The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-15

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And the dark rock pines. like tossing
Over his bier to wave:
And Gods own hand in that oneiy iano'
To lay him in the grave.
In the Hall Of Fame.
One of the great bronze figures in
| the Library of Congress, in Washing
ton. depicts Moses. Michaelangelo.s
statue of him is one of the worlds
great works of sculpture. Bue he
needs not artist or sculptor or poet
to make secure his place in human
ity's hall of fame. Nearly half OF
the globes total population reveres
the memory of Moses-five hundred
million Christians. two hundred mil
lion Moslems, and ten million Jews.
He, the greatest law-giver of time.
has placed his touch upon all the
laws Of civilization. A chivalrous
knight, he has fired and strengthen
ed the heart of manhood for mil
lenniums. A statesman. he has taught
leaders how to deal with and endure
for a nation. A man of faith, an In
tercessor and a friend of Jehovah,
he has been an inspiration to godli-
sonality in the promotion OF real
religion. The qualities of the great
ness Of Moses are a precious possess
sion of the world.
"Yes," some one remarks. but
his monument should be broken
pillar, for his work was unfinished"
Who, pray, ever did finish his life
work? Even Christ left his task for
his friends to carry on. Moses took
up the unfinished work of Abraham
and Jacob; and he left it, still in
complete, for Joshua and Samuel and
David and all the kings and prophets
to carry on. until a greater than
Moses should take it up.
The clear truth is that nobody
ever does more than a piece OF
task. Like a precious oriental rug,
at which father and son and grand
son toll, the work of the world is too
great for any one mans doing. We
are heirs Of all the ages, in work or
in wealth. Everyone Of us hands on
an uncompleted task to his sons.
"Others shall sing the song,
Others shall right the wrong
Finish what 1 begin,
And all I fail of, win,
What matter, 1 or they,
Mine or another's day,
So the right word be said.
And life the sweeter made?''
A Mans Greatest Work.
A college graduate, efficient, free
and ambitious, inquired the other
day about entering the governments
consular service. He wanted to do
something bigger than merely make
limitations and possibilities of this
career, but the word that clinched
it was, AFTER all, and most impor-
tant. if you go into this work you
will be serving your country; and
that Is the greatest opportunity any
man can ask. In as direct and de-
voted a sense as any soldier on the
battlefields of the past, you will be
doing a patriotic service. Your life
will be given up wholly to Am Ca"
The young mans eyes glistene. and
he began straightway to pr q to
take the civil service examine MS.
The best in him responded to his
greatest call.
AS we look upon the ending of the
physical life of Moses, this Is to be
remembered: He was a great patriot.
He died, as he had lived, with the
welfare Of his people as his master
passion. He had spent himself to the
uttermost in the service of the He
brew nation. This prize of patriot
ism he had won. In the great and
wonderful history of the Chosen Peo-
pie, the name of Moses is highest up
on it's rolls.
In this we find a message of Moses
to our own day. His life calls down
I to these hurrying, material times, to
put love of country first. This is the
| hour for many to give themselves.
with the devotion and self-abandon-
ment of Moses, to the welfare of the
| nation. Like him. We may not live
| to see the perfect state. Nevertheless,
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| patriotism. Whatever else our lives
may accomplish, may it be written of
them at the end that they were lived
! for the nation; that they put patriot
ism above political ease and above
personal gain. For every such person
Is Moses, a deliverer of his people.
Tightening the Battle Lines.
Terse Comments for November 16
Temperance Facts and Figures.
| I Kings 20:1-21.
| (BY WILLIAM T. ELLIS.)
| This has been a bad year for the
friends of strong drink. In certain sub
tie. general ways that are powerful in
| shaping popular opinion they havs
been hard hit. President Roosevelt
suit for libel brought the issue on tc
the front pages of the newspapers
Aside from all the technicalities of the
| N~oOs Tic ISSUE SAdpcO 1lSeu III lIS
minds Of the public that the nations
most notable man, although quite used
to hard knocks and assorted criticism
would not endure the charge of being
heavy drinker. That was too great q
calumny. The disgrace Of being called
a drunkard was more than even Mr.
Roosevelt could endure. Thus HI
brought the whole question of liquor
out into the sunlight-and that is the
one place where the liquor question
simply cannot live. Its habitat is dark
ness and seclusion. Tven to take the
screen doors from a saloon is counted
a blow at the business! Then Secretar,