The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-22
In THE RELIGIOUS WORLD.
What the Church Folks Are Thinking About and Doing
Religious News From Everywhere

which seems to know the old-fashion-
ed virtue of loyalty. 1t is no extenua-
ton of his conduct. but it is an in
spiration to family sentiment every
where to observe the beautiful fidelity
of mother and brothers and sisters to-
ward the erring son and brother. God
made families to stand together; "a
brother is born for adversely" the
strength of the family tie is the great
est bond of strength in society.
Everybody is under obligation to pro-
tect and support his own; in things
moral and spiritual, as well as in
things temporal. This truth is illus
trated as clearly by the way the de-
scendants of Abraham failed to OBJ
serve it as by the manner in which
they obeyed it.
A Successful Man.
We are hearing more than a little
in these days of men who, at one time
regarded as successful because they
had amassed large fortunes, are now
esteemed as failures because of the
use they make of their wealth. 1t is
refreshing to turn back these we'll
thumbed pages to the biography of
the man who has doomed large in the
quarters study; Joseph, the, Old
Testament type of success, the man
who followed his grace. and would
not seek to ascend by trampling his
ing, persecution, hardship, neglect, all
came to him in abundance, but
throughout he was a victor.
Joseph was success in his char
acter long before he became a success
in his career.
A Nation at School.
To achieve the solidarity of the He
brew people-a solidarity never since
broken-it was necessary to send them
to the hard school of Egyptian servi-
tude. Discipline determines destiny.
The big lessons had to be learned by
al IN hn hat
teach them. 1t seems a hard, hard
fate which overlook the Chosen Peo-
pie; yet it made them great. Egypt is
only land of monuments today,
while the Jew is a considerable factor
in the whole worlds affairs.
As for the oppressor, well, as
looked into his face the other day, in
the museum at Cairo, my first thought
was no thing more exalted than dried
fish," Rameses the Great is but
mummy. a spectacle for the curious.
His present chief claim to distinction
is his association with these despfsed
slaves. Such are history'S reverSals.
RameSeS spent no little time in having
statues to- himself erected all over
Egypt myself have seen a score
and in inscribing his name and great
ness on all sorts of monuments. until
the student of Egyptology wearies of
him.
But his glory has departed. Egypt
is only a memory. AS a nation today
it is vassal to the unspeakable Turk.
and its affairs are all conducted by an
alien race. While the progressive
young Egyptians sit at the sidewalk
cafes in Cairo and rail at British rule,
the answer comes back that, left to
themselves, they long have been, and,
the British assert, still are a nation
Of incompetents. In the story of
Egypt we'll as in the story of Israel
one may read that God deals with ma
tons. as well as with individuals and
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America and Great Britain to bear
deeply in mind the ancient Hebrew
conception, that there is for them on
the earth a providential mission;
that they are a chosen people.
The Man of the Hour.
Few mems greatness, or real mis-
sion to their time, is recognized dur
ing their own life. The people closest |
TO him did not 'perceive7 the unique |
place that Moses occupied in their his
him and supporting him as a leader |
and deliverer, they criticised and ham |
Dered him. And that is still the fash |
on in the case of the sent men of our |
own time. Half the energy of every |
man with a great mission has been !
'pent in overcoming petty opposition |
md friction. Next to the one who does |
1 great deed is he who loyalty stands |
by the man who is doing a great deed. |
Il you can't be a Moses, be a Miriam |
Or a Hur
The days hope is in it's men who |
nave a sense of a divine mission; who
nave been called" to serve their time. !
The wise people follow those who are
a star. Even as Moses even |
ually led the children of Israel out |
# their bondage into the land of |
promise, so there are men in our |
midst who are leading the way into
he life of the spirit-into a wide HUI
nan liberty, and into a reign of broth
erhood and peace. Just as history
raught with tremendous possibilities |
vas made in those long-ago centuries, |
10 momentous history may be even
low in the making for humanity.