The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-28
life the love Of Good which he expert
ences in his heart.

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ences in his heart.
The old legend tells how John the Be-
loved, In his declining days At Epneeue.
congregation. Little children. love one
another" When the officers OF the
church ventured to suggest tnat they
would like another message. ne repneu'
There is no other message; little ch1i-
dren love one another Ine stofy w.
wood when she wrote these lines IN her
beautiful poem, "St. John the Aged:
$50, raise up my head.
How dark 1t is! can not seem to see
The faces Of my flock. IL tnat the sea
That murmurs 30. or is It weeping!
NY little children! GOD 70 loved the
world
He gave his Son: % love - one an
other:
Love God and man. Amen. NOW DEAR
NV legacy unto an angry world IL this.
I feel my work Is finished. Arc the
streets SO full?
What cali the folk my namef Tho
holy John?''
And lover Of my children.
do we need our necessities?' runs
the familiar query. Most Of VI are
anxious about nonessentiale. II we iove
God. and know the love OF God wnicn
is shed abroad in our hearts oy inc
Spirit, what else really matters! Par,
ents are solicitous about the socaa!
nositfon of their children. and about
their worldly prosperity; but we 90 nrt
find very much evidence that the fash.
ion prevails of being solicitous about
the spiritual state Of children. try
WI. the concern Of an older day. 70 it
! not reasonable to assume that II latn
ers and mothers yearned tnat tneiI
children might know the love OF doo
there would be more young men eager
to enter the ministry, and young wom-
en- whose sole ambition is to do service
for tho world and for GodT
The end OF the world IL far nearer
than the end Of Gods love.
There are various good ways II
which q young man may say to
young woman, "I love YOU" One o.
the best Is, with all my worldly
goods 1 thee endow." The expreesioni
Of love are infinite. Gods love haa
been shown to man in countless God
like ways But the one best Manifesto
ton Of the divine love IL related II
this beautiful love chapter Of Johns
Herein was the love Of God manifest
ed in our case, that God hath sent hi
only begotten Son into the world, tina
we might live through him. Herein Il
love, not that we loved God. but tina
he loved us. and sent his Son to be tn
Precipitation for our SINS"
SEVEN SENTENCE SERMONS.
A bairn maun creep or he gang
} Scotch. Proverb.
If ignorance Is bliss. am NOR
convinced every day that there il
!. great deal Of happiness in this world
Uncle Esek.
~. .... = n,o,. = =. o.ntn an
: not the tumult OF the soui.--Woros
) worth.
AS sure as ever God puts His chill
dren In the furnace, He will be in tn
, furnace with them.-Spurgeon.
All Gods angels come to US dis
, guised: Sorrow and sickness, povert
, and death.-Lowell.
! Chance is but the pseudonym Of 90
] for those particular cases which H
I does not choose to subscribe openl
) with his own -Colerfdg
ii Peace Of mind must come in its ow
!, time, as the waters settle themselv<
!. into clearness as well a. Quietnesa
you can no more filter your mind int
j, purity than you, can compress 1t int
i calmness: you must keep 1t pure
Y you would have 1t pure, and thro
n no stones into 1t II you would ha,
] II nvr{of -Rna0eiva