father" The
whole controversy is called that OF
the procession or the Holy Spirit.
Until war laid its devastating hand
upon the East, this point was a con-
slant theme of discussion in the
Levant, even among peasants. Our
practical America is not greatly
interested in strictly doctrinal ques-
tions; nor sufficiently interested in
tho eternal verities which they rep.
resent. For 1t is more important
than any problem of taxation OIL
preparedness that we should have q
! firm grip on the reality that the