The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-20

1 say, Lord, give mama my bread,
Cause papa's with you, any way. c
setting mankind off into separate
grounds under various classifications
Jesus was very general in His division.
making but two classes. the sheep ana
the goats. Now that, in present day
speech, stands for the unselfish and the
selfish. On one SIDE or the other OF
that line everybody must stand. we
are selfish or we are unselfish. If we
belong to the world group, we look
out for number one;" il We belong to
the Christ group, we cry, Not to De
ministered unto, but to minister.
Simple. everyday, unadvertised unset
fishness is the surest sign of Christ
illness.
Love drive out selfishness. If it
were not for the mastering power OF
love, how could two self-willed young
persons ever grow into the sweet Sc
renity and congenial comfort OF a
happy welded life? This is a touch
stone by which true love may always
be known: Love seeketh not her
own
Religion is altogether spiritual and
yet it is also altogether practical True
faith cannot live in the clouds; 1t must
have hands and feet and move around
this temporal earth Three FACTORS
enter into a religious nfe-God, SELF
and our neighbor. II we leave out the
last we may mar our religion Goo
has provi ed that the most practical
way of showing devotion to Himself
is by manifesting neighborliness to the
men and women about us. If we re-
fuse to be interested in them, and to
help them we refuse to offer God the
tribute which He requires of every
~ he and
Christians unless we apply the Golden
Rule to our conduct.
The helpful hand is the best hand
to shake.
We cannot be nigSardly with neigh
borliness as we'll as with gold.
He who thinks of himself last will
be thought of first.
We are set among men to live our
own best life for their good and for
Gods honor. We dare not live for self
! alone Our mission is to be as widely
and as deeply helpful as possible. All
our powers are for the benefit of our
fellows. What we are and what we
may become belongs to the world to
which God would have us minister.
They who enter upon life in the
Way experience the universe's great
est paradox. They find it the way OF
the cross and also the way of the
crown Denial is it's rule, delight is
its reward. Burdens must be laid
down when entering it, but burdens
must be taken up by all who are upon
it. Self-surrender is required of all
who travel it, and yet they are the
ones who most truly possess life The
strange law in operation seems to be
that one gets by giving and finds by
losing Thus the principle or COM
nensation about which philosophers
write finds full and beautiful exempll-
fication in the Christian life.
The best translation of the Word of
cod is its translation into Christlike
deeds.
EverytiIne we transmute our creed
into deeds, we reincarnate the Word
of God.
There is no help for it; the law
is eternal and ever operative; II
man loves his life he shall lose 1t.
Selfishness is death. The converse of
the proverb that THE liberal soul
shall be made fat" is equally true:
The selfish soul shall be made thin'
When unselfishness ends, death be-
gins. The self-centered person has In
himself the germ of decay.
The Bible teaches only one kind of
religion-the kind that is constantly
alive and working. The conservation
that is not manifested in humility and
helpfulness, love and loyalty, all the
week thru, will not measure up to the
Bible standard. Do unto others as
you would have others do unto you.
The test of the saved is that they
serve.
Transgressions of the law of love
register themselves instantly in the
chara cter of the aggressor.J Thev
darken his judgment; they inflame
mis- passions; they mar his relations
with those from whom he has with
drawn the good will which is thei-
due.-Washington GLADDEN..
The Golden Rule will be a dead
letter unless we have love to God and
men. It is not law or rule so much
as an impulse, an inspiration.