The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-23

HOW much better Is 1t TO get WISDOM
than gold and to get understanding
rather to be chosen than silver. Proverbs
XVI 16.
This was one of the greatest of the
many great truths uttered by Solomon.
He had both wisdom and riches, a
rare combination But he chose wis
dom before long life, gold or victory,
and as it is narrated in I Kings, God
gave him, besides riches and honor,
"a wise and understanding heart
Among the great majority of the peo-
pie of today there are not many who
appear to be inclined as was Solomon.
Riches are the only things they see
In life that they consider worth nav.
ing. Thev work and scheme for them
by day. They dream of them by night.
Their struggle for gold and silver Is
all-absorbing with them. 1t is tenn
pestuous struggle with most OF tnem-
Those who fail, and their number is
legion, have been the victims or mis-
spent life. They haven't had time or
the inclination to pay any ATTENTION
to. or to form the acquaintance OF the
things in life which are worth WINE.
Sometimes their eyes are opened 70
| what they have missed, and that ohly
makes their misery all the keener.
And those who win-what is the meas
IRE of their victory? They nave the
things they want or think they want
and need, but they really oont get
much satisfaction out of them. Ere
ouentlv their material success has oeen
built up at the expense OF their pny-
sioue. Bodily ills preclude them get.
ting any possible enjoyment out Oh
their fortunes, even If they knew now.
The cord of life snaps, and they traVel
to the beyond, leaving their PIE ol
i gold behind for others to olsslpate OF
quarrel about
How much better 1t would nave
been. as Solomon suggested, IL tneS
had been content with enough soiu
To supply all the reasonable neeos %
human being and paid little at
+antion TO the requirement OF WISDOM
and understanding. Those are tns
things that point out the real beautle'
and Measures of existence. Iney ue
,,a1on manhood and womanhooo u
their highest and most glorious pos
sihilities. They separate the "nea
&c., the chaff of life and make
worth the living.
Tr,,,nlr TOO. of the crime that is en-
.endered by the mad rush for money
Tbe columns of each and every news
naner are filled daily with their oe
tails. The little crook and the Oh
: crook the cheap CRATER in and ou
of nublic life and his superlative pro
totvpe-all are but the outgroWtn
consuming desires for gold ana lnor
If II. The jails and penitentiar1es ar
f,1l of wrecks of fine specimens
, humanity who have thought there wa
a nothing worth having but ricnes an al
q who were bent on getting them us
: honestly because they could not st
cure them any other way.
It has been the same down tnrous :
= +be history of all the ages, but PROF
a ablv not to the extent that II is 'oua
IS The time is certainly at hand VINE
Y MORE people should realize the mi
lr takes they are making in this parll
,,Iar Every man should try to pc
tor his position. His demands TOT
l. share of the worlds goods accoroll
IT to his worth and capabilities are rea
e. enable. They will be accorded M
Id oventually. This is inevitable. 3
In M man is making the best OF ms o
nortunities for getting out OF lie
that Is in 1t, If he sets golo up
~ 1AI