The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-19

mo business with social legislation
such a. child welfare. the housing
problem workers. Compensation moth
cry pensions and all the other host OF
present day plans for lifting the bur-
deus Of Life from the weakest shoul-
ders-he needs but to read this paas-
age over again The Almighty God in
his great Judgment day is going to
hold the nations accountable for these
! very responsibilities
A public official we then say, is not
merely auswerabIe to the voters who
elect him, he must give an account to
the God OF all nations. 4 sense Of re-
sponsibility to a Higher Power is what
calls forth I've best qualities in man
Likewise, nothing else 50 causes a ma
ton to rise to it's highest posi- bi1itiea
render an accounting to the Judge ct
all the earth
The real mission Of the state is not
to create an artificial political sfruc-
not to walk pridefulfy amid other ma
tons: but to serve the whole people in
the fear OF the Lord
Whist Divides Sheep From Goats,
There are good nations and bad ma
lions. successful nations and nations
that have failed Every mature think
er ponders this tale which history tells.
why certain nations have missed the
mark
In the light Of this luminous Scrip
ture we perceive that ministry IS the
mark OF greatness for a nation, as
for an individual The truly great
powers are those whose people have
been best served by their government
Empires built On exploitation Of the
common man have always come to a
disastrous end A reasonable hope
for the survival Of democracy lies In
| the profound truth that it Is estab-
I
welfare that is dear to heaven as to
earth.
BY this present Scripture we see
that the King who spoke these words,
after he had been rejected and was
On his way to a CROSS of saeBifice and
service Is to be the Judge of all the
/ earth May we not reverentfy sux-
gest- Also that the people long ex-
plotted and oppressed are to sit in
Judgment on the mighty For what
| else means this amazing declaration
OF the Man OF sorrows. who was
touched with the feeling OF the IN
+, firmities Of the muItitudes that he
suffered in all their suffering, and was
! served by every service done to them,
The King and the People.
One OF tie n1arveIs of this farewell
admonition OF the Messenger who
came from God in that the King Of
heaven and earth Identifies Himself
with the welfare OF the common peo-
PIE To serve them is to serve Him
The climax Of Christz teaching il
Inasmuch as We have done it unto
! one OF the least Of these my brethren,
ye have done ii unto me-
/ This passion for the service Of
Christ and His. brethren. which sees
| the Man OF Sorrows in every needy
child OF earth. is what makes the mis-
sionary, the reformer and the Chris
I tiAn worker.
/ So TAR a. we can see IN this fare
| well utferance. there is not to be much
theology on the Judgment day. the
deciding factors IN destiny are to be
/ the poor the sick. the prisoner the
| neglected the widows. the fatherfesg
| and the benigheed- What Is done to
man, Is done to God.
The most tremendous Of all iucen-
lives to build a nation strong and
/ clean In its ideals. and purxed of DO
/ fItical corruption. is this teaching that
the nation mCst make answer at last
to the Just Judge. who is also the
compassionate Redeemer Of mankind
The Real Socialism.
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