SECOND SECTION FRIDAY EVENING, PAGES 9TO i 6 ARRISB CJRG 558191815 TELEGRAPH juLYuum MUTT WAS ALL SHOT UP WITH REAL BULLETS ON TUESDAY % # % * % • % % § % » .•••••• * .• •• . • • 1 • » • J . •••• 1 • ...... «e *. • a ♦ • * • • • • • •_• • • e • *• / * % • •• • • • l• • • %•• • * ♦ • • • • # o t Durine the exhibition of fanov an I twelve follo'wers of Jesus. When the ; j ten learned of the secret ambition j and scheme of the two, they were ' incensed. Their silent discontent I over the favors shown the others now broke into open protest. They were probably no better than the others and equally ambitious. Simply the two had got ahead of them. Such was the material out of which the early church was made. We marvel that such common men as these should have been transformed into the apostles of a later day. How was this crisis met by Jesu»? I Did He answer by thunders of au thority and denunciation? No. In stead, He opened school and held a kindergarten class in His philoso phy of greatness. He gathered the twelve close to Himself and patiently taught them: "Ye know that they who are accounted to rule over the Gentiles lord it over them; and their great ones exercise authority over them. But It is not so among you: but whosover ' would become great among you, shall be your minister; iind whosoever would be first among you, shall be servant of all. For the Son of Man also came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many." Mastering by Ministry In the middle ages there was a widespread belief in the power of a talisman. Sir Walter Scott wrote a book about one such, whoso touch was supposed to heal and to extract poisons. In the few lines just quoted we have a talisman for most of the Ills of church and the time. It takes the danger out of every possible po sition and relationship. Con well those words. They be long on the fleshy tablets of the heart. They epitomize the life of, Jesus. They can save the church! from worldliness and selfishness; can; save an efficient life from bitterness of selfcenteredness; can save the am-* bitious from tragic failure. To seek to serve others is to save self. Nobody is too high, too low, too powerful, too humble to achieve* this real greatness. It is better to] bo helpful than high. Service la worthier than fame. Look down the long vistas of the centuries, and the' Highest of all figures is upborne above all others upon a cross of sac rifice and service.