The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-04

Seek good.
live: ana so the Lord the God of hosts,
shall be with you, as We nave spoASH
Amos V IA
with these words the shepherd
Amos. who ranks high among the
nrophets nd philosophers whose Writ
ings make I'M the Old Testament. points
+.o Wv that st be followed If men
GRO RI get on as they should IN TINS
world, and play their part IN llie
,,oncen,ent of civilization to hghei
levels. Evil should only pc sousn' 'i
il NAV be exposed to the glare u
licitv. AS it cannot stano sucn
forceful light, it will wither anu oie
Dismissing from conslderatioh'
mo-, and women who seek eVll liiioue"
cheer ignorance or for the gratihcalio'i
90 tbair grosscr passions, there aie
ao,,n+iess others. who, while not deN
&c of evil themselves, can see noun
o,so in the world but evil 1heS
49, an his for the purpose u
uoii :. ;+s elimination. They are
Ion,i+v howlers. They are
ohsassed with an idea that the peop-o
of tho world are degeneratlns at
charming rate. They declare tilae INC
world is growing worse oaliy'
hold up their hands in horror d
ir,oidant of wrong-doing OF any hiiiU
+ba+ comes to light They Juuee -
lessee nv the errors of the rev. AheS
1oo,, at life through a slrniet iioie'
-, &C a matter of fact, there - 'iO
-. large enough through Whlch u
view it. ar +hav
INST at this season of the year tiles
or.
+b.p usual. 1t is the time Wheh 'het
Is a balancing of the DOCKS Aho -.
of the mast year are being reVie"eu
The prospects for the Iuluie
ins estimated. And great Is the
of +be evil seekers. They can @ee
+1a or nothing in the year tha' i'"-
GONE except the evil that mas peeh ui
oor+bed. or the disasters OF every
,ia+v that have occurred 1hey Can
,,o+bine for the future but even
- aoeravated conditions OF the
same undesirable sort.
And the fault with all these folk Is
that they are not disposed 10 seen ~.
-, 49, is in the world. They dodge
il with an alacrity and an aVloiey nc
ono might expect of a person setlliis
ont of the way of an angry rattle9iiaNe
,rp,, sbut their eyes to 1T when IL IL
.dar their very noses. And the rea-
CO.. such an attitude is almost
inexplicable. IF
orenonderance over evil Is SO
.rraa+ that a comparison can scarceis
IT abounds on every hand
y1are this not so, the future Oh lne
ind a
Exil makes for nothing but ols-
content and distress. NO progress
come about through it, except ehal 'lie
ox,neriences and examples II presents
chow its unfruitfulness. IL lhe soou
IN the world did not predominant eiNlii-
u.+ion would soon begin TO receoe
And If would travel backward at an
alarming rate. But every one, VINO Is
,4olIiee,+ enough to read a page OF
h;e+orv and digest its lessons, must be
ao,,,,inced of the fact that the civiliza-
tion of today is better and more right
oo,s in every land and cline than 1t
has ever been before. And the degree
of civilization that prevails at any
period is no more than a reflection
of the average moral tone of the peo-
nile who constitute it. The improve
ment in civilization is due to the good
ness that prevails with all peoples
and not the evil that is scattered
amongst them. There can be no other
exclamation And its sef-eY1dency
makes it sufficient.
wouldn't it be better then Tor al
most every one to reform their view
point of life, and change the direction
of their sauints? There is evil in the
world to be sure. Lots of it. Toe
much of it. But it is being weeded out.
Because it is mentioned in the news
papers and the magazines as it is fer
reted out by one agency or another,
that is no sign that it has eaten its
wav into the very vitals of civilization
and is holding it in grip that VIII
eventually strangle it to death Rather
does it show the opposite. Rather does
If noint out that good is active in an
effort to stamp out evil And it is
certain to meet with. much success
This success will also be larger anc
brought about quicker if the pessimist1c
nraters on the decline of humanity will
| take the trouble to see things as the.
are. not as they imagine them to be.