The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-10


Again and again. the Bible shows
itself a mans book. It stresses the
viri1e qualities. Thru all of its books
resounds the note. BE Strong: Fear
noti Play the mani Be of good cour-
age!" Always it associates strength
with faith: BE strong in the Lord
People who fear God are not likely to
fear anybody else. When the Gospel
is permitted to do its work with a per-
son it makes him stalwart and un-
afraid.
Courage is a child of conviction.
pray Thee, Lord, that when it comes to
To say if will follow Truth and Thee.
Or choose instead to win as better worth
My pains. some cloying recompense Of
earth
Grant me- me, great Father. from ahard-fought
Forespent, and bruised. upon battered
Home to obscure endurance to be borne
scorn-
At one with wisdom and my own worn
Then ever come to see myself prevail,
When to succeed at last Is but to fail.
Mean ends to win and Herewith be con-
| Save ne from that Direct Thou the event
Grant me the struggle, that my soul may
grow.
Edward S. Martin.
One of the interesting shades of
meaning revealed by the Revised
| Version of the Bible is the change of
Thus. Paul wrote to Timothy. as The
familiar rendering has it, Thou.
therefore, my son, be strong in the
grace that is in Christ Jesus The
later, better Interpretation of the
strengthened in the grace that is in
Christ Jesus This change from the
active to the passive voice is pro-
foundry significant, for it makes man
agent. We are only strong when we
/ are strengthened: the power is from
outside of ourselves. Entirely Scrip
lltural is Miss HavergaPs prayer.
s.Lord strengthen me, that while I stand
Firm on the rock and strong in Thee
/ l may reach out helping hand
TO wrestlers with the troubled sea-"
| strength says Mrs. Hemans, lis
born in the deep silence of long-suf.
Old George Herbert's admonition is
/ for the strong:
..By all means use sometimes to be alone,
/ Salute myself; see what thy soul doth
Dare to look within thy chest; for It's
And tumble up and down what thou
| - find'st there"
Even in the early Church, the
lword Witness had the significance
LOT ssmartyrs. = The strong ones WIN
whom the Scripture lesson deals were
called witnesses and most of them
were martyrs. The which opens
twide door into a consideration of the
Ecourage of the hundreds OF thousands
iCf Christians in Bible lands who IN the
past two years have died as wit
nesses" to the name of Jesus.
Be bravel
The day will dawn, however dark the
The right will win,- however fierce the
1.-THE end is sure, however far from sight,
NOT ours to shirk or shrink, to doubt or
dread;
Not ours to turn from haroshlps seen
/ Not ours to falter wheresoer we're led.
Be bravei
The road will brighter grow throughout its
The load will lighter grow through added
| strength;
The good Will turn TO helpIul seaAi at
| length.
Be brave!
! With crown of thorns truth still adorns
On scaffoid. cross and gibbet rears her
Her altar stands where each must stand
| alone
Be bravet
The coward lives and dies an ab1ect slave
The fearful is a tyrant, fool and knaFe
Omnipotence is only with the brave.
Gentlest, yet strongest, of all the
sons of men was Jesus. who dared
to live at His best and love to the ut
termost His might was greatest in
His meekness; and He won His su-
tpreme triumph by dying as a GRIM
inaI One square look at Christ con-
POUNDS many of the common and triv-
ial ideas of strength.
Having done all, stand" That is
the test of strength. To do is easier
than to stand. Overcoming is easier
than undergoing. Fortitude is real
and worthy of heavens promised
crown, when it can endure to the end.