The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-12

the worlds betterment is more real
than that of the most solicitous pub
licist. If We could but hear, He still
is crying from His Cross, Come unto
Me, all ye that labor and are heavy
laden. and 1 will give you rest
The Master Word.
The master word for our troubled
today is the Masters word. In front
of a time that is engrossed in the pur-
suit of more money. more leisure, new
pleasures, fresh sensations, trivial and
pridefnI qualifications, He holds up
the Cross upon which He was up
holden. II, if 1 be lifted up, will draw
all men unto Me-" The new level of
life we seek is the Cross-level. 1t is
salvation from sin that is more
pressing need of the land today than
the need for lower prices or for greater
production or for social and industrial
peace Once let the world come to
the foot of the Cross, and everything,
yes, literally everything, that ais our
siekly time will be healed straightway.
To save the world 1t is necessary to
save the people in the world. And
when they are saved from sin they will
be saved from everything that is the
matter with our day. The broken
heart of the Saviour will break the
proud and stubborn and wilful hearts
of all of US who are hurting our gem
Grafton. His vast love will drown our
miserable selfishness. What saith the
Scripture? He died for all that they
that live should no longer live unto
themselves, but unto Him who for
their sakes died and rose again
All the problems of poverty and pelf
meet in the Christ on the Cross, and
are there solved. Says Harry Lee:
MY Master was so very poor
They nailed Him to a cross;
So very rich my Master was
lie gave Hist all
And knew no loss
The Greatest story of. All Time.
Unable to do more than cast a
clouded glance at the unfathonable
meanings of the crucifixion of,<Jesus
for this era, we turn to the inspired
Story itself. quoting the Weymouth
.Then plate took Jesus and
scourged Him. And the soldiers,
twisting twigs of thorn into a
wreath, put it on His head, and threw
round Him a crimson cloak. Then
they began to march up to Him, say
ing in d knocking voice,
"'Haii, King of the Jews
And they struck Him with the
palms of their hands.
"Once more PLATE came out and
said to the Jews,
"'See, 1 am bringing Him out to
you to let you clearly understand that
I find no crime in him.
$50 Jesus came out, wearing the
wreath of thorns and the crimson
cloak. And PLATE said to them,
See. there is the man
"As soon then as the High Priests
and the officers saw Him, they
shouted,
'A'To the cross! To the crossl
Take Him yourselves and cruelty
him. said PLATE, for I. at any rate,
find no crime in him.
I'VE replied the Jews, have a
law, and in accordance with that law
he ought to die, for having claimed tc
be the Son of Cod
| ct was the day sef preparation for
| the passover, about six O'clock in the
morning. Then he said to the Jews
| There is your king!'s
Away with him! Away with him!
| Cruelty him.
" Am I to cruelty your king?
| PLATE asked.
1--WE have no king. except Caesar,
answered the high priests.
Then PLATE gave Him up to them
| to be crucified. -
Accordingly they took Jesus; and
! He went out carrying His own cross
to the place called "Skull-place-or
/ in Hebrew, Golgotha-where they
| nailed Him TO a cross. and two others
at the same time. one on each side
| and Jesus in the middle. AndSPilate
wrote a notice and had it fastened tC
the top of the cross. 1t ran thus
" Jesus. the Nazarene, the King o1
! the Jews
Many of the Jews read this notice
for the place where Jesus was cruel
| fled was near the city, and the notice
was in three langua ges-Hebre
Latin and Greek. This led the Jewish
| high priests to demonstrate will
| PLATE.
/ "'You should not write THE Kinf
of the Jews they said. but that he
claimed to be King of the Jews
What I have written I have writ
ten.' was Pilates answer
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