The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-19


.nnrppriate beyond mans devisinE Is
rh- present Sunday school .ssaon- 1t u
, Startling presentation for THIS present
hour. 4 more pertinent passa&e OK
Scripture for widespread cousa0ef1Con
could not have been chosen It Is a.
timely az any dispatch IN the news
columns
IN t1ese great words Jesus makes il
ciaar that nations. as veil IL iudivtd-
nails. are to be Judged at the court az
nigh heaven Every nation mas an fden-
ritv before Cod The implications CT
this truth are many and soiemnizinx-
They make citizenship a sacred thing,
and office-hcIding a tremendous respon-
sIbiIity Not only in thu conflict ana
clash OF nations, but also in the 1udg-
uaeut-siay OF God. must every country
make answer concerning it's efficiency
and it's character. The King OF kings
sits in Judgment upon all the kingdoms
of earth
The lesson passage itself must be
printed IN full:
When the Sen Of man shall come
IN his glory, and all the holy angels
with him, then shall he sit upon the
throne Of his glory And before MIN
shall be gathered all nations and he
shall separate them ore from another,
as a shepherd divideth his sheep from
on his right hand. but the goats On the
left. Then shall the King say unto
them IN his right hand, Come, ye
blessed Ct my Father, inherit the king
dom prepared for you frv,m the fcunda-
ton of the world. For I was an hun
gered. and ye gave me meat was
thirsty. and ye gave me drink I was
a stranger. and ye took me IN. Naked,
and We clothed ne: I was sick, and ye
visited me- T was in prison. and ye
came unto me. Then shall the right
ecus answer him, saying, Lord when
saw we tdee IN hungered. and fed thee
or thirsty. and gave thee drink When
saw We thee a stranger. and took thee
IN, or naked, and clothed thee Or
when saw we thee sick or in prison.
ard CAME unto thee And the king
shsH answer and say urto them. Verify
I say unto you, Inasniuch as ye have
done it unto one Of the least Of these
my brethren. ye have done 1t unto me.
Then snail he say also unto them On
the left hand Depart from me, ye
cursed into everlasting IRE, prepared
fer the ievE and his Angels For was
an hungere.f, and ye gave me 10 meat:
I was thirsty. and ye gave me no drink
I was a stranger, and We took me not
III. naked. and ye clothed lie mott sick.
and in prison, and ye visited me not.
Then shall they also answer him. say
llz- l>DI2- " uSA saw We e'1EC oA LIe<&-
zered, or 1thirst. or . stranger or
nakEd. Or sick. or in prison. and did not
minister unto thee, Then shall he ans
swer them. saying. Verify I say unto
you. Inasmuch a. ye did il not to one
OF the least OF these We did It not to me.
And these shall 90 away into everiast-
ing punishment burt the righteous into
Life eternal
The Test
II we try to read these sentences a
if we had never seen them before, We
find a great truth starting out from
the page It Ives. and throds. and
clutches the imagination with al the
puIsiug reality OF our own day Hers
we find Ginning perfectly with the
most advanced Christian thinking Of
our time the startling proposition that
nations are TO be Judged for their serv-
ice to mankind The broeherfy quail
ties in nations are to be the standard
BY which they are finally to be ap-
praised. Human mfuiStry-and all tina,
our common term "Sociai service" i'm
ples-is the vital and determining
factor IN a nations xuccesR
Not wealth. or commercial power,
or intellectual hrilIiance. or military
glory. but the simple fact OF whether
or not It has been helpful to folk. to
men and women and little children. Is
ness.
The Real Mission Of State.
II anybody thinks that the state has