The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-12
Malice, selfishness and, lust
Vanished from beneath the crust
Covering hearts from view
Tell me, if it followed you,
Would the world be better?

Malice, selfishness and lust
Banished from beneath the crust
Covering hearts from view
well Eel me, If It followed you,
The British Weekly.
Comprehended in a phrase, the call
OF Christ to every young man is Fol.
low thou Me-" He wants them, like
the young Galileans who made up
His company, to be His disciples.
They are to share His work, do His
will and learn His mind. That is a.
for the fullest powers of ablest man
hood. All the world acclaims the
primacy of Christ's leadership today.
There is no other career equal to
An Indian patriot, whose abilities
have been recognized and honored by
the British government, Hon. G. K.
few choice youth into a remarkable
organization, the Servants of India
Society This wise Brahman has
frankly appealed to the loftiest ideal
his followers cross. Although from
the highest castles, they accept the
name of servant. Among the vows
taken upon admission are these:
THAT the country will al
ways be first in his thoughts,
and that he will give to her
service the best that is in him.
THAT in serving the country
tage for himself.
s.That he will regard all In
dams as brothers and will work
for the advancement of all, with
out distinction of caste or creed.
THAT he will lead a pure per-
sonal life.
'That he will engage in no
personal quarrel with any one"
Such devoted bands as this mean
more to a nation or a social order than
many a great political party. Would
that our own country and the church
might have more of them. For, as
group of young men willing to sac
rifice all things. even unto life itself.
for their ideals, can change the face of
the whole human order.
Call the roll of achievers and mark
the ages of the great. Surely the les
son is, in the lines of Emerson,
THE youth replies, I cant"
Raphael painted the Madonna Of st.
Anthony at % years of age. the Sis
tine Madonna at 81. Shelley wrote his
sublime drama, 'Prometheus I'm
bound, at 81. Alexander Hamilton
wrote two of the most influential po-
litical pamphlets of his time at II;
and at 20 he joined Washington's pri-
vate staff. John Calvin published his
Institutes of Theology at 81 Burns
wrote three of his greatest poems at
the same age. William Pitt was chan
cellor of the excheQuer at %; at Is he
was one of the foremost men of his
time. Mozart composed an opera for
the Opera House at Milan when 5
years DID, at 81 he had written 800
compositions; at go he was the great
est composer of Europe. Keats won
an immortal place among English
poets and died at %. Edison at % re-
ceived $4,000 for a Geographic inven-
ton. Isaac Newton ignored all the
authority and tradition of time, and
discovered the law of gravitation at
81. Bell didn't know he couldn't talk
from Denver to Boston, so he invented
the telephone at 29.'
Christ's call to greatness is a cali
to suffering, to sympathy. to service,
to saintliness to saviorhood. TT
is enough that the disciple should be
as his Master"
SEVEN SENTENCE SERMONS.
A loving heart is the beginning of
all knowledge.-Car1yle
r
The man who does not manifest
love now. has no love,-Leo Tolstoi
Life is mostly froth and bubble;