■'To every men there openeth A high way and a low: The high soul climbs the high way. The low soul gropes the low: WhiV in between on the misty flats The rest drift to and fro, And every man decideth The way his soul shall go;" (John Oxenham A Way Chosen ' Early in his life Jesus had chosen the high road, the kingly way, and now that there was danger and a cruel Cross challenging his way, he stii! chose the high road. Maybe he could have avoided the Cress he could have compromised with his persecutors; he could have prevented arret t by running away across the Jordan River, out of reach and away from it all. He could have retreated and. in some little town far away, he could have resumed his trade as a carpenter and lived on to a ripe old age. Hut he had chosen the high road. He had been sent of God on a mission, and now that there was danger and death facing him. he st.11 ‘‘set his face steadfastly" to go on, even though a Cross stood in his way.

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