The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-08

aG TOPEKA DAILY SI4
seed and the head of the serpent.
Inere Is no otner conIiict than TINS,
4 o. nineteen centuries mat heel mas
Deen grlnOIng haraer ana narder upon
the head OF me Old serpent, and the
glad day on peace Is aeyFning -wnen the
crushed forever, according to the
promise that SINCE Inc blrtn or men
mas been the nope OF the race AL
eonquests are embraced IN this con-
quest OF sin.
Every advance toward unselhshness
ana brotherhood IS a victory Tor
Christ.
The Ieaven of the kingdom is work
ms. We must get a nrm hold of that
truth II we are so possess a sustained
missionary enthusiasm, and Keep from
the. clutches of discourage The
leaven OF the gospel is at work all
throughout the world. the remotest
corners CT the earth are feeling its IN
tuence. Gradually it is transforming
the kingdom OF this world into the
kingdom OF our Cod And the leav-
en- Will never be stayed until its work
IS done. The Whole lump of the uni
verse is sure to be 1eavened. Not all
the powers of earth and he'll can check
the sure and silent progress OF the
Kingdom.
Sin is doomed; salvation is sure
these are the watchwords Of faith
nued missionaries
Here is the situation in a sentence:
Less than nineteen centuries ago the
Christian church could all be gath
pracucany without lnnuence; touay
that same churcn exists universally
and IS the cOuJrolIlns force IN the
world. Can We CONCEIVE OF greater
triumph.
The church must triumph com
pletely because she is Christ church.
Did you ever see a drunken, disco
lutte, deDauched, ana degraded wreck
OF a man become cream and pure and
upright ana noble, in the powet of the
Son OF Goa II so, then you have wIt-
messed the great triumph OF Christian
ity; a triumph that IS beng erected
and repeated every hour OF the day
the world around
Self dethroned and Christ enthroned
in the hves OF ml4iIons of persons
that is the triumph over winch the
angels sing.
into all the world Christianity has
gone and everywhere it has loosed the
CHAINS of superstition and ignorance.
Where the spirit OF the Loro IS, there
is liberty"
Where are the world powers that
once spread themselves over the
earth? What has become of the
splendor Of Rome, its palaces, its
arms. its pageants, its power? Where
once these shone, today there CLEANS
cross indeed most men know OF
ancient Rome only in connection with
the name of crucihed Carpenter.
And what of Greece. that fiourished so
greatly in beauty and wisdom? Gone
gone utterly. A simple faith first
preached BY handful of peasant fish,
ermen, has overthrown the powers that
boastful men deemed eternal and to-
day Jesus Christ reigns over more
subjects than Greece and Rome to-
gether ever claimed.
Christ is still triumphing. Every
time Christian conquers a temptation
he gains a fresh victory.
X
The church is proud of the host OF
mighty il-tellects in all branches Of
knowledge who joyfully accept the
sovereignty OF the Man of Nazareth.
Gods cause owes much to consecrat-
ed wisdom. We are glad that the lead
Anc yet it is a better triumph that the
common people are the Lords. Great
irtellects are a bulwark of the faith
but most strongly and securely is the
truth intrenched in the hearts Of the
common people. The masses are
Christ's best friends. It has ever beer
true. since he preached amid the wav-
ing lilies of Galilee, that the common
people have heard him gladly. The
honue of Christianity, and its hope, is
in the hearts of the commonplace mer
and women of the world
X X
! I4lto the most difficult and unlikely
! reg Inns of heathenisn1, where degrade
! ton reigned undisputed, Chrfsffanity
has gone and blished true homes
pure living, and enlightened stand.
ards