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Show .NEW PORTRAYAL OF JUdAs Judas has rcmainatl down the contunios thrt ono psychological mystery or tho twolvo. Apostlos. Tho thirty pieces of sllvor havo scorned ontlrcly InBlgnlllcant in uompariKon to tho enm nitty of his dcod. Thoologlans havo on tho ono hand .coil' sldercd him tho tool of predestination, and, on tho other, so lost to virtue and loyalty that tliO ploccH of sllvor outvalued his Master. Neither of these explanations is entirely satisfactory, Tho flritt donltw rroo will; tlio second places JlltlaS on do low a montal and moral plane that ile could nevor con6lstontly nrti' vflhlittal'lly have become tho diScIpIo of tho Master. Mr. Harry Kemp offers 11110(1101 0plail-tlon 0plail-tlon (though by no means a now ono) In his drama, "Judos." Horo Is Judas' reasoning rea-soning as voiced by Mr. :.'omp: " 'Twill bo a glorious betrayal caught at last In a trap from which thoro Is no . esoopo, savo by suporhunian moans. Ho will hesitate no longor; Ho will withhold His dlvlno strongth no more; Ho will pro-nounco pro-nounco . tho Mighty Word, tho night Will straightway Hash evetywhero with winnowing win-nowing wings of llro, ind, at a momont, tho Kingdom will havo. como." ' To tho lost, Judos, bollevus that Ho will stop rrom tho arose antl yot mini His ralth. Mr. Komp's handling or his stiU-Joot stiU-Joot mattor Is to bo highly eommondod. Tho phrasing Is simplicity Hsoir, yot 'It carries coifvlctlon with its reasoning. |