The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-01

He wore a wondering, wildered look.
The people. from their coy nook.
Had passed up word-as to a cook;
The polished preacher-prophet shook.
The The. '.passed."p word" was
The shake" was Of the wrathful sort.
But wisely keeping from retort
He cut his sermon into half
Kept out the wheat-and gave them chan-
The Sermonette.
1.-The congregation grew in size:
All praised the preacher to the skies
But wiser folk noted, with surprise.
That he who used to make them think
Began, by leaps and jumps. to SHRINK,
And thus evolved
The Preacherette.
"And So while folks filled every pew.
The souls of saints no fatter grew;
For sermons short brought shorter view
OF faith and hope and nd love s, an s1es psacs'
And thus evolved
The Peoleette.
.'Gone is the preacher-prophet bold
He's shepherding a saner fold;
They hear a message fully told.
Of the Story Old Weep-don't laugh!
And thus evolved-
The sign Too Let
The Great Partnership.
Terse Comments for November 2. The
Ideal Christian, Kills Heavenly
Helper Heb. 13:5-15.
(BY WILLIAM T. ELLIS.)
Fluttering- mindedness marks our
days. Folk are uncertain of every
thing, themselves included. The gen.
crafty of mankind seems to be without
any deep faith. Even from our politics
the intense conviction of an older day
appears to have departed. The familiar
lines on which this topic is based:
1.-The Lord is my helper; I will not
fear:
what shall men do unto me?"
represent an older ideal Of thought.
Yet we make bold to say that they
set forth the need of our own time.
faded out Of many lives. More than
we need the fulfillment Of any article
Of the days social program. we need
this underlying, a1l-sustaining sense Of
being in alliance with the great God.
Henry Drummond says Every char
acter has an inner spring: let Christ
be that spring"
Wherever a traveller goes in foreign
lands he is sure to see the advertise
ments of the Singer Sewing Machine
company. If the local agent but knew
how great is the business with which
he is connected he could say to his
neighbors, be they Arab or Chinese or
Hindus or Russians, I am a small part
of a great whole. This business is
worldwide My firm is SO great that
it may be counted on to do the ut
termost everything it promises So
the worker in the local church may
say. This branch does not by any
means display all the wares of our
house. We do a worldwide business.
Our praise is on the lips Of men all
over the earth. You cannot understand
the Church local until you understand
the church universal, and all the mem
bers of the corporation, in this world
and beyond the Skies 1t is hearten-
ing to the average Christian to remem-
Der the greatness Of the work of which
he is part, and the omnipotentness of
the Head Of the house,
A Christian started out in a driving
storm to rescue mission saying: 1.-The
weather and I are on the business of
the same Master. and we shall not in
terfere with each other"
Wherever, in all this wide world, a
man drives nail or writes a book or
breaches a sermon or teaches a child
or drives horse for the welfare of
man and the glory Of God, that man
may count on the support and co-opera-
ton Of all the limitless forces of ON
Impotence.
Some responsibilities belong solely to
the Supreme Authority; and his subor-
dlnates are accountable only for fidelity.
The captain Of a ship, and not the
stokers or the stewards. is running
that ship. The United States navy re-
Gently disciplined an officer because his
snip ran aground, when he was not
on the bridge at all, but asleep in his
cabin. There is peace in the assur-
ance that many things about our life
and our work are not our affairs at all
but Gods. We have only to carry out
ORDERS. II we are faithful in following
the orders clearly given, the rest is
with Him.
Many firms fail, say the great COM
mercial agencies, like Dun and Brad
street, because Of insufficient capital
partner with resources would have
saved the wrecked business. So with
life. Many Of us are going to smash
simply because we need Partner, with
greater resources than ourselves, to be
our helper. That Partner stands ready
oooiHcSS Win all VINO are
willing to be 'laborers together with
Him.
great confidence Is born Of a great
experience. 1t is the man who has made
many horseshoes who offers with M
note OF uncertainty in his voice. to sho,
the travellers horse satisfactorily. The
youth entering active life is uncertain
OF himself. because he has never beer
actually tried. They count most con
hdent1y upon the help of God who