The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-06

Golden Text, Acts ii:32.
BY WILLIAM t. ELLIS.
Why are thousands of men and
women thronging New York's Great
White Way every night? They are
seeking life Why is the famous
board walk of Atlantic City crowded
today? The promenaders are after
life How explain the full steam
ers that ply like ferries across th :;
oceans? Travellers are after me.
driven by the money madness that
blights our time? They hope TO WIN
life How may we explain u. ne
craze Of many kinds or persons -
They think that that spells llfe.
Look into the theaters. the restau-
rants and the hotels of the great
cities, and still you see TINS. VIZ 81
ali quests is this lust for life
"'Tis life of which our veins are
IT'S life for which in vain we pant,
Life, more life. and fuller that we
want"
Patheticallv, many are on the
false fires, and in the blindness
thew affix the label. life" to much
that savors of death. the oeiusiolI
and disappointment OF the Inultil0 go
sham Is a spectacle that saddens all
beholding hearts
The Big Offer.
The unioue character of Christian
ity is that it really ofters me. Otue4
faiths have varying rewards. but
Cbrict,s gospel maintains the stupen-
dous claim that it has life 70 1nparC
right here and now. true ne OIL te,,o
eternal life, lasting through tWo
worlds, but that life begins IN the
Christ comes to the empty. ecno-
less aching hearts of man and prof.
fers His great gift OF IiteMnlhe e+o ia.
and ever richer. Christianity STANDS
FOR a new mind, a new spirit. a new
aninug. a new genius; essentially,
1a1I life sdrrThe words that L speak
unto YOU, they are spirit and theS
are life
,rbat nroposition is one to tie to:
Hold It fast All sorts OF notlonS OF
-aIision are afIoat. A mass OF foIk
think that religion Is lolntls saS
or an Episcopalian or q MetnooIs u.s.
~ So. church membership Is not
anSa If the new life. but conse-
ouence of it. 1t is not IN OrJer hit NJ
be saved that we JON the T Tt1a- ~ is no
because we are saved mere ID ~
seIvation in any organization:
other folk think that religion Is
fundamentally formula xbo OF % 11st
called q creed. NOWS oNS4 60.
have creeds about many things, from
the hest way to rig nshins 1ns 70
convictions concerning GOD. But
creed saves NOBODY. ,-oo+ica of
NTor ia religion set pTactIcS u
.oooa,,re No formulated rules com
91-ise religion. Christianity does not
Rea-sist of doing certain things, nor
YET doing without things. me az
s,,rditv of attempting to limit tne
@eiiov,shin of Christ to those persons
10 do not smoke or dance or play
cards or go to the theater, IS mani
fe1+ to anv thinking mind. A person
NAV refrain from all these ana SUI
s1-eaL every one of the eleven COM
mandments. The Gospel car CaL ann
-. mn on any such narrow gauge ROAD;
- 1Ssenoblv or conference or council
a. abIe 70 devise a code of conduct
.b,+ shall be synonymous with the
Christian religion.
The Final Test.
TAfe vindicates itself. Christs DC
Christly. The life of God In man
creates GOODNESS. Salvation is lie;
the experience of the Divine life in
-,oar,s soul here and hereafter. Chr1st
wants all who follow Him to live by
his impaired spirit. He offers no shlb-
1noleths: He offers life. Hear Paul the
apostle who plumbed most deeply the
mind of God, Il have been crucified
with Christ; and 1t is no longer that
live, but Christ liveth in me; and that
life which 1 now live in the flesh
live in faith, the faith which is in
the Son of God, who loved me, and
gave himself mp for me-"
New lamps for DID, ran the in
credible cry of the Aladdin story. New