Evening star., 1942-06-27

man." Simple human relationships,
and a clear understanding of COM
mon human nature, were His home
town heritage
This normal quality in Jesus
His failure to put on airs" or to
separate Himself from the common
ality Of mankind-meant that He
shared everyday life to the limit:
He was often weary, as only the
manual laborer is weary: He was
misunderstood, AS all of us at our
best are misunderstood; His home
duties and cares, amidst an uncom-
pretending family, were fulfilled
with plodding and uncomplaining
faithfulness; His relations with
other men were maintained with
such selfless charm and winsome-
ness that when He called them to
give up all else and become His
associates thev responded with
alacrity. He was the first great
democrat.
Tightening Life's Load.
Like all of His disciples since,
Jesus was pre-eminently a helper
of people. He avowed-and here is
a profound life philosophy-that He
came mot to be ministered unto,
but to minister" His briefest in
spired biography declares that He
went about doing good" Whether
helping out at a social contretemps
in Cana, or raising child from the
dead, He was consistently a litter of
lifes loads from the shoulders of
His fellow men He healed all man.
ner OF diseases: He gave counsel
with Divine wisdom; He heartened
His friends; and, by drastic action,
He abated public abuses. In the new
day for which we wage war, we
shall need both the example and
spirit of Jesus to help us to bring
In an era Of brotherhood.
Like shepherd toward his
sheep. Jesus looked upon mankind
with its manifold needs. His eyes
wept and His heart bled for them;
His sympathy was truly suffering
with His compassion compre-
hended the high, those who knew
not their own need, and the lowly,
who thought their lot beyond al
! deviation. 1 doubt not that, al
though bound and prisoner, He
looked with compassion upon Pilate,
with his pea sized politicians soul
At the very moment of betrayal, He
called Judas friend"
No Safety First"
Dominated ever by sense Of
nission-that most precious Of
heritages-Jesus had none of the
safety first" notions which shrivel
the lives of so many of us. He
had something to live for and to
die for Over Him always. hovered,
like the Isrealites' cloud Of leader
ship, the consciousness Of the will
of God Thus He was delivered from
that concern with the trivial and
transitory which enchains the lives
of multitudes. The Masters devo-
ton to a high and holy purpose,
which swayed His life clear up to
Calvary, and beyond, is the greatest
force to change our lives from pet
IlneSS INTO power, from tne pul
of small aims into unity with His
LOYALTY to the Will over all
Jesus was valiant for the truth
no matter whose opposition He
incurred. Withal. He made truth
attractive He was history's great
est story-teller; even the little chill
dren hung on His words. There
is here an admonition for all preach
ers and teachers to make truth
interesting. Religion should never
be dull. If there were more preach
ing like Christ's. there would be
more crowds like those who fol-
lowed Him.
Above all else, Jesus was a shep-
herd and saviour of souls. He came
that men might have life, and the
more abundant life, by redemption
from their sins. 1t is on the cross
that the life of Jesus has its fullest
significance. as the incarnation of
the forgiving love of God.
The Sunday school lesson for
June 2S is, "A Review of the Life