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

as the modern board of health abol-
ishes the mosqutto-breeding- pool Of
stagnant water.
On the Suro Foundation
One Of the grave concerns of those
who are intelligently working Tor
an enduring basis. 1t should not be
allowed to merit the accusation OF q
mere wave" or hysteria or fad The
temperance conviction should be built
solidly into the character OF the peo-
pie Every community should be-
come SO soundly Christian that the
federation Of q liquor business would
be impossible When the tested prin-
ciples of Jesus are made sovereign in
| the personal life. then there Is no
longer q temperance question: the
| wine-bibbtng preacher would quit
| his social glass as inevitably as the
| saloon-keeper would put up his shut
! tiers.
1t is significant that the Scripture
! appointed for the days study is taken
| from the great personal liberty let
ter Of the New Testament. which
Dean Farrar calls The Epistle of
Freedom" Says he, Eleven times
| in these short chapters the thought
occurs. Stand fast in the liberty
wnerewith Christ has made us free
/. But this freedom is in Christ
Forty-three times in this epistle does
the name Christ occur, and thirty
nine Of these times it is Christ, not
The Christ. Christ the personal name,
not Christ the descriptive appellative;
Christ the Savior, the man Christ
| Jesus"
Some Sure Guides
What was given to these Christians
| in ancient Galatia-a region in the
center of Asia Minor that today is so
| sorely torn by poverty consequent
upon mobilization; and that was Wis
. tied by a terrible earthquake last
! months still good for our own
times.
Brethren, even if a man be over
taken in any trespass, we who are
spiritual. restore such a one in a spir-
it of gentleness; looking to myself,
lest thou also be tempted. Bear We
the law of Christ For II a man
thinketh himself to be something
when he is nothing, he decefveth him.
self. But let each man prove his own
work, and then shall he have his
glory in regard to himself alone, and
not of his neighbor- For each man
shall bear his own burden
But let him that Is taught in the
word communicate unto him that
teacheth in all good things Be not
deceived; God is not Knocked: for
whatsoever a man soweth, that shall
unto his own flesh shall of the flesh
reap corruption: but he that soweth
unto the spirit shall of the spirit reap
eternal life. And let us not be weary
in wen-doing: for in due season we
shall reap, if we faint not. So then.
as we have opportunity, let US work
that which IS good toward all men.
and especially toward them that are
Of the household of the faith
The central truth of the teaching
is that ITO be carna11y minded is
death. but to be spiritually minded is
life and peace" The greatest task OF
constructive craftsmanship before
North America today is to put into
the minds of the people spiritual
ideals, so that they will hold prin-
cipIes above pleasures. and duty above
appetite. No other evil in America
/ is so great as that OF carnal-minded-
| ness. Every pulpit should echo this
| tremendous truth of Jesus; for only
the truth which makes men free can
emancipate our present-day life from
| the fiesh1y tendencies Of the time
Ruts and Routes.
Terse Comments on the Uniform PRAYER
Meeting Topic Of the Young Peoples So
cieties-Christian Endeavor. etc-For