The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-01
By wILLlAA. T. ELLIs.)

CBY WILLIAM T. ELLIS.)
Travelling up the Grand Canal IN
him one day ia ! pupHG AZ of the
wealthy chinese aboard toWaru
gar on the banks. The boy ran cryIle
most DlaintivelT and slopPih
o,1entIv TO beat lis head on the edIeu
a. sun1Iication- H was a professional
beggar. and all about us were the 60
~ starving Ch:resa. put for
on the noat took up ,coeintod ont
the begcar. When it was pointed ou'
that he was ONLY a professional men
dicant. 1hey smiled and sal9,
we'll acquire merit just the SAM =
They sought to earn The reputation Iol
IheraIitv which beitted their dlgnll9,
and als3 as BuddlIists to store up merit
for themselves in heaven
That IS the haathen type OF aX-
cI1siveIv to heather lands. Good oeeus
are done ostent.tiously and lnolscrlnn
inatalv. They are the earliest FORM o.
the modern system OF press.as aSisf,
cd in the time of Jesus, ana IN inns
searchirg lesson He lays pare tnt
sham and hypocrisy and tu1lltS
An Untagged BeQuest.
It ives counted so unusual as TO oe
importar- news %he1t a Few NeehS aSD'
Lord Lister. the great EnsLn tel
died leaving a fortune to charlty VIII
the specjfic- i~njurcrIon that ms own
name sl.culd not b. attached to any
of the forms that his beneNoIenoe
should take. This Implied a Keen
buke to the men who insist upon pcI
chasing post-mortem reputation Ior
themselves by the money Whlch tneS
are unable to take with them peSonO
the grave. The whole system OF en-
lowing Ohiianth.OpieS that Shal pear
the donors name would seem TO come
in for the condemnation OF the fearless
Christ. 70
+be modern tendency of the onlclal
heads Of His church to cultivate anu
magnify the big giver. There - d
percepttble trend IN Chrlstlan Moan
toward the e~xaltation of the person
who can give large sums for relgloh-
some religious Institutions have cohLe
to depend almost wholly upon sucn-
Even the UNCONVENTIONAL MISSION
boards IRE following the trend of re-
sardins the person Who IAN give larSe
sums as Indispensable to their WORK
Some day. and thai soon, there VIII pS
a great awakening 10 the 1uu!ltS ~
[oi1v of building the work of Christ
upon the money bags of a rev f1ch
mon. Already certain noble institutions
are mauifestly imperilled by TINS
Who Are the Pbilanthropists?
The h.g wori OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
merely means "a lover OF men is De
ing ~nopol in the common oplh-
ion. by -len with large bank accounts.
IF is assumed that the philanthroplst
IS the ere who endows a library a
hosDitaI a college, or a research fund;
and it is taken for granted that tne
donors name should accompany IL
benefaction.
This notion needs to be directly chal-
1enged. The real philanthropy OF the
world is to be found in the good deeds
of the plain people, VINO WlthouI ose
tentatian or posing, play the part OF
brother to one another in necessity
There is more of philanthropy among
the hosts of the worlds toilers VINO
have naught to spare yet all TO snare'
than in all the gilded lists that are
kent in card catalogs in Wall street
hanks. Let us opeh our eyes to this
clear and simple fact, and remember
its bearings and o~utreachlng. Inc nope
for human helpfulness. and the nope
of all Christian benevolences lies ult1-
mately with the great masses OF oro'-
nary people who never think TO exact
a return in advertising or
for what they do out of simple brother
love. which is the Anglo-Saxon for
The War of Viewpoints.
Two tendencies have always been at
war in society and in the breast or
man. Human nature naturally cares
for reputation. Everybody, from the
child in his first kn~ickerbockers to the
old lady with a new bonnet is solicit
tous about what other persons think of
him. That is instructive. Reputation
has always seemed to man supremacy
desirable.
On the other hand, Gods, interest is
in character. He is -ealous that His
children should be. rather than they
should seem. All His laws tend toward
inner worth rather than show.
Repeatedly through his revelations to
humanity. He has made clear that He
Judges by the invisible ~ndar of
soul measurement. His judgments by
no means coincide with the Geographic
in books and newspapers, or with the
Commnn OniniOn of ones In
this contest between the tendency TO
exalt reputation and the counter tend
ency to eXalt character, Jesus places
Himself, with all the force of His ele-
quence. upon the side of a life that is
lived in it's hidden centers only for the
eye of God.
The Strength Of the Secret Life.
Publicity is coming to be increasingly
valued in all departments of our mol
ern civilization, yet it has it's grave
dangers. Everybody who associates
with public workers knows how lectur-
ers and evangelists and secretaries
scan eagerly the morning papers, not
for news of the world. but for the mer.-
ton of themselves and their work. A
strong current in a modern time sets
toward the e~xaltation of the printed
opinion as a measure of a mans sue
cess. We have even known men-and
this point is touched upon by Jesus
to send their prayers for publication
in the newspapers-prideful. over pol
ished sentences.
Only a vigorous seer life. lived in
communion with God, can preserve one
steady and true in public activity.
Said a young Korean missionary: 'sTbe
only way a missionary can keep safe
amid the peculiar temptations of his
life is by guarding his secret
ion with Christ"
Many Will recall the figure of Drums
heugh. in The Bonnie Briar Bush ;,
who had a reputation for meanness ana
unsentimentality. but who. it was re-