Pueblo chieftain., 1921-08-13
In the Religious World

remind ma of the tenement kiddie
who, when taken to the country by
fresh air fund, refused rich
milk he didn' t want that yellow
stuff, for he knew that milk, such
as he got at home, was blue!
Real fortitude is born of faith. 1t
is the spirit which writes such pas
sages into the record of the timer
ating of Paul and Barnabas, after
they had been mobbed and kicked
out of Antioch in Pisidia-don' get
your Antiochs mixed-as this
"the disciples were filled with joy
and the Holy Spirit Divine par
adox! Beaten, bruised, spit upon,
cursed, Inundated; and yet "filled
with joy: what can conquer such
a spirit7
Nor is that all. After continuing
their itinerary to Derbe, making
converts, Paul and Barnabas, ac-
cording to the bald, matter of fact
record penned by DR.. Luke, "return-
ed to Lystra and to Iconium and to
Antioch mot to seek consolation
or to be pitied or coddled. but
confirming the souls of the disci-
piles, exhorting them to continue in
the faith, and that through many
tribuations we must enter into the
kingdom of Cod. That is the
matchless might and magnanimity Of
the Christian missionary
"All Aboard for the Bagdad Rail
wayl"
It seems as if this Lesson is as
appropriate eor a class in current
events as for a Sunday School
group. The Fourteenth Chapter of
the Acts plumps squarely down in the
heart of the trouble zone Of the Near
East. If we could actually go to the
scene, we would still meet the effects
of the Pauline teaching. in the ac-
ers. What woman after Paul's own
heart is Miss Cushman, of Iconium,
whose war experiences are romance
past telling. At Iconium also we
might meet Mustapha Kamal Pasha,
the Turkish Nationalist leader. who
has outmatched all the allies since the
armistice.
Frequently in the news cablegrams
we read of Konia, as the Turkish cen
ter, unaware that it is the lineal sue
cessor of old Iconium. and the many
ilayered survivor OF the seat of his
tory changing events. Ruins there are
in plenty in the city. one of the oldest
mosques having been turned into an
armory when was there. Konia is
the center of the greatest of the derv-
ish orders, and its home mosque j:
really impressive. Italian soldiers
lounged around Konia during m,
visit, after the armistice, for this is
within the sphere allotted to the
Italians by the powers, before Mus
tapha Kemal Pasha revised their
plans for them. Adalia, the port as
signed the Italians, is where Paul
and Barnabas landed and left
We may take the much discussed
Bagdad railway to the scene of our
lesson. for konia is the principal
station on the line in Anatolia. and
the junction point for all Smyrna.
~ 'hAh nhi btih's ull 'NHeT TWO les
son cities. are along the line TO the
east. Derbe is amid the magnificent
scenery just before You come to the
Taurus mountains; it is almost due
north of Paul's home town of Tar
sus. If he had already evangelized
the Cicilian plain (which the French
have latel, had to evacuatel. his car
rying the good news to Derbe would
he like a generals effectinc a Juno
tion of his two fronts. For be it re-
memhered that this missionary tour
was no hnsty trip, but a campaign
covering three or four years. The
great apostle entertained none of the
easy and superficial conceptions of
the missionary enterprise which are
sometimes prevalent.
! Apotheosized-T Then Mobbed
A theological professor told me.
the other day, of Boston minister
who was examining his face in his
study mirror when a visitor unexrec-
tedlv came upon him. The clergy
man was heard soliliquisinr. "Na-
tolecn Bonsparte ,Iebb. YOU are the
handsomest man in Boston,''
Insofar as he had any reputation
at all. that really was the reputation
the popinlay preached possessed. of
course, no man who would care so
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