The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-08

dustrious man, and that he has got more
out of my garden than any other man
ever had Many of us are like this
gardener We do exactly the thing that
we ought not to do; we employ all our
time in trying to see how much we can
get out of the world instead of trying
to see how much we can put into it for
others.
"To begin with, I think we ought to
try to make the church better. I some
times wonder what Christ would think
of some OF our modern churches if He
should come into them unnOticed, and
hear the singing, read the thoughts in
the minds of the members and see their
ceremony and formality, and many
other things that are not truly Christian.
If we expect the church to keep aDNeaSr
Of the times we must reduce formality to
a minimum and make them places
where the truth is spoken earnestly. but
always in great love-places where the
rich and poor can come together in mu-
tual love of one another. We must also
help the church by being better men and
women, and doing away with all hypOc-
risy and narrOWneSS Of creed The time
is coming when the creed that win bear
the wear and tear Of progress must be
the simple creed of Christ. Every pull
pit ought also to impress upon the mind
Of the business man the fact that he
does not own the real estate or land or
other property that he has in his name,
but that he is simply the steward of
God, and must ultimately make an ac-
counting.
Another way in which we can help
make the world better is by raising up a
class Of Christian Statesmen There IS
no place in municipal affairs for partisan
politics. In Topeka we are confronted
with the fact that and others persons
who think like me are practically dis
franchiSed. Because I can not support
any of the candidates in the deId I can
not vote at all. hope and believe the
time viii come when partisanship will
cut no figure in municipal affairs. We
now have schools for training young
men to be professional engineers and
architects and lawyers, but none to train
Christian statesmen. I think such a
school ought to be established.
Another way in which to make the
world better is to improve our home life.
Give me a pure church, and a pure
home, and I will guarantee you a repub-
lie prosperous, happy and powerful. If
we have not pure homes and pure
churches we may well tremble for the
future
Another way is by doing our share in
the great fight for temperance. OppO-
sition to intemperance is not peculiar to
Kansas. And right here I want to say
that I am opposed to all laWlessness in
attempts to suppress the liquor traffic
It is the greatest curse Of all the ages,
but it can't be driven out by violence.
The curse of intemperance. rests on two
thingHfiTst on mems thirst for drink
and second, on the desire Of other men
to make money of that thirst. The only
way to undermine either of them is by
education, by cutting loose from par
tisanship and by all Christian voters
acting together. The people themselves
cant be policemen for very long In the
end they must leave the direct control
Of evil in the hands Of persons selected
for that purpose; and 4 public sentiment
must be created which will compel the
regularly constituted authorities to do
their duty"