The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-11
SATURDAY SERMON.

| SATURDAY SERMON.
20 Timothy, keep that which is COM
mitted to thy trust'-I Timothy 60
Paul, the apostle. writing from exile
to his friend Timothy, was better quail
fed than any, man to urge the keeping
| of a trust. Paul is regarded by most
Bible students as the most admirable
human character mentioned In the
Scriptures. Undeniatly he was the
most talented. the ablest of all the dis
c;ples of the new and the prophets
of the Old Testament Paul was a
patrician. All the other disciples and
apostles OF the Master were called
from the humble walks of life. Paul
was rich and learned: he was the pet
] of tho Roman nobility and early in
life developed rare talents of eloQuence
end craftsmanship. He had a lofty
soul, great strength of character and
stern purpose. But when he saw God
face to face these princely attributes
ere sottened by love and glorified by
humility.
Paul kept faith. He gave up fame
and fortune and to carry the cross.
He carried the lamp of Christianity
through the darkest night of its ex-
istence and after his Punishment to
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kept faith as steadfast as the stars He
might well be called the Indomitable
Jew. AS brave as Saul of Tarsus has
become a proverb.
In his letters to Timothy he laid
more stress on the Importance of keep
ing a trust than any other one thing.
Speaking of this he said: II give thee
charge in the sight of God. who quick
eneth all things, and before Jesus
Christ, who before Pontius plate wit
messed a good confession: that thou
keep this commandment without spot,
unrebukable, until the appearing of our
Lord Jesus Christ
There is nothing in the world today
so much admired as that rare quality
OF keeping faith to the end. This Is
the grandest of all virtues and 1t never
fails to bring rich reward to those who
possess and practice it.
Business and social success is won
by the man who sticks to it the long
est, not by the man who fights the
hardest. Tho constant lover always
wins the maid. The bulldog British
beat the brave and brilliant French
men at Waterloo. Staying qualities
count for more than talent, or fortune
or intensity in the battle OF life or
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The patient plodder will eventually
climb above the brilliant genius If
the latter lacks stamina. In COM
founding a prescription for human ills
and failures put in lots of stability
and the medicine will work wondrous
cure. In mixing the dough of human
life add three parts steadfastness and
let the other part be what comes
handiest-the bread cast upon the wa
ter will return many fold. The world
hates gutter When the yellow
streak shows up the game is lost. II
YOU stay to the finish you simply can
not lose. The real goal is always at
the end of the journey. but then there
are plenty of branch roads along the
route that lead to small whistling sta
lions.
Friendship is another name for con-
stancy; loves fulfllment is found in
destiny is a. synonym for
Steadfast lives are the
lights Of the world. and what help
they are IN our hours Of sadness and
gloom and uncertainty as we crops
like little children in the dark looking
for a beacon to show the way home
out of the storm. 1t is all right to
We TX bhthely under monday skies and
to sail at will across placid waters, but
when the supreme test comes keep
that which is committed to thy trust"
Nothing else in life counts for so much
in striking a balance against the many
frailties Of the flesh. Paul knew this
when he paused at the very gates of
heaven to send to his friend this mes
sage, bright as a flame. strong as fate
and enduring as time. that would carry
him past every obstacle to a sure re-
ward.