J. Winston Pearce has a...
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J. Winston Pearce has a wonderful story in his old book, I Believe [(Nashville:
Broadman Press, 1954], pp. 19-20). Out of Rome comes the story of the triumph of a
great emperor. After a particularly victorious campaign, the crowds lined in the streets of
the imperial city as their great leader rode slowly through the streets in his chariot. There
were thousands that pushed and shoved to see and perhaps touch the chariot of this great
man. The soldiers did their best to hold back the crowds so the chariot could pass. But
suddenly, a child broke through the ranks and went toward the slowly moving chariot. A
soldier rushed up and said, "Back! Back! He is your emperor! Back!" The child turned a
laughing face toward the soldier and said, "He may be your emperor, but he's my
father!"
On Christ The King Sunday, we Christians are not put off in the least in saying that our Lord is King of kings and Lord of lords. Our relationship with the Christ shows us a face that is loving and kind and fair. No wonder G. K. Chesterton would write:
There was a man
who dwelt in the East
centuries ago
and now I cannot look
at a sheep or a sparrow,
a lily or a cornfield,
a raven or a sunset,
a vineward or a mountain,
without thinking
of Him.
On Christ The King Sunday, we Christians are not put off in the least in saying that our Lord is King of kings and Lord of lords. Our relationship with the Christ shows us a face that is loving and kind and fair. No wonder G. K. Chesterton would write:
There was a man
who dwelt in the East
centuries ago
and now I cannot look
at a sheep or a sparrow,
a lily or a cornfield,
a raven or a sunset,
a vineward or a mountain,
without thinking
of Him.
