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,trast as strong as it could be made.
| Herf haye a righteous man, meas
ured by a negative standard, making
virtue repulsive, even hideous.
“And the publican, standing afar
oft, would not lift up so much as his
eyes into Heaven, but smote upon
his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful
to me a sinner.’ ”
Humility could not be carried
further. It is expressed in four
phrases.
“The publican stood afar off.” His
sense of sin was so oppressive that
he was afraid to come near.
His guilt was so deep that he
would not lift so much as his eyes
unto Heaven. ‘‘He smote upon his
breast”—so heartfelt was his re
pentance.
And he gave voice to his plea for
forgiveness, ‘‘Be merciful to me a
sinner.”
What a wonderful word picture is
here presented. Dr. Parkhurst is
quoted as saying that “Penitence is
heaven’s latch key;” it is every
where described as the condition
precedent to forgiveness, and for
giveness is the beginning of a Chris
tian life.
NO OTHER HOPE SO GREAT
No other religion offers the hop^
that Christ holds out to man. No
matter to what depth the sinner has
fallen, salvation is within his reach.
If he will but turn and start upward,
he will find a helping hand.
Here again one sees the difference
between the negative golden rule of
Confucius and the positive golden
rule of Christ.
It is not sufficient that one shall
abstain from sin; that merely in
sures against wrong doing. The
harmless man may have the kind of
perfection that we admire in a grace
ful statue, but a sinful human being
has possibilities that an inanimate
statue does not possess. Sins can
be forgiven and the energy of a
new born soul can make the whole
being glow with love and power for
good.
The marble hand may be beautl- j
fully chiseled, but it cannot be ex
tended in helpfulness; better the
hand that can aid, even though it be
jvrinkled with age and calloused with j
toil. The foot of stone may be the J
highest expression of art and grace, i
but it runs on no errands of mercy; j
better the foot that is worn and
bruised by walking if it but tell the
story of employment in the Master's
cause.
NO YARDSTICK FOR MAN
The difference between other
things can be easily measured; there
is an ascertainable ratio between the
cheapest and the costliest gems, be- ,
tween the poorest and the finest fab- j
rics, between the worth of the aver- i
age specimen in animal and vegeta
ble life and the worth of the most
valuable.
Rut there is no yardstick, no
measure <~f meter or mile, between
man at his worst and man at his
best. He may fall so low as to be in i
some respects but little better than j
the brutes about him, or he may
rise, if he will, to a height only a :
little lower than the angels. Not i
only is* this possible, but what Is
more startling, he is hourly traveling |
in one d:rection or the other.
Therefore, the direction must be
considered, as well as the altitude at
which one stands. Those who are
descending will reach the bottom In
time; those who are ascending will
in tiffie reach the top. One can turn
at any point on the way—that is
what repentance means.
The Pharisee was moving down
ward in spite of his self satisfaction.
The publican was at the very bottom,
but he had laid aside the weights
that held him down and was ready.
All the world cannot raise a man
until his heart is cleansed; all the
world cannot keep him down if,
through repentance, he begins the
ascent on God’s ladder. Christ has
niade it possible for him to “mount
to its summit, round by round.”
ONE OF THE GREATEST OF
THE VIRTUES
By WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN
BIBLE TEXT—LESSON FOR
FEBRUARY 18
(Luke 19:1-10)
And Jesus entered and passed
through Jericho.
And, behold, there was a man named
Zacchaeus, which was the chief among
the publicans, and he was rich.
And lie sought to see Jesus who he
was; and could not for the press, be
cause ne was little of stature.
And he ran before, and climbed up
into a sycamore tree to see him; for
he was to pass that way.
And when Jesus came to the place,
he looked up, and saw him, and said
unto him, Zacchaeus, make haste, and
come down; for today 1 must abide at
thy house.
And he made haste, and came down,
and received him joyfully.
And when they saw it, they all mur
mured, saying, That he was gone to be
a guest with a man that is a sinner.
And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto
the Lord: Behold, Lord, the half of my
goods I give to the poor; and if I have
taken any thing from any man by false
■accusation, I restore him fourfold.
And Jesus said unto him, This day is
salvation come to this house, forso
much as he also is a son of Abraham.
For the Son of man is come to seek
and save that which was lost.
It was with a rich man with a
conscience that Jesus dealt when,
passing into and through Jericho on
his way to Jerusalem, he beheld
Zacchaeus and.called him to Him
The story of Zacchaeus is very dif
ferent from that which Luke gives
us of the rich young ruler who
asked Jesus, “What shall I do to in
herit eternal life?”
Zacchaeus was not*only rich, but he
was a chief publican—a member of
a very unpopular class—and it is
evident, from Luke’s account, that
he was no more highly respected
than other publicans, or tax gath
erers.
He was small in stature—so small
that he was not able to see Jesus
because of the crowd. The deter
mination that, manifested in busi
ness, had brought him wealth stood
him in good hand at this time.
Knowing the route that Christ was
to travel, he ran on before and
climbed up into a sycamore tree.
Then came one of those unexpected
opportunities that must not be
overlooked in making up the record
of a life.
THE INFLUENCE OF CIRCUM
STANCE
Let us turn aside from the nar
rative for a moment to consider tlie
influence of circumstances on a life.
If Zacchaeus had been a large
man, or even a man of average size,
he would have stood with the
throng and would have attracted no
attention. There would have been
nothing to distinguish him from the
others or to indicate a greater zeal
than that displayed by the mul
titude.
So it seems that his stature was a
circumstance that played a very large
part in the incident which forms the
center of this lesson. It had doubtless
been a disadvantage to him to be
small and, on this occasion, he may
have been inclined to reproach him
self upon his size. But his weakness
became an element of strength; his
misfortune was converted into advan
tage of great value.
Necessity is often our best friend.
We do things because we have to
do them and, in the doing of them
even from necessity, we often se
cure that which we would not have
had but for the seemingly unfavor
able conditions that coerced us.
OPENING THE WAY FOR BLESS
INGS
It would be unfair, however, to
leave the zeal and intelligence of
Zacchaeus entirely out of the ques
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