The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-20
Why should good words ne'er be said
OF friend-till he is dead:


Of friend-till he is dead:
-''If you hear a song that thrills you,
Sung by any child of song,
Praise it Do not let the singer
Wait deserved praises long
Why should one who thrills your heart
Lack the JOY you may impart:
If your work is made more easy
BY friendly. helping hand.
Say so. Speak out brave and truly,
Ere the darkness veil the land.
should a brother workman dear
Falter for word of cheer?
Scatter thus your seeds of kindness,
All enrlch1ng as you go
Leave them. Trust the Harvest Giver.
g He will make each seed to grow
So, until its happy end.
Your life shall never lack friend"
The CRATER Speaks Up.
Snarlipg out his cynical covetous-
ness, II kill-joy at the feast, Judas
complained that the money spent for
the ointment was wasted. He was a
practical business man" Good pity
the wives of suchD, who had no time
for this sentimental nonsense and eX-
travagance. Better spend the money
for the poor was his too-thin excuse.
Doubtless Mary. was a better friend
Of the poor than Judas had ever been.
since there is no heart blazing with
devotion to Jesus that is not also
glow with love for all the needy for
whom He lived and died.
Despite his hypocritical pretensions.
Judas betrayed himself Men always
do. Nobody can keep shut the win
dows out of which our true self peeps
Every man is responsible for his face
at fifty The soul of Judas that
Ieered out thru his words. was the
soul of a thief. He cared for money,
and not for the poor
We often hear Judas speak out in
bitter denunciation of our "extrava-
n
Let us first care for the heather at
home" But I personally never met
one such critic who is really doing
anything for the needy in the home
land. Charles G. Trumbull tells, in
the Sunday School Times. a typical in
cident to illustrate this: "Some Uni
versity of Pennsylvania students call
ed on a Philadelphia business man to
ask his contribution to the foreign
missionary work of the Christian As
ISOLATION of the university. He replied
that he was not interested in foreign
missions when there was so much to
be done right there at home in Phil
adelphia If the university were do
ing anything for the needy people of
Philadelphia, he said, he would be in
terested in that sort of a proposition
His callers said they were very glad
he had let them know his thoughts
frankly, for he would be glad to know
that the university Christian associa-
ton conducted a very practical settle
ment work in the heart of a needy
part of the city, and they would well
the man coughed slightly, and said
they had better come and see him
some other time!
The Foes at the Feast
Like a lovely garden hedged in by
cactus is this episode of Mary's great
and gracious gift. Within, were the
! friends of JesuS-and one weed. Judas
E.fax ff-a-cr off, nvf
ers, filled the air. Friend had proved
worthy of friend; and devotion had
given of its best; and it was food for
the hungry spirit OF the weary Master
toiling onward to cross, now so near.
Ringing round this beautiful scene,
were spies and foes, as we'll as the
! common people. All wanted to see
Lazarus, the man back from the grave.
Some wanted to sIay him, because he
was such a good witness for Christ
When we cast in our lot with the Lord,
] we must accept His foes as well as
| His. friends. Cross and crown are
/ linked together in reality, as well as
I in imagery. Danger lay in wait for
Lazarus, as well as for Jesus
! All the meaning of this feast, and
/ of Mary's symbolic service, was lost
upon the lowering foes. Hate is blind,
not love- Nothing that Jesus or His
friends could say or do would satisfy
or disarm the plotting Pharisees They
| lusted for the death of the great Dem
ocrat-the feasting, fasting, toiline.
| loving, sacrificing, teaching Son of
God. Soon their clutches would close
upon Him. But His heart was lighter
AMI happier because one friend had
been lavish in love. and discerning in
devotion
s The Man Whom God Hates.
Terse Comments on the Uniform
Prayer Meeting Topic of the Young
la
| deavor, etc.--for April %: How
Lying Undermines Character" Lev
19:11-12; Prov. 6.16-19
weak and watered God is fash
ionable nowadays, without personal
ity or convictions or laws. But that
God is not found in the Bible This
vague Being, Of an indefinite good
! will toward bad and good alike, is
far from the just Jehovah whom Je-
| sus revealed His God is a God OF
justice, as we'll as of love. He has a
capacity for adherence, as well as for
affection. We are not left in doubt
as to whom God hates. In the Psalms
we read Il hate and abhor lying" and
in Proverbs, Lying lips are an abom-
ination to the Lord" Stiff words
those. Bad FORM" cries Mrs,~Grundy
whose mouth is filled with society's
white lies and little fibs' our
times are tolerant of deception Much
business Is bullt on bluff In some
circles, success is ability to pretend
| Myriads of modern young people
really think that glib and clever Iy-
ing only smart" and rather credit
able. Piercing into the midst of this
delusion strike the terrific words OF
! Scripture, the Book that demands
truth in the inward parts" Repeated
ly and Enthusiastically the inspired word
sets forth the fate of the liar: "AI
liars shall have their part in the lake
which burneth with fire and brim-
stone. And there shall in no wise
enter into it (the Holy City, anything
that maketh a lie. Without are
| dogs. and whatsoever 1oveth and ma TX.
eth a lie"
! God plans hell hereafter for liars
| and they also make their own little