EYES FOR WHAT COUNTS
The International Sunday School Ijosson For November 0 Is
"Peter's Great Confession"—Matt. 1(1:18-24
By WILLIAM T. ELLIS
In a little Vermont town I once
mentioned my acquaintance with a
distinguished son of the village who
had made himself a name and a
place in the world. The reply of the
natives was amusing and revealing.
They wanted me, the stranger, clear- j
ly to understand that "Charley" was ,
no better than any of the rest of
them While they did not exactly ,
dispraise him, they took the familiar
attitude that since he had grown up
with them as boys, therefore lie '
could not be anybody in particular!
which is quite the way of old ac- '
quaintances: to have known them ,
intimately is a bar to distinction!
Some score of million of persons
are studying in the present lesson
about an entirely different type of
man. Peter had eyes that saw
through to essentials. The theme of j
this study could well be, "Eyes and I
no eyes." The big crowd was in- 1 1
terested in Jesus, the wonder-work
er, and they were ' trying to place I
Him. All their measurements fel! I
short, as developed in the cabinet
meeting which Jesus held with his I
assistants, a meeting wherein he |
kept in touch with public opinion.
It was Peter, ho of the ready tongue
and the daring imagination, who
had the vision to penetrate clear
through to the truth.
An Old Story Retold
The familiar incident is related in
unfamiliar phrase in the Weymouth!
translation:
"When He arrived in the neighbor
hood of Caesarea Philippi, Jesus j
questioned His disciples.
'Who do people say that the Son '
of Man is?' He asked. I
'Some say John the Baptist,' they
replied; 'others Elijah; others Jere
miah or one of the Prophets.'
'But you, who do you say that I
am ?' He asked again.
'You,' replied Simon Peter, 'are
the Christ, the Son of the ever-living
God.'
'Blessed are you Simon Bar-
Jonah,' said Jesus; 'for mere human j
nature has not revealed this to you, J
but my Father in Heaven. And I j
declare to you that you are Peter,.
and that upon this Rock I will build I
my Church, and the might of Hades j
shall not triumph over it. I will i
give you the keys of the Kingdom
of the Heavens; and whatever you j
bind on earth shall remain loosed in ;
Heaven.'
Then he urged his disciples to tell j
no one that he was the Christ.
From this time Jesus began to ex-I
plain to his disciples that He must i
go to Jerusalem, and suffer much
cruelty from the elders and high
priests and the scribes, and be put
to death, and on the third day be
raised to life again. Then Peter
took Him aside and began taking.
Him to task.
'Master,' he said, God forbid; this
will not be your lot?' I
'But He turned and said to Peter,.
'Get behind me, Adversary; you j
are a hindrance to me, because your,
thoughts are not God's thoughts, but,
men's.
'Then Jesus said to His disciples,
'lf anyone desires to follow- me, J
let him renounce self and take up,
his cross, and so be my follower.' " |
Eyes For the Times * 1
Contemporary recognition of un-j
conventional greatness is rare. Only,
the flush of genius can perceive gen-!
ius. The reason no man is a hero to j
his valet, it has been said, is be- j
cause the valet is no hero. Hike the J
cerns like. It is the good who see j
goodness, the noble who praise no- j
bility. Contrariwise, "to the impure |
all things are impure."
Recently I heard a Congressman |
who is noted for his wealth and so- |
cial position, if not for his brains,
or character, in the presence of aj
large company of men, tell a story j
about a woman in public life which,
branded- the speaker as an evil j
minded creature unfit to associate
with decent people. Our judgments;
judge us. What we think of others
is the clearest revelation of what we
are. Peter was a man of mercurial
temperament, but we recognize him ;
ut ills best when he recognized the;
real character of his Leader. That
was the Peter to remember. Philips |
Brooks said, "Count your highest,
moments your truest."
Anybody can sec the obvious; so
it is no merit to us to proclaim the
perils and the unrest and the wide- )
spread sag of lifo in this our day. j
A need of the times is for men and
women who have eyes to penetrate
to the greatness and glory of what
lies beneath the surface of the pres
ent tumult. A dunard in Israel could
behold the encircling Syrian hosts;
it took prophetic vision to glimpse
ihe heavenly horsemen and chariots
which filled the skies. Only spirit-!
ually quickened eyes are alert to see j
"God within the shadow.
Keeping watch above his own,"
Tho Vision of the Best
On the lowest piano of ordinary j
experience, It Is a rare and priceless j
gift to have a vision trained to see
only the best. In a workday world,'
where suspicion and distrust nro
rife, the people who perceive the
good rather than the evil are a gift
of God to their associates. They are
the hearteners, tho encouragers, the!
inspirers. Becauso of them their fel-'
lows keep up heart, and work more j
joyously. These optimists, with see
ing eyes, who are In the real apos
tolic succession to Peter, make other 1
people as happy as Peter's avowal
made Jesus.
Let no one think that the lonely
Man of Borrows did not feel a glow
at His heart when He hoard Ills
dlßClple's recognition leap forth yo
unreservedly. The lavish tribute
Jesus paid Peter 1b evidence enough
of this.
Once a woman snlrl to the marine
painter Turner, "Mr. Turner, I
don't see In the sea those wonderful,
lights and shadows you put Into j
your ptctures,"
''Don't you wish you could,!
madam?" was tho artist's Instant re-!
ply. (
There were many up In the re-,
glons of Caesarea Jhlllppl who could
not see the significance of Josus.
Nearer home, there are many to-day
who hold In Him only a wise teach
er. a perfect man, a helper of hla
fellows. They offer him a nlclie
among the prophets of time. But
the Peter spirit, which every one of
us craves, penetrates deeper, and be
holds the sent Bon of God himself,!
the Redeemer of the race, the only
hope for our troubled times. Josus
himself does not desire floral trlb-•
tues of praise; He asks recognition,
and allfjHance.
At this hour, above the clack and ;
clatter of our machinery, and our;
lntermlnablo talk and disposition,
we find the Jesus of Galilee offering
Himself as leader and teacher and [
savior of a world lost in a maze;
of selfishness. As 110 was, so He'
In.
"He who hath led will lead
All through the wilderness;
He who hath fed will feed:
He who hath blessed will bless;
FRIDAY EVENING.
Ho who hath heard the cry
Will never close his ear;
lie who hath marked thy faintest
sigh
Will not forget thy tear.
He loveth always, faileth never,
So rest on Him, to-day, forever.
"Then trust Him for to-day,
As thine unfailing Friend
And let Him lead thee all the way,
Who loveth to the end.
And let the morrow rest
In His beloved hand;
His good is better than our best,
As we shall understand, —
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If, trusting Him who faileth never.
We rest on Him, to-day forever!"
A Man as a Rock
Theologians have quarreled for
centuries over the exact meaning of
the Master's praise of Peter, who at
his best was a rock, and at his worst
shifting sand. Peter's confession re
vealed Peter's character at its high
est; and his conviction proved his
spiritual illumination.
There is a sense in which even
God has to do all of his building
upon human lives; and that In His
eyes every rock-Christian is a foun
dation-stone of the kingdom. This
is one of the profundities of our
faith—the indispensableness of man
to God. Man is not a worm; he is
not even "a little lower than the
angles," for that passage, in clearer
translation, makes man a little
lower than God! One proof of this
is in the present lesson, which re
veals man as possessed of the power
to apprehend God. Nobody is up to
his highest level who is not culti
vating his spiritual vision. In
graphic phrase, the apostle describes
HARRISbITRG TELEGRAPH
this state or unawareness of God as
being: "dead."
Our high hours come to us %ve
know not when. What began as an
ordinary daily conference of his dis
ciples with Jesus, ended in the mo
mentous confession of Peter. Jesus
accepted and sealed the judgment of
His apostle. The occasion seems to
ha,ve been critical with Hini. Some
writers call it our Lord's first Pas
sion. How runs the story: "From
this time Jesus began to explain to
His disciples that He must go to
Jerusalem .... and bo put to death,
and on the third day be raised to
life again."
Thenceforth the Master walked
ever in the presence of Gethsemane
and the cross.
British Royal Family
Is Down to Economy
London, Nov. 7.—Several mem
bers of the royal family have been
setting an example In tho matter of
economy. With the exception of
King George, all of them are sub
ject to taxation in precisely the
same manner as any other subject,
and it is said that many of them are
finding it impossible to maintain
their former state.
Some time ago, the Queen
mother Alexandria, decided to
dispense with two of the three
police chauffeurs formerly em
ployed at Marlborough House, and
she has in contemplation other re
ductions. The Princess Christian
also has decided to dispense in fu
ture with all of the male indoor
servants she employed in the past,
and these are all now being replaced
by women.
The latest royal economy involved
the King's Privy Council, the last
session of which was held at Bal
moral Castle, Scotland. It has al
ways been the custom for some of
the councillors and the clerk to go
from London to the councils at Bal
moral. hut, owing to the high cost
of travel, it was arranged that the
Duke of Connauglit, tho Lord
Chamberlain and Lord Stamford
ham, the King's secretary, should
act and so obviate the cost of the
journeys to the government.
Many Babies Await
Adoption in England
London, Nov. 7.—According to of
ficials of the British National Baby
Adoption Society, more babies are
offered for adoption now in this
country than can be placed in suit
able homes. Many of the children
offered are illegitimate. Some are
children of demobilized soldiers
whose wives have died or left them.
Since the war, it is suid, the desire
to adopt children is more widespread
than ever before.
"Many unmarried women have
taken a child," one of the officials
said. "The children are adopted by
miners, who arc very fond of chil
dren and will take good care of
them."
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NOVEMBER 7, 1919.
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