The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-18
IN THE RELIGIOUS WORLD.
What the Church Folks Are Thinking About and Doing
Religious News From Everywhere.

for something. and the greatest are
those whose names stand for the best
things.
The Inevitable End.
''The boast of heraldry, the pomp of
power,
And all that beauty, all that wealth
e'er gave,
Awake alike the inevitable hour:
The paths of glory lead but to the
grave"
There is a chill suggestiveness in. the
terse record, And Joseph died. and
all his brethren, and all that genera
tion." Every old country gives large
room to its graveyardS; many viii
lage needs FAR more room for it's dead
than for its living; 1t is estimated
is pre-empted by grave mounds. All
Josephs die; fortunate are they'll they
can first write an indelible mark on
human history. Joseph wrote his
name on tablets of flesh and blood; !,
some of the old kings of his country
built for themselves vast monuments
and archaeologists still dispute as to
who was who.
by his people; his name and fame are
inextricably interviewer with that of
his nation. As a matter of fact. no
man does a completed work himself;
and successors to round it out. Chill
dren and children's children are
necessary to bring to completion
great life. These old Scriptures, with
their long views, take it for granted
that every man will. as a matter of
course, become the head Of a family.
In his descendants he will see himself
and his work perpetuated. Over and
over again it needs to be said, as many
brave voices are in these days not
hesitating to declare, that the first
obligation of manhood and woman
hood to their own highest selves and
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er accomplishments can atone for
voluntary failure in this supreme one.
Parenthood is more than an exalted
privilege; it is a sacred obligation, i'm
posed by God himself. The sacred
record writes down, meaningfully
that THE children of Israel were
fruitful, and increased abundantly
and multiplied, and waxed exceeding
mighty" To the present dav this is
one secret of the power of the ubiqui-
tous Jew.
That New King.
The scurrying which takes place in
every government department. shop,
office. store or institution when a new
commentary on the old lines, Nov
there arose a new king over Egypt,
who know not Joseph" Somehow, it
does not seem as If things are as they
should be when one man thus has in
his power the peace and welfare of the
many. If Gods goal for man is an
ideal democracy, then it surely is not
intended that the happiness of the
many should depend upon the caprice
of the few. Consider, though, the
myriads of persons who this week
have been harried and embittered in
spirit because of the harshness, i'm
patience or injustice of those in au-
thority over them.
There is another side to the shield.
AS this new king began to vex the
children of Israel, because of his pow
Joseph to benefit them. Authority
may be used as a bane or as a bless
ing. So there is a reminder that par
ents and teachers and employees and
overseers have it in their power to add
greatly to the happiness of many
lives.
In the Furnace.
This new king. polite, shrewd, sell
FISH, fa--seeing, feared the ultimate
power of the fast increasing Hebrews
ed his altruism. or his recollection of
ancient gratitude, if he had any, He
belonged to the large company of peo-
pie who find a justification for any con-
duct which will promote their own well
fare. Egypt then witnessed an early
prototype of prcsent-day Korean and
Congo affairs.
This was the furnace in which the
Jews found themselves. OF course thew
did not perceive the purport or philoso-
ply of their hard fortune. The school,
boy cannot understand the advantages
of mastering the multiplication table,
the recruit cannot see the wisdom of
the hard, sweating drill; the apprentice
cannot fa-hom the reasona bleness of
the irksome tasks to which he is set
The clay cannot be expected to know
that it is the fire which makes it
porcelain.
Out Of the "Tribuluni, or threshing
floor, "comes forth grain without chair;
out of tribulation comes strength and
AafT nd
The bondage in Egypt was the making
of Israel. THE more they afflicted
them, the more they multiplied and the
more they spread abroad" The har-
rowing only bettered the harvest.
Many a person has read with a throb
of kindred feeling how the Egyptians
made their lives bitter;' the fellow
ship of suffering binds most hearts to-
gether. That same sort of bitterness in