The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-29

glory. All things work together for
good to them that love God" The
no greater, is Thou shalt love the
Lord thy God with all thy heart and
thy neighbor as thyself" Christ puts
love into our toll, our conpanionships,
our worship, and thus makes life
worth the lving;-Rev. Harold NJ.
FSloe, Methodist, Baltimore.
Sabbath Dissertation.
Tnere Is one peril that mounts up
above host of the real or imaginary
ones, and that is the neglect or the
oesecration of the Sabbath day. Let
US be sure that if reverence for the
Sabbath does not flow out from be-
meath the affairs of the house of God,
IKE the holy river which Ezekiel saw
IN a vision, we shall not know where
to look for it. If Gods people go back
on coos day there shall come blight
upon Christian civilization.-Rev. w.
). McKttrick. Presbyterian, st. Louis.
Mercy and Justice.
Mercy. is not something added to
justice. Mercy is justice from the d.
vine standpoint. The strong man owes
helping hand to the weak; the pros
porous are indebted to the less pros
porous. The merciful man is a man
of insight who finds God in things
lowly, faith rooted in things near and
hope and trust rising out of the blessed
obligations of life. The good Samari-
tan did nothing more than his duty
he only paid his debts. The priest and
the Levite did less than their duty
Jenkins Lloyd Jones, Unitarian, Chi
lcago.
Lived as He Taught.
The Great Teacher not only loved
the world, but also desired the greatest
good for the human race. What Christ
said. he did: what he dreamed, that
he did; the law he Spake became the
life he lived He
rules of great men become flesh. He
was holiness become incarnate. In
him also righteousness was not cold or
repellant. In him goodness had an
irresistible fascination, so that bad
men and soiled fed to his presence, as
bees fit toward the sweet of the flow
ers.-Rev. Loyal w. Madden. Presby-
terrain, Lewistown, Ill.
All Powerful Love.
War produces great chieftains; phi
losophy, scholars; medicine, doctors,
but love produces great hearts. The
great heart, however. is not SO nuner-
Gus as the warrior, scholar and phySi-
clan, but is sorely needed today. Love
Is the lubricant that oils the fine
wheels of family, social and Industrial
life. Love is self evident. 1t requires
no botanist to prove a roses perfume,
no interpreter to translate smile, no
scientist to prove love. Christ's love
is surprising. 1t explains his influence
In history; it explains his relation to
God; it explains his relation to mem
Rev. H. o. Hofstead, Reformed Epis-
copal, Chicago.
Warfare on Liquor.
We must carry our fight against the
liquor saloon to greater lengths in or
der to cleanse the ballot boxes. No
saloon keeper should be allowed to
vote or hold Office of any sort. Just
as the best clubs, fraternities and the
most spiritual churches have thrown
out the liquor dealer, so must we deny
to the saloon keeper anv part in our
political life. The liquor maker and
seller are social outcasts in practice
and must be made so in fact. The
vilest pollution of our social and poll
teal life comes directly from the
liquor traffic. In this fight for civic
purity every church and all ministers
must enter for an uncompromising and
tireless warfare on all branches of the
liquor .business.-Rev. M. P. Boynton,
Baptist. Chicago.