The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-24

nut ne that hateth his brother Is in
darkness, and walketh in darkness, and
knoWeth not whittier he goeth, because
that darkness hath blinded him. I John
II H.
Surely there can be nothing finer
than the existence of brotherly love;
not merely brotherly love in the literal
meaning Of those two words. but love
that is Astounding. love of all men one
for the other. There is too little of it
in the world today. There always has
been, for that matter But in these
modern times selfishness appears to be
prevalent to a greater extent than it
ever has been before. And selfishness
breeds hate. Those who have made
failures in life dislike intensely those
who have made successes. Even the
latter have an aversion for the former.
because they still block the way to
larger achievements. This is just as
true in the business world, in the marts
Of trade and finance, as it is in the
world which revolves around the pure
ly social affairs of men and women.
And almost everybody knows OF it's
prevalence there.
How much more desirable would be
lAAG COI0tllOuS TIE WOIA
and play Of all persons If some of this
jealousy which is to be found on all
sides were supplanted with real broth
erly love, a compassionate regard, a
desire and a Willingness on the part of
those who are succeeding to help their
less successful brethren along; to light
en- their way and their loads in every
possible manner.
It is so much easier, though, to
preach about things of this sort than il
is to do them. There are times, and
many of them, when some men and
women appear to go out of their way
in the creation of provocation for 9TH
ers. It is scarcely human for persons
not to be inflamed with extreme dis
like at such acts as these and at the
people who are guilty of them. Why.
even Jesus of Nazareth, the great
teacher, than whom no one ever had a
greater love for man, who went will
ingly to the cross on Calvary that ali
might be saved, was unable not to hate
at times. He is said to have hated the
deeds of the Nicolaitanes; his own Ian
guage showed that he loathed the luke
warmness Of the I.aodiceans, he de-
tested the hypocrisy of the Scribes and
the Phatisees; and he abhorred the
suggestions of the tempter in the wild
erness. He may well be excused, how
ever, for these expressions of dislike
because they were directed against evil
of the worst sort. That should be
hated by every one. The great trouble
is that there is not enough hatred of
the things which are evil. On the other
hand there is too much of it of the
personal sort, of intense feelings of dis
like between man and man where
nothing of evil is involved
This is the sort of hate that properly
comes in for reproof; and such repro
baton cannot be too severe. The ma
lightly in this kind of aversion is
that it is frequently coupled with a
strong desire that distressing and dis
agreeable things should befan the per-
son orzpersons, toward whom it is di-
rected. That is what makes the per-
sonal hatred of men for each other so
vicious. And perhaps the strongest
condemnation that has ever been deliv-
cred against such hatred as this
against the lack of brotherly love-was
given by the Apostle John in the third
chapter of his first letter to the
Ephesians when he wrote: Whosoever
hateth his brother is a murderer; and
We know that no murderer hath eternal
life abiding in him.