"Not as i Will" We must not accuse the Master nf cowardice, not even of weak ness. Horror there was indeed, but a strong man may be filled with j horror without being any the less strong. Jesus did not turn to flee. Yet it is quite plain, and we must i not pretend it was otherwise, that Jesus wished for some other cup than this "Nevertheless." he said, "not, as I will but as Thou wilt." | We do not. know what other occa sions there may have been when Jesus knew that his own will was | not as his Father’s will Yet if there had been other occasi >ns his pray er must have been ever the same: Not as I will! Above all other de sires, above even the desire to | to fulfill his own will—a desire ! all the stronger, the stronger the character is — was the overarch ing desire 1o do the Father's will. There were elements of Jesus’ suffering in Gethsemane which set that, night off from all other nights, and that strong soul apart from all other souls. And yet 1 even in the mystery there is some- ' thing for us to learn. If the mas terwish of our life is that our own will be done, we shall come to \ frustration in the end But if the overmastering wish is that our Father's will be done, then whatever our first desires may be, our highest prayer shall still be answered . Bavftj on outlines ropy righted b\ the Division of ( hristian Fduration Na tional Count il of the Churches of ( hrist m I hr I s \ Released by Community P r e - s S e* r \ t» e*. * BALLOON RECORD Rapid City, S. Dak.—Two Navy commanders, Malcolm D. Ross. 37. and Morton 1. Lewis. 43, both of Washington d. Cl. recently soared to the record height of 78,000 feet in a gondola attached to a big gas fdied balloon. The earlier record of 72.3SJ5 feet was set in a flight form here in *'i?”
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