The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-12
When Duty whispers low. Thou mustr
The Youth replies, Il can

once fell into the clutches OF dis
honest publisher of Bibles, of whom
1 heard it said afterwards, by Qua
ker who knew him well. John Blank
is just as honest as the law compels
him to be-" No wonder that l later
heard that same publisher character
lied by group of bankers and other
business men as "a crook" Essen
tial dishonesty may be expected of
any one who is no more honest than
he has to be. The only folk to be
trusted are those who have moral and
ethical st, -dards within them to be
true to the ideals of righteousness.
To such the highest law is 81 ought
Il world be true, for there are those who
I would be pure, for there are those
who care;
1 would be brave, for there is much to
Il would be friend of all-the foe-the
friendless:
would be giving and forget the gift;
would be humble, for 1 know my weak
would look up-and laugh-and live
Anon
Unless there is inward compulsion
there will not be outward faithful
ness.
The past two and half years have
written the word Duty in large and
shining letters for a host of persons.
Obligation has come to mean more
than was dreamed of a short time ago.
Men are interpreting in new terms
the vastness of responsibility. This
has been particularly true in the
realm of patriotism; and it is, becom-
ing increa Singly so in the sphere OF
religion.
Thine worketh; let me work, too.
Time uudoeth; let me do.
Busy as time, my work l ply
Till 1 rest in the rest of eternity"
Sin undoeth; let me do.
Busy as sin, my work l ply
Till l rest in the rest OF eternity.
Death worketh; let me work, too.
Death undoeth; let me do.
Busy as death. my work / ply
TIL l rest in the rest of eternity"
"God worketh; let me work, too.
God doeth: let me do.
Busy for God, my work ply
Till 1 rest in the rest of eternity
Pledged to God, empowered by
Il slept. and dreamed that life was
1 woke, and found that life was Duty"
Ellen Hooper.
Not once or twice in our rough island
The path of duty was the way to glory.
-Tennyson.
By travelling from country to coun-
try a person may change the civil
| laws that govern him; and what is
| illegal in one land may be tolerated
| in another But wherever we go
there travels with us by day and by
night, that higher law which has its
tribunal within our own breast. 81
ought is the law that binds all noble
souls, however the statutes of man
may change.
Then to side with Truth is noble when we
| II -,g share her wretched crust -e-1
Ere her cause bring fame and profit, and
| lis prosperous to be just;
Then it is the brave man chooses, while
| the coward stand aside,
Doubling in his abject spirit till his Lore
| is crucified. Lowell
His lamp am 1.
! To shine where he shall say:
| And lamps are not for sunny rooms,
| Nor for the light of day,
| But for dark places of the earth
| Where shame and wrong and crime havt
| birth,
Or for the mirky twilight gray
Where wandering sheep have gone astray
Or where the light of faith grows dim
And as sometimes a flame we find
| Clear shining thru the night
So bright we do not see the lamp,
! But only see the light.
| So may 1 shine-His life the flame
That men may glorify His name.
| Annie Johnston Flint,