The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-14
A. snatesman's Farewell.

a SnAISSu1anS 6ESNf0n.
The International sunday-school Les
SON for September 10 is, 'Moses
Pleading with Israel" Deut 6:1-15.
BY WILLIAM T. ELLIS.
The soIicitude of a patriot for his
people's welfare is one of the finest
things In life. The lofty, disinterest-
ed zeal that nation may come to its
best inheritancn is the mark of the
highest type of patriot Washington
Farewell Address may be inStanced
as a type of this A still better type
Is afforded in the ancient Scripture
which is the basis of the present Sum
day-school lesson study, wherein the
heroic. majestic figure of Moses is rep
resented on the heights of Pisgah,
viewing the promised land which his
feet will never tread and delivering
the pent-up burden of his soul to the
people for whom he had sacrfnced'
toiled and suffered. IF the wtsest man
in Christendom today were called upon
TO deliver as his final utterance mes
cage to his nation. he would probably
repeat the substance Of this appeal oy
Moses There would be no tank OF
tariff or railroads or party politics; IN
such a contingency the truly great
man would deal with the vital funda-
meHtals. For this we have the evil
dence of the statesmen, poets ana re-
formers of the past, whose ultimate
deIiverance is spiritual. The trueSt
help that it is possible to render hu-
manity is in the realm Of morals
what Is the Burning Issue?
A presidential election is drawing
on in the United States. and already
the clarnor of contending forces over
Observation-Disclosures issues is being
heard. OF course. there are grave
questions OF public policy TO be dis
cussed. But is any one OF these the
true burning issue" the vital cues
fion"2 some persons say that there
is too much power being con Ventrated
in the federal government ard others
saw there is not enough One croW0
contends that too great power resides
in the people and others too litdle On
one hand capital is blamed; and on
The other. labor. For each OF these
contentious there is doubtless .justif1-
cation
Clearer than any of these claims. and
So clear that it is beyond dispute by
anybody. is the truth that the day. S
need that is above every other n6eo Is
a more general loyalty to Goo ana TO
his laws, which antedate ana take
precedence of congresses, parllanhShIS
and IegfsIa lures. This is the need not
only of America, but of the Whole
world as well. Pathological soc1at con-
ditions will never be remedied until
this cure is applied
A ringing call to return to the SIM
pie law of God is the campaign cry
that should resound throughout Chris
tendon. even as Moses sounded it from
Pisgah. The terrible tendency to 1so-
late religion from practical affairs
should be faced and overcome me
world must be made to perceive that
religion is not one thing and ponies
another, religion one thing and ousl-
ness another, religion one thing and
education another, religion one thing
and social life another; but that un-
deriving ell human interests and IN
terpenetrating them all. shouId run
loyalty to the benef1eent and compre-
hensive law of Jehovah
How to get men right with Cod
that is the greatest issue of the hour.
The Disease OF Our Day.
All the Earring and humping and
shrieking and limping of our social
machinery is due, primarily, to one
fact. they are out of gear with the di-
vins. plan. The times are eccentric
because they have not Jeho-
yah as their center. The frivoltty,
sensuality and sordidneSs of our day
would vanish almost overnight If men
and women could but be brought face
to face with their obligation to Jeho-
Yah. A deeper seriousness, a broader
tolerance and sympathy. higher
idealiSm and a SOftened humanfSm
would be immediate consequences of
q national return to God Let him
once have his true place at the center
of the will and purpose and all of
life would swing in orderly and har-
scrfption that was good for old Israel
IS still good and opportuma for modern
America and Canada and Great Bril-
tain.
Persons who think in world terms
are perfectly aware that the great ma
lions of the world today are the Chris
tian nations. Even a feeble, faltertng
and faithless following of God has
wrought this significant result. OBJ
viously. more greatness, and truer,
must come along the same old lines.
These great nations are by no means
the oldest. The oldest nation, China,
Is today regarded as one of the fee
blest. Her plain need, as every obser-
yer reports. is for new moral pur-
pose. a spiritual stamina, an ethical
ideal. such as Christianity affords. Let
China become Christian and she will
in two centuries dominate the world.
God Is universally the first and great
est factor in success.
Many Gods and One.
From the n.inaret of every mosque
in Mohammedanism is heard the daily
cry, There is no God but God" Sim
liar is the older cry of Moses. "Jeho-
yah our God is one Jehovah" Civiliz-
alton today is monotheistic; but that
slogan was raised amid a surrounding
polytheism. Other nations had many
gods; IsraePs peculiar glory lay in the
truth that 1t had only one God. Slow
", through the long centuries, the
world is coming round to monotheism.
The multitudes Of gods are ceasing to
be objects Of reverence, and becoming