The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-03

lions are those which have Deen Dulit
upon an open Bible. The safest assur-
ance of national integrity Is the faith
full preaching Of religion. The greatesr
poem which our generation has pro-
duced is this call to a nation to the
God of its fathers:
For heather heart that puts her trust
In reeking tube and iron shard'
All valiant dust that builds on dust,
And guarding, calls not Thee to guard
For frantic boast and foolish word
Thy mercy on Thy People Lordl
The Lad In the Temple.
Terse comments for June 4: Lessons
from Great Lives" Samuel l SAM
12:1-6; 1925.
BY WILLIAM r. ELLIS.
On the lower Tigrts there is the re-
puted shrine OF the Prophet Ezfa. II
Ia a, favorite Jewish shrine, where wives
go to pray for children. Tnat 10 ene
prayer which women all over the east
make at temple and shrine. The story
of Hannah is true to life. Her petltioll
for a son. which so absorbed her that
the high priest, Eli, thought ner IN
toxicated, was the expression OF the
deepest sentiment Of her being; IN nes
land It was, and still is, considered
disgrace not to have children. Her am
bitfon was natural and noble 1t con-
trasts we'll with some tWentletn cen,
fury feminine ambitions for social
position, an automobile, more fash
ionable hat and finer clothes. We can
not understand Samuers character ex-
cept we remember that he was the
child of a godly mother, and himself
an answer to prayer.
The best cooperation that God has
in his plans for the human race are
high minded, religious mothers.
Dedicated children have a way of
turning out well. The gift laid upon
the altar becomes the concern or Goa.
That is g. rich inheritance Whlch
child possesses who has been given
solemnly, in infancy, to Jehovah. and
his service. The Samuels who mean so
much more to the world than any
kings, know from their earliest con-
seriousness that they belong to God
The tabernacle might seem a very
grown-up place for the child Samuel.
Some parents feel that their children
are too young to go to church. inc
great awesome impressions which pe-
come fixed in a childs mind during
early years in the house of God remain
throughout. He is a character-mahng
force The sense of majesty and rev.
erence and sublimity born In the temple
make for nobility of manhood Tne
first and most important lesson of life
tunate is he who early acquires the
conviction that Jehovah is over all. If
bows and girls must choose between at
| tendance upon church or Sunday.
school, the former is the more inn
portant
The great ideals grow best in the
tender souls of childhood.
| An irreIigious boyhood is likely to
4 rfIfh10SS manhood
Clear, pointed and pregnant is the
Bibles statement concerning Samuel,
! 1.-THE child did minister unto Jehovah"
There is a place for childhood in the
service Of the Lord. Any church that
! has not room and welcome and min
istry for the children is not large
| enough for Him who was once child.
Not as little men and women, but as
J children, buoyant, free-spirited and
natural boys and girls may, like Sam
uel minister to the Master who loves
/ the little ones.
| The inspired Book seems to delight
in touching with tender glow of con-
secration the holy human relations:
Samuel was not the less Hannah's son
because he was Jehovah's minister.
That little robe into which had been
stitched the red of a mothers heart
which Hannah brought up to Shiloh
yearly, is an incident in Samuels
: biography which we can as i'll afford tc
miss as the cruise OF amounting OF
} which he bore in later years.
. Nothing differentiates the youth OF
! today from those Of an earlier genera
ton more clearly than its attitude to-
wards their elders. Respect for years
is almost out of fashion. Families are
, ruled by the children. Teachers are
spoken of-and sometimes spoken to-
without a shred of consideration. Faith.
ers are often called 1.-The old man.
Grandmothers are elbowed into tht
background of the home by the self.