The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-09

crowded and attentive au-
| dience. He said:
Tomorrow will be celebrated as Glib
erty Day. by Americans in all parts
of the world. To some. of course. it
means holiday, time of recreation.
| but to others of us it speaks eloquent
| ly of Liberty enIightening the
world!" Even the enemies of the re-
has gone forth from these shores to
the uttermost bounds of earth-an
influence against tyranny, and in a
broad, general way in line with the
Golden Rule, which respects the lib
critics of others as it desires its own
to be respected. 1t is difficult to esti-
mate the weight of influence attach
ing to the numerous letters going
from these shores to every country I'M
der heaven, to every hamlet and viii
lage and city. 1t is difficult to esti-
mate the influence of newspapers and
magazines which go forth from this
land breeding the love of liberty. And
yet, dear friends, every day and every
to see more and more distinctly what
constitutes true liberty" and to dis
tinguish this from license which
sometimes steals the livery of libberty,
to grossly misrepresent it.
Tt is not surprising that many who
come to our shores from lands where
personal liberty is almost unknown are
inclined to expect more liberty than
we can surely accord them. They are
Obliged to learn gradually the lesson
that social liberty signifies, not per-
sonal license, but the permission to do
only those things which will not inter-
fere with the rights and liberties of
others. Indeed, this Is the lesson
good, useful citizens of this republic;
a lesson therefore to be learned by all
who would enjoy true liberty. 1t is
the lesson of self-control; the lesson of
minding ones own business; the lesson
of speaking evil of no man; the lesson
of doing good unto all men as we have
opportunity; the lesson of intruding
on the proper rights and privileges of
no one else. But, alas, how few of the
world have come to rightly view the
liberty of which we boast!
In the School of Christ.
It is in the school Of Christ that the
pupils or disciples of the Lord Jesus
may learn of him, the Great Teacher,
the important lesson of self-control
and the proper exercise of our own
liberty without encroaching upon the
rights and liberty of others. Alas,
dear friends, we must eoncede that re-
markedly few of the Lords people
have learned this lesson and are quail
fed to graduate along this line! Many
followers of Christ continually prac-
tice injustice in the little things of life,
neglecting to regard the liberties and
rights of others. In the church, in the
home, in business, the rights of others
are all too frequently ignored or only
partially recognized. It is more i'm
portant that we learn to recognize the
rights and liberties of others than to
insist upon our own rights. The for
mer course tends to make US Godlike;
the latter cultivates sel1shness and
frequently gets us into difficulty I'M
necessarily. The apostles instruction
is that so far as possible. we should
live peaceably with all men, which
often necessitates the vofding of cur
own rights for the sake of peace.
The matter of insisting upon rights
and liberties is moving the world more
and more toward contention and strife,
and fastening it toward the great time
of trouble which shall engulf the
whole social structure. Doubtless the
great majority will be claiming their
Individual rights while almost totally
disregarding the rights of others. We
urge, therefore, that kind of love of
liberty which is willing to sacrifice
as respects its own privileges. that
| it may be helpful to others in main