Pueblo chieftain., 1921-01-22

depths are too deep for any one
mans sounding. Within the popu-
lation of city exist variety of in
terests and aims. A churchman is
surprised one day to leave a railway
station and find the square thronged
with tumultous thousands, gathered
to acclaim a returning prize-fighter,
of whose very existence this ultra
respectable citizen was unaware.
"There's world outside the one
you know"
Seldom does an entire city re-
spond to a common impulse. 1t is
feat of real publicity to set whole
metropolitan community to talking
about the same thing. The churches
almost never do it, except in unit
ed evangelistic campaign. Then the
arousal of the city is as important
as the message of the preacher.
Jesus stirred the great city of
Jerusalem by His triumphal entry.
Then as now, like most cosmopoli-
tan centers, Jerusalem has a consid-
cradle capacity for inattention. The
entrance of General Allenby caused
no civic outpouring. Yet young and
old, Jews and Gentiles, streamed to
the eastern gates to witness the ar
rival of the New Teacher from Naza-
reth. The old capital of human
hearts reached its climax that day.
"Count your highest moments your
truest.'' said Phillips Brooks: shall
we not believe that this outburst of
religious enthusiasm was a revela-
tion of the real Jerusalem, the city
that Christ loved7 All cities are bet
ter than they ordinarily seem. What
is most apparent in them is least
representative. Within the hearts
and the homes of the people is the
real character of community.
A Modern Instance.
Some of us have been so fortunate
as to see great cities in the midst of
an intense and all-absorbing inter
est. l witnessed Boston's delirium
on Arnistice Day. a friend who
was in Damascus described the tu-
multuous, hysterical entry of Enir
Feisal and Colonel Lawrence.
1t was gwen to me to behold the
indescribable two days in Cairo, on
April : and s, 1919, when Egypt
celebrated what it believed was the
granting of independence. The peo-
Pile leaped and sang and danced and
embraced one another, and flung
about their garments and stripped
branches from the trees and waved
them in wild rejoicing. The scene
was startlingly like that described
in our Lesson.
The next mornings English pa
per, however, was principally con-
cerned over the damage done to the
trees by the stripping of the branch
csl There arc people like that: per-
hsps they arc the explanation of
much that is wrong with society. [
am sure that many Jewish merchants
in old Jerusalem complained that the
Triumphal Entry of Jesus was bad
for business!
As we contemplate modern paral-
lels to the ovation given our Lord by
the capital city of His nation, VIC
recall the spiritual triumphs that He
has been accorded throughout the
centuries. He has entered society as
n Sovereign. Old paganism' IS en-
blems have been laid at His feet
Julian the Apostate cried "Thou
mast conquered, o pale Galilean :"
Slavery's broken chains are on Ills
altar. The realms of intellect and
art have acclaimed Him with hosan-
nahs. Civilization, with its attend
ant sciences, has strewn palms be-
fore the path of the Redeemer. And
today all persons who think upon
large issues are hoping for the com
ing of the Christ in a new triumph
to save our era from chaos.