Article September 21, 1912 ISSUE

FROM OUR EXCHANGES

with contributions from W. E. Orchard, Frank M. Thomas, Canon E. S. Hughes, W. H. Geistweit

[Watchman.]

Men do not always appreciate or know what is going on in a heart or life, though it is under their constant observation. The Nazarenes had not known of the hours of prayer that Jesus had spent on the hills around their village, or of the hours in which he had pored over the Scriptures and fathomed their depths. They had not known of Mary's "ponderings" or his spiritual experiences. There had been no marked change, only steady growth while he was in Nazareth. When he entered the Jordan and received the Holy Spirit in power and went in the fulness of the Spirit into Galilee, he burst forth like a century plant in fulness of life. Nor could they appreciate the nature of the Messianic work he was to do, because they were looking for a kingdom that came with observation, with honor among men and with civil power. It is very difficult for men to discern the signs of the times and the character of a new era. Their ideas are set in an old mold and they have no vision. Prophetic men cannot be understood or appreciated in their own times or in their own home place, because they are deemed dreamers or revolutionaries. [Universalist Leader.]

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