Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-10
BY WIN. E. GnRoY, d. d.
Editor Of the Congregationalist

The late Edward Everett Hale
not been born in a democracy
could not quite understand the New
Testament conception Of the King
dom Of God. One thing is certain:
when we speak Of that Kingdom
and when we speak Of Jesus as
King, there is a great difference be-
tween the heavenly ideal Of the
kingdom and kingship and the
earthly ideal.
The earthly ideal is one Of pres
tige and power, Of dominance and
authority. Yet Jesus emphasized
IN all His authority meekness and
lowliness: instead Of asserting his
right to the service Of others he
pointed the way Of service. He said
10 his disciples. Il am among you
as one that serveth." He declared
that the one who would serve would
be the greatest Of all, and upon one
occasion He even took q basin OF
water and washed the disciples feet
that He might give them an ex-
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His True Authority
We could hardly conceive Of
things OF that sort being done by
an earthly king, and yet, the fact
Is that the more we consider the
life OF Jesus and His teaching, the
more we are convinced Of the pro-
priety and rightness of calling Him
q king. He is a king-a king OF
power and a king Of authority. be-
cause It was in these very unkingly
factors, or at least unkingly from
III earthly standpoint, that He as
serts His true authority and His
right TO command the souls Of men
He would not dominate us with His
power. but He would rule us with
His love and truth.
That Jesus might have been an
earthly king, exercising much the
same sort Of power that other
earthly kings have welded. seems
apparent from Jul lesson and from
its associated passages. The peo-
pie were ready TO acclaim Him. the
situation was favorable for one who
with earthly ambition and military
aggressivenes would dare TO rouse
the people against their Roman
conquerors.
Perhaps the temptation TO lead
such a movement Of revolt and set
himself up as an earthly ruler with
the acclaim and support OF the peo-
pie was what underlay the tempta-
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the kingdoms Of the world and was
assured that all these might be HI:
II He would worship the power OF
evil. That temptation found its
meaning in what was going or
within His own soul - the tenpta.
ton to turn from the way OF spirit
ual duty and spiritual triumph tc
the immediate and more tangible
power Of an earthly scepter.
II is significant that this tri-
umphal procession OF Jesus with
the populace acclaiming Him a:
king came 50 near the scenes o!
His triumphant sacrifice. 10 helps
US at least TO grasp the real nature
OF His greatness and His kingship
HAD we Deen IN Jerusalem AZ Jnal
time we might have been impressed
with this journey from Bethphagt
and the Mount OF Olive. into the
city. That spectacle might have
loomed so large In our ewes that
the succeeding eveSts OF Gethsem-
ane and Calvary might easily
have been chscured. or we might
have regarded these events as q
serious anti-cli-nax.
But looking now from the stand
point Of all that has happened In
the world since that day. the great
ness Of the influence that Jesus ha'
spread and the depth and power o!
that influence IN many lives. we
are able to see that that triumphal