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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. Jesus told
these two stories wihout any inten
tion that they should be pursued cur
iously in all the refinements of their
meaning; He designed only to illus
trate, from the familiar, every-day
experience of His hearers, the tre-
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them. I
At the Base of Democracy
The background of these lesson
stories was very human and interest- j
ing. The aristrocrats pointed the fin- j
ger of scorn at Jesus because He re
ceived sinners, and even ate with I
them. A lirst class snob Is always |
most of all zealous about his social ■
standing, and unwilling to do any
thing at all to compromise it. Some ,
socially ambitious persons are j
ashamed of their own humble parents.
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.
More than a score of years ago a j
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time," sat on a Chicago curb. Nobody j
heeded them greatly; they were only
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evangelist of the age, who has led j
two hundred thousand souls to pub
lic confession of Christ, and who has
made over for righteousness whole cit
ies. No man can know what will
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be the result of a single reclamation
of a wandering soul.
This at least, is sure: the church,
which ceases to go after sinners is '
thereby ceasing to possess the power i
to nurture saints. The Christianity |
which is not actively seeking the lost
is in danger of losing his own Saviour.
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.
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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,
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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
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"THIS SMART SET"
That inimitable and resourceful
comedian, Salem Tutt Whitney, is to
appear in a brand new musical com
edy at the Majestic Theater Monday
afternoon and evening. It is entitled
"The Wrong Mr. President," and from
all accounts is the best play this well
known funmaker has appeared in
since he became a popular favorite.
This season he will again be supported
by the' lamous "Smart Set" Company,
an unusually strong organization, in
cluding Homer Tutt and Blanche
Thompson, regarded as entertainers
de luxe in their particular line. New
and appropriate scenery has been pro
vided and nothing seemingly has been
left undone to make the production
one to conjure with. The offering is
all the more noteworthy because it
will introduce Mr. Whitney in the role
of an author. He is responsible for
the book and lyrics, while the music
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man who is rapidly coining to the
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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
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in the Nine White Hussars, who will
appear as the big attraction of the
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AT THE COLONIAL
Along with the fine vaudeville bill
that came to the Colonial yesterday,
patrons of the busy corner will be
treated to the usual popular stunt of
"Country Store" to-night. The cur
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quartet, called the Old Town Quartet;
a clever comedy sketch called "Tom
Katz Night Out." with 10. T. Jackson
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PALACE THEATER
Note the stars appearing in the j
Photoplay at the Palace. Saturday, j
Florence Lawrence and Matt Moore;
in a Victor three-reel drama entitled i
"Diplomatic Flo." Here we find Flo j
as the daughter of the superintendent (
of Uncle Sam's secret service. While j
her father and sweetheart appraise
her only as a girl, a child who knows
nothing of political problems. Flo
finds a mission, turns diplomat and
prevents an affair that would bring
about international complications. 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
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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
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MacQuarrie, Pauline Bush and Lou
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reel 101 Bison western drama, "The
Lamb, the Woman, the Wolf." If you
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you are going to like this one. And
the three leading parts are enacted by
artists of the highest ability—acknowl
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The play is set in a western town and
the mountains. The Lamb, played by
Mr. MacQuarrie in a brilliant manner,
is one of those gentle young men who
spend their lives looking after the
affairs of others and in the meantime
lose all the best that Is the heritage of
the young. This boy is devoting his
life to his invalid mother, and in his
spare moments editing a weekly pa
per. The citizens of the town deride
the editor and his paper. Hut there
are two persons who have faith in him
—the woman and his mother. Except
for the invalid mother the boy would
lay his heart at the Woman's feet.—
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