The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-25
Christmas Services Held in All
Topeka Churches.
DR.. Arthur S. HendersOn's Plea
for Peace.
PREPARES FOR WAR
Calls Increase of Armaments
Outgrown Policy.
wants Christmas Spirit Spread
Throughout the Year.


preached in harmony with the spirit
Of the day. Gifts for the poor were
brought by sunday school children
1T shames our twentieth century
civilization 10 have the oceans OF the
world cluttered with floating for
1resses and steel instruments of death.
ard the new found means OF navigat-
iLg the air seized upon TO III the
upper ocean with more terrlb Die agen-
cles Of death than those with which
The lower oceans have been Illied-
This was the statement OF Dr. arthur
s Henderson in delivering a Christ
mas sermon sunday evening at the
First Congregational church on The
kilE1on OF CfOd-l' 'hrlstnaS Put Into
Practice All the Year 1t IS a
strange contradiction OF terms when
We hear in these days OF the necessity
OF heavier and heavier armamenrs Tor
the sake OF peace. the speaker con-
tinued. There was d time when ev-
erv man went armed a sword was
once as much a part Of gentleman s
dress as was his coat We have out
grown all that and vet we have not
sen less but more peace as the re-
suit There was time in America
when il was quite common to carry
1stOiS- That custom is now forbidden
almost eNeryW here and there is better
order and more safety in society as a
result
-8Iust nations pursue this outgrOwn
Slicy and constantly increase thelI
ornaments for the sake OF peace2 It
IS contradiction Let every Chris
tan and peace lover protest One Of
the most horrid and unpatriotic things
IS this spirit which insists that every
nation shall endeaVOr to carry a larger
club than every other nation Armed
ueace Is not peace at all
over in Iowa we had a congress
man who occupied his place in Wash
inston 21 years, simply because he was
agitating an appropriation for a mill
rarE station tor Des MOlnes. but final
II he was found TO be simply a grand
stander and the people failed to re-
turn him to congress
4 think that the nation viii need
police, a small standing army and
ships 10 patrol the seas.
Christmas All the Year.
IF Christmas were put into prac-
,tice all the year the Industrial and
hrOrumErcial realms could not but re-
spond to the spirit. We often hear
FhusineSs likened to war. That is be-
cause the fierce principles of compe-
tition ha<e so long prevailed there has
been often thought that religion had
nothing TO do with business Hence
We have had men grow rich by ex-
plotting their felloWmen. We have had
combinations in restraint of trade and
swollen fortunes arrogant and defiant;
We have had speculation in the very
necessities of life and men seeking
profit by coming the absolute needs
Of their fellcwUen into coin 1t IS an
awful story of brutal selfishness and
sordid worship Of mammon-
BIT rhers Is an vakened and grow
ing social conscience among the peo-
pie When We seek TO trace ii TO its
origin we ma its inspiration in the
teachings OF Jesus Christ
II we put Christmas into practice
ali the year round We must buy and
sell like Christians the labOrer must
work with the object giving value re-
-7=rr r7r- -1T
With him with a spirit Of brotherhood;
the director and the stockholder must
not be 50 eager for dividends as to
forget the safety OF the miner. or the
workman in the factory, and what is
Justly due them from the products OF
-leir labor
Raymond Robins. when in Topeka,
said there is no Christian city. but that
Topeka comes as near TO being what
might be termed q Christian city as
any place ne has yet seen. However
correct. Mr. Rollins may have been
Secretary Justis. Of the Provident As
sociatlon. tells US that there never was
{ time in Topeka when the spirit of
giving and the service Of man for man
was as well developed as has been the
case this Christmas season
DR.. Estey's sermon
At the First Presbyterian church g
program Of carols and anthems was
sung in the morning and in the ev-
&hing aside from other musical NUM-
Ars a Canrara. The Father Of God.
Aas rendered Stereopticon views Of the
ffe Of Christ were shown in the after
noon by Mrs c F. Menninger. Dr. s
: F,stev preached q strong sermon on
% STUDYING anew the meaning Of Christ
mas .sWnat would Jesus do if He
Rere here today2. ne asked
-sCybristnlas is the word that IS on
sv-errone's lips today all over the
z-o-ld Everywhere the people are
stir with the spirit But what mes /
age has the Christ for this busy TWEEN I
etb century Christmas time2 What /
7o.4Id his lips utter If he went down 4
lie crowded streets He would speak 4
zords of comfort, fraught with stu 4
~andous meanings Of the advent. 4
Christ is the expression of God 4
.hrough humanity
s~The Christmas time should bring a 4
seeDer consciousness OF the grandeur I
Z the human soul. The feeling Of +
mans greatness can not die out in the I
.resence Of the spirit of the advent 4
80 long as men can see the advent 4
s-ftr7 all its meaning SO long Will they A
-af1,se TO believe the little things of .
IL that are unimportant- The Christ /
1sas bells are ringing out great things
- MS Men should grasp more firmly /
TIE meaning of the coming of the !
rhrist Christians should see the world /
through the eyes Of Jesus
There are 500. 600, 600 people who
have no knowledge of the Christ.
Eightv thousand children, wizened and
worn out. are found in the cotton and
voolen mills. Four hundred thousand
children in Chicago have no play
grounds. one child of every four is
lying of q preventable disease.
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