receiving sinners and eating with
them. The twentieth century saw William Booth received at court by
King Edward VII and honoured with a degree from Oxford University for
receiving sinners. The world moves; there is sunrise everywhere and
the promise of a brighter day! And this great change has been wrought
by the One who brought upon the earth a finer form of spiritual energy
to renew the hearts of men.

And finally this young man set in the sky of human aspiration a fixed
star of hope. You cannot change the world by scolding it. You cannot
change the world by petting it. You must set before its eyes a vision
of God and in its heart a passion for goodness, and in its will a form
of strength that will not accept defeat, and in its sky a star of hope.

"Strong Son of God, Immortal Love
Whom we that have not seen Thy face
By faith and faith alone embrace
Believing where we cannot prove."

Jesus Christ has done that for us all--"Believing where we cannot
prove!" He has taught us how to hope and to trust and in that sign to
conquer.

He tasted the whole human situation for every man. He was tempted in
all points like as we are, and tried by those ordeals which culminated
on Calvary. "In this world," He said, "ye shall have tribulation." The
word He used means literally "pressure." Life is not all music and
refreshments. Every honest life must be lived under pressure. It is
compelled to do its work under the steady weight of duty, obligation,
responsibility. It is compelled to fight a good fight in order to keep
its faith and finish its course.

In the end that is the making of any life. Steam does all its work
under pressure. Turn it loose in the air to go where it will and it
becomes useless. In this world we must live under pressure. But Jesus
bade men face it all undaunted and radiant. He planted in their lives
an eternal hope, "Be of good cheer. I have overcome--you can."

He knew that His own purposes were entirely right--"I do always those
things that please the Father." He knew that He was strongly
entrenched in the love and confidence of those who knew Him best. He
knew that the great moral order was on His side and that He could
afford to wait for results. In that high confidence He moved ahead as
serene as the sun shining in its strength. "Be of good cheer," He
cried, when He stood within a hundred yards of Calvary.

His victory was not meant to be exceptional, it was