| Show I LESSON FROM BETHANY HOME Social Side of Master Offers Proof of Divinity Says Rev Young REFLECTION FROM DEITY Y l-Y u It of If h by Incident at nt the Homo of uC if Martha Rev Th Benjamin Young preached yesterday yesterday yes yes- ferda morning upon ullon tho the subject A lA ALesson ALesson Lesson From the Bethany Home takIng tak tak- log Ing from Luke t 3 t the text A A woman named Martha fartha re received re- re him hint into liutti bel her ben house An And she had a sister Hister called Mary which also sat sal at Jesus Jesus' feet and heard lite word wont S And nd Martha was wis cumbered about much serving ln an and sh slit sho- came up Lip to him him hll annall anti ann said all Lon Lori dost ost thou not care oaro that 1 my ow sister hath left leC me mo to serve alone lone Did Bid Bil lien her therefore that site she hl ma may help me roe And AmI Jesus answered and said gall un unto to her Martha thou art careful an and troubled about mon many things s But nut one thing Is ts needful For Mary I lath hath choun that good rood part which hichi shall halI not be le taken away from her lien Rev nC Mr Young Young- said sole In t p part The he village Ilose was not ver very far from Irom Jerusalem The family Is referred re re- re- re erred lo to more than once In go gospel pel his his- tot tory In SI St Johns John's gospel It I I Is described de de- ile- ile scribed with wih perhaps n a n little more Jet def On Oti one of oC hl hi his memorable Journeys Jesus Jesu comes comos to the village to 10 tore re rest relt t. t lie le was a n homeless man mm hut but there were wre mn many homes In which he lie was n a welcome guest Many Maii of oC his greatest sayings fell fel cli from rom hl his lips while ihle a vis ls I I lor lion in some somo om Ilm no me JOHn jonn wa tin nn tic Le n nu mid ml lived apart from om tho tue multitude S Jesus came Clune In direct touch with wih the life of or his time an and entered into Inlo the tho Joys jOs pd sorrows the mysteries and tl tIle tho sanctities of the people I 10 love to study stul the lie social side slee of or the thC master I III II Ilko liko o lo 0 think of or him him In li-i the home Would lie he le Grander I suppose had a a coterie of or philosophers philosophers evolved a scheme for Cor the worlds world's rc redemption It I would wool have been done cone on some sonic large larsI grand rand plan It I would woul have revealed repealed re erudition and been permeated d' d with wih dignity There herc would have be been Mi associated with It some of oC the splendor dor elO which adorns the mythological tiles tales of oC antiquity There would have ha e been leen an nn effort to make It God Goe Men like hike to clothe Deity Deiy In dazzling caz- caz das daz garments garments The very humaneness of the gospel ospel story Is nn an evidence of or Its truthfulness This life described as having been lived l ed amid the lowly walks of mon men this life ICu glowing with wih Unspeakable unspeakable un un- beauty among the haunts of oC his C follows fellows s lo this life in vital touch with and In close contact with m men en It Is such a life Jfe after all nU that is resplendent with wIh divinity auth anel indicative indica indica- the tive o of the presence of Got God Tho rho very velY conception o of the Incarnation has at attracted nt- nt und convinced man many of oC the tho strongest minds of or the race of oC the tIme truth of Christianity Tho The highest revelations of oC have not In Inthe Inthe ro God od h c come caine rot I the time clouds not In the storms but In Inhuman human lf life beside t sin the i t d tho the 1 pless The v Jho ery r ry effulgence of bf C the gi gr Mat t God Is 11 reflected reflect reflect- ed Il from Irom time the Son but uch reflection of or orDel Del Deity has been caught amid the squalor a and misery of the poor pOOl the time halt hal and tIme the blindIn blind S In Iii this picture oC of the Master Ister at the Bethany home there Is something re revealed revealed revealed re- re in perfect harmony with wih what lie Ho was 1 I like like- Jko to open the tIme door and look in upon Him IBm I like the time repose e seen In II Ills Ilia C ce I like the spirit of lf contentment that seems to breathe from Ills Ils figure I 1 like the time music of oC Ills His mes message tJ This has made mado po possible the tIme birth of oC many a song and und many mony a pil pilgrim pi- pi idi- idi grim has hag taken Haken heart and many a man tins has hUI girded up p his hits loins ch cheered un tm to tobe tobo tobo bo be strong und nod Ind patient by br the tIme memory of the Masters Master's word Master of or I N Situation I suppose that ninny many of you OU have thought of or tho time equipoise of ot the Galilean Galean Gal Gal- Gaul Galil ean can lie le was muster master of every situation He lIe Ic was never forced Into hurry The rime timings things that hindered ered came caine Into hi his life but he was waR never IH el distracted by by- them then I Mon Men tried l to entrap him hint The coulst- coulst cal In and cavilling Pharisees came to him with questions which ha hind had been conjured con con- conjured I up b by sophistical lea leaders ers hut but lie he answered them so that they marv marvelled led ledat at hl his wisdom The Tho came cam I bringing him u 1 piece of oC monc money asking him If I It I is lawful to pay tribute tribute trib trib- ute to Caesar How divine was the time answer The h aristocratic Sadducees came t to 0 ask him about the T resurrection and ant the conditions of oC all 01 life ICo beyond thu tim grave The disciples never r nOr found him him unprepared pared parI The Time woman of oC Samaria was baffled b by the time spirituality r of oC his con con- nr aton Herod Hero found Cound his huts master and Pilate wn was troubled h by his confident demeanor Peter denied him but lut ito tho Mole look of t tho the Christ in the court sent the daggers to his heart for ho Ise w went nt ou out nn anti wept bitterly Judas Jucas lc kissed him lOin soc but the time pitying light in those hose beneficent beneficent beneC- beneC benefi benefi- cent eyes yeH tormented him and haunted ant him lOin to his death Writhing In the ag agonies onies onles of or tho time luminously did dil the master soul of Christ shine forth Corth And when tho time mob was crowded an and terrified by ly the storm that swept about tho thin cross giving Us Its Is proper setting to lo that dark tragedy his very death cries reveal the perfectly poised pote Son SOi of or Man Maim But lImit In tho time apparently Insl insignificant things tunas of hits his Jre life In those these minor tumor mat mat- tens 1 Is ih the thu perfect cl balance of his character char char- acter fleter revealed rl and nd In none nohe more so SI than In the time narrative wo we are arc discussing today S Hungry fur for I VII Jesus was passing that way Ills his Ils life Ure was full Cul Ills His soul wn was hungry for Cor communion an and for Cor fellowship Do you Ol suppose that lint hits man maim who could forget forget for for- get et his imis hunger In the d desire to help the lie woman by the time well at nt for Cor the fuss Cuss In tho time kitchen Was Vas He lie not living to 0 pour Out his truth his experience cx- cx ex ex- his love Into other lives about him Di Did he care can for lor any material preparations to enhance hl his physical comfort wh when n he could l h leave he ave e that haLt In hum an hearts hears which would be In after y years ars like Ic tho time mentor menor memory of or the thu song snug on of oC a i bird heard in iii the stillness of oC midnight Ah Aim 1 Martha what a 0 mistake Do not have han time to visit with tho the master Do 0 not have o time to lo sit fit at his fret feet and learn loam the lessons which put Jubilance In tn tho the soul Do not hot h have havu Jut timmie to tu open the tie heart to lo visions of higher higher- higher things Do not have time to bo ho quiet t when thinGs the Master Is present and would pour Into the soul that which would bo be the tIme Inspiration In Inspiration tn- tn of oC many an nn upward climb Martha seems to have hav been censorIous censor censor- ious ions and unc fault finding She was distracted distracted dis dis- dis- dis traded with wih time the many cares l' l and ind then lien she sho seems to have lost control of oC herself her her- self Sho Rho rushed to thu time Master and found fault aul and requested Him to bid bil Mary ut help her My My Iy sister hath hatim left ler me to serve alone she said I can cami camisee see sec her with wih flushed face und nd Indig nant aunt ees eyes Scolding and fault finding are or often n the time products of oC a fretful spirit You reveal by your our criticism not your our own knowledge of often but your our own character I By Ily scolding Is I It I matte made known what kind of oC a soul oll you mire are mace A Aman Aman man cannot paint the soul A min man can limn Ills hits own spirit by the mann manner r rot of ot his hi expression You cannot make muke the best Impression b by scolding or I finding I g. g roul time tbt Jewel Jesiel I read reat the other da ca day of or ora a girl of or fourteen In iii Now New York who committed suicide not long ago go Sho Site wrote a a. note nute saying When I awoke this morning n father futher scolded me le and anc when I went to school mother scolded me nit mt and ht j bc be be- cause I didn't have my lessons lesson the tIme teacher scolded me mC mId and no use of ot living 1 anyway Oi Oh yc yo Into hands o la have be n committed d the time souls I of th the children n do not sc scold ld Hero Isa isa Is la laa a Jewel which has m bot-m given to you OU e It I is n a tribute to your our power and abil abil- fly ity ty It I was given gl en to you OU because It I was as known that lint you would take take- the be best t care cre of oC It J. J And you rou do 10 Ever Everand Everand pr E and anon you aro are seen scott n ii h by polishing It I. I You take take It U out omit Into the time sunlight to see It scintillate in iii all DJ Its Is na lashing flashing Ir Ir- Ir God has haM given hen tm you oU a Jewel Its It's IS I'S a n living J soul Watch It I. I It Cr care for lor It I polish It I give It I a n chance train It I to grow Krow toward and In the time light mind It I will wIl flush flash out all al the beauty and the tiit Klor glory of one made mado In the Imago image of or I i male God |
