The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-15

goes the wrong way. Evil runs n
crowds. virtue walks apart. Follow
fashion, follow folly. But "let the
wicked forsake his way and the I'M
righteous man his thoughts; and let
him return unto the Lord, and he will
have mercy upon him, and to our God
for he will abundantly pardon"
Living to Serve.
Terse Comments for July 16. "Our
Debts: What Are They2 How to
Pay Them" Rom. 1910
BY WILLIAM T. ELLIS.
''In this world" said Henry Ward
Beecher, sit is not what we take up,
but what we give up. that makes US
rich"
All the social and political unrest
Of the hour means one thing, and that
is that people are tired of selhshness,
and are bound that there shall be
greater obedience to the old, old laws
which require a man to care for his
brother. There has been too much
looking out for number one, and too
much disregard for number two.
However it be. it seems to me
IT'S only noble to be good.
Kind hearts are more than coronets,
And simple faith than Norman blood"
Look on other lives beside your
own; see what their troubles are and
how they are borne; try to think Of
the qualification of small selfish de-
sires; try to think of what is best In
thought and action. something apart
from the accidents of your own lot
George Eliot.
The Spirit of Christ in the heart.
produces the fruits of the Spirit IN
the life. The graces that we desire
cannot be put on our life one by one
as we may choose. They are rather
growth. resulting from the indwelling
Of the Spirit. BY these signs may we
know that we have in US the Spirit:
Love, JOY, peace, long-suffering, gentle
ness, goodness, faith, meekness, tenn
perance.
He who is always hearing and an
swering the call of life to be thought
full and brave and lf-sacriflcing-h
alone can safely hear the other cry
of life, tempting him to be happy and
enJoy.-Phillips Brooks.
What do we live for if it is not to
make life less difficult to each other?"
To sacrifice. to share:
| To give, even as He gave;
For others wants to care;
Not our own lives to save.
Lucy Larcom.
It is only worth while in this world
| to be like Jesus Christ. The path to
this perfection runs through the val
ley of service. Without deep. unfal-
tering conservation to a life of SER
vice and sacrifice it is impossible to
grow into Christs image Like his
Master, the disciple must be among
men as one that serveth.
Christ proved His divinity by His
ministry. The disciple Of the present
time can likewise show to the world
by his deeds of devoted helpfulness
that he has been born of God.
There is a world of practical philos-
ophy in Christ's teaching about los
ing ones life to save it. Only as
man spends himself IN unselfish toll
for others does he gain an insight IN
to the true secret of existence. Not
until he is lifted UP on a cross OF sac
rifice can he obtain the broad vision
of life, the clear understanding Of
brotherhood and the full perception
Of truth that are the richest rewards
the human soul can know this side Of
heaven. If you would save your life
from srallness, meanness. selhshness
and death, then lose it by fearless
service.
''Wouldst thou be wretched?
IT'S an easy way:
Think of but self. and self alone all
Think Of their pain, their loss, their
thy care.
All that thou hast to do. or feel or
Think Of thy good. thy pleasure and
thy gain,
Think only of thyself. twill not be
vain.
Wouldst thou be happy?
/ Take an easy way;
Think of those around thee-live for
them each day;
Think of Their pain, their loss, their
grief. their care:
All that they have to do, or feel or
bear;
Think of their pleasure. of their good,
their gain:
Think Of those round thee-it win not
be in vain
Old Thomas Carlyle saw deeply into
human nature and into the life of this
world. One of his sagest utterances
may well be taken as motto by an
| earnest spirit. Said Carlyle, There
is in man a higher than love of happi-
ness; he can do without happiness and
instead thereof find blessedness.'
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