The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-15

The president of Ohio State university
says that we have been like irresponsi-
BILE boys, breaking, wasting, and ruin
ing our seemingly exhauStless resources.
But now, as a greater maturity comes
upon US, we begin to face the situation
with seriousness and to feel our re-
sponsibility. The stern fact that our
prodigality may mean suffering for our
children gives US pause.
Future generations will condemn US
for the wild recknessness with which
we have despoiled our forest, for the
criminal waste of one-half our coal
in mining, for the senseless exhaustion
of our soil, for the cruel humiliation of
birds, for the base and foul murder
of men, women and children in the var
ious industries, and by careless sani-
tation, and finally for the selfish and
foolish exploitation Of mems religious
impulses
life. There is wild devastation in the
realm of the spirit. First of all we
are losing much by superficial evan
gelism. Now, yield to no man in
my admiration of the evangelistic
spirit. But we all know that there is
abroad in our land a devastating evan
gelism which is selfish, short sighted
and insane. Such evangelism seeks the
exaltation of the evangelist rather
than that of Jesus, our Savior; it
glories in numbers more than in char
acter: it ignores ethics and breeds sec
tarianism; it breaks every law of divine
growth.
I'm saying this, 1 am speaking the
honest truth and am condemning only
the evil. This is no attack upon evan
gelism as such. nor upon evangeIists
as a group. As pastor I am willing
to admit that much is lost in 1neh-
cient pastoral care. Thousands of con-
verts are annually lost by careless, IN
different, Intellectual pastoral work, or
lack of work For this no condemna-
ton is too heavy.
again, many are lost, especially in
our communion, by removal and by
our wretched system, or lack OF SyS-
tenn, of church letters.
FINALLY supreme reason for loss
is Inadequate housing. I know where
of I speak, for I began my ministry
in an old, deserted Salvation Army
barracks, located on back street, next
to a stable (Which contributed gener-
ously of odors and f1ies) in one of our
Eastern cities. Bitterly I learned the
lesson that the house does make a diff
ference. My heart goes out to the
man who is trying to proclaim the
truth in a hall, vacant store room or
discarded church. As great, intelli-
gent and wealthy brotherhood we
Should rush to the relief of such an
one.
Two Proverbs Have Lived.
1.-THE wisdom of the ages has evolved
two proverbs which read as follows:
An ounce of prevention is worth a
pound of cure and "A stitch in time
saves nine In these last days we
are just beginning to realize the deep
significance of this wisdom and we
are adopting prophylactic methods. To
prevent, guard, protect preserve, con-
serve-these are the great words now.
In the realm of medicine we are learn
ing to employ doctors to keep US well
and to guard US from becoming sick.
We are even talking about 'eugenics,
insisting that every child be well born,
"Pittsburg used to be scourged by
typhoid fever
| NOW, because wise men have puri-
| fled the water supply, we had only one
case of typhoid fever last week. Con-
l slider the great battle being waged
against tuberculosis
I'm an Industrial exposition recently
I saw a tuberculosis exhibition, show
ing lungs in various stages of the