Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-12-02
Golden Text: 81 am the light of the
world" John 9.5

world" John 9:5.
The opposition to Jesus had growT
intense. He could not show Himself
openly for the Jews had sworn tC
kill Him. Even His brethren had
turned against Him. SO when the
feast of the Jews drew nigh He die
not go to Jerusalem with the others
bus followed later. His appearance
WIS the sign for an outburst of suc-
prise on the part of His friends and
or q determined antagonism on Ire
paEt of His enemies.
Boldly however, He stood out CT
the last day, the great day Of the
feast, and cried out: IF any man
thirst let him come unto me and
drink. He that believeth on me, as
the Scripture hath said, from within
him shall flow rivers Of ivinS
water
This was the occasion of much dis
cussion. but While many would have
liked to take Him and kill Him no
one dared lay hands on Him. The
officers who had been sent by the
Pharisees to arrest Him came back,
saying, never man spake like this
nah.
Later on that day Jesus spoke cut
again: II am the light of the world:
ne that followeth me shall not walk
in darkness, but shall have the light
Of life. This brought on a very
heated discussion-heated so far as
the Pharisnes were concerned, but
calm on His part. 1t ended, how
ever, in their taking up stones TO
stone Him to death. But Jesus hid
Himself and went out the temple.
His hour had not come yet, and this
was not the Fathers way for Him
to die.
Pragmatism-It Works
AS He passed by, He saw a poor
blind besgar. He had never seen;
had been blind from his birth. The
popular notion-ther as it is now
was that suffering was the result Of
sin; so His disciples asked Him.:
Teacher, who sinned, this man or his
parents, that he was born blind?
Neither, said Jesus; but that the
words of God might be made mani
fest in him. All these years that
man had sat in darkness, begging,
blind; but it was for a purpose-ln
Gods own time he should be q dem
onstration of the claim of Jesus to
be the light OF the world That time
had now come. He had claimed to
be the light of the world. That time
be the light of the world. He would
prove His claim my means of this.
man. Reiterating it therefore, He
spat on the ground, made clay of the
spittle, anointed the blind eyes WITH
it, and told him to go and wash IN
the pool Of Sloan. He obeyed in
stantly, went and washed, and came
seeing. So well was the work done
that the man was scarcely recognized
as the same man. Some said it was
he; others said, no it is not, but he
looks like him. And finally he had
to settle the question himself by say
I ing: Yes, L am he. Later on the
Pharisees saw him, and they
wouldn't believe it was the same man
whom they had known for years as
the familiar blind beggar until they
had asked his parents, who assured
them that he was certainly their son
and had been born blind, but they
couldn't tell what had wrought the
change in him.
These days everything is put to
the test of pragmatism. Not, IS a
theory good? is it true? But does
it work? And here we have a happy
Illustration of the practical value of
the claims of Christ. They are good,
they are true; they work. Many
another man and woman have been
wholly changed by this same
Christ. He claims to give water that
will quench thirst; He claims to give
light SO that no one need walk IN
darkness but have the light of life;
He claims to make a man over
again, SO that he becomes a new
creature-old things have passed
away and all things have become
new-and His claims are trIe. Many
life today has been entirely
changed The faith Of Christ works!
Won't you try it, put it to the
looratory test, to the test of eX-
perience? That is thoroughly scion
tific. You, too, will know from eX-
perience that it works!
Prejudice-It Kills
There were others in this story;
men who were SO blinded by preju-
dice that they could not see. There
are none so blind as those who will
not see. There was no gainsaying
the fact that a mighty miracle had
been done. This man was we'll
known. For years he had been beg
ging aims of those who had gone
up to the temple to worship. Every
body knew that blind beggar; and
yet these leaders would not admit
that he could see; then when they
couldn't deny that, they wouldn't
admit that he was the same man.
Even among the Pharisecs there
was a division of Him. BIT some
refused to believe it even when the
man himself said what had hap
pened, not until they had questioned
his parents as to his identity; and
then come to him a second time to
get him to give the glory to God
They finally become so enraged,
when they found that they could
not shake the mans story, that they
actually cast him out Of the tenn
pie, enthusiastically and physically.
All, what prejudice will do! 1t not
only blinded their eyes so that
they could not see the truth, and
hid from their hearts the glory of
the Christ, but it crushed OFT of
their spirits every hope OF eternal
life Prejudice kills-not only in
spiritual things but also in every
walk of life. You cannot see the
good in your neighbor against whom
you are prejudiced-rightly so or
not-but you hurt yourself more
than you hurt him because you nur-
!, ture thoughts that will crush out
Z the noblest things your life may
cultivate. Prejudice, it kills. Don't
be killed.
Professionals Costs
And there was the man. He hasn't
been given all the consideration due
him. The pool of Sloan was sew