The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-24

counted host of Christians, from the
Apostle Paul down to the unknown
that Christ in them is their hope of
glory. With the poet they cry,
''Closer is He than breathing,
Nearer than hands or rect
Morereal than husband or wife. par
ent or child, friend or companion is
Jesus Christ to those who love Him.
To be I'm Christ" which is a phrase
beloved OF st. Paul is to have Christ
in us.
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repletion and heart sickness with
stories of vars might, and or mill
tary prOwess. We are witnessing the
extreme limit of The boast of her
aldry, the pomp of power" Ii science
and shell could conquer the earth, the
task would be done while we look.
Yet before our eyes there grows an
other power above all the cng1nery OF
war, a force to which kings ana capl-
nets and armies are bowlng down.
That power is the sovereignty or the
ideals of the twentieth century. We
are all about agreed that no nation
can do violence to the code or ChrlS-
tendon and prosper. Is tins not the
very same spectacle that ancient Rome
witnessed? Are not the teachings or
Jesus quietly, steadily, 1rresistibly as
sorting their sovereignty over the
forces of armed might and Worldly
sophistication? The new Chr1st-llfe in
the hearts of small company of peo-
pie changed the whole character and
course of history. 1t is doing the
same today. Out of this war there
is sure to emerge new God-hunger
and new God-consciousness- The in
dwelling Life of Christ is Veritably
King of the world.
No speedier, surer programme of
moral reform has yet been discovered
than the implanting of the mind of
Christ in individual men and women.
One must go to the writings of the
Apostle Paul for the clearest teach
ing of this highest Christian truth
and, by the way, if there were a more
general reading of PauPs letters there
would be less spiritual and intellectual
confusion among us. over and over
again, PauPs refrain is Not [, but
Christ" His is the ringing slogan Il
can do all things through Christ which
strengtheneth me-" Again it is he
raphy of a Christian soul: Il am cru
Gifted with Christ, nevertheless live;
yet not I, but Christ liveth in me; and
the life which 1 now live in the flesh,
1 live by the faith of the Son of God,
who loved me, and gave Himself for
me-
In and in with Christ, out and out
for Christ.
Some of us, in the joy of our own
experience, think that this mystic,
sweet communion" is new discovery.
The saints of all centuries have known
it. Its most perfact expression is to
be found in the literature of the Mid
die Ages. Thomas a. Kempis' 'Imita-
ton is the priced devotional manual
of Protestants and Catholics alike. In
a contemplation of this topic there
union of the believer with Christ is
also a mystical union with all the
saints who in all the ages have shared
the same experience. Christians be-
come one as they meet in the common
life of their Lord.
There is no abiding in Christ with
out also an abiding in Christliness.
Yielded to Christ, welded by Christ.
They who share Christs life, also
share His power.
There is no room in the same heart
for the indwelling of God and of evil.
SEVEN SENTENCE SERMONS.
There will be sleeping enough in
the grave.-F'ranFlin.
Every difficulty yields to the enter
prising.-Holman.
1t is very good for strength
To know that some one needs you to
be strong.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
You can only make others better by
being good yourself:-Hugh r. Hawies
Jehovah lift up His countenance
upon thee, and give thee peace
Mum. 6:26.
Out of the woods my Master went,
And He was well content
Out of the woods my Master came,
Content with death and shame:
When Death and Shame should WOO Him
last,
From under the trees they drew Him
When out of the woods He came.
Sidney Lanier.
An aim in life is the only fortune
worth the finding; and it is not to
be found in foreign lands, but in the
heart itself-Robert Louis Stevenson.
CHURCH NOTICES.
(Unless otherwise noted in this col
umn the services in the churches will
be held at IL o'clock in the morning
and at s o'clock in the EVENING"
First Presbyterian church, Eighth
and Harrison streets, Rev. Stephen S.
E,stey, pastor-Morning service, Rev.
Harry Nyce, D. D., of Peru, Ind, will
preach. DR.. Nyce will also preach at
the union services in the evening at
the First Congregational church.
Lowman Methodist church, 11O1
Morris avenue, w. NJ. Balch, pastor
Morning sermon subject: Influence"
Evening fifteen minute sermon sub