The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-08
KANSAS COAMENT
THE AGED MINISTER

one OF the most cheering things con-
nected with recent church work is the
attention that is being given to the
problem OF the aged minister and min
lsterS WIDOWS. Recently the Presby
terrain denomination has been interest
Ing itself along this line and likewise
the Methodists are going forward with
plans Tor the better care of their super
annuateS- In the Southwest Kansas
conference movement has been start
ed 10 secure a 100000 endowment fund
Tor this purpose, the income from
which is to supplement the annual con-
trloutlons to this fund in this way it IS
noped TO secure a sufficient income so
that the conference can support its
aged ministers widows in some degree
of comfort.
Another thing that has been under
taken by this conference is the estab-
lishment of a ministers burying
ground. A plot of earth is to be Sc
cured at some accessible point and
made into a cemetery. A fund likewise
viii be established from which the cost
of the burial of a minister or a member
or MS family will be betrayed. With
ministers frequently changing from
one locality to another, as at present,
one member of the family is likely to
be buried at one place, and another
at another. Under the proposed plan,
each minister would be entitled to bury
such members of his family death
might oVertake in this common burying
would all be together instead of widely
separated as is so often the case with
Methodist ministers families at pres
ent.
Any effort tending to brighten the
material side Of the aged ministers life
is morthv of applause. The churches
are showing a lively even if tardy in
terest in this Observation-Disclosures
News.
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A GENERO TTS CONC ESS
Those who are criticizing the present
congress for its failure thus far to do
the things that it promised to do,
should not forget that it is the present
congress that deserves all of the credit
for the appointment of a committee to
investigate the high cost of living. The
congress was not bound by promise to
perform this duty to the people, but
eminent statesmen gave the country
this committee as freely as an indul-
gent father would have tossed a stick
of striped candy to his barefoot boy.
1t was an act of mercy which the
fair-minded citizenship of the country
cannot fail to endorse and approve. 1t
was in evidence of the constant vigil
lance with which the congress strives
to protect and advance the interests
of a deserving constituency. 1t was a
singing rebuke to those who habitual-
ly charge that congress turns the deaf
ear to the voice of the common people.
Whatever may be the result of the
investigation, the people cannot be I'M
appreciative of the close application to
duty and the prayerful consideration
that Senator Lodge and his associates
on the committee have given to the
momentous problems that have arisen
in the course of the quiz. But there is
every reason to believe that the report
of the committee. when it is finally
submitted, will be a complete vindica-
ton for those citizens who have stub
bornly commended that the high cost Of
living is due entirely to high prices
People should be more generous in
giving to congress the credit for what
it accomplishes.-Wich Beacon.