The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-18

every crowd should fill the Offlce. For
these who speak for truth and free
in the eternal struggle of truth with
error.
Being Fit "Au-Around.'
Terse Comments on the Uniform Pray
er Meeting Topic of the Young Peo-
pies Societies-Christian Endeavor,
etc-for August 20: "GroWtn'
Body, Mind, Spirit. Luke 2:4o-oZ-
Union with Jesus is his own pre-
scription for power and increase AS
we abide in Him, we grow. FOR
Christian growth Is due TO o,vlne
to the branch thru the Vine Apart
from Christ we perish; present with
Christ we prosper.
The school follows the church. Gull
ture is a consequence OF conversion
The Gospel plants the seeds OF long
ing for broader, loftier life in every
heart It is natural for a Christian 10
try to be the very best man posSStpiae'
and to develop all his capabilities;
CHRISTIANS grow toward all temporal
exceIlencies, as well as toward splr-
itual graces. The most potent NE IN
a community should be that OF inc
best Christian.
Like flowers, Christians grow even
in the night.
Temporal prosperity is the goal OF
the world. To be rich and comforta-
BILE and of good repute; to have gooo
time and an easy time-these are the
ambitions of the day. Men are satls-
fled if they can get along IN the
world" The objection to TINS Is tnal
II deals only with temporal prosperity
If is short-sighted and inSufflclent.
Spiritual growth is infinitely more i'm
portant than worldly success. TO
grow in the graces of the inner man.
and in the grace of Christ, is better
than to increase in wealth. OF LAME
Because spiritual progress Is forever,
and these other things are perfshlng-
They best live who live for the life
unending.
We do not leap into perfection; we
grow into spirituality year by year.
Growth glorifies God. Every in
creasing Christian is a. testimony to
the reality of the Gospel of Jesus
Christ We are doing acceptable serv-
ice for our Master when we are SIM
ply growing.
j. Time tests. There is nothing else
| like it. We may apply, the test of time
to our own growth. Will 1t endure. Is
it a growth that is an ingrained part
of u.s. in other words, a growth in
character? Then it is true growth,
and destined to outlive time itself.
There are other kinds of growth, like
that of the mushroom and the gun
flower, that are rather to be feared
than cultivated in our lives.
Branches grow only as the roots
grow The inner life must expand
, with the outward duty.
Each day is round in the ladder
of life leading 70 DerfeCtiOn
Build thee more stately mansions, my
As the swift seasons roll.
Leave thy low-vaulted pastt
Shut thee sfrom heaven with a dome more
vast,
Till thou at length are free,
Leaving thine outgrown shell by life's I'M
resting sea!
%. W. Holmes.
Conservatism and conservatory both
have the same root but the latter is
for the purpose of helping things TO
| grow, while the former, in common
| applications, at least, is for the pur-
pose of preventing growth The
sweeping criticisms of most "conserya-
tism'' is that it does not conserve but
J rather kills.
He who would form a sound judg-
ment of his spiritual progress must
throw his eye over long, not short, in
| tervals of time.-Coulburn.
No life is narrow except by choice.
j. r. Miller.
After all, it is a power outside of
ourselves that makes possible our
! Christian growth. Only by the Spirit
| of the Lord can we be changed into
the divine image. Dependence upon
the Spirit is the first requirement of
| growth.
DINNER STORIES
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