The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-24

sheba and Joash; of the possibilities
of high service through faithful wit
ness ring in Il lowly place, as in
the healing of Naaman the leper
through the testimony of a Hebrew
slave girl; of property rights, as in
the case of Ahab and Naboth's vine
yard; of the current question of fem
iniSm, as represented, on both sides,
by Deborah, Ruth, Jezebel, Athaliah,
and the Queen of Sheba; of the case
of the spoiled rich young man typi-
fled by Absalom; of Gods care of
those whose provisions have run low,
as instanceG by Elijah The value of
these ancient provi6ences lies chiefly
in their application to the analogous
conditions OF our own time.
OF old, as now, the history we have
studied shows God as patient and
1ong-suffering with His people. The
lesson of the lessons is in the Golden
Text: Jehovah is merciful and grac-
ious, slow to anger, and abundant in
loving kindness"
An Everyday Programme for Life.
Terse Comments en- the Uniform
Prayer Meeting Topic of the Young
Peoples Societies-Christian En-
deavor, etc.-for December %:
How to Keep on the Up Grade"
Phil. 3:12-16.
Even the best may be bettered; in
deed, it must be bettered if it is not
to grow worse So nobody ever gets
beyond the necessity for saying, with
the Apostle, Brethren, I count not
myself yet 20 have laid hold; but one
thing I do; forgetting the things
which are behind, and stretching for
ward to the things which are before,
press onward unto the goal, unto
the prize of the high calling of God
in Christ Jesus"
A more than ordinarily good reso-
luton for every day of the year is
a. Nv ioI7 To Y
cent: II will this day try to live
simple, sincere and serene life, re-
polling promptly every thought of dis
content, anxiety, encouragement and
self seeking. cultivating cheerfulness,
magnanimity, charity and the habit of
holy silence, exercising economy in
carefulness in converse
ton, diligence in appointed service, fl
deity in every task, and child-like
trust in God"
They rise highest who lift as they
go.
All of Gods paths lead upward.
Gods guidance is good guidance.
We cannot understand it, nor always
see it's wisdom at the moment. but the
fact that it is God who guides should
know the way 1 take, but well know
my Guide That is enough. They
who have faith in God see His good
ness, not only after getting to heaven,
but in the land of the living.
The proof that a man is walking in
the light is the love he bears his
brother. No creed subscription can
take the place of this: the real or
thodox is just walking in the light
and love of God.
Who trusts in Gods unchanging love
Builds on the rock that naught can move.
Anon.
The secret of faith, the secret of
the secret of success in
the Christian life is seeing Him who
is invisible" We get all our faith by
Him in whom faith has its beginning
and end. Would you trust more, |
then look at Jesus more.
divine leadership is like trying to see
he beauties of the Luray caverns |
without light or guide.
divine discomfort" is about the |
most valuable possession a young |
ais knapsack. dissatisfaction halts |
progress. To be dissatisfied with ones |
character. to be dissatisfied with ones |
Isefulness; to be dissatisfied with |
)neS knOWleQSe, TO De dlSSdllSIleQ
With ones gOals-these are all spurs |
IF higher life and achievement. God |
las made it possible for US always to |
pc better and to do better, so long as
We remain on earth; and 1t may be |
hat IN heaven we shall still grow in
he likeness and power of the great
1xemplar.
DO you long for the dawn of a brighter day
With a light from the land beyond
Caressing the hills like a breeze at play,
Or the touch of a mother fond?
Do you dream OF a change in the scheme
And a wayside of bloom and blade
Where blossoms are stirred by the whir
OF angels ali undismayed?
DO you hope for a wholesomer inner
thought
With a yearning for life with progression
fraught,
On a higher, holier plan?
Then pray for the wisdom and charity
To cope with the world as it seems,
And labor in faith thaRtomorrow will be
Still nearer your hope and dreams
Henry David Stringham-
Heaven is the key to all earth's
'uzzles.
Desires determine destiny. We
row like that which we covet; the
ife follows the eyes; the tree falls
he way it learns.
A mans destiny is not won by an
ct. but achieved by a life. What we
re in this world will determine what !
re shall be in the next. The charac- ;
er that a man is now creating is the ,
ne that he will take with him into ,
he endless aeons of the future life. /