The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-26
BY WILLIAM t. ELLIS.

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BY WILLIAM T. ELLIS.
Take UP the White Mans burden
And reap his old reward:
The blame of those We better.
The hate of those ye guard,
The cry of hosts We humour
(Ah, slowIy) toward the light;
Why brought We Us from bondage
Our loved Egyptian night?
No great work is ever easy Inc I,
former may take 1t for grantsd q
ways that. like Garfbaldfs soldiers, he
in TO have hunger and hard marches
and WEAKNESS and wounds and otlcr
hardships undreamed and innuner'tDle-
They who work for men should MT
count on winning the applause OF men
The big tasks of today, as OF all time,
are wrought by men who are not afraid
of the threats of insolent power, OF the
ingra titude OF unappreciative people
whom they have helped, or of repeated
defeats OF of bitter burdens
Capacity to do and undergo hard
things and to remain unappreciated. Is
mart of the equipment OF every pioneer
The men who blaze new pathways 10
humanity have hearts not easily uauhN-
ed This quality is itself marx OF Mt
ness OF course it would have been
easier for Moses to have remained
shepherd on the hills of INDIAN Inan
TO have entered the turmoil OF conpd-
with Pharaoh. But he would not nave
been Moses had he done so. A Few days
ago one of the most popular ana sue /
cessfuI professors in a great eastern
university resigned his position, for no /
other reason than that he felt the calI
70 forsake a place of ease and honor !
for the harder pioneer work IN a new
Texas university. The spirit OF Moses
and Aaron which ultimately Won
emancipation for the Hebrews mas
hear lost n the world
The Relatives Who Helped.
Oriental fashion, Moses went TO his
father-in-Iaw when his call came ana
asked permission to depart Jethro sald
Go in peace" This man was local
sage the type of wise man such a al
most every community can boast he
saw the larger opportunity and me
real issues involved In his quiet eddy
of life he had become a philosopher A
lesser man would have thought first
of loss of a good shepherd OF the IN.
creased burden of having the family OF
Moses TO care for, and of the personal
regret at the separation. But Jethro,
like parents who are every day send
ing their children out to larger mis-
sions, with never a revelation OF the
inner heart-break. said, Go in peace
Probably the exiled foster son OF the
Egyptian Princess went secretly back
10 Goshen. We can imagine the thrill
that ran through the community OF
slaves as the tidings of this secret con-
ference was impaired to the trusted
ones. The elders heard the news that
God had spoken unto Abraham and ,
Jacob 1t was the sunrise of their day :
Of deliverance. The promised hour had !
come God had not forgotten his own I :
visited the Children of Isreal. and tha1
he had seen their affliction, then :
they bowed their heads and wor- I
shipped" This was great hour IN :
the history of Israel
The cooperation of the leaders was 7
pledged. The hand of God was in r
II all. Moses and Aaron should pro- I
coed on their daring mission of address '
ing the king face to face I
Facing the King. T
Two of the great pictures OF re- 5
Iigious history are brought to mind
by the spectacle Of Moses and Aaron
standing in the presence OF Pharaoh
Luther before the Elector at Worms, 7
and John Knox before Queen Mary, q
both unaffrighted men of God in the
presence of worldly power. If there
be any shred of shrinking or cOWard1ce I
in the heart OF a preacher OF the COS
pei. it is woe for him and woe for t
his message.
The very first quality of every man I
who is Gods prophet is that he shall 5
speak in the fear of God, which drives 2
out all fear of man. L
Before Pharaoh in his royal state T
await the shepherd from indian and +
his brother. Is it some small personal @
favor that is sought? Is 1t pardon for c
the crime that made Moses an exile! @
Is il reinstatement in the royal favor? a
II is an office. or some other rel /
atively petty perquisite? The king Is I
blase from hearing many such re-
quests. He is prepared for a petition
of this sort from these Hebrews
But bark, What wonder is this2
Without grovelling, without preface,
without apology, these children OF an {
accursed race are demanding-yes de-
handing is the word-in the terms that ;
royalty uses TO royalty, Let my people
go.
deserves the rod Pharaoh, I
scarcely able to believe his ears spIUt-
tered and fumed. Then he resolved
upon a fien6ishly vindictive answer He
felt confident OF the weakness of these
ambassadors on behalf of his slaves,
and confident of his own royal power.
He held the rod and could punish. at
his pleasure. 7
His answer was that of Privilege
through all the ages: I have the pow
sr: the people be cursed. He would
break any who dared interfere with
him The incident except for its trap
pings is almost contempOraneous, in
the insoIent fashion with which power -
answers justice with a blow.
Royal Might and Peoples Right. :
The tale is not new. 1t was old in a
day 1t was repeated in r
Pilates Judgment hall. 1t was enacted :
gain at RunnyInede- Boston and h
saw it in revolutionary :
yuise. The past Il months has W.T. =
messed something like IL in politics :
West Virginia's experience with ii has !,
ately come to light The incredible i,
of vested might which de :
lies the rights of the people. is one n
If the oldest episodes of history. and .
me of the stupidest- Do the working :
people strike? Let them be answered .