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He was during: his life "the cynosure of all eyes"; wherever he went and whatever he did. public interest stood agape. When he made his last memora ble Journey to Jerusalem the procession stood aside to watch and comment. The heroism of this calm, clear-eyed, unhesitating pilgrimage to Jerusalem, which he knew perfectly was to be, on this occasion, the city of his death, is something to dwell upon. Jesus serenely faced his fate. Fear found no home in his heart. Duty was to hirn, a thing to be done Inevitably and unafraid. To all the multitude of men and women who are called upon to front dreadful or deals, he has left an inspiriting example. The Christlike way to meet any hard thing Is with eyes open and without fal tering or complaining. And this, example has filled with fortitude countless human hearts. , In the clutch of a great crisis, a man wonders why the world goes on so sun nily when midnight Is upon him, with all the stars blotted out. Men heed not the soul dramas that are being enacted all about them. Here was the Son of God going up to the event that was to give history a new date of beginnings, and that was to become the central and most important fact in the life of the uni verse. : . Yet little cared Perea or Judca for that; the gates of the cities resounded with the same shrill cries of traffic; every wellside held its group of idle gossipers. and all the petty concerns of a narrow existence held the attention of the people, until . Jesus should come directly under their purview, when he would furnish them with their chief item of conversa tion. ' :- The real greatness of the hero was re vealed In this, that he did not spurn or shrink from these little people with their small Interests,' but with a sympathetic tenderness that concealed his own su preme tragedy he stooped to help the needs of men as he met them by the way. It Is easy to live the life of the world in the world, or to live the life of the spirit apart from the world; but It is great to take the noblest Impulses and heroisms of the spirit. right down among men and there let them work out In unselfish min istry. Hew Wants but Manjr AVlshes. Beneath the clamorous cries of the world for many things and mankind never desired so many' things as it does today, as witness whole shops full of needless accessories of a luxurious civiliz ation there lie but a few real, funda mental needs. Apply this to the spirit or the body and it Is equally true. - This truth, levels all artificial barriers, and links all men together; even as the bread line at San Francisco, Immediately after the flre, created more complete democ racy of rich and cwor. So the two diverse Incidents of this lesson story are harmonized. Both poor Bartimeus, the blind Tjeggar, and little Zaccheus, the rich publican, had as their underlying need Jesus the Christ. When he' appeared and received them all the vital wants of their lives were met. Bar timeus was a professional beggar, outside the Jericho gate. He was a besgar be cause he was blind; his dearest wish was for sight. Everything else would be en durable if only he might receive his sight. On-the other hand, the need of Zaccheus was less tangible but no less real; his was the soul-hunger, which is worse than any material lack. His ispirlt's unrest Impelled him toward Jesus, tho wonder working Teacher from Galilee. A Time to Override Conventionality. As he sat by the roadside, as he had with soul-deadening monotony sat for many years, poor blind Bartimeus heard the approaching hum and then the nearer tumult of the procession that followed Jesus. Helpless, he asked again and again what it all meant, reaching out to clutch the garments of some one of the streaming crowd to compel an answer. At last he got It In a sentence, "Jesus of Nazareth passeth by." Ah! how he had dreamed and talked of this man of miracles, and of the possibility of his one day restoring sight to himself. The news of the great deeds of Jesus had been the talk of the countryside for many months, inspiring wild hopes in many breasts that had been buried in despair. This was the hour of opportunity for Bartimeus. His beating heart almost crowded utterance out of his throat. He trembled with agitation. But he stood up and began to cry. above the roar of the throng. "Thou son of David, have mercy upon me!" He knew not at just what instant the Healer would be within hearing; but he resolved to call so long as there was a. possibility of his voice reaching Jesus. Right here the lovers of conventionality appear: they are always present. To them It was more important that there should be nothing out of the ordinary, no violation of conventions, than that this afflicted man should be healed. Many people would rather be "proper" than pure. They love "correctness" above character. To them "the mode" means more than the moral law. Now there are times to observe the conventionalities and times to Ignore them; Mrs. Grundy Is a good servant but a bad mistress. The hour had come for Bartimeus, dependent though he was upon popular bounty, to disregard what people said; and to assert, as he had a right to do, his one vital, all Important claim. Of course Jesus heard him; the Lord never fails to hear that sort of spirit. At the summons of Jesus the blind man, casting aside his precious outer garment, ran heedlessly toward the voice. Asked what he desired, he swiftly gave voice to the wish that had always dwelt deepest in his heart, "Lord, that I may receive my sight!" Such faith always prevails, and immediately the miracle was wrought. In a delirium of joy, while the people marveled, and gave God the glory, Bartimeus followed his deliverer as a grateful disciple. All this happened on the outskirts of Jericho. The news of the coming One ran before through all the city, summon ing everybody out to line the main street. Among the people was a rich tax-gatherer named Zaccheus, despised and feared of all the good Jews in town. He was handicapped for sightseeing by shortness of stature. If Zaccheus had been as little by inside measurement as he was physically he could never have seen Jesus. The crowd keeps hosts of the small from attaining their coveted desires. But not this little publican. He was not the sort of man whom difficul ties could deter; and as tho Spartan mother who advised her son when he complained that his sword was too short to "add a step to It," so he sets the commendable example of adding a tree's height to his natural deficiency. It was not dignified, of course that was a bad day for Mrs. Grundy but while the crowd stared, the rich publican gath ered the tail of his robe In his hand and scooted ahead of the multitude, and like a small boy, though with less agility. he shinned up a friendly sycamore. "Ob stacles," Zaccheus reasoned, though ha had never heard the proverb, "are things to be overcome." Well for the young person possessed of the Zaccheus spirit. Jesus raw the man in the tree, of course; he never falls to recognize any special effort to reach him. What must have been the publican's amazement, (even though he was of a calling not giv en to embarrassment) when the head of the procession halted under his tree, and Jesus greeted him with ".accheus, make haste and come down, for today I must abide at thy house." The Critics Appear. More quickly than he had gone up. Zac cheus hastened down the tree, with un speakable joyfulness. He who had been used to being spurned by the religious people of Jericho was the recipient of the special favor of this great Rabbi! Tongues began to wag, as might be expected. This last act was more un conventional than any that had gone be fore that day. The critics did not ap prove Christ's choice of a host, for Zac cheus was a sinner and a social and re ligious outcast. Little the Master cared. He saw only that this was a sincere seek er after him. and his opinion was justi fied by the publican's prompt declaration that he would give half his goods to the poor, and if he had wrongfully exacted aught of any man, he would restore It fourfold. When a man gets right with God he wants to get right with his fellow-men. That is why the Government has a "conscience fund" that is ever be ing added to. The revival of religion in Wales has been accompanied by a re. vival of ethical ideals; tradesmen with bad accounts have been among the first to profit by it. The great need and desire of Zac cheus' heart was met by Jesus In the assurance of salvation. And to the carping critics the Lord made answer by repeating the keynote of his mes sage still the Good-News for all men "The Son of Man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.: Going Back on the Best PEW persons actively reject and op pose Christ. He has not many pronounced enemies in the world. Men do not cry ou.t against Christ as did the rabble at the Crucifixion. Never theless, they just as truly reject him by Ignoring him. It is a real rejection of Christ to be Indifferent to him, to give no heed to his will and no con sideration to his claims. . If we are crowding? Christ out of our life by petty temporal Interests, if we have no time for him, we must be classed in the company of those who reject the Lord of life. They who reject the Son must reck on with the Father. There are no half-way choices in matters of the kingdom. We must be for or against. We cannot be unde cided. Shirkers and cowards, time without number, have tried to follow this course, but without avail. They who will not stand up for Christ must stand against him. Satan counts the undecided as on his side. How may we know God? There are many schools In which this knowledge Is to be gained; indeed, all of life s but an opportunity for finding out about God. The best knowledge of God, though, comes through Jesus Christ, who Is "the image of the invis ible God." We cannot know the Fath er aright except through the Son. He came to be the revealer of God, to manifest himself in a manner that mortals could comprehend. So to make the acquaintance of Jesus "Christ is to arrive at a knowledge of the Father. The eyes of the haughty are holden, that they may not see God. Black and white cannot be mingled without destroying the character of both. Ink and water mixed lose their distinctive offices, both as ink and as water. So worldllness and spirituality are incompatible in a Christian. We cannot walk the way of the world and live the life of heaven. Knowledge of God is a boon reserved for the spirit ually minded for "spiritual things are spiritually discerned." When we seek the acquaintanceship of God, we must do so to the exclusion of all that is not in harmony with that purpose. Worldly alms must be surrendered, worldly ideals be crucified, before we can attain the bliss that belongs only to friends of the living God. One of the most suggestive pictures in sacred art portrays the Savior as standing at the door of a human heart, knocking for admittance. There he stands, knocking and waiting, with an ineffable sweetness on his brow. He is not driven away but he is not ad mitted. He is truly rejected and de spised when we refuse to let him in. Inaction is a positive repudiation. When we spurn the Savior we gain nothing and lose everything. Our need is not for more opportunities, but for clearer vision. Even this world's vineyard Is never won by spurning Its true Lord. . Think for an Instant of the things we accept Instead of Jesus. The room that belongs to him we give to. fool ish pride, to vain pleasures, to worldly ambitions and to petty selfishness all trifles of a day. The insignificance and unimportance of the Interests for the sake of which we reject Christ should startle us. It may seem a slight thing to refuse to accept him who pleads for entrance into our hearts. Yet the worst of sins is this rejection of the Savior. It is the one sin that shuts men off from salvation. We cannot commit a great er wrong to our soul or to God than to shut our life against our true Mas ter. After the vision must come the service. God does not give us special privileges without reason. They are meant to for tify us for the commonplace duties. The vision does not fulfill its mission to us unless it makes us fitter for the ordinary work of every diy. Many of the deeds and professions of a Christian's life must seem as folly to the worldling; the simple reason Is, of course, his own spiritual blindness. The deep things of religion are altogether Incom prehensible to the unregenerate. There fore a Christian must live his life regard less of the world and its opinions, seek ing his wisdom and his comfort from above. If we saw Christ better we would serve men more. , "Where there is no vision the people perish,' says the word of God. The truth is one of wide meaning. It applies to a nation, to a church, and to an individual.' The power and peace of a Christian's life will be exactly in proportion to his vision of spiritual things. If the heavens are closed to him; if he ca see only the enemies In front of him and not the heavenly helpers above and about him; if his eyes are open to material things.' but shut to the beauties of God's word and of God's worship, then his religious life will inevitably be a weak, declining and joyless thing. Power to live below depends on ability to look above. News and Notes From Everywhere Fifty per cent of the Protestants of New York City are unattached to any church. The viceroy who is most influential in all China Yuan Shih Kal has re quested the throne to give instructions to viceroys and governors to put a stop to opium smoking among the of ficial classes in the literati. Temperance reform in England will not languish for need of funds at pres ent if the report be true that the will of a Wesleyan layman leaves a fund of $1,250,000 for this cause, provided that the Wesieyans raise m equal sum. Rev. F. B. Meyer, of London, and Rev. J. H. Shakespeare have under taken a novel philanthropy this Sum mer. With a motor car they are vis iting remote towns and villages, fre quently holding eight or ten meetings a day. Congregational churches are to be found in every state and territory in the Union with the exception of Dela ware. The leading Congregational city in the United States in number of churches is Chicago, which has S4, or more than twice as many as Boston. A novel combination was that at a meeting held in London recently to protest against the desecration of the Sabbath, when the Archbishop of Can terbury presided, supported by the Ro man Catholic Duke of Norfolk and the Congregationalist, Dr. Horton. A let ter was read from a prominent Jewish rabbi and expressions of interest from the Prince and Princess of Wales. One hundred thousand adult Bible classes is the number estimated to be actually enrolled In the religious bod ies included in the International Sun day School Association. The employ ment of a field secretary to work spe cifically among these classes is now under consideration. It Is also pro posed by the executive committee to petition Congress for an act of Incor poration of the International Sunday School Association. Two thousand college students have attended the five conventions held by the Student Y. M. C. A. this Summer in different sections of the country. The Eastern students met at Northfleld, representing Princeton, Yale, Harvard. Cornell, Columbia and Pennsylvania universities. The unveiling of a tab let to commemorate the orsanlzatlon of the Student Volunteer Movement -for Foreign Missions at Northfleld twenty years ago was a feature of this conven tion. Rev. Dr. G. Campbell Morgan, of Lon-' don, has been elected president of the English Sunday School Union A representative of the Pope will at-, tend the sessions of the coming Peace; Conference at The Hague as an credited member of that body. The late Pope, falling to obtain such rep-' resentation at tho first conference,' caused the withdrawal of the papal' nuncio in Holland and none has since been appointed. The Dutch govern-: ment is now anxious to have a papal representative reside in Holland to set-' tie Catholic matters, and will there fore oppose no objection to the ap-; polntment of such a representative to the Peace Conference. Seven Sentence Sermons Every sin Journeys forth fully equipped with instruments for its own punishment. Hillis. Gods fade; but God abides, and In man's'' heart Speaks with the clear, unconquerable cry -Of energies and hopes that cannot die. Symonds. Wretched Is the discontent that quar-' rels with Its tools Instead of with Its skill. Anon. Very few of us will have the chance of heroic self-devotion, but every day brings the petty, wearing sacrifice, which weighs full weight in God's scales. Osgood. You will generally suffer If you appear other than you are. The mask soon be comes an Instrument of torture. Phelps. - Live not without a God; however low or high In every house should be a window to the : sky. W. W. Story. Life is a progress and not a staUqn. Emerson. ,