20 CHRIST REVEALS GOD AS SEEK! THE LOST This Conception Has Changed the World's Map and IU History OSSIFICATIONS BREAKING UP First Class Snob Always Most Zeal ous Concerning His So cial Position THE TWO TYPES OF RELIGION The International Sunday School lies son FOP April 20 Is "The Lost Sheep and the Lost Coin."—Luke 15:1-10 (By Wm. T. Ellis) Two pictures are suggested, one older than the inscribed rocks of Per nia or' the Inca ruins of South Am erica. It is a picture of humanity, of all colors and conditions, in pur suit of spiritual peace. The details of the picture are more bewildering than Michael Angelo's "Last Judg ment." They include the great stone altars, the "high places" of Petra; tlie sacrificial mounds of the Amer ican Indians, the myriad indescrib able idols of India, the stately tem ples at. Nikko, and the majestic shrine at Ise, in Japan; the Kabba at Mecca, the noble "Temple of Heaven" in Poking, and the wondrous ruins at old Karnak, in Egypt. A tide of pil grims, and a cloud of incense are in the background of this picture. Red splotches of human sucriiice stain the canvas. As we look, the great pic ture seems vocal with the oldest and saddest of human wails, the cry of soula seeking salvation. That is the history of human religions; man struggling toward God. No great soul can gaze upon the scene without- be ing profoundly moved. The other picture is a contrast —■ the great contrast. It is lined mostly Ju the experiences of one character, and its central scene is that character on a cross. In the background we see Him aa a Good Shepherd, amid the tltorn« of the dangerous mountain fide at sunset, rescuing a lost lamb that the eagles will get if He floes not. We see Him too. as a good phy sician, lavishing His healing upon the thankless. As a gentle, patient teacher, we behold Him unfolding to the multitude the truth of the new kingdom of brotherhood. A cham pion of the poor, the humble, the outcast, we watch Him fling His life Into the snarling teeth of an antago nistic, self-righteous system of proud self-interest. In ways small and great, this second canvas reveals the stupen dous and well-nigh incredible spec tacle of salvation seeking souls, God yearning fpr man. Christianity'* Unique Trait There, you have the one great dis tinctive truth about Christianity. It reveals God as seeking the lost. No longer is the Supreme Being under stood as a lierce and terrible Power, lo be propitiated and placated. Jesus niade clear that God is a B'ather, with all of a human father's best dualities, exalted and extended to the ninth degree. Brooding, yearning, inviting, seek ing—that is the picture of God which Jesus painted. That conception has changed the world's map and the world's history. For what people think about God is the determining factor in all human affairs. Across the f-ce of the sky, deep in the mines of earth, men now read the wonder ful Christ message. "God loves you." With such a mighty truth as this underlying tho present Sunday School lesson, no student should spend his time in conning the mere details of tho parable, as, for Instance, the fact that the lost coin was worth sixteen cents, and that the {Syrian home, with Its earthen floor, often had no window nt all, making the loss of the coin easy. So, also, with details of the business of the shepherd. 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Jesus, however, was the originator of J democracy, and He never looked at the label which society had pasted on a man. He would as lief eat with a publican as a pharisee. Whereat tho pharisees gnashed their teeth. Jesus answered them by this incom-• parable cluster of three parables, the I j lost sheep, the lost coin and the lost [son. [ At the plinth of things lies this 'Christ-teaching of the worth while iness of every human soul. It is the only basis for democracy. Equality of life, equality of opportunity, and] equality of value of every human be- • ing—these are bed-rock principles of | i democracy. In a democracy no man j |can say, as the old pharisees said, I '•This multitude is accursed." Even ( as Jesus prized the outcast, so democ- j racy prizes every baby, every boy and j girl, every laborer in mill and mine, i and every sheep wandering from the | fold of good citizenship. 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Is a Revival Coming? Even the ecclesiastics, who are slowest to discern spiritual tenden-: cies and moods, perceivethe pres-1 ent portents of a revival of religion. I They are putting evangelism on their j programs, and appointing committees and commissions on the subject. A multitude of voices are calling the Christian church back to her first work. Old ossifications are breaking up, to prepare the way for a fresh ex pression of spiritual concern. The veritable earthquake of social unrest is but ploughing up the ground for the harvest. Social service has come as a fashion, only to find that the most effective social service is recla mation of individual lives. Unit by unit the foundations! of society must be built up of redeemed individuals. All things conspire to cry aloud our day's need for a new Becking of the lost. There is an evangelism that is proo ! fessional and stereotyped and spoken; | there is another that is incarnated in ! a life. Recently I waa obliged to hasten from the great tabernacle meetings of Evangelist Sunday at ! Scranton, where hundreds were being j converted daily, to the funeral of a : friend whose rare life of exquisite isaintliness had embodied all that the ! evangelist preached, and more. The j message of that bier was more irn i pressivo to me than any of the mighty ! tabernacle sermons. Truth is most eloquent when lived. A sunrise needs !no trumpeter. A life of Christian Move, ministering, forbearing, seeking j love, is real evangelism. So it was that all the wonderful words of Jesus concerning salvation were overshadowed by His life. He first lived the truth He taught. More impressive than the parables of the lost, i htestru hrdl-:AldMgtemagosmt lost is the truth that "the Son of Man is come to seek and to save the lost." He told about the good shepherd; i He was the good shepherd. He taught love for sinners; He loved lost men even up to the climax of Calvary. fflAMUSEjl§[MENTs|^f MAJESTIC To-night—Firemen's Minstrels. To-morrow matinee and night—"Way Down East." Monday matinee and night, April 27 "The Smart Set." Tuesday night, April 28 Yiddish Company. Wednesday night, April 29 "The | Lure." "WAY DOWN EAST" So far from needing endorsement, "Way Down East" confers it, since it represents the good taste of a public that made and maintained Its success. jThis famous play Jars a certain theory concerning the tired businessman of whom we hear so much. He never misses his chance to be present when a visit is made. There are no tropical choruses, French heels or like reme dies for masculine brain-fag, and by the time the first scene is well on its way there is no tired man. "Way Down East" will be presented at the Majestic Saturday afternoon and even ing.—Advertisement. 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N FARING SEASON'S CLOSE While it's true that the Orpheum's season is slipping rapidly away, it is also true that the high tide of vaude ville in Harrlsburg is here and that it will be augmented by another bill equally as good for next week. With Lasky's "Beauties" as the crowning attraction of the current offering, the lOrpheum has a vaudeville offering this week that is certainly a deserving one. Merit, variety and talent is embraced in every turn and there is a dash and go to each act. The vocal and instru mental treat of the season is promised in the Nine White Hussars, who will appear as the big attraction of the Orpheum's last offering. The triple I trio are costumed in the snow-white j uniforms used by the German Em- I peror's personal bodyguard. Of head>- llne importance also will be Maria lo's Dresden china pictures, the greatest i posing sensation of the year. All of the i pictures are done in colored china ef fects. 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It is not going too far to say that this play is one of the best comedy-dramas in which the little actress has ap peared for some time. Clean, whole some, with a sturdy denotement of true political intrigue and normal heart-interest, it is replete with every little touch that makes a Victor-Law rence production a success. Murdock MacQuarrie, Pauline Bush and Lou Chaney will also be shown In a three reel 101 Bison western drama, "The Lamb, the Woman, the Wolf." If you like the play that strikes a new note you are going to like this one. And the three leading parts are enacted by artists of the highest ability—acknowl edged stars. Th