The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-16
(RY WILLIAM T. ELLIs.)


man is blazed with the simple word
efficiency A wise lawyer said the
other day. ST want my boy to learn
how to do things a little better than
ANYBODY else. If 1 teach him to be
a first class worker I think Will nave
delivered him from the troubles that
await most young men coming on the
scene at this time. My experience IS
that no matter how hard times may
be. no matter how grave the political
problems may be, the person VINO can
do things better than anybody else
is sure OF work ana therefore u SOA
sideration-"
Germany is solving her social prob
lem along that line. AS govern
mental policy she is steadily httlns
the scale of efficiency of her people,
training each generation of young men
to rise a step higher than the one pc
fore. Thus it has come to pass tnaI
for mere manual labor. oVercroWoeu
Germany has had to hire foreigners
while her own sons have scattered TO
the four corners of the earth pro-
noting German influence.
All of which is but a modern1zaIon
of this story of an incident in the life
of Jesus, when four well men ana d
sick man overcame apparently lnsu-
perable obstacles and attained their
goal It was the science of efficiency
at work in a day when they did not
care to label everything by some sci
entific name. How these men got
there, what they secured and the
meaning OIL IL OH rs a Ao0AA0H~S
Lesson of uncommon interest
The Hope of Man.
The story is laid in old CapernauIh-
IT was q great day in the life OF Jesus
He made his headquarters IN d pT RNtH,e
house, perhaps in the home OF Peter.
The crowds thronged him. NoI olIiy
was the city at his door, but the WnoIe
countryside from as far away as Jer
usaIem had been drawn by the lure OF
his wondrous works and WORDS
inside the small house, the people
were damned, hanging on ms "orus;
Among them were many SICK anu
that would mean healing. CaIin' |
compassionate, helpful, Jesus was the /
center of needy multitude, then, as
now, the hope of man.
THAT figure has never lost its charm |
for mankind. Jesus, the healer anu
the helper, is the fairest picture tnat
the Imagination of mortalS conceived. |
Always he was helping always ne was
hungry hearts of today ind SAUSAGE
ton in Him
The Man Shut Out
All over the world a chorus OF lis
ara arising eff 1 could only go to
the hospital" says the poor sick man
in the remote rural parts; II coulo
only go to Colorado, says the me-
cbanic threatened with tuberculosis;
ssIf / could only have a little capital,
saws the ambitious young man, eager
TO start into business. And IN the
Aramaic speech that day at Caperna55
UNI many were saying, IF l coulo
only get in and He could but look on
me- The crowd was so great that
MANY were shut out SUCH SlshC |
ed between the man in need ana the
Man with health to give
1t is a proposition generally SOUND |
that If one wants anything IN TINS
world badly enough. whether II De an |
education, or a business. or quality
of character, he gets it If his Wlsnes
have will behind them. one OF the
sick men shut out from the Caper-
naum house that day was a poor
paralytic who saw the numbers
of people intervening between MIN
self and his dreams of del1Verance
from bondage. How he won is a
!" -Four unconventional Friends.
The average woman. finding her
home inadvertently locked, Will SIT on
the doorstep for a night, rather than
break a pane OF glass ana unlo 100
us so thoroughly in it's grip that we
hesitate to do the unusual, the auda-
cious thing. The paralytic and MS
measures. What should |
they do to reach Jesus? They could
not elbow the other needy ones out
of the way. for these, too, mad equal
right and equal eagernesS, and rude
ness to them would merit sure rebuke
from the fearless Teacher.
AS the old proverb says, Love will
find the way" THESE loyal fr1ends
were not undaunted by conventional
4ties The house was of the kind still |
fvpfcal in Palestine: its fiat mud roof
could easily be broken into, and the
space between the supporting beams
Was wide enough to let the figure of the
sick man through. Without hesita-
ton they deliberately tore up the
carefully laid, watered and rolled mud
roof. What is roof when life IS at
IISn2l1V ]
ventional, and these four friends
showed evidence of greatness in their
conduct.
We could wish to know more about
this paralytic. He must have been a
rare character. No whining. com
planning. embittered chronic invalid
he Such friends as he possessed are
won by another kind of character. In
them, the man was rich. He might
have no goods but the pallet or quit
which constituted his bed, but he was
rich in loyal love and devotion of at
least four friends. Life has no greater
prize than friendship. The man who
has one true friend that viii stand
by him in adversely has made high
and deep success of life. It was
really worth while to undergo all the
suffering which had been the lot of
this poor paralytic. for the sake OF
knowing that he possessed such
friends as these four.
And they, noble, loyal. resourceful
have won for themselves a place
among the immortal characters of
history. Their loyalty and faithfulness
have spurred friends to greater devo-
ton through all the centuries since.
The VIII That Commands Success.
The scene is dramatic. Inside the
house the Teacher is holding forth.
The crowds in and around the build
ing are so intent upon Him that they
give no heed to this one particular
group of which the paralytic is the
center These make their way to