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IN, THE RELIGIOUS WORLD
What the Church Polks Are Thinking About and
1 fUITDAT SCHOOL LE8805 AND YOUNG PEOPLST" TOrTO .
. TB3D MAJT WHO SAW THROUGH
T1 international Sunday school 1m
on for Jun 14 It "Th PurpoM of
John' Qospl."-JOhB
. " (Br William T. Ellis.)
" A fW minotM ago I talked with
. .ui of the type of those who mo
big thing 1b llttto war. He 1 ea-
MntleJl a oettifo-r. It la well
. that ho la not lawyer, (or bo would
bo eno of th tort wno novo oon
strued tho law Into V complexity of
mtro tad stnmetlee-anc; teonnicni
, enactment chiefly uooful for defeat
ing essential Justlo. It 1 a rollof
to turn from tho lrrftatlone of
small-minded maa to tho eoatempla
tton of oao who had owoop aad
breadth of vision, aad whose- Hash
ing 070 penetrated to tho hoart of
thing aad discovered what reaiiy
matters. Is literature aad heraldry,
hta maa'a symbol la tho far-vialoned
, aarlo. oror it la of tno Aposti jobs,
th Beloved Disciple, I writo, whoa
' messag In 1ta entirety la tho them
for present atudr hr tho Biillloao of
r tha Sunday school.
' Nobody haa tlmo nowadays for
musty tomoa dealing with outworn
lesuee. This la the hour of tho Uv
. tag proooni Wo are all eagsr for
light oa our own troubled day. The
worid'e quest la ror a trial tmreugn
tha tangle of things. Everybody la
open-eared to hear tha man with th
master word, who can tell u( some
thing about tha ultimate meaning of
. this eataoiyom which nas orortaaen
manMnd. Of books opon tho super-
' BcUlttleeef tho ottuatloa wo bar
more than enough. We crate word
of life, that will steady our nsrv
and guide our feet, aad make na to
eo tho end of it all.
That la Juet tho sort of book this
; man Jona wrote, otiiuona or men
aod. woman, whose hearta have felt
the- personal touch of the war, are
turning dally to this old volume for
lla-ht aad 00m fort. It helps them
more than anything- lae. For John,
th etardy fisherman who shared
- with hi brother the title, "son of
dander, saw beyond the flays com
mon round, beyond the severing of
families aad the abandonment of
one' a calling, beyond the breaking np
of the old order and the old system
of ' thinking, beyond suffering and
bam and death itself. Into tha ultl
: met reality, where reigns the will
. of God and the now triumphant
Christ. It la not to bo forgotten that
this biographer whose work we have
been studying with such delight and
profit was also th Beer of J atmos,
tho rorealer of the eternal myaterles;
and tho interperter of the pre-exlatoat
word.
Learned savants have produced a
mountain of commentaries upon this
gospel of John. We do not turn to
them today. Simply aad naturally,
meaning, wo aecept this great book
aad according to Its moat obvious
meaaiag, worsveoopt this great book
as tho perfect tribute of a real man,
whose hand God folded, to the friend
whom he had known aad loved. Be
cause John was closest to Jesus on
earth, hla biography enables os who
fcv today 'to get dose to the., very
heart of th Cartat.
This ia th suprema commentary
upon th fourth gospelmllllons of
persons turn oral to it to find, in
glowing, pulsing reality, the person,
allty of ths Bavior. With consum
mate skill, John let us into the very
seorat of th friend who Is th soul's
boon companion, and who under
stands us whan all others walk asid
from us la misunderstanding or is.
Boranoe, Somehow, John introduces
ua to the ever-Jiving Christ who alone
can reel with us and for ua. Ha an
tare into the secret of tho apartness
and loneliness and craving of our
ouagry aeana.
There la a mystery la human haarta.
Aad though we be enclroled by a
hoot
Of those who leva ua wall, and ara
Deiovea,
To ovary one of as, from tlm to
time.
Ther cornea a aenae of utter lone
liness.
Our dearest friend is stranger to our
Joy.
And cannot realise our bitterness.
There is not one who really under
stands,
Not one to enter Into all I feel;'
Such is th cry of each of us ia time,
W wander In a solitary way.
"No matter what or where our lot
may hi
naon heart, mysterious va to tt-
seix.
Must lire its Inner life la aelltuda.
Aad would yon knsw th reason why
IBIS 1ST
xi is Deoaas ue bora aeeires our
love.
In every heart ho wiohaa to it. An
Ho therefor keepa th georot key
oimsen,
t opsn ail it (rhambers and to
sieaa
With perfect sympathy and holy
peace
Bach solitary eoul who oomea to ntm.
80 when we feel thta loneliness it i
Tho voloe of Jesus saying, Come to
me,-
And every tlmo wo are not understood.'
It la to call to as to oota again i
For Christ alone oan satisfy the eonL
And those who walk with him from
day to day
m never have, solitary way.
one by Robert B. Spoor being on of
the best have shown that the fourth
gospel bears all tha marks of an eye
witness record. The allualona to time.
to plaeea, to local usages, all testify
to the intimacy of the writer with
the actual scenes he describes. He
was not only present wherever any
other one 0( tno frienas or jus wai
for John belonged to the ipr clr
do of three but he also had a spirit
ual understanding of the deeper sir-
nlflcanc Of the words and deeds of
tho Master. Although the moot spirit
ual of th lour- blographlss of Jesus,
this gospel never becomes so trana-
oendent mat it la incomprehensible.
Mystical, It Is true, yet it never Is un
real and unearthly and vague. A very
vivid personality la that whlob John
portrays as Jesus; so that on poet.
wary, Davis, exclaim of himi
"I am so glad h loved th eommon
thing.
Tha drowsy chicks beneath their
mothers wtnga.
Tall lilies nodding at the folks that
pass,
The handiwork of Ood among tho
grass.
Th sparrows and their brothers of
the air,
Content to look to heaven for food
aad care.
"He loved to stray by wood and stag
ing nils.
Companion of the stars and aolemn
Bins.
His friends he chose from men of
low degree,
Tiller of land and tollers of the sea.
'Aad when beneatii some heavy cross
you faint
And amy, 1 cannot boar this load
aione, '
ion say tno troth. Christ mads it
ournoseiy
9o heavy that you must return to
him.
Th bitter grief which ne oao na.
dersteode,'
Conveys a secret raises go from th
King,
Entreating yon to 00m to him a rata
The Maa of Sorrows naderstaada it
well.
Ia ail points tempted h eaa feel with
you.
Ton cannot com too often or too near
Th Son of ood 1 iBflnlt la grace.
His presence satisfies the longing sent
Aad those who walk with him from
dav to dav
Can hsver hava a aoUtary et." . ':
A Maa Who Knew Tha Fferta.
Thee things are written on tho
sacred page.
A star to simple folks from age to
age.
"And as th glowing word of love
we scan.
We feel hla .kinship to th heart of
man."'
Tno "Why" of Oreat Book.
OUn who balk at tho deity of Christ
are cosroed to repudiate the gospel
of John, for it cannot at all bo ac
cepted, unless th reader Is willing to
receive his presentation of Jesus as
tha One altogether unique. The sub
lime Figure who walks through John's
cases la not merely a rare teacher, a
noble idealist, a loving and unselfish
helper of his fellowmen, and a su
preme aspirant for th life that la
divine. He Is bob of these thlnrs If
h Is not also what also John de
clares him to be; for his owa claims
clear, atrosg, unequivocal and ab
solute. Jesus would have to be brand
ed aa an I m poster, on the testimony
of John, if he is not also what his
biographer asserts, the very Messiah
01 jenovan, th Bavior of mankind
To set forth the Saviourbood of
Jeeua, and his diviae mission as tha
Bon of Ood, i tha one overmaster
ing purpose of this latest of the four
gospels. The author leaves no room
for doubt or surmise oa this point.
Ho himself tells why he wrote the
book: "But these are written, that
ye might believe that Jesus is the
Christ, the Son of Ood; and that be-
Having ye might have life through his
name." Everything in the volume Is
but evidence and support of that gen
eral proposition.
Passionate lover of Jesus that he
himself was, John asplrad to Intro
duce his dear Master to all who should
read his book. He sought not only to
convince their minds, but also to set
their hearts aglow. So he has been,
through the centuries, the best friend
and alder of all who would live in
the spirit; nd experience the very
love and life of Christ Instead of
musing here, as one Is tempted to do.
upon what this book has meant -to
the saints of nineteen centuries, let
us merely recall th all-Important
truth that our own dated and heart
bruised day needa above all else, to
make explicable these world events
whloh are overwhelming us, the mes-
sage of a Christ, who Is Qod: who
was from the beginning and is to con
tinue In Increasing sovereignty to ths
end of time. His will Is working out,
at sore cost, as nations undertake
to protect and perpetuate and increaee
the principles of Jesus on earth
righteousness, good will, brotherhood
snd liberty. As w come Into Christ's
kingdom may w come into close
touch with the kingdom's Christ Fel
lowship with him, and assurance that
hla will la being done, will sustain one
throughout whatever experience the
war may bring.
"My bark Is wafted on tho atrand
By breath divine,
And on the helm there rests a hand
Other than mine.
"One who was-knewa In storms to
sail
X have on boards
Above the roaring of the gale
I have my Lord.
"Ho holds mo when the billows
smite;
I shall not fall.
If sharp, 'tis short; If long, tls light-
He tempers all.
9sfe to the land I safe to the land J
The end ia this.
Aad then with htm go hand In hand
Far tato bites."
SOLDIERS EXTRAORDINARY
By Hapsbnrg liob of tho Tlgflantas,
Z saw all these fine warriors in ens
day, during a drive ef twenty-five
miles, aad It made m glad to call
myself a Ten n esse an; It made me
proud of th people of this section
of the Old Volunteer State. I have
no doubt that th people of the other
states are doing Just aa well, you un
derstand; I'm telling you this In order
that you may know that eastern Ten.
neesee Is trying hard to do her bit
. Before I left town, X saw the park
way around tho homo of oao of our
beat men In Irish potatoes. Tea,
Irish potatoes Instead of the usual
srraas and 1 prettily-bordered . canaa
beds. More than that ther were
Irish potato la th flower beds of
V.A 1... ' 11.. V V - .
his back vard spaded
. - - . nlm (HBCB Tira opuen -up, and inir
Many books-w meat meaty 1UU tea, wm flited with pUto
i ns man who was wits me was a
Dollar-American. If you don't know
wnat that is, it's a sort of a cross be
tween a polecat and a hornet's nest
He said to me as wo drove by.
"Why. everybody's planting pota
toes; they won't bo worth fifty cents
per bushel!"
I hope to Ood they wont Get
met I hope they won't (be worth
twenty cents per bushel. For it's
hard to starve a people or a family
that haa plenty of potatoes.
Leaving town. I saw a half blind,
rehumatle old man down oa his
knees hoeing aa acre-lot of potatoes.
I know him; hs Is fairly well-to-do!
ho dldat have to do that really. As
I passed him on my way hems, ate
In the afternoon, ha waa still down aa
U aaee to that ftotato patch d
therefor serving tha Almighty aad
the American flag to ths utmost of
nis aointy. Man, woman, whoever
vou are that reads this, I say to you
here that that old man la a patriot
and a soldier extraordinary: and less
er men have worn a colonel's should
erstraps and been banqueted aa con
quering heroes. Down on his kneee
to hoe potatoes! It wsa finer, la this
our time of desperation, with Hellflrs
stalking footloose ovsr the world,
than being down on his knees to
pray.
Back In the hills. I saw an old
granny-woman and her daughter and
her daughter's two halfgrown daugh
ters all at work in a field that they
had literally wrested from the moun
tain wilderness. On Inquiry, I learned
that the younger woman's husband
was dead.
"We're a doln' all we can, shore, "
th grannywoman told me, "aoause
the's agoln' to be war. I went through
wr on war. ssaay. aad X know fheri
mm folk oain't do aroeh good a
flchtin' on a' empty stum mink. Aeaas
too peuy ana the heart, sonny, is
closter akin than most o' folks
knows."
Amen and Amen, say S And again.
Amen! Ie been la th trenches, and
I've fought on an empty stomach, aad
I tell you I know.
A few miles further on, I saw the
.wife of a railroad, eotlon fovea an
cultivating a part of th railroad'
right-of-way. And- less than, two
miles from that point I came upon
a remarkably pretty fUteen-ars-old
girl plowing off furrows for corn.
Now listen! She didn't have on
Star-Spangled-Canner "hosiery, and
she didn't have aa American flag tied
to her mule's head, and she dldat
have a small metal edition of Old
Glory pinned to her anywhere 4mt
she waa plowing for corn. Get moT j
She was a soldier la her trench, do-.
h
i told me. The'i
nil righi
WVU aood ft," 1
goto to bo waa,
t trass la th tM" afi want on
tnotineT ffwm th te4orpJoa oa th
monument to King's Mountain men
"but ltw alas a good fhing to ksei
th gunpowder dry."
TVasi ia th Lord, satd -lasesj thi
powder dry " is a good tnott toi
any nation.
when I thta of women dotsgthaii
bit in times of war, X Ilk to think o!
them as God's brigade. And God'i
brlgadett oertamly is. It ia this thai
makes trar so lnsuflrabli for ths
shadow of th sword la sUway a eroaa,
always a erose,' and It afrwaya falls
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