The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-10

ferocious. In frenzy he cut himself
with stones and rent the air with his
/ shrieks An outcast from men, he was
/ feared and vet accorded that strange
| sort of reverence that the east gives
to the insane. 1 recalled him as 1
| looked upon poor naked creature
wandering about one of the villages of
northern Syria, a mendicant and an
outcast.
The plight of this demoniac was ex-
| IRENE. Yet Christ cured him. That is
the gospel: Jesus saves unto the ut
termost" There are no men beyond
! His power to change into newness of
life. When one calls the roll of his
acquaintanceS who have been outcaStS
! and dTunkardS, but who are now men
/ of godliness and power, he realizes
the potency of these present expert
/ encas as witnesses to the miracle
working power CT the Savior. If any
man finds his faith in Christ's ability
to save growing dim. let him visit one
| of the city rescue missions and hear the
testimony of the made-over men. What
! Jesus did to the demoniac of Gadara
/ He is still doing for tormented man
kind.
Stirring Up Evil Spirits.
A few days ago there died the man
| who coined the phrase, I'VE love him
for the enemies that he has made"
Strong characters always create foes,
especially if they be strong for right
eOuSneSS. When the demoniac came
to Jesus the evil spirits cried out
as tl.eir implacable antagonist The
Master always had enemies in the
spiritual world, and among men and
women. That Observation-Disclosures phil
osophy which thinks it can get
through life without any strife finds
little support in the biography of the
gentIest of earth's teachers.
Goodness, when it is really effective,
always provokes enmity. There never
was a real revival that did not create
a bareback of SANDER. One of the
woes" of Christ was spoken against
that type of character which finds its
reward in the praise of men: Woe
unto you when all men speak well of
YOU.
The LET Us Alone Policy.
The evil legions asked nothing of this
Master except that He let them alone.
When a party arose in politics a few
years ago, representing prosperity and
big business and began to cry, Let
us alone it did not realize that this
quota ton was taken from the lips of
evil demons. Evil always stands pat.
/ wants merely to be let alone Exist
ing conditions are good enough for it,
for it knows that any change will make
them worse. from its standpoint.
That which is bad cannot hope to win
on a platform of avowed badness or
p1 oppressive injustice. Therefore 1t
raises the banner in statu quo 1t
considers all reform and progress and
enlightenment inimical TO its welfare.
be counted on the side of righteousness
should be open-eyed to the fact that 1t
is commonly the evil which cries, Let
US alone
About Those Swine.
The evil spirits from the demoniac
pleaded to be permitted to enter the
neighboring swine, and Jesus granted |
this request. Straightway the swine
ran down the declivity and were |
drowned in the sea, two thousand of
them What a howl there has been |
through the centuries. but especially |
in our own time, about those two thous |
and pigsl Doubtless they belonged to |
renegade Jews, who were raising them |
II sell to the Roman soldiers. 1t was !
an Illegal business for the Jew to be |
in. but nevertheless the same sympathy |
that is created when revenue officers
pour into the gutter casks of confiscat- |
ed liquors. is called forth by this spec
tacle of the sacrificed pork. Some per- |
sons see nothing in the story but this |
injury to vested interests. They SEEM |
ingly care more for the stoc-1 than for |
tn. man.
Let us grant that it cost two thous-
science of our time will say the trans |
action was a good one. The old days |
VIXEN six per cent from the investment |
was more important than the condition /
OF the tOiler are passing rapidly away. |
The sanctity of the stockholders right |
to profit is considered less than the |
sanctity of the child Iaborers' right to |
education, health and happiness. Life