Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-18

seek for thee"
The sight of a city seemed to exer-
else q strange power over the imagi-
nation OF Jesus. He was moved with
compassion when He looked upon
city in Its multitude of needs. Once
IN Vienna ! saw O picture of a mod
orn French school. Jesus Weeping
over the City" but it was not the
city or David, with the temple and
the walls; 1t was a modern indus
trial city, with smoke stacks tower
ing higher than its steeples, and
with its tenements teeming, with life.
We know that to-day as Jesus looks
upon the great urban centers of our
own time, He is moved at the Caper-
naum crowd, or the multitudes in
the capital of His nation.
The modern movement which at
tempts to stir cities as a whole is IN
line with the example of Jesus. The
day of parochialism is dead or dy-
ing. Christian leaders can no long
er afford to think in terms of the
single church or congregation - al
though the new day will exalt rath-
er than diminish the real place of
the church. If the Gospel of to-day
is not able to get a hearing from
life, then there is profound made
quacy in our presentation of the
Gospel.
The Hidden Hunger
The crowds out of sight in our
modern life thrill one with fear and
with inspiration. What of the mob
of rioters who stone and kill and
defy the law? What shall we say of
the lyncherS who have never had an
opportunity to commit a lynching? I?
Equally out of sight are the hosts
of good people - the heroic hearts
quick to respond to countrys ap-
peal for soldiers, the generous CIV
sers to all the war causes, the le-
gions who leap to respond to the
call of brotherhood. p.
Still other hidden hosts are those
symbolized by the sick and lame
and blind and deaf and paralyzed
arc brought to the feet of Jesus for
help. The amount of illness which
q city shelters is APPALLING. The
number of men and women who are
suffering in their bodies is far great
er than the thoughtless crowd real
ICES. Other and graver needs there
are, all hidden from the passing eye.
Beaten spirits, blasted hopes, cow
ering fears-these throng our city
life on every hand, concealed from
the undiscerning by outward masks
of prosperity and conventionality.
The hungry hearts all about us are
indicted by the way men and wom-
en- reach out after every novel form
of religion that appears. This
Guesting for a new faith which dis
turbs so many Christian leaders is
but the inarticulate cry for help of
multitudes whose need is deep and
real and who, though they know it
not, are hungry for the healing
smitten multitudes at Capernaum.
The Helped at Heralds
This an era of advertising, yet
we have not improved upon the ex-
pGrience of Jesus at Capernaum,
when the grateful recipients of His
healing touch went out and began
to publish it much, and to spread
abroad the matter, insomuch that
Jesus could not more openly enter
into a city, but was without in
desert places; and they came to
Him from every quarter
A familiar catch phrase expresses
the principle: 1--WE are advertised
by our loving friends" There is no
form of advertising to equal this.
The Gospel is spread by the herald
ing of people who have felt its
benefits. Man to man, the tidings
have been borne that Jesus pos
sesses the power to heal and help.
Because He has brought salvation
and peace to a person, that person
is constrained to tell another, and
so the news has gone on spreading
and so it will continue to spread un-
til the fashion of Capernaum has
advertised the Healer and the Re
deemer to every last man in the
world