The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-07-04


with unfair conditions. Meanwhile
every man or woman Of sanity and per-
ception IL called upon to help promote
social welfare and solidarity. and to cid
both rich and poor to be their hest
selves and to do their oo3less work.
1 know a community which came to
an extraordinary deRrc3 Of neighLor-
liaess largely through the efforts one
nan. He was promoter Of comlnun-
ity good will. He created occasi3nF for
tie ncighborhood to realize itself: he
ST emit himself lavishly out of business
lours-for he was not = reformer or q
pre- acher or social worker. but merely
a good business man-to effect = firer
order Of society among tho people with
whom his lot was cast. He sought
nothing for himself, yet when business
called him away from that town the
loss was realized by all observing
people as a great and increasing one.
That one man had meant more to his
community than any institution or
business within its borders. yet the
in promoting good will and mutual
helpfulness and civic betterment was
possible to any man who would give
himself unsparingly to the service Of
his fellows.
Adjusting Final Values.
This story contains a question Of
work rather than q question Of wages.
never want for wages. Highest service
is never done for money. A man can
not be a missionary for the salary he
gets. nor a patriot for wages. When
pay is put first, work Is sure to be sec
ondary in more ways than one. The
service is sure to be tho one who
renders least service.
In the highest economy willingness
and readiness count on par with
service itself. The men in the market
place were eager to toll and ready to
their need Of sustenance?
Jesus applied the parable to one OF
his favorite themes, that because men
have not opportunity they shall not be
denied reward. THE last shall be first
and the first last A final readjust
ment will be equitable in both worlds.
Finding and Keeping . Friend.
Terse Comments for July 8. Twelve
Great Verses. VII, The Friendship
Verse;" Prov. 27:9.
BY WILLIAM T. ELLIS.
Wise old Francis Bacon, that mas
ter of knowledge which he failed to
practice. sums up his Essay on
in a closing epigram:
Where q man cannot fifty play his
own part, if he have not a friend.
he may quit the stage" That Is to
say, unless one be extraordinarily
and self-reliant. he
needs a friend to fill out his life and
to make his abilities effective. Viewed
from the truly Baconian standpoint of
and utility. q friend Is in
Even the old philoso-
pher saw, however, that the first Office
Of a friend is to receive the outpour-
ings Of ones heart. To have one to
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fullest intimacy and confidence IL to
know the highest office of friendship.
The famous words Of Bacon have
often been quoted: This communi-
eating of a mans self to his friend,
works two contrary effects: for it re-
doubleth joys, and cutteth griefs in
halls. For there is no man that i'm
parteth his griefs to his friend, but he
grieveth the less
The ancients had a saying that -
mans friend is his other self"
Not always is it possible to have a
to be a friend. And that is the high
est quality of friendship. The richest
rewards Of this noblest Of human Of
fees come not to him who gets. but
to him who gives. The art of having
a friend is entirely subordinate to the
greater art of being friend. What a
scope for our noblest powers is Of
fered by the task Of being a great
in service? To become
a college graduate requires patience,
toll and knowledge; but all these
qualities, and moro, arc needed, and
in greater degree, in exercise of
friendship. Whosoever undertakes to
be a perfect friend has a life work
mapped out for him.
Only by friendliness do we win
friends. This reward waits on worth.
He who would havo friends, must
show himself friendly"
The dry fodder Of criticism il poor
ship.
One Of the mighty words Of Jesus
is I'VE are my friends" II have not
called you servants, but friends" He
is as he was, the real friend-the
close, congenial. communing compan-
ion-of all who enter the circle Of in
marked as 1.-THE friend Of God" We
who are so much less than Abraham
may yet be. in q real and personal
sense unknown to the patriarch who
communed with the Unseen. the true
friends of Gods sent Son, our Saviour.
That friendship on earth is the begin
ming of heaven.
The best friend is tho one who helps
us to our best self. That is a test for
If you have a friend worth loving.
Love him, yes. and let him know
That you love him. ere LIES evening
Tinge his brow with sunset glow.
Why should good words ne'er be said
Ola friend-till he u dead?
Anon.
"A friend loveth at all times" That II
the hallmark Of true friendship. It
weathers the storms. When Z Calvary 10
In sight, it does not flee to safety. Even
though the Qualitfea Of friendlinAaa which