The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-09


in tone SO frank and manly and yet
wistful, Il wish you were, that
have ever since borne in mind the in
cident as illustrative of tactfulness in
bearing Christian testimony Now
there is always present in my mind.
hood of st. Andrew, the image of that
modest, faithful delegate to the Phlla-
delphla convention.
Weighed words weigh.
If the friends of Christ would pub
licly stand for all that is friendly to
christ, no good newspaper or educa-
tional institution or other Christian
enterprise would ever have to COM
promise its principles Sometimes
letter to the editor may be as much
of a Christian testimony as a sermon.
One of the familiar anecdotes that
never will outlive its usefulness re-
lates how an inconsistent man was
giving testimony in a prayer meet
ing. The minister interrupted him
with, Louder. Speak louder, please!
Your life makes so much noise that
cannot hear what you say
There is some means, in this Won
derful day of ours. whereby every
Christian, without exception, may
bear the evangel to the unevangelized.
The best friend is helpful in best
ways. Is there any higher office of
friendship than to lead a comrade to
fellowship with the Saviour, whose
life WHITES and glorifies all the rela-
tionship OF life that are in Him?
There can be no substitute for the
human lips as the means of express
ing the evangel. Some things can
never be outgroWn. One of these is
the place of the human life as a me-
dunn of divine truth. In all the ages
that this old earth may yet last, we
shall not get beyond the need of the
preacher, to declare by spoken word,
the love of God for man, and the pro-
vision of a Saviour. The witness of
individual to individually the spoken
testimony of those who have tasted
and seen that God is good, will always
remain the first and best means of
winning men to Christ
Some persons simply cannot make
speeches or give public testimony in
words or talk to strangers about the
faith that is so dear and deep in their
hearts. Testimony may be borne by
silence, by tear. by a handclasp, by
look All of life becomes vocal with
the witness to Christ when the heart is
atlame with love to Him.
The most practical and modern
method yet discovered for making
anything go is to get its friends to
say So The force that tur : the tide
in any national election is the SAY
so" of the largest number of people.
The new-fangled washing machine
which is most widely praised by wom-
en- is the one that wins; no other adj
vertising is comparable with this. The
organization, be it Men and Religion
or the Grand Order of Plumed
knights, which sets men talking about
it's good points. is sure of success. So
with a convention or a church. More
important than an eloquent preacher
is to have congregation OF men and
women who know the art of praising
their own church. All of which was
summed up by the Psalmist when he
cried, Let the redeemed of the Lord
say So That's all. Just say which
side you are on, and you array the
full force of your personality in its
favor. That is the philosophy of the
ballot. A vote for man is only the
citizens testimony to his belief in that
man, or in the principles which he
represents. If Christian men and
women could only be made to see the
immense Importance of standing up
for things in which they believe, We
should be relieved of the necessity for
a great deal of religious machinery