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LIFE LIVED TO THE LIMIT
The International Sunday School Lesson For May
13 Is "Jesus the True Vine."—John 15:1-16
By WILLIAM T. ELLIS
Her face had been ruined by cos
metics and her disposition by cyn
icism. Her cigaret and her sophis
tication, and her blase spirit, which
showed more wrinkles even than her
face, aroused no sentiment more
keen than pity; for she was a society
woman who had lived to taste the
ashes in all the cups of pleasure that
she had put to her lips. World-wear
iness had embittered her. As I lis
tened to this poor woman (1 believe
she was wealthy) uttering her unbe
lief in the reality of romantic love
and of the happy married lives and
of the simplicity of domestic joys,
which she called the figments of lit
erary imagination, I confess that 1
was more interested in her state of
mind than in her contentions. For
the poor creature, in a long life spent
in search of pleasure, had succeeded
only in envenoming her own soul and
in atrophying her capacity to per
ceive the true aJ the beautiful and
the good. Now, in the eventide of life
when she should have been enjoying
the soul's sunset serenity, her acrid
spirit was denying the reality of
those things which alone make life
livable.
That woman was an uncommonly
clear example of the truth that there
is a plane of experience far beyond
the knowledge of many. Spiritual
truth and spiritual qualities are only
empty words to them. Material
things—clothes, cabarets, theaters,
food and frolic—are the limit of
their understanding. Such are the
multitudes who hope to extract
sweetness from the dry orange of
Brodway. Nothing that cannot be felt
and handled means much to them.
For their happiness they are depend
ent upon things, and not upon inner
experience. Poor, deluded creatures,
they miss the prizes of life.
Tlic Unheard Song:
My friend the naturalist told a
story the other evening which, all
unmeant by him, illustrated the
plight of the carnally-niinded people
of the world. He had one morning
come upon a water thrush, at its
hour of song. "The music was like
a stream of gold, rippling in the sun
light. I cannot tell you how beauti
ful it was; words are not equal to
the occasion. As I listened, the notes
seemed to break up into the most
wonderful golden spray—and then
the song passed beyond me. The
notes were too high for human ear
\to catch. I could see the. bird's little
throat swelling but I could not hear
a sound. As you know, there are
some notes of sound that are beyond
the range of mortal hearing. I could
only look and marvel; and muse that,
if such was the heard music, what
must that have been which was be
yond my comprehension."
Thus it is with things spiritual,
which must be spiritually discerned
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FRIDAY EVENING, ... HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH MAY 11, 1917.
To the mind of the flesh this majes
tic passage of mysticism, which has
been assigned as the Sunday school
lesson for to-day, is entirely mean
ingless, a jumble of strange, figures.
Yet to millions, upon millions of per
sons now alive, as to thousands of
millions who throughout the cen
turies have entered into understand
ing of still greater mysteries these
words of Jesus are of the very mar
row of life. They represent that
which is more real than this solid
ball of earth, more personal and
precious than father or mother, hus
band or wife, son or brother.
"Closer is He than breathing, nearer
than hands or feet."
Life From the ltoot I'll
Well-thumbed in the Bible of
every Christian, these words, which
were spoken by Jesus to His little
company of intimates on the night
before He died, are to be read rather
than discussed. They make their own
appeals to all who have eyes in their
spirits. So I quote the Lesson en
tire;
"I am the true vine, and my
Father is the husbandman. Every
branch in me that beareth not fruit,
he taketh it away; and every branch
that beareth fruit, he cleanseth it,
that it may bear more fruit. Already
are ye clean because of the word
which I have spoken unto you. Abide
in me, and I in you. As the branch
cannot bear fruit of itself, except it
abide in the vine; so neither can ye,
except ye abide in me. I am the
vine, ye arc the branches; He that
abideth In me, and I in him, the
same beareth much fruit; for apart
from me ye can do nothing. If a
man abide not in me, he is cast forth
as a branch and is withered; and
they gather them, and cast them in
to the fire, and they are burned. If
ye abide in me, and my words abide
in you, ask whatsoever ye will, and
it shall be done unto you. Herein
is my Father glorified, that ye bear
much fruit; so shall ye be my disci
ples. Even as the Father hath loved
me, I also have loved you; abide in
my love. If ye keep my command
ments, ye shall abide in my love;
even as I have kept my Father's
commandments, and abide in his
love. These things have I spoken un
to you, that my joy may be in you
and that your joy may be made full.
This is my commandment, that ye
love one another, even as 1 have
loved you. Greater love hath no man
than this, that a man lay down hip
life for his friends. Ye are my
friends, if ye do the things which I
command you. No longer do I call
you servants; for the servant know
eth not what his lord doeth; but I
have called you friends for all things
that 1 heard from my Father I have
made known unto you."
These peasants who were the clos-
est. friends of the Carpenter under
stood better than we occidental city
dwellers can possibly do, the signifi
cance of the symbolism of the vine.
The oriental love of imagery led Je
sus to put His great and mystical
teaching into the form of a familiar
figure of speech, which should be
eternally understandable.
Lying on the surface of the meta
phor was the most profound teaching
of all, that Jesus Is not only himself
divine, and the very Life of God, but
that He is also the source of life for
all who would come after Him. Life
comes from the root —how eloquent
our gardens are at this season of the
great teaching! Hidden beneath all
observation, its nature really as
much a mystery as when the first
plant fruited In the Garden of Eden,
life for the vine comes from the tin
seen depths of the roots.
What of Our New Times?
A few days ago a magazine editor
asked me to write an article upon
President Wilson's immortal address
in the United States Senate as "A
New Magna Charta for Humanity."
His thought is that this great utter
ance expressed the best thought of
the whole world to-day, and that the
principles therein laid down have
been accepted by Christendom as the
new laws for the governance of soci
ety. Like every other alert person,
that editor knows that the world to
day is in process of reconstruction.
In things fundamental, as well as in
.outward seeming. And the most
wonderful thing about the world
stirring address of President Wilson
is that, after all, it is but a modern
ized expression of the Ideals taught
by Jesus, and set forth, in some fash
ion, in every pulpit in Christendom.
If Woodrqw Wilson were not a son of
the manse, the inheritor of Chris
tian traditions and teachings, and
himself a student and disciple of Je
sus, he never could have framed so
sublimely this magnificent Christian
utterance. He himself said long ago,
when he was active in Sunday school
work, "The Sunday school lesson of
to-day is the code of morals of to
morrow." Now he has illustrated his
own utterance.
Out of the fog and smoke of this
world war have emerged in new
clearness and sanctity the principles
of Jesus as the only workable law of
life. Christendom accepts as a logi
cal and proper program the newly
sacred ideals of justice and liberty
and brotherhood. We all of us per
ceive that, in new solidarity and
unity, mankind must live together
in peace and righteousness. Mr.
Lloyd George's declaration that this
is the world's final war, expressed
the slowly matured conviction of
civilization. A better way of running
the world must be found —nay, is
being found. All persons who think
are clear about the new program
for society; but what about the
power?
Ah, there is the crux of the world s
greatest problem. Only a new power
can accomplish the wonders we
dream and desire. The far-breathed
hopes and prayers of a heart-broken
humanity all wait upon this; some
new motive and spirit underlying all
the deeds of men that will give us
the reality of a day of true democ
racy and brotherhood. The answer
to that universal question lies in this
Sunday school lesson. The life of
the world's Redeemer alone Is equal
to this need. When Christians are
in union with Jesus, as the branch
Is In union with the vine, there will
be adequate power ayailable to make
effeotive the sublimest social, and
economic program of altruism. Short
of this—let us be brave enough tp
face the truth —there is no assurance
that ail the new benefits for the race,
nolv being bought at uncounted cost
of'blood and treasure, may be main
tained against the ancient selfishness
and ambition that have so sorely af
flicted the world.
The Vine-Dresser At Work In the
World
Is the thought an audacious or |
| unwarranted one, that even now one j
: explanation of the suffering and sev
erings of mankind is that the Eter-1
I nal Vine Dresser is at work with His
I pruning knife in the vineyard of the :
■ world ? Even as the grapes, running'
1 wild in a tangle, which I so severely
cut back to the parent stem a few 1
weeks ago, might cry out against
| such severe alid seemingly heartless
! treatment, so the world is moaning
| and grieving and weeping over the
j present work of the Master Husband-
I man. If organized society had borne
more and better fruit it might have
escaped this unprecedented pruning.
Nevertheless, let us hold to the faith
that God is at work in His vineyard,
and that He is preparing it for more
l'rult, and fruit truer to the type of
His planting.
Observe please, that all the vine
| receives attention as the nietaphor
runs. Fruitless branches are cut
| away—awesome fate! Branches that
I bear also feel the knife, that they
I may produce more fruit. The good
I Husbandman does not let His vine
l yard alone. It would soon revert to
' its wild and worthless form were it
not in receipt of frequent attention.
The spirit that feels the pruning
knife should not cry out against God,
as if He were wronging It. On the
contrary, He is giving proof of His
affection; "Every branch that bear
eth fruit, he cleanseth It, that It may
bear more fruit." Even the appar
ent calamities of the world, also, are
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I
but evidence that God Is working His
purposes out.
A word or mysticism Is at the
heart of this message of the Master
to His friends: "Abide in me." But
what does it mean to "abide?"
Sometimes we get array of new light
upon an old passage by looking up
the original language: words, like
coins, may have their image blurred
by passing through many hands.
One day, when working on the ori
ginal Greek of this passage, I stum
bled upon a coincidence which made
i the significance of it clearer to nie;
! and 1 wonder that the learned com
i mentators seem not to have pointed
this out.
This mystical word "abide" is
really the son of a word found in the
j preceding chapter of John's Gospel,
! and there unsatisfactorily rendered
j "mansions." Jesus was not then
! taking abouttlie magnificence of
i heaven: He was stressing its perma
| nency. His little group, His family,
j was breaking up; so He comforted
them with the assurance that "In my
Father's house are many abiding
places," that is, homes that never
break up.
So now, in the present passage
about the vine. He is saying, as it
were, "Live permanently in my pres
ence; be constantly at home with me.
Let us dwell together without any
moving away or separation." And
that kind of Christ
is all of religion. Everything elso
follows it inevitaby. "Abide"—and
the fruit will take care of itself.
ARMY CHIEF REMOVED
Petrograd, May 11. -7- General
I Russky has been removed" from the
chief command of the army of the
I northern front, lie remains, how
ever, a member of the council of war.
M. P, IN JAIL
I London, May 11.—Joseph Mc
| Guinness, the newly-elected member
I of the House of Commons for Long
] ford, Is serving a three years' sen
-1 tcnce In Lewes prisW. He was con
victed in connection with the Dublin
1 rebellion last year.
CONVICTKD OF MAN SLAUGHTER
Lewistown, Pa., May 11. Dan
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I OUR THIRD SATURDAY I
| Selling Event Offering |
| Greater Values Than Ever ll
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Three Great Watch Values
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| %Sa/f $19.50 S B - 50 $5.00 |
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=p to-morrow, at row, at $12.50. sjs
545 ——■ " Elgin and Waltham in round cases only,
ill Toadies' Jewel Girdles Jap styles worth Emblem Buttons of almost every fraternal so- 111
jfi *2.50, at 95c ciety, worth to $2.00; special, at 25c Zfl
sts Solid Gold Baby Rings, worth *1.25; special. Sterling Silver Bouquet Pins, worth *1.00; spe- gfg
ii at 50c cial, at 50c Mi
=4= ladies' Tiffany and Fancy Rings—solid gold— United States Seal Fobs, worth 25c; speciul, 10c ill
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II m
. Alexandero, on trial here this week
I for the murder of Fred Rossi at
I Noginey on February 18, was con
; vk-ted of voluntary manslaughtei
t and was admttte dto JBOO ball, perid
• ins a napplicatlon for a new trial.