The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-12

| the absence of the saloon in Kansas,
there was tremendous applause.
ITO say now in formal words that
! you are welcome, it seems to me, were
wasteful and ridiculous excess And
vet conventionalities must be observed,
and at the risk of piling Pelion upon
Ossa, in behalf of the Kansas Chris
tian Missionary society, and the Disci-
pies of Christ of the entire state, 1 ex-
tend you, one and all, greeting and
| welcome.
"You come to us from every quar-
ter of the globe; from islands and con-
tinents beyond the sea; from the far
flung battle line of our missionary
outposts; from mighty cities east and
west that guard the portals of our
puissant republic.
From the whispering pines of the
northland where wheat is king to the
quivering palms of the southland
where cotton is its rival
You come from peaceful farms,
from quiet villages, from aspiring
towns and ambitious cities.
I'VE desired you to come among us
to attest our zeal and loyalty for the
Masters service, to partake of our
open hospitality, to share our happy
homes, to see our broad and fertile
prairies upon which Gods sunshine
Istreams with perennial brilliancy and
glory unmatched the world around, to
see our SInlllDS towns ana prosperous
cities, and, most of all, q state of
eighty thousand square miles untaint-
ed and undebauched by a single IL
censed saloon, and we pray that you
may not be disappointed.
I'VE welcome you first of all as
brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus
our Lord. We welcome you as fellow
workers in the uplifting of humanity,
and the bonneville and worldwide ex-
tension of the Masters kingdom.
I'VE welcome you as evangels of
peace, as prophets of purity, as mes
sengers of good will to men, and as
ambassadors of the Lord.
1--WE welcome you also as soldiers,
armed and ACQUIRED for the Master
Service, not for physical but for spir-
itual warfare; not with plumed he'll
NETS and martial dress, not with guns
and drums and banners gay. not with
prancing cavalry, and dreadful artil-
lery to kill and MAIN and conquer.
God forbid, and in His Infinite mercy
grant that the pageantry of marching
hosts however glitteringly adorned may
lose its power to charm, and that the
lust of war and conquest may be
extirpated from our hearts. and that
war itself with its cruelty and desola-
ton may forever cease.
John Marshall on Temperance.
John Marshall waxed eloquent as he
warmed up on his favorite topic-tem-
ton said he, ito the fact that from
the time the white men first came to
the Drairies they came with the aspira-
ton to serve their fellowmen.
1--WE have grappled with the most
gigantic struggle in history. Some of
YOU know of our struggle in pulling
down the saloon. Men of Kansas have
grappled, and in some measure have
succeeded, but not wholly. But the
people are meeting those problems
which are being presented to the peo-
pie of the United tSates.
I'VE are hungry for what you have.
When you go, leave a part of you ana
take a part of us. If you stay on our
prairies long, the spirit of Kansas Will
claim you for her own
Two minute responses were given by
the following persons from various
portions of the earth:
Mrs. r. J. Dye, a missionary of Be
lenge, Congo Free State; M. B. Mad
den missionary from Japan; John
E. Randall, a missionary from Kings
ton. jamaica; DR.. Jennie Crozier,
missionary from Maudha, India; DR..
G. L. Pickett, a missionary from
.Laoag. Ilocos Norte, Philippine Islands,
and Thomas c. Howe, president of But
Ter college, Indianapolis.
1--WE come here" said President
Howe, thanking the people of Kansas
for their welcome. We have problems
of church organization which must be
decided If the church is to do in the
future what it has in the past, we must
have a closer organization and more
cooperation"