Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-11-16


nant and recognized. Then the world
will get tired of the republican form of
government, and it will have an an
archy, which Is no government at all.
And then all nations, finding out that
man is not capable of righteously gov
erning man, will cry out again for the
ocracy and say, Let God come back
and conduct the affairs of the world"
every step-monarchy, limited mon
archy, republicanism, anarchy-only
different steps between the first theoc-
racy and the last theocracy or seq
ments of the great circle of the earth
on which God sits.
But do not become impatient because
you cannot see the curve of events and
therefore conclude that Gods govern
ment is going to break down. History
tells that in the making of the pyra-
mids it took 1000 men two years to
drag one great stone from the quarry
and put it into the pyramids. If men
short lived can afford to work so slow
1y as that cannot God in the building
Of eternities afford to wait?
What though God should take 10000
years to draw circle? Shall we take
our little watch, which we have to
wind up every night lest it run down,
and hold it up beside the clock of eter-
nal ages? If; according to the Bible.
a thousand years are in Gods sight as
one day, then, according to that calcu-
lation, the 5000 years of the worlds
existence has been only to God as
from Monday to Saturday.
The Circle of Good Deeds.
One day a man comes to you and
says, Good morning You look at
him and say: 'tWhy, you have the ad-
vantage of me. 1 cannot place you.'
He says, Don't you remember thirty
years ago giving a letter of introduce
ton to young mana letter of. in
PRODUCTION to William E. Dodge?"
Yes, yes; 1 do" He says, 81 am the
man. That was my first step toward
a fortune, but I have retired from
business now and am giving my time
to philanthropies and public interests.
Come up to my house and see me"
Or a man comes to you and says: ct
want to introduce myself to you
went into prayer meeting some years
ago. I sat back by the door. You
arose to make an exhortation. That
talk changed the course CT my lfe, and
| if I ever get to heaven under God
| will owe my salvation to you In
| only ten. twenty or thirty years the
| circle swept out and swept back again
| to your own grateful heart.
But sometimes it is a wider circle
and does not return for a great while.
| I saw a bill of expenses for burning
| Latimer and Ridley. The bill of ex-
penses has these items among others:
Shillings. Pence.
One load of fire fagots. ....3
| Carriage for four loads of
wood - .-.--..z
item, post. L
Item, two chains ..-3
Item, two staples. ...... 6
Item, four laborers- .......2 8
making in all 25s. Sd. That was cheap
fire, considering all the circumstances,
but it kindled a light which shone all
around the world and aroused the
| martyr spirit. and out from that burn
| ing of Latimer and Ridley rolled the
| circle wider and wider, starting other
circles, convoluting, overrunning, cir
| cumscribing, overarching, all heaven,
circle.
The Echo of Past Misdeeds.
You maltreat an aged parent. You
! begrudge him the room in your house.
| You are impatient of his whimsicaH-
ties and garrulity. 1t makes you mad
| to hear him tell the same story twice.
You give him food he cannot masti-
cate You wish he was away. You
wonder if he is going to live forever.
He will be gone very soon. His steps
are shorter and shorter. He is going
! to STOP But God has an account to
settle with you on that subject After
| awhile your eve will be dim, and your
| gait will halt, and the sound of the
grinding will be low, and you will tell
| the same story twice, and your child
rem will wonder if you will never be
taken away. They called you father"
, once; now they call you the ''old
man." If you live few years longer
they will call you the 'sold chap"
What are those rough words with
which your children are accosting
you? They are the echo of the very
words you used in the ear of your old
father forty years ago. What is that
you are trying to chew, but find it un-
masticahle, and your jaws ache, and
you surrender the attempt? Perhaps
it may be the gristle which you gave
to your father for his breakfast forty
years ago.
A gentleman passing along the
! avenue saw son dragging his father
into the street by the hair of the head.
The gentleman, outraged at this bru-
| tai conduct. was about to punish the
| offender, when the old man arose and
said: Don't hurt him It's all right