The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-25


hypocrite beasts. Nor has the
realm of lower life a monopoly; there
are hypocrite statesmen, hypocrite
business men. hypocrite lawyers hyp-
ocrite doctors, hypocrite editors, hypo-
critic authors, hypocrite Christians
all pretending to be what they are not.
There are even hypocrite sinners; per-
sons pretending to be worse than they
are. So long as human sight and un-
derstanding continue poor, hypocrisy
will remain a factor in life. 1t may
as well be admitted as such and dealt
with frankly.
Some folk are troubled over this
question of hypocrites. There always
have been such anxious ones. Peo-
pie outside the church profess to be
ve~-- much concerned over the hypo-
critics who wear the cloak of religion
Although often, it may feared, this
attitude itself is hypocritical. That
many church members are church
members for Appearances sake is
probably true, although the evidence
would be hard for mortal to collect:
That It may be true, is a source OF
worry and weakness TO the church.
Yet after all perhaps 1t should not De
There is a pointed story told by
Jesus on this subject and the appilca-
ton of II seems to be that hypocrites
should not be fretted over by the SER
wants of the Kingdom. Indeed, there
is no need for anybody to worry about
the hypocrites. Some tender con-
sciences are disturbed lest they should
belong to this category. No one VINO
is so troubled is in any danger OF
hypocrisy. Those who are afraid OF
being hypocrites have the least need
of being afraid. Herein hypocrisy is
who is concerned over 1t Is in any
danger from II. One may be weak
bungling Christian, but that is a far
different matter from being hypo-
hUn
liberately serves the enemy in the gulse
of a friend. He is designedly making
use of the outward appearance OF re-
ligion in order to serve his own base
purposes.
The Wheat and the Tares.
This great teaching Jesus put in
story form "The Kingdom of Heaven
is likened unto the man who soWed
good seed in his field, but while men
slept his enemy came and sowed tares
also among the wheat and went away.
But when the blade eprang up and
brought forth fruit, then appeared the
tares also. And the servants Of the
household came and said unto MIN
Sir. didst thou not SOW good seed in
thy field? Whence, then, hath 1t
tares? And he said then unto them.
An enemy hath done this And the
servants said unto. him, wit thou
then that we go and gather them up?
And he said, Nay: lest haply while
We gather up the tarest We root up the
wheat with them. Let both grow to-
gether until the harvest, and In the
time of the harvest I will say first to
the reapers Gather UP first the tares,
and bind them in bundles to burn
them: but gather the wheat into my
barn"
Worrying Over the Lords Business.
In this graphic story which is the
clearest picture of hypocrites drawn
by Jesus, we find old Satan at his
planting. Some people would eliminate
hIIf does get
his work. No man who knows very
much about real life holds pretty little
theories which have no place for old
Satan, If anyOody's faith In the exist
enee of the devil needs strengthening,
he has but to read the days news
paper. If there he does not find him,
he will find that some other power
which might as well bear his name is
doing devilish work in the world. All
good must reckon with evil. The boy
or girl who is sent out into life with
no knowledge of this darker side OF
existence is unarmed for real con-
f1ict. Let US face the fact of active,
ceaseless and ingenious labor by the
forces of sin.
The subtlety of the enemy in the
story consisted of the fact that the
tares, or darnel, as they are called,
look quite like wheat at the beginning.
It is not until the wheat begins to rip
en- that the darnel shows its true ma
ture. There is an optimistic note in
the point that the tares were sown in
the grain field and not the grain in
the field of tares. The good predomi-
mates despite the existence of the bad.
Life is not all Ill. While it is unwise
to ignore the malign, it is greater I'm
wisdom to think only the things that
are evil. The distrustful, suspicious
person who regards his fellow beings
with an eye that attributes to them
the worst, Is just about the unhappiest
mortal that encumbers this old earth.
The Test of the Harvest.
An impatient host of high minded
people want to reform the world over
night. They have a detailed program
for making over the human race, and
they want it all put into operation at
once. They overlook the many thou
sands of years during which man has
been on the upgrade. Their motto is
do it now" They would legislate the
old Adam out of human nature. In
this they resemble the fussy servants
of the householder In the parable.
But God has more patience. He
knows how to wait. There are few
more interesting studies in the field of
theology than the patience of God.
Why has he waited so long and en-
dured SO much? Why has he let man
come to his present estate, which is
none too high, by slow degrees? Why
not enact a state of society wherein
all men would be as the angels? Some
how we know that it belongs to the
God nature to be strong and to be
patient. A child wants what he wants
Wlen ne Wants I. a mature person
can wait and work through the years
for a coveted prize. said a father In
self confession, having In mind his
own wandering son: "Train up a
child in. the way he should go, and
when he is old he will not depart from
it"-when he is young he may wander,
but he will come back when he is DID,"
HE that believeth shall not make
haste.Y It is part of ripeness of
Judgment to take the years into con-
sideration. Young people wonder that
political managers should be planning
two and three years ahead for a presi-
dential carnnafgn. ALREADY the news