Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-29

A Discussion of the International Sunday School
Lesson for Today. the Topic Of Which Is, Jesus
Welcomed as King John. 12.12-1e.

| in the history Of the life Of Jesus. Here,
| standing above the very soil pressed by
| His feet. j unused on the great and heart
warming triumph that had come 10 Him
| en- Ol:vet's slope.
| Then the city was thronged with devout
! Jews, gathered for the passover. Their
dress was as varied that which one
could see. before the war, on the 1ialata
bridge at .Constantinople, All the Known
| world had come up to the feast Every
! body had heard before. or learned after
reaching Jerusalem. of this new Teacher
| and Wonder-worker. who had even raised
a man from the dead. His name was on
| al. tongues. The jealousy of the ecclesias-
tics was freely gossiped about. Eageraess
| to see Jesus was the dominant idea of the
crowds Wherever He was reported to be.
| there the crowds nocked The eyes of the
Jewish nation were upon Him. He seemed
to have deliberately gathered up the at
/ tention of all the people and focused 1t
upon himself, that His sacrifice might
have its fullest force and significance As
, a publicity measure the triumphal entry
was highly significant
Recently a college professor has ex-
cited a great deal of ridicule by his at
tempts to revise" and "modernize" the
great hymns of the Christian Church.
An editorial in the Fort Worth Star
Telegram satisfactorily summarized the
situation. thus.
Maybe the faith of our fathers is
out of date. We don't know. Maybe
advancing knowledge has made much
of the body doctrine untenable. 1t is
not for US to say that. either But the
faith of our fathers inspired them to
sing. They burst forth into hymns of
praise and petition. of love and loyalty,
with such fullness of voice as to set
them ringing down the ages. If these
hymns are out of date for the moderns
they are not out of date for the mill
lions who still adhere to the old -time
religion, and if the moderns must sing,
then let the new hymns come from the
fullness of their faith. if it hath full
ness, and let them not set new-fangled
rhymes to the tunes which have been
made sacred by years of association
with expressions of the old faith. If
theirs is really new wine. they should
not try to put it in old bottles"
As that jubilant procession made its
slow way into the City of David, there
could be seen on the walls. on the roofs
OF houses and in doorways, many men
whose black looks showed that they
popular enthusiasm. Their dress be-
traSed them as aristocrats and ecclesi-
astical officials. 1t was the common
people who received Christ gladly.
These jealous critics were angry and
dismayed. The demonstration seemed
the notification of all their plots To
one another they confessed: Behold.
how ye prevail nothing: 10. the world is
gone after Him." Though entirely out
of accord with the spirit of the occa-
sion, the Pharisees We're forced to ac-
knowledge. The world is gone after
Him
That word is truer now than then
What means this world war on a new
plane OF justice and democracy and
freedom and brotherhood but that. all
unwittingly. mankind is following in
the train of Christ? All the triumphs
or efficiency in social service, all the
specious consideration of human well
fare, all the new wonders of war sur
gerry ana medicine, all the socialized
administration of governments, are but
footprints of the stately steppings of
the Son of God" The new spirit behind
the times is nothing less than the Spirit
OF Christ. Ten thousand straws show
which way the wind is blowing Gov
ernments have assumed authority to
keep war profits of private concerns
down TO proper level. The war
CRATER is coming in for greater con-
tempt than the war Stacker The well
fare OF the great mass of men is today
the goal of nations. as it is the law of
Christ. So clear are the triumphs of
the Spirit of Christ in this our time
that our battle cry may we'll be.
His Day is marching on