The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-26

Tell the story Of the Lost Sheep.
Tell the story Of he Triumphal En-
What did Jesus teach about tho
Commandments?
Tell about Jesus and the Bethany
home.
The story of the Last Supper.
The story Of Jesus in the Garden OF
Gethsemane
The story of the Betrayal of Jesus.
OF what did the Jews accuse Jesus?
OF what was He accused in the Trial
before PLATE?
What did plate say about Him?
Where was Jesus crucified?
Where was He buried?
When did He rise from the dead?
How many times did He appear to
What great commission did He give
| His disciples?
From what place did He ascend to
heaven?
The Little Become Large.
In print. from the platform. and in
conversation. one hears strange
words about the failure of the Chris
tianity of Christ in these days of world
upheaval. Some are saying that
Christianity has abdicated it's mission.
! Not so fast. Let US consider. Jesus
was born in q little world. an obscure
Roman province. Even the known
world it covered or touched was but
a small part of the earth's surface.
| Whole continents and races were un-
known. Highways had to be laid and
channels opened for the life of the
| Christ to follow. His truth could go
on faster than the people whom it in
spired. Yet through the centuries,
| which seem SO long to our petty
reckoning, but which are but a small
fragment of the totality of human ex-
istence up to date. and smaller yet to
Him with whom a thousand years are
but as a day, the truth and power of
Christ have steadily advanced in ever
| extending conquest. In our own time
the uttermost bounds of humanity
have been reached by his claims TO
kinship.
Does it not seem as if the hour had
struck for great things. All the world
| is now one world; that lesson it has
old material civilization. with its elab
crate culture and worldly wisdom and
arrogant power has broken down ut
terly. The goal of humanity cannot
be attained by the sciences. Now the
mind of Christ must have a fresh. free
chance among men. Humanity is
ready for a new program and for a
new dynamic. The present prospect
is thrilling and to be alive in such a
day as this is the greatest privilege
enjoyed by mortals.
One thing alone is needed: that life
must be yielded to Christ ere it can be
welded by Him. Our prayer might be
| ''Dominus, dominate. o Lord, be lord,
| Master mine, master me- In the
words Of the Scripture portion sug-
gested for today: And he died for all.
that they that live should no longer
live unto themselves. but unto him
again. Wherefore if any man is in
! Christ, he is a new creature: the old
things are passed away; behold. they
are become new"
/ At the End OF the Year.
Terse Comments on the Uniform
Prayer letting Topic Of the Young
Peoples Societies Christian En-
deavor, etc.-for December 81
''This Year and All Years for
Christ" Ps. 90:1-17.
(BY WILLIAM T. ELLIS.)
Calendars, as well as Bibles. belong
in the spiritual equipment Of every
Christian. Some saints seem seldom
to see "a. D. 1914" They appear to
be unaware that this is 1.-The year of
our Lord" as truly as any other year
recorded in history. The sovereignty
Of God over our own time is convic-
ton essential to great service. A mo-
ments thought shows that the Ruler
of the universe, whose seat is in the
highest heavens, has been traceably
abroad during recent days. His
works among men were never more
manifest than now. God lives and
rules. His day is marching on We
cannot leave Him out of any Of our
plans. Our new year will be greater
than the years that have gone exactly
in proportion as we yield the Lord His
rightful place in it.
"Beneath the moonlight and the snow,
Lies dead my latest year:
The winter winds are whispering low,
It's dfrges in my ear.
I grieve not with the moaning wind.
AS though a loss befell;
Before me, even as behind,
God is, and all is WE'LL
HE has more of the crusader spirit
than the other men," remarked an ed
itOr in a council that was passing
Judgment upon the work of a certain
reporter. That settled it: the cru
sader reporter was the man for the
big assignment. Our lives need most
in this new year. the dynamic of a
great and overmastering passion.
Some supreme purpose should fire all
our being and doing. Why not take
as the new years motto. 81 will be
; Christ's crusader in 1852
Over a busy mans desk is affixed
an epitaph in rhyme, which warns
| him against the temptation which he
shares with this generations:
Here lies the body of Mehitable Drew:
, Who habitual1y bit Off more that she
could chew
Our new year will be a more useful
year If it's energies are less scattered.
Most of us belong to too many organ
izations, serve on too many commit
tees, attend too many meetings. read
too many OBLIGATIONS. and attempt to
maintain too many interests. Divided
forces are conquered: that Roman
military maxim has many applica-
, tons. The person who says, This
one thing I do" and does that right