The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-17

TOQe at Tie center OF Gn1S QeLlOuStTd-
ton, received its significance as a
startling fulfillment of the inspired
Scripture. Even His disciples needed
the light that came by the Spirits
descent after the ascension Of Jesus
to enable them to interpret it To-
nate today We walk all unseeing
thru life; there we should walk gently
and humbly.
Hate for Hero.
Today it is the fashion to praise
Jesus. Even the men who honor Him
least in their conduct, and deny Him
the allegiance of their lives are quick
to pay tribute to His character and
tC His teachings. In this atmosphere
OF universal laudation of the Son OF
Mary 1T IS not easy to realize the IN
tense, bitter and unreasoning hatred
with which Jesus was viewed by the
Pharisees and Priests. He was hated
for himself, because He was nom
conformer, and a newcomer with un-
conventional teachings. The old Is
the enemy of the new; things as they
are" are the worst foe of things as
they should be. The ossified religtos-
ity of the ruling class among the Jews
could not understand or tolerate Tor
an instant His fresh, vital spirit
from The hills The browning act that
raising of Lazarus from the deao:
For this they hated both Lazarus ana
the Lord since it increased the lat
ter's popularity. There Is q direct
connection between the triumpnai en-
try and the fact that the Betnany
home had given of its hospltaAity anu
friendship to Jesus.
So popular had the Master become,
for the moment. at least, that an the
snarling dogs of envy ana ptso.ry
had to stink back, baffled, into ooscur-
ity. "Behold, how We prevail moth
Ing. To- the world has gone after
Him" they said among themselves
For in front of their eyes as they gatn-
cred in sullen groups was TINS IRE.
mendous ovation which meant tnat
Jesus was the idol of the hour; he
could even be crowned king should
He SO desire. The danger of popular
ity in which flood many promising
hero has been engulfed beset Jesus In
full tide.
But He was not disturbed: There
was not an extra beat to His pulse
because of it, and not the slightest
flush of exultation upon His cheek.
..fIe knew what was in man." and He
appraised the demonstration at its true
value He accepted exa1tation as he
accepted humility. merely as a part
of the work which the fatner mao pa.
given Him to do. To Him the tri-
umphal entry must have been un-
speakably sad, for He recognized that
| the fitful multitude-many OF these
very same persons who were shouting
themselves hoarse with hosanna
would within the week be crying as
Justify Cruelty Him! Cruelty Him.
The palm branches were but prelim-
! inary to the tree upon which He
would shortly suffer. All, heavy was
the cross that the gentle Jesus bore!
A Conqueror's iScourge.
Con6uerors get their name from
conquests: and conquests mean STRIFE
IN
need to recall the danger of over
emphasizing His passive virtues. To
stress His own lowliness and His tden-
| tity with the plain people, and his non
military character. Jesus rode hum
BILE donkey, instead of a fiery charger
flicts and was facing others. 1mme-
diately after the triumpha1 entry He
was to cleanse the temple.
| The world has not many paintings
lor statues of Jesus with whip In His
hand. We do not like the attitude.
Yet it was, in a degree. characteristic
He came TO cleanse as well as to save
His love for a pure church is typified
| by His driving out the traffickers from
| the temple. He cares for the purity
| of Gods house and Gods people al
most as much as He cares for the sal
walton of a lost world. That is why
He mas in every age called some mer
| to be reformers, to call the church
back to her first estate. Only a pure
| church can serve a sinful world. And
Christ's conquest is incomplete SO Ions
as His own friends are living contrar.
| to His plain teachings.
| Fitting for Fighting.
| Terse comments on the uniform pray
er meeting .topic of the young peo
| pies societies Christian Endeavor
etc.-for May 10: "Education: The
/ Doorway to Service 2 Tim. 2:15
| Luke $40.
One is a venerable Turk. whom me-
| in a village under the shadow of the
| Taurus mountains, in Asia Minor. Ht
was unframed in the schools. but hi
had ripe judgment, a keen knowledge
of human nature. dignity and rever.
ence; and he had won the esteem OF
| his community. The quiet, courte-
Gus and assured way with which he
carried himself revealed the strong
! wise man. I count him educated ir
the essentials of manhood, even tho
a 10-year-old boy in this western
world knows more about the sciences
than he. The other man at the mo-
ment in my memory is seated in ar
| aristocratic club. He has an honored
! family name. wealth, social position
/ and the advantages of university
4 education and much travel. But he is
| ignorant of life, Unbalanced in his
thinking, and as naively selfish as q
child or a savage. Him / deem an
uneducated man, despite his degree
For education. is the training of all OF
| ones faculties to relate themselves
sanely and efficiently to actual life.
| Education" means Ito lead OUT
and the higher education is also ito
lead up" inspiring man with the fear
| of the Lord, which is the beginning
of wisdom. We have not learned
life until we have learned God
| Whatever helps a person to sweep
a wider horizon in his vision; and to
view life's happenings with poise and