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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-24
(BY WILLIAM T. ELLIS.

In a parade of labor union men re-
Gently a group of book binders bore
gest Book in the World" The com
pletely bound volume was something
over six feet high-but its pages were
blank. Books are not measured by
the New Testament, is carried in the
pockets of thousands of men. The
test of a books is it's results; and this
volume has, for nearly nineteen cen
turtles, been making the poor peace
full, the sorrowing serene, the weak
strong, the ignorant learned, the
wicked righteous. 1t has created a
new order of civilization and has
thrown down empires and kings. The
thinking of modern mankind has been
shaped by it. Its teachings have been
written into the statute laws of all the
nations of Christendom. And this
book alone brings heaven into the
hearts of humanity, and directs man
kind into the eternal heavens
I should not be afraid to go for
ward if 1 did not believe that there
lay at the foundation of all our
schooling and of our thought the in
comparable and unimpeachable Word
of God.-Woodrow Wilson.
The Bible is the one book that no
intelligent person can afford to be
ignorant of-Charles Dudley Warner
The. only book that has been uni
verSally translated is the Bible It has
been rendered into five hundred Ian
guageS and dia1ects-the speech of all
mankind. These latest versions have
the merit of being fresh and COL
| loquial, and in the idiom of every dav.
Wherever the Bible has been given
to a non Christian people the converts
have stood fast through all tests and
| trials. Bibble-reading Christians do not
n
trance of Thy word giveth light"
Too much is being said and written
nowadays about the higher criticism
of the Bible, a subject that belongs
mainly in the seminary and the min
listers study. DR.. James NJ Campbell
relates an illustration with pertinent
point:
You ought to hear our new minis
ter, and see how he demolishes the
higher critics. said a man 20 his
friend the other day.
Are there many higher critics in
your congregation ?" inquired his
friend.
When come to think of it. dc
not know of any"
Are there any in the town OF
neighborhood ~
Il really have not heard of any
Well, what do you think of tho
wisdom of your preacher going out
cunning after higher critics when he
is not certain that there is one OF
them in the woods? He puts me in
mind of my little boy hunting for
bears in the garden
Recent British publications have
borne witness to the habits of daily
devotions of the late Lord Roberts
of Admiral Fisher and of Lord Kitch-
ener, commanders respectively of the
fleet and the army. That the king OF
England himself is a daily reader OF
the Bible is shown by this letter from
his private secretary. Lord knollys
to an inquirer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-24
In the Religious World

A southern soldier, Rev. DR.. Hamp-
ton c. Dubose, had the faith and auda-
city to attack China's opium evil, and
he lived to see the impossible" ac-
complished. A few godly women threw
down the gage of battle to the drink
evil in America; and now national
politicians by the score are scrambEng
to get into their train. Whoever goes
up against established wrong will be
called Fool "rash," unsafe in
! discreet" even as was David: but only
they who so dare ever slay any giants.
Follow Your Clean.
A single pebble from the spurned
giant to the dust. with the victims
own sword David cut off the boaster's
head. The immortal victory was won
SO easily that a thousand men in
Israel were saying to themselves, Il
could have done that" OF course they
could-if they had possessed the hero
spirit. 1t is not skill or equipment
that the war for the worlds welfare
needs, but simply purpose. Given the
avid motive, and we could have an
army of Goliath-SlayerS. Why has
your neighbor done a great world-ser-
vice, and won honor. while you are
unknown even throughout your own
township, when you are an ADLER man
than he? Simply because he had the
spirit which you lacked.
That is to say, David had conquered
the giant inside of himself before he
I
in-fear, dependency, distrust, selfish
pride and craven-heartedness-
been mastered, there is nothing to
dread for those without. The mater
ial world is subordinate to the spirit
ual: Man is one world, and has an
other to attend him." The Bible,
which above all other books, portrays
fundamental truth in the flash of a
few words, puts the universal observa-
ton thus: He that ruleth his spirit is
greater than he that taketh a CITY,"
Nobody need sigh in vain for David s
opportunity: the most dangerous
giants are within the citadel of soul.
Homely and practical is the other
lesson that lies on the surface of this
story of David the giant-killer. He
tackled big task. When the boy go
i ing into his first suit of long trousers
displays a consuming interest in his
collars and ties and hosiery, and in the
way his hair is combed, we can smile
! indulgently, for this is usually but a
| passing phase, and he is still only a
boy. But when that boy becomes a
young man, and continues to find his
chief interest in the way he is dressed,
we are alarmed, because his soul has
ceased to grow. He has missed youth S
heroic pursuit of great goals.
Pity the boy who does not find
giants to attack and noble causes to
| defend. David comes to teach us to
put patriotism above life; to dare
death for the honor of God: to cham
pion the needy cause at the risk of
all. Would that this lesson study
might produce new knights to ride in
to the worlds lists in behalf of China,
of the plucky Montenegrians, of poor,
! gone-to-seed ersia; of the overlook
democracy; and of a clean, efficient
church. There is DaVid-work for all
who dare dream. So, as Tennyson
sings,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-24


Accident Insurance.
NORTH AMERICAN ACCIDENT =, b.
Phone 81.
w. T. LAWLESS AUTO LIVERY.
All T Tsxicabs s. 10 blocks sss 9 2Sei
Automobiles.
TOPEKA AUTO TIRE Il VUlCAN1AlNO
Works. e24 Kansas Ave ,oe1
INDEPENDENT AUTO CO.
SHAWNEE TIRE & REPAIR co.
Dean Rogers. lie East 1tn. ,,os
CAPITAL AUTO & SUPPLY Co.
119 East 7th St .
Advertising Companies.
DIRECT ADXERT1s1NG CO.
40 Phone 5ss-w.
Bicycles and Motorcycles.
TOPEKA BUSINESS COLLEGE,.
NJ. L. Stricken. Pres. III E. 18th St: ,.s,
pouGHERTY's BUSINESS COLLEGE:
George E. Dougherty. Pres psano 1f sss- Wes'
INTERNATIONAL coRREsPoND.
enee schools; e G. Hugh IS Mel Mgr:: FL s.sI M
MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK.
Phone H72
Brick Manufacturers.
CAPITAL CITY VITRIFIED BRICK x
Phone s65-W.
..rx.,.s oonfectioners'
72o Kansas Ave.
Phone %.
Carpet Cleaning
Rug Factory & Carpet Cleaning Works.
Carriage Manufacturers and Repairers
Phone SOW.
: Contractors and Builders.
LuNDGREN IS s GAkLSo g.
Phone 24s-w.
Cemeteries.
TOPEKA CEMETERY ASSOCIATION.
w. r. Carrie. Supt. E. 10th.
,,. Goaks and Suits.
Phone 1854
MARSHALL RRos ss
1s5 Kansas Ave.
Phone $685.
GIBBS CLOTHING CO.,
%33 Kansas Ave.
WARREN NJ. CROSBY CO..
Phone 1863
MILLS DRY GOODS CO.,
Mills Bldg.
Phone $500
CROSBY BROS. CO.
Phone $50
Iv>ctrfcal Fixtures 2enairs Supplies
n. B. HOWARD. ELECTRIC & ATH-
letic Supply. 716 Kansas Ave
MAcHINIsTs ELECTRIC CO..
Phone GA
Eye Specialists.
DR.. R. PAINE Ne x.n... Az.
P-,,ne 724-w.
Express. Dray and transfer.
TOPEKA TRANSFER Co. o. H White
Phone 1855
Furniture Dealers.
CHEAP JACK.
s17-19 Quincy. Phone s74s.
sS n Kansas Ave. Phone 1850
z. C. WARREN.
4os-1o East 4th st. go.
TOPEKA PURE MILK CO.
4oo-o2-o4 Jackson st.
Phone Fs7.
LUKENs BROS.
Groceries and Meats.
LANNAN & LANNAN
312-16 Z. 4th
Phone 3ss5.
Insurance.
ELoN s cLARK MGR. MUTUAL
Ave Phone 927; City Dept 4ss.
FAI.KINER & WENTWORTH GEN
eral Insurance. 4os-11 New England Bldg.
Phone 511-W.
Iron Works.
WESTERN FOUNDRY CO..
aQl Jefferson
Phone 90
Ice Cream.
BAUGHMAN BROS.
2235 Lincoln St
Phone 3e4o
Junk Dealers.
OVAL BROS. & CO.. WHOLESALE
Scrap Iron. 214-16 y. Kansas Ave
Phone 26s
Kodak Finishing.
J. C. WOLCOTT.
SIS Kansas Ave.
Phone 11l-w.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-24
Topeka Steam Boiler Y
live Wires"
In All Linse of Business

Telephone addresses for convenience in
This business telephone numbers together
with addresses published for the
subscribers which great have
and seldom phone book city directory but who
occasion to touch with these firms
which represent industry Filed this list could
be called quick 1t will appear
Saturday, represented call Phone $3.50, Adv.
Dept, for information
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-24

Jewellers.
S17 Kansas Ave-
RALPH r. PETERSON. THE GIFT
Phone 1871
R. H. MoREHoUsE.
AT Holiday
TOPEKA LAUNDRY CO.
End & Quincy SITS;
4O5 Mulvane Radg.
Phone 11s2
F hGen M Mqrfgassi c c6 Agents
Phone $3.50
MERRIAM MORTGAGE CO..
II Columbian Bldg.
PIONEER MORTGAGE CO..
4th Floor Mulvane Bldg.
Phone IA
1ManteIs and Crates.
T. g. SMITH & SON.
Phone 12s1-w.
VERMONT GRANITE CO..
Geo. w. Banter. Mgr. 522 n. Kan; Ava
+. SCHROEDER.
2S1 Jefferson.
Phone 1905
Mattress Factories.
MCINTYRE BROS SPRINGS. BEDS.
Mattress Factory. 227-22s Quincy -.--
FOLDING FEATHER MATTRESS Co.
s. F. Hurst. Prop. 11e w. 9Th St
Phone $50
Merchant TaiIors.
6s5 Kansas Ave.
Phone s4l
coURrNEY's MILLINERY PARLoRs.
Phone LIT.
Opticians.
"" " lac " sos Kansas Ave.
JONES & BIRCH
GEO. W. MILLER,
1o7 west 9Th st.
phone s5s-w.
Physicians and Surgeons.
s2s Kansas Ave.
S. G.. r. B. & JAMES STEWART. sso-a1
New England Bldg. Phone 81.
Res. -511 w. 9Th St Phone AZ
photographers.
7o7 Kansas Ave.
Packing Companies
Foot of Quincy ST.
Real Estate Dealers, Loans. Insurance.
c. p. BOLMAR, REAL ESTATE. COL
lections. &c Columbian Bldg.
GARL1NGHorrsE REALTY CO.
sos Kansas Ave.
GEO. NJ. NOBLE & CO..
ABS Kansas Ave.
SMITH AGENCY. E. A. NJ SMITH.
523 Kansas Ave.
KERsEY REAL ESTATE CO.,
sos Mulvane Bldg:
WILSON & NEIswANGER.
Ill West 9Th St
sUNFLowER REALTY CO..
4Ss Kansas Ave.
Real Estate Collections and Loans
r. d. BLAINE,
525 Kansas Ave.
Roofing.
JOHN L. WHITE. aborated Roofing.
720 Polk. Phone 1887 Black.
RefrIgerstors.
JOHN LUNGSTROM.
phone 2sss Red
D. o. COE. FEED GRAIN. POULTRY
i1a f. 9Th. Phone $3.50
Sand Dealers.
Foot of Harrison.
Phone 1887
Foot of Topeka Ave.
Phone s4sa
10 w 9Th 81
Phone III
Teleoraph Companies.
THE WESTERN UNION TETEc-p rrz
Co. New Englnd Bldg
Phones 1870. 81
Undertakers.
n. w. BOMGARDNEP,
6H Jackson
Phone 14s-w.
W. z. STICEFI.
lis West sta.
Phone ~
OTTO KUFHNF.
500 y. Topeka Ave
Phone 300 w.-511s-W.
Wooden Mills
WOODEN MILLS
Shapiro Bros. los E 6tk St
Phone sols
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-24
The Best of Books

Prayer Meeting Topic of the Young
Peoples Societies-Christian En-
deavor, etc.-for April 25 1.-The
Bible. The Worlds Supreme Book
Deut. 6:1-9.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-24

30 young Mariner,
Down to the haven,
Call your companions,
Launch your vessel
And crowd your canvas,
And, ere it vanishes
Over the margin,
After 1T, follow 1t.
Follow the Clean"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-24
CHURCH NOTICES.

(Unless otherwise noted the serv-
ices in the churches are at IL o'clock
in the morning and o'clock in the
EVENING"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-24

First Methodist Episcopal church,
Sixth and Harrison streets, Rev. Ben
jamin Young, D. D., pastor-Morning
sermon subject, Love as Power"
Evening, subject, "Dreamers.'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-24

First Presbyterian church, Eighth
and Harrison streets, Rev. Stephen S.
Estey, D. D. pastor-Morning sermon
subject, Some Plain Questions for
Christians Evening, subject, Life
Stories
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-24

Anybody who is interested in help
ing people to understand the Bible is
a patriot-Justice David Brewer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-24

ST. Johns A. NJ. E. church, Seventh
and Topeka. avenue, J. NJ. Brown, pas
tor Morning sermon subject, 1.-The
Father Honored Through Fruit
Bearing Members" Evening 7:45,
subject, wings That Help Men Fly
followed by a special program.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-24

The Bible thoroughly understood is
a literature of itself-the rarest and
richest in all departments of thought
or imagfnation.-Rich Hurrell
Froude.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-24

1 should not be afraid to go for
ward if 1 did not believe that there
lay at the foundation of all our
schooling and of our thought the in
comparable and unimpeachable Word
of God.-Woodrow Wilson.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-24

Westminster Presbyterian church
College and Huntoon streets, Rev
mon. THE Food Which Abideth.
Evening, "It Is Good to Be Here
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-24

Sixth street. meeting at 1880 in the
evening. Lecture by J. H. FOUGHT on,
After Death, and What of the Flu
ture Life %
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-24

If we abide by the principles
taught in the Bible our country will
go on prospecting and to prosper; but
if we and our posterity neglect its
instructions and authority, no man
can tell how sudden a catastrophe may
overwheIm us and bury all our glory
in profound bscurity.-Daniel Web
Ster.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-24

The existence of the Bible as a
book for the people is the greatest
benefit which the human race has
ever experienced. Every attempt to
belittle it is a crime against human
Kant.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-24

The Bible is the one book that no
Intelligent person can afford to be
ignorant of.-Charles Dudley Warner.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-24

Seward Avenue Baptist church, J..
S. Umberger, pastor. Morning SER
mon subject, Faith and Courage
Evening sermon, 1880; theme, ways
That Win" This is the closing SER
vice of the pastorate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-24

Evangelical Association, Fourth and
Monroe streets, J. K. Young, pastor.
Morning service at 10:45.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-24

Reformed Presbyterian church. 92C
Clay street, c. A. Dodds, pastor. Morn
ing service at 1890. Preaching al
Irving Place chapel by Rev. S. M
Morrow at 7:45.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-24

First English Lutheran church,
Fifth and Harrison streets, Rev. M. F.
Troxell, pastor = Morning subject.
1.-THE Spirit of Christia nifty" Evening,
1.-The Armor That Wins
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-24

Wherever the Bible has been given
to a Christian people the converts
have stood fast through all tests and
trials. Bibble-reading Christians do not
slump into sin or error. THE en-
trance of Thy word giveth light
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-24

1t is supremacy, not precedence,
that we ask for the Bible. 1t is con-
trast, as we'll as resemblance, that we
must feel compelled to insist on. The
Bible is stamped with specially of ORR
gin and an unreasonable distance sep
arates it from all competitors-Wm
E. Gladstone.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-24

Grace Cathedral, Eighth and Taylor
streets, Rev. J. P. deb. Kaye, dean.
Holy communion at 1880. Morning
services at IL o'clock with special
music. Special music for the Vesper
service. Christ's Hospital chapel, SER
vices at o'clock in the morning. Rev.
G. M. Geisel, chaplain.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-04-09
CITY,s WAKING UP.

All the various commercial bodies of Philadelphia
propose to unite In chamber of commerce. with
the purpose of lifting the city out of its stagnaton,
that strange its enterprise and starting the city
new path of progress It is hoped to put life into
the moribund business and manufacturers who
passively see Philadephias opportunities taken
by other cities and never make an effort to prevent
The responsibility for a city's lack OF enterprise
rests upon the business men, In all cities there
boards of trade and other commercial organizations
that have large membership and make pretentious
show but in nearly all cases it is merely show. The
business men generally who pay dues do nothing
else and the organizations by small cliQues,
and usually in sympathy with large corporate in
terests. Even in important matters involving the
commercial and Industrial welfare of the city the
organization often remains inert permits itself
to be misrepresented by the few in control.
That has been Philadephias experience, and II is
the in many large cities of the East. Newark
may be included The meetings of our Trade Board
attract comparatively few of it's large membership
II the board had lived up to its early traditions its
membership would have forced the public authorities
to begin meadow and harbor improvements five years
ago. and In 1915 would have completed work to
show on the city's 250th anniversary. And yet In
uences proceeded from the board to retard and
cripple and even prevent the development as planned
What Philadelphia is trying to do might be done
In Newark-an amalgamation of all commercial and
trade bodies in a chamber of commerce and industry
organized on new lines and infused with civic
spirit
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-04-09
OPINIONS AND VIEWS FROM THE EXCHANGES

power because the Republicans did
not have il in them to do what the
country needed
Mr.. Wilson was far and away the
best visible Democrat to be Presi-
dent. He has done some wonder
fully good things, and he Is likely to
do more. He has in him the capacity
to do them. If he has also in him the
capacity to get in wrong on occasion,
that is TO be expected and Is no moro
than the legitimate cost Of having
him for President In the end he
ought to get with him his full share
Of the honest people who are loyal
to existing order and don't want any
body to lose property except by due
process of just laws.
We need to recall now and then
what ne is trying to do and what he
has to contend with. He is trying
to arrest or restrict the control of
human life In this country by too few
people who have acquired too much
power Almost any intelligent, OBJ
servant person will agree that this
desired restriction Of the power OF
property and business has come to
be necessary. Organization, stimulat-
ed and extended by all the mechani-
cal inventions. has made life a new
problem, and one that 1t is very diff
| hcult to work out. Mr.. Wilson ID
trying to do his share Of the work
/ OF solving II.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-04-09
PROSPERITY COMING BACK.

Marked improvement in business conditions In
almost all lines announced by the Treasury
Department at Washington, reported by national
bank examiners. The report says:
Agricultural conditions generally excellent,
and commercial lines, with comparatively few excep-
tions are enlarging their activities mainly through
an increased demand. Manufacturing Is on the
increase and those industries having orders for
plies from foreign countries continue especially active
Further orders have been placed for and rails
by the railroads and some large contracts have been
made for structural iron for large buildings"
This statement confirms the evidences In Wall
Street of recovery from the long depression that
has existed since the beginning of the European
war, and the consequent paralysis Of our foreign
commerce. The boast has been made that the United
States with its great and wonderfully varied natural
resources could live and prosper If the country were
cut of from the outside world, and this is true
But the long established and comprehensive reia-
tions have had with foreign nations could not be
suddenly sundered without great decentralization. We
getting that normal conditions returning,
confidence resumes its sway and may hope soon
to realize all the great advantages the European war
has thrown IN way but which the country has
been unable to grasp.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-04-09
CONFIRMATION FOR THE FRYE.

E The German governments expressed willingness to
nay indemnity for the loss of the American clipper
ship William P. Frye and its cargo OF wheat, sunk
Dy the auxiliary cruiser Prinz Eite Friedrich,
interned at Newport News, provided prize court first
passes upon the question of indemnity to be paid and
establishes ownership and settles other features must
make favorable impression in the United States.
THE decision by Berlin has been prompt
While It is contended that the sinking of the
Frye in accordance with the International Law,
and that the act of the Eitels captain iusthable
since it was not possible to take the prize into a
herman port without involving danger for the Etel
On account of certain treaty stipulations between
the United States and Germany that applicable
TO the case the German government will grant com
bensaton both for vessel and cargo, il prize
court shall declare the cargo contraband.
. This settles case that had given Irritation in
Ahe United States and it makes an excellent close
FOR the incident Of the Eitels visit to and detention
IN American port. It removes all the natural
Resentment at the sinking of American merchant
ship under such circumstances
But, in fact, that event regarded with perfect
ealnness by the American public in the belief that
The German government would act az it now has
ected
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-04-09
WATER ON EXCURSION TRAINS.

Special excursion trains in the summer should be
we'll provided with drinking water. They the
trains of people of small who go to the
sion transportation. All such trains mostly carry
women and children and In summer drinking water
is prime necessity.
plain and recommends the railroad companies
to supply iced water at least every third OF a
train This is\ a modest requirement modestly sug-
gested and it may be expected that the railroad COM
pany will not pigeonhole 1t and keep sending out
crowded excursion trains without any drinking