Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-04-13
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON.

We are forced to admit His divinity or
We cannot account for His humanity.
His life rose to heights never reached
divine, and, like the disciples OF old,
we must answer the question: Whom
say 70 that am~ The answer de-
c1des where we shall spend eternity.
No man can lightly or irreverently turn
the matter aside. It 10 vital question.
demanding the. most serious attention.
The foundation OF His church having
been occurred in the confession Of His
divine messiahship in tina face OF an
in leadine the apostles forward. They
had had limitations Of the road ahead.
Now 1t was made plain to them. The
Son OF Man must suffer many things.
He would be rejected by the elders. the
chief priests and the scribes. But after
being killed He would rise again. It
was q dark picture, calling forth the
heroic in the lives Of tho disciples.
There was nothing gilded to attract.
only darkness and despair from the hu.
not caught the spirit Of the Master. is
attested to by the fact OF Peters pro-
test The marvel is that they did not
turn back, but In loyalty chung to Him.
com1rehended It was Peter who had
spoken words Of confession and It was he
who received q sharp reprfmand from the
lips Of Jesus. He had entered a pre-
sumptuous protest a&ainst the plan out
lined by the Master. He may have mag
prompted these foreboding words. At any
rate. Christ saw in Peters remonstrance
tho rpromptings OF Satan, no matter how
good Peters intentions may have been.
and that led to the grave. Christ had
already counted tho cost and had set
His face toward 1t steadfastly. T
To the multitude Jesus proclaimed that
those who would be His followers must
deny themselves and take up their cross.
It does not surprise US that. the twelve
were called to take up the cross. but we
do not always apply 1t to ourselves.
But His saying Is universal. eternal. inde-
pendent Of time. place or circumstance.
followers must put their lower selves, APP
pstitss and carnal desires in the back
ground. The better self. appreciation OF
| truth and duty. must occupy the fore
seinshness. brutality and .bestiaIity. these
lingering traits Of remote ancestors. must
DO suppressed. The motives that drive
toward duty, service. sacrifice. these must
be. developed. These must be given the
Christlike the more complsfe win be the
victory OF the spiritual over the carnal
The cross means the performance OF
duty in its broadcast sense. At that time
T meant to Jesus death on q Roman cross
century. 1t means the acceptance in 3
Joyful spirit Of the duties Of life in It's
noblest aspects. To the life He led Jesus
calls men. It means sacrifice, danger
| perhaps the loss Of life. Yet the world
| has not had an answer to the question
What shall a man give In exchange fol
his soulT That Ii why American sol,
| diers are now engaging In tie great strug-
gle Ia Europe. America put her devotior
to principle above everything else. II
| means the sacrifice OF her noblest SOM
and her daughtsrs, but she has counted
even than to lose her soul But out b
that spirit win not come death, but thi
deliverancs Of the world from miIitars
autocracy. Out Of ths struggle WIN hi
. Randsr. no6ler America, because shs
win be more Christlika. 49,