The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-07-11

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also came not to be ministered unto.
but to minister, and to give his Ike =
ransom for many"
Mastering by Mtnistering.
In the middle ages there was
widespread belief in the power OF =
talisman. Sir Walter Scott wrote q
book aboutlo ore such, whose toucn ~
supposed to heal and to extract poll
SONS. In the few lines just quoted We
have a talisman for most OF the Ills OF
church and he time. It takes the
danger out of every possible position
and relationship.
Con well those words they Deion8
on the flshy tablets Of the heart. They
enftomize the life OF Jesus. They can
save the church from worldliness and
selfishness: can save an efficient lie
from bitterness Of self-centeredness:
can save the ambitious from tragic
failure.
To seek to serve others IL to save
powerful, too humble to achieve this
real greatness. It 10 better to be help
full than high. Service II worthter
than fame. Look down the long vistas
of the centuries, and the Highest OF
all figures il upborne above all others
uOOn q CTOU0 u 84CG111C0 anu 9OA vA~~Ss
Setting Life to Song.
Terse Comments for July II. The
Christian Ministry Of Music. "-Ps.
150:1-6.
(BY WILLIAM r. ELLIs.)
When deeply moved people sing. That
Is why primitive races have their war
songs and their tribal lays and love
songs. The oldest religious literature
known-the Hindu Vedas-are songs.
Some Of the earliest passages in the
Hebrew Old Testament are songs
Whenever the soul attempts its high
est exercise, which IL worahip. 1t bursts
into song. And the promise of Revela-
ton il that the redeemed will have q
new song in their mouths: and that
about the throne the glorious company
will sing ''the song Of Moses and the
Lamb
A song reaches farther and breaches
better than q sermon.
Tho world has forgotten that Top
lady was q famous controversialist. and
that his hymn was written to prove q
theological dogma, but all creeds unite
their hearts in singing
Rock Of Ages, cleft for me.
Let me hide myself in Thee"
So, also, Rev. Henry Francis Lyte's
beautiful life and many sufferings are
unknown to the public, but millions
have poured forth the deepest senti-
ment Of their spirits In his hymn
Abide with me: fast falls the even
tide;
The darkness deepens; Lord. with me
abide
To give the world q great song IL to
have served mankind profoundly.
Luther's voluminous writings are most
ly known only to historians. but his
hymn
"A mighty fortress is our God.
A bulwark never failing,
has become part Of the faith OF count
less multitudes Of Christians. :.
One Of the religious bodies. the
Friends. still clings, In certain OF tta
branches, to the belief that music has
no place in worship. How far this ex-
plains the falling away Of the younger
generation of Friends 1t would be DIM
cult to say. The two ancient branches
| OF the pre-Reformation church. the
Greek Catholic and the Roman Cath
Ollie, have always filled their order OF
worship with sacred music. Every re-
vival Of religion is attended with song
The spiritually moved cry with the
Psalmist:
"Sing loud unto God our strength:
Make joyful noise unto the God Of
Jacob.
Raise a song, and bring hither thu
timbrel.
The pleasant harp with the psaltry.'
20 sing unto Jehovah new song:
CS~nrp T1h =. Ill v>kHn
Sing unto Jehovah, bless his name:
i Show forth his salvation from day t.
II day.
The person whose childhood IL moi
bright with memories Of Christian
hymns sung by a godly mother have
missed ono Of the priceless heritages
i A good rule for everybody living Il
to go nowhere and do nothing tina
cannot be accompanied by q song IL
the heart. Life may be set to music
son who sings at his work. And whel
those songs are not the empty. passing
jingles OF the day. but the music O
the fadeless gospel, they give q sacra
mental character to all tho Offices O.
life; they help one. like Brother Law
renee, to practice the presence o
God.' The singing heart is the saint
Hest.
. Most persons form the fabric o
their thinking upon religious subject
out of the teachings of the songs the.
know. rather than out of the Bibl'
itself.
President Wilson several years az,
stirred up a breeze by an address crit
! icising what he termed religious rag
time" He cited certain popular Sun
day school songs which arc meaning
less and trivial and ,,n~nvfhv NJ tn