Show HotY gmt rho Tho week Immediately preceding Easter lies been called calle l the holy and from a II t very early day 10 of ot our era It has been beon observed among mong Christians S with special rites tind anI cur car Vory Very early too It customary to that and tho the week 01 following Krister l iBler Sunday Sunda a II period of fit peace During these two the tho doors of ot till nil law courts wera vero cloned I find all nIl litigation cea ceased ed for tOI tito tho tune thoo being It IB to to lo bo ho deplored that such an regulation docs not exist now nil Ill over wor the tho world rIo Tho early earlyn that tho the tendency adoption n of ot It proves In lot tho the of the tho religion of or which Calvary cantor contor con lor In Is toward peace It proven that when that religion becomes a 11 force In human life fe It men feel that under tho the of It t the Cross must cease ceMO of lit Jt It in Is j a ii II peculiar characteristic tho the departure tram from the tho spirit of ot tins the Christian religion that no ItO matter to bo ho bothe It still claims how liow far It goes KOM of oC Christianity The the thc very essence religion lon enjoins unity on Its lis followers as ILS tho the chief ehlo mark liy by which they may bo be known In tho the world But united They do not they arc aro rollot tint not lovu on another Thoy arc oro divided In Into Int into to t 1 almost hostile camps And they claim for tor this division the Musters Masters Christ Is 1 11 the tho th PrInce of Ut tI Christian are But war spending their strength upon Implements and they ara are talking armies Christian 4 about I fU Christian matter how howTh L no 1111 thor llOrO Is III I no iio of ot atthe In the tho light Haht Th It may fiftY appear the Scriptures for tor which someone doc not claim orthodoxy orthodox It Is Iii Ii thIs peculiar Jar 10 I fact tact which moved Tolstoi to In tut as Il It may seem the churches have ace always been not merely alien but downright hostile to the tho teachings of It if Christ Ghrist and they thoy must needs bo no tO tOc Christs Thoy c bare BO SQ transformed leaching teaching to 10 suit tho tIns world that there thera It nn do de demands doI no longer r resulted from NUl any I mands unit and that men could go 10 on liv had hitherto lived The Tho ing log aa as zt they church yielded to the world worl and anti bay hav bavins havIns bayIng ins Ing yielded followed It Thu world anti and left heft that It choso choo did 1 everythIng the church to after as WI well aa cut Il it It could with its Ita teachings about the tho meaning of 01 lIfo The Tho world let led Its hit lift l contrary to 10 tt Christs teaching tC In lu Ouch each every point and thu tho church contrived subtleties to demonstrate that In lit living contrary to Christs law laV lawmen men wore hyIng In harmony with It And AutI It elided In the thc worlds ho to II t lend lead a IL life lito worse wanD thun tho the life mo of ot the tho heathen ami thu tho churchs daring not Ilot only to 10 Justify such Inch a IL life 11 to lInt but oven oyen to that this was wout pre precisely what corresponded correl to Christs teaching t 1 may not fully 1111 this I statement but bilL the tho fact in 11 that the departure from tho the t of It f the th has lias taken 1 under tho the of or orthodoxy orthodox willo witHe by lilt II Him hava l toen n branded as 85 hurt AVa Wo need heed to sr p coil and examine OX our to lii what ii it our toil tl t III our cur dally actions III in In of or 11 Li In And ill Die Is IS no Ito notime time like hIke tho for or meditation l It might wall lip ho u a 1 holy week In the th true lenS of iI that fliRt worth word wor J |