The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-14

"a
law-or, his own trivial Interpretation
OF the letter Of the law-above the peo-
Pies welfare could be sure g scorcn-
These SNUG. self-righteous. man-op-
pressing phariseee moved him to deep
indignation. Like q whistling 0ting1ng
lash he excOriated them with re hyp-
ocrites!" With bitin~ sArcasm. he con-
They provided mercy for . dumb beast
on the Sabbath, the mercy which they
denied to q child Of Abraham
Twice. In this lesson portion. Jesus
broke the man made traditions con-
corning the Sabbath. In order to heal
woman in the synagogue. The second
was a man with the dropsy, in the
house Of a palarisee. This latter seems
to have been In the nature Of q trap
laid for Jesus. The jealous sabbata-
rians were watching him." the whole
was the background Of ecclesiastics
There in front stood the sick man. in
clear view Of the Guest from Nazar-
eth. The whole occasion was on great
question. Nov do you dare do 1t?
Nobody spoke. But the question that
was in everybody's eyes, and ON every
body's lips, Jesus fearlessly faced. and
answered by one Of his own penetrat-
ing queries, which 10 often COMPOUNDED
his critics. els It lawful to heal on the
Sabbath. or notT'
They dared not answer. So Jesus
healed the sufferer. and let him go,
Ringing at his accusers the while
question from their own
regulations which COMPOUNDED them and
justified him: (which Of you shall
- T.
and will not straightway draw him up
on Sabbath day?'
More pertinent and suggestive than
the putting to shame Of his adversar-
les by Jesus 10 the record The multi
tude rejoiced" The crowd cares little
for precedent: human helpfulness
means much to 1t. The man with a
vital message that works out in life
may have the allegiance Of the people.
The Sabbath that honors God by serv-
ing the highest-which is the spiritual
welfare Of man IL the sort Of Sabbath
the people welcomed and Christ pro-
claimed.
The Real Storehouse Of Wealth.
Terse comments for March 15-"Well
Stored Memories"@1 Cor. 16:1-1O.
(BY WILLIAM T. ELLIS.)
What do you do all day." a Wis
itor asked rustic, sitting on fence,
and smoking his corncob pipe.
well, sometimes set here and
think, and sometimes I jess SET
The fact II not often 80 badly stated
that some persons '.jes' set," without
any intellectual resources whatever.
Possessed of abundant leisure. the
treasure which the philosopher covets
most, they have not the power to
utilize It. Their minds are empty Of
information worth while. They have
1,o rran Su<~1IopksnoI ho vn~ And <hfs 10
the poverty that impoverishes q ma
ton far more than financial stringency
or economic calamity. The wealth OF
a country IL IN people whose brains
are weM stored, well trained and well
used.
Who remembers what was the
most popular novel ten years ago7 It
is forgotten, and Of its fesiduum there
is scarcely trace. Not 90 with the
great books. They abide. Their
characters. their philosophy. their say
iDgs. permanently enrich the mind.
Ergo, we should be in less haste to
more heed to literature that time has
tested.
A striking magazine poem ap-
peared few years ago. wherein the
writer exuted in his daily ride in the
roaring subway train an his hour alone
with God. That man made the high
est use Of an unemployed hour. He
might have spent his time in idly star
ing at the other passengers. or read
ing the advertisements: instead, he
drew into a world apart. where, as
Milton says:
THE mind il its own place,
And It can make a heaven Of hell"
Onrv the fur mind has roorc for
the habitation OF a personality. The
empty brain must seek diversion in
mere things. It must be amused, for
It cannot entertain itself. For the
we'll stored mind there are no lonely
periods. Opportunity for contempla-
refreshed from memory's green gar
den OF poetry and wisdom. An ILL
ness Is a time for Illustrating IN the
accumulated treasures OF the mind
Whatever be8alls the person whose
own mind II richly lowered. merely
gives him opportunity to draw upon
his wealth. That IL why fmprison-
been turned to the worlds advantages
For
stone walls do not prison make,
Nor IRON bars a casa"
II any young person has the fore
sight to consider seriously what de-
posts he will make in the bank Of
memory. he IL reasonably sure to dis
cover that there are no Investments
that return such q high rate Of inter-
est az portions OF Scripture. A mind
stored with Bible truth possesses best
treasures. There are no experiences
Of life wherein this knowledge does
not servo ono helpfully. Youth II the
time to lay in this store Of the Word
that bears fruit in life. An aaid the
Psalmist, Thy Word have I hid IN
my heart. that might not sin against
thee"