The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-14
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4 we could learn Christ;s lesson of
loyalty.
a true friend
Only IN the realm of afrection do we
come to understand God. He is re-
vealed to us by love-the love of his
Son and ali the holy earthly loves
which he sends into our lives Every
one That loveth knoWeth God
When we take to our hearts a real
friend we And that we have not only
gained friend, but also q new and
wonderful conception of God, whose
other name is Love.
admirers.
A friend Is the best fortune. He
alone owns the riches of life who has
strong. true, loving friend. And with
out such friend there can only be
poverty, though Golfers be filled to
bursting and every material wish be
gratifed. We only live when we love.
heart.
Would you know whether you are a
true friend to him to whom you have
professed affection2 Here are the
standards: A friend sufTereth long and
Is kind; friend envieth not: a friend
vaunteth not himself; friend seeketh
not his own; friend Is not easily pro-
voked; friend thinketh no evil.
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Unselhshness is the price which
must be paid for true friendship.
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There is a difference between com
partnership and communion. Judas
nad mpanionshfp with Jesus; John
had communion. Two bodies may
walk LIES way side by side and vet
their spirits be miles apart. Two I'M
congenial men may be required to live
and work in each others presence con-
stantly- That is a ompanionship with
out communion. But each of these
men may have a friend hundreds OF
miles distant, with whom his heart Is
| IN sympathy. That is communion with
out companionship. The Christians
! privilege Is higher, sweeter one than
mere association with Christ; 1t is life
/ in Christ.
The friend whom adversely drives
away never was q friend.
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Greater love hath no man than this.
that a man lay down his life for his
friends" and yet lesser love than this
does not constitute friendship.
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There is a Friend that sticketh clos
~-cAA4 q ~ Ct4AFz4- anu WHOSE love is
strong as death. Never did friendship
have to undergo greater testing than
| His The Offering that He made on
loves altar was more than life IT.
self That friend Is Jesus Christ, who
/ stands today at the door of every heart
pleading for adrnittance as a friend
Until we let Him in we shall never
know love in its fullness.
One of those striking phrases with
which the Old Testament abounds is
this, Thy friend. which is as thine own
soul There could scarcely be a bet
ter definition of a friend Unless the
elected one is'to you as your own soul
or more, you are not a true friend.
Friends are meant to help one an.
other True friendship is edifying-ii
builds the friends up into the noblest
lives and makes of them their best
selves Selfshness, lust and vulgaritS
drag down, but love always builds up
Our friends are either weights OF
wings.
1t is a peculiar and significant fac
that the highest friendship cannot ex
list outside of religion. I'VE love. be
cause He first loved US The two
friends worthy to be true friends mus
both be taught in the school of Christ
for anything lower than His ideals
makes the sublimest friendship impos
sible. And unless Christ be the com.
mon meeting ground and deepest bono
of interest there must be irritating anC
destructive limitations to a friendship
To become worthy of the best friend