The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-12
MONDAY.

fusing to worship-but for the neglect
and abuse of Abel his brother. Men
today who enrich themselves by under
paying their employees. or by over
charging their customers in Topeka, as
well as In Philadelphia or Russia are
the Cains-'The Bishops of Lancashire
OF the modern religious and industrial
world. for whose sake the land is often
cursed.
THAT the human race is a family of
brothers and sisters. is the teaching of
science and evolution as well as of re-
hglon. The Servant in the House
brings men face to face with the great
facts of the Fatherhood of God and the
Brotherhood of Man. and shows them
that society's crying need is that men
should act in accord with these two
sublime facts. When The Servant
says: Make me the master of this
house for one hour one is made to wish
that the Spirit of the Man of Nazareth
could gain complete mastery of each
and every human life for at least one
hour. Such a TRANSPORTATION of every
individual life would purge the church
of its dead creeds and dogmaS, revo-
lutionize commercial practices, kill So
cial snobbishness, and bring the king
dom Of God among men. ,>,rs
pastor First Unitarian Church"
A Club Woman's View.
This is not per Sc a play. Measur-
ed by the rules of the theater goer 1T
would hardly seem to meet the re-
ouirements at all because it does not
amuse. There is scarcely a hint OF
humor in it. There is no letting down
o. tension which all writer's have al
ways considered one of the elements of
successful handling of even the most
serious and argumentative works. There
is no leading up to rounds of applause.
There is no trick1ng of the imagination
to a strained point of attention. The
t. orn tn
ested in one great and absorbing theme:
The fatherhood of God: the brother
hood of man.
1.-The writer has taken it for granted
that you are human; that you have
been open to the very common tempta-
ton at one time or another of Snob-
biShneSS; that you have valued your
self over and above even the source
from which you sprung. that you nave
gone on your way saying to yourself
! am not my brothers keeper; let him
look to his own affairs. 1 shall look to
mine And you find yourself taking
the writer at his word.
You become for the nonce a silent
student of human life from two view
points: You look at man in his relation
to his Creator; in the relation to his
fellowman.
you win then come to the honest &C.
cupation of your brother the dirty |
drain man. There are other dirty oc- |
equations, too, and perhaps you will re- |
fleet that all dirty and malodorous oc- |
do not leave their soil on
the outside of men. Perhaps you may |
contrast occupations. trades, labors |
with your very respectable profession |
and be surprised.
mo, it is not a play. 1t is a most |
carefully prepared. exhaustive, illustra- |
ted diatribe with invective of it's fol- |
lies, on human life and it's two para
mount relations. The criticism to the
theater manager is that he holds his
price of seats too high. He should put |
them within the reach of all.
1.-The minister should take his con-
gregation to be enlightened and then
his whole scheme of wor-
ship The teacher should take his |
school and then discuss the lesson:
The idle who must be amused should
go and be awakened to the purpose OF
life. the masses should go and pull up |
their self-respect to the point where
a laboring man is the peer of any man
alive. whatsoever his profession or
calling.
LILA DAY MONROE,
president of the City Federation OF /
Women's Clubs