The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-04-25
Unusual Blouse Values


publicity measure the triumphal en-
Try was highly significant
Daring To ne q Somebody.
II not planned By Him. this tri
umphAl entry was NJ least accepted
by Jesus. This was His hour OF
Manifestation. Not His TO be OBJ
scure and humble on this occasion
He knew the prophecy which was
10 be fulfilled, even II others did
not So the Carpenter assumed the
role OF Conqueror. with simplicity.
nsturalness and dignity. Not a
single hosanna would He stu. not
a waving branch would He depre
cate. When the artstocrats grum-
bled. He siienced them By q few
stern words. All considerations Of
caution were brushed aside: the
die was cast. and this Hero. when
the crowds acclaimed. knew tnAt
He was riding forward 20 death.
Less than two miles away He
could ses-and We may be sure He
looked-the knoll outside the north
ern wall OF the city where. within
q week, three crosses would stand;
and He would be on one OF them.
All that lay between this Hill Of
Olivet on which M rode, and the
Hin OF Calvary. which was His des
tInatton. was clearly perceived by
Christ Nevertheless. He smiled
Y it'll pleased eyes upon the shouting
multitudes that acclaimed Him. He
was having His hour, and II was
sweet TO Him
Later, His friends understood the
rigniicAnce OF this ovation. But
they did not perceive II until after
He had died. All. the clear vision
that comes TO as as we look across
a gravel II those ambitious follow
era had only forgotten themselves
long enough 20 enter into the eH-
perience OF their Master. they might
have understood tho situation In
time TO be sympathetic. comforting
friends As II was, they failed
Jesus turnout the week when He
most needed comprehsnding fellow.
ship.
The Religion That sings.
Everybody brought his own gin
tn the triumph OF Jesus. Some had
cioaks TO throw before Him. after
q fashion which Sir Walter Raleigh
later followed. Others. agile youths.
stripped palm branches to wave and
10 strew still others had oniy
their voices 10 acclaim. and they
made the ride across the valley Of
the Hebron into the city a musical
festival with the sweet strains Of
David.
Song followed Jesus forever The
news Of His incarnation came with
a song His birth was announced
with a burst Of melody that cleft
Tie skies. His high hour. the tri-
umphA entry. was to the music Of
hosannas. He went forth 10 His
death after they had sung hymn"
His resurrection has put a new sous
into the worlds mouth. which con
tinues to this day. Christianity Is
a singing faith: It's melodies have
been carried into earth's rsmotsst
and darkest places.
Recently = college professor has
excited q great deal OF ridicule By
bis attempts 70 revise" and mod
ernize" the great hymns OF tho
Christian church. An editorial In
the Fort Worth "star-Telegram" sat
isfactorily summarized the situation
thus:
Maybe the faith OF our fathers Ii
out OF date. We don't know. May
be advancing knowledge has made
much Of the body Of doctrine unten-
able. n IL not for us 20 say thrt.
either. But the faith OF our fathers
Inspired them 10 sing. They burst
forth into hymns OF praise and pc
tition. OF love and loyalty with such
fuilness OF voice as 20 set Thorn
ringing down the ages. II these
hymns are out of date for the mod.
ems they are not ont OF date for
the millions who eth adhere 20 the
old time religion. and " the mod
ems must sing. then let the new
hymns come from the fullness OF
their faith. II Il hath fullDess. and
let them not set nsw-fangled rhymes
20 the tunes which have been made
sacred BY years OF association with
expressions OF the old faith II
theirs IA really new wine. they
should not Try 10 put Il in old bot
ties"
A. that jubilabt procession made
its SLOW way into the City Of David.