The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-19

a second chance to do their duty.
| When Jonah gave up his pride for
that makes u modern Billy Sunday re-
viva1 seem small.
What Ais Our Cities.
Like many a pastor of a downtown
church, whose prosperous mem berS are
leaving, Jonah wanted to run away
any other test of faith like that of
great city. 1t represents in our time
the conveyance of all moral and pol
itical and religious problems The
work which envisages a whole city, is
known only to those who are in the
thick of the fight. Yet il is in the
greatest cities that the greatest vic
| tories must be won for God.
All profound students of the city
problem perceive that religion is its one
| hope of final solution. The modern
city preachers task is not so easy as
Jonah's: his work is many-sided, and
ever tends to dissipate him from his
primary task of preaching repentance.
He has to think in large units, for par
ochia1ism is a primary peril of city
churches. Not all Christians have
| learned to weep over the city as their
| Master did. The more prevalent fash
| ion is to move to the suburbs when
conditions grow uncomfortable. Still
the need abides, and those who dare to
remain for the task are confronted
with the demand for new methods of
presenting the old message.
Going to the Hard Places.
The lesson committee designates
| this as a foreign mission lesson.
Ninevah is to represent the need and
call of the world outside Christen-
DOM Jonah has been termed the first
foreign missionary. Dean Stanley
calls him the first apostle to the
Gentiles." What he was reluctant to
do, our own time has attempted more
| courageously, as notable meetings this
winter of the Laymen's missionary
movement illustrate. We have dared
to go up against heathendom with a
victorious message of Gods love. Woe
is me if L preach not the Gospel" has
come to many men, mature well as
young. Only recently the rector of
one of the most fashionable churches
in Philadelphia offered himself to his
mission board for service in the Phil
ippfne islands.
As even Ninevah repented under
Jonah's preaching, so also both the
modern city and heather lands are
succumbing to the gospel message.
The story of Billy Sundays work in
America, and George Sherwood Ed
dy's work in Asia, are worth study
ing in connection with the Jonah mar
rative. Great mass movem entS to-
ward Christianity are under way in
India, especially, but also in China
and in Africa.
i may not live to the daV
When the great Saviour shall bear sway,
And earth shall glitter in the ray
That cometh from above;
But come it fast, or come it slow,
Twill come at last, I surely know
And heaven and earth shall feel the
And men shall call it Love-"
"Count Your Mercies."
Terse Comments on the Uniform
Prayer Meeting Topic of the Young
Peoples Societies-Christian En-
deavor, etc-for November FL:
The Way in Which God Wants To
Be Thanked.''-Ps. 67:1-7.
God gives much and takes little;
men remember, the little taken and
forget to return thanks for the much
that is given.
Let the redeemed of the Lord say
So" The voice of such praise and
testimony is heard as glad music in
the courts of heaven. If you have
been redeemed from sin, and from
daily difficulties, say so, into the
listening Ear that waits for every
note of gratitude.
surrendered heart makes music
in heaven. For Gods gifts to US He
asks the gift of ourselves to Him. !
Nothing less will satisfy Him. BY
Ills IHeTCleS he Is moving us TO Him.
His every gift is a repetition of His
invitation: MY child, give me thy |
heart"
These are great days in which to be
alive. The stir and ferment of society |
may trouble some, but to the person |
who wants to count in life, these |
things spell opportunity. In this plas- /
tic social and political condition of our |
day there exists a rare chance for men |
Of hi 6an 1c -
impress themselves upon their time If |
thoughtful men, patriotic men, Chris |
tan men, seize this occasion, and do |
not abandon it to the demagogue or to |
the man of Unbalanced views, this |
generation may accomplish wonders |
for the progress of human society. And |
surely this is a profound reason for
thanksgiving.
The apostles rule for royal life
is this: Whatsoever ye do in word |
deed, do all in the name of the
Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and
the Father by him.
Never go to God for new blessings
before you have given Him a receipt
for the old ones.-Joseph Parker.
God gives the grateful soul more
reasons for gratitude.
Our pleasure pleases God. The Fa-
ther is content to know that He has
made His child happy.
It is impossible for Us to maintain
a balance with God. We cannot make
an equivalent return for His endless
benefaction. All that He requires of
us is a spirit of gratitude and of low
ing obedience. But that He does re-
quire.
When a messenger whose name is
adversely comes from the Father