The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-29

mission ana passion Tor the causes
that are Gods causes, too.
The "Send Me" Men.
This Hebrew in the long ago, after
his glimpse of God, heard voice.
The other kind Of men do not hear
voices: that is their unrealized tragedy.
In time when God is calling, they
do not even hear. Their ears are
dead to divine summons. There
really are many men in our land,
physically fit for the days supreme
duty, who have not SO much as felt
an intimation in their small souls that
this is Gods great hour. and that He
is calling all who are worthy to en-
list under His banner for the fulfil
ment of heavens great goals. That
justice, honor, democracy, righteous
ness and peace are at stake is not
even perceived by them; for they are
of those whom Lowell Classics upon
the left hand:
"Once to every man and nation comes
In the strif bee Of Truth c With Falsehood for
the good or evil side;
Some great cause Gods new Messiah, Of
!, fering each the bloom or blight.
Parts the goats upon the left hand, and
the sheep upon the right,
anu that darkness and that light
The voice heard by Isaiah-and
how it still speaks as thru the ages
and who will go for us?" That is
Gods call for men. He is self-limlted
by the purpose of men to cooperate
with Him. One thing He cannot work
without, and that is men. Just as the
prayers of stay-at-homes cannot I'M
aided win this war, SO the divine mind
of compassion and good will, and all
the outpouring love of the Father in
heaven for humanity, waits upon the
willingness of men to work with Him.
AS for Isaiah, he was a volunteer,
of the sort who make reply at the
first call, Here am /, send me- TO
him a truth became personal, all duty,
immediate. He was of the sort who
ask, What can do about it?" Every
cause of righteousness made its APP
peal to him. AS a consequence of that
vision and of that voice, Isaiah be-
came the prophet who has been
speaking to mankind thru all the CEN
turtles since. When a choice spirit
says Here am T. to God, the con-
sequences are sure to be vast beyond
all prediction. God touches the lips
of such men, and makes them His
messengers to the whole world.
When a Nation Goes '-Soft."
Degenerate Judah was like some
parts of our own land-''soft," ener-
waited, fat, heavy-eyed. dull-eared and
belly-full. As soon as Isaiah said
Here am I; send me-" he was given
a commission to try to awake his ma
ton. But the people would not hear.
He could not make them understand
the perils that confronted them. In
great day, the people were so en-
crossed with small and selfish things
that they were blind and deaf to their
opportunity.
Ask any present-day prophet, and
he will freely admit that North Amer
lea does not yet realize the meaning
of the world war. Even Canada, de-
spite the casualty lists in the daily
papers, lis not wholly awake. The
crisis has not bitten into the soul of
the nation. The people are too pros
porous. In a day calling supremely
for idealism, we are merely making
money! Good times" mean more to
millions than ever before: SO what
care they for the holy issues that are
being decided in France?
That remnant should save the
Chosen People, was Isaiah's message.
The soft selfists should suffer- and
suffer in the flesh they had pam
pered- But godly and noble few
should preserve the nations identity.
All peoples are saved by their heroes.
Gods cause and mans are served by
the brave. This is the message of the
old prophet to the new day: be willing
and be fearless. Dare do the thing
that God asks. The late Maltbie D.
Babcock put the thought in lines that
We are reno, not here to play, to dream. to
We have hard work to do, and heads to
lift
shun not the struggle; face it. IT'S Gods
gift.
BE strong!
Say not the days are eviI-Who's to blame
And fold the hands and acquiesce-Oh
Stand up, speak out, and bravely, in Gods
name.
BE strong!
1t matters not how deep intrenched the
wrong,
How dark the battle goes, the day, how
Faint not, fight ont Tomorrow comes'the
song.
The Bigness of Titles.
Terse Comments on the Uniform
Peoples Societies-Christian En-
deavor. etc.-for July L: Little
Things That Make or Mar-"-Song
of Sol. 2:15; Prov. 25:11.
Here is a plain message to the av-
erage Christian: You want to serve
Christ; you want to show your love
. for Him. Yet your abilities are COM
monplace. You cannot make fine
| speech, you cannot write a great book,
you cannot bear the martyrs witness.
How then can you turn the eyes Of
any considerable number of persons to
| the Lamb of God? Simply and sure
", by making your life one of minis
tration Settle definitely that your
conservation shall show itself by I'M
selfishness. In the constant choices
that every day and every hour brings.
choose to sacrifice yourself At all
costs serve people. Stoop to the hum
blest deeds of helpfulness. Make
yourself of no reputation. And say
nothing about your sacrifices, your
conservation. Christlikeness speaks its
own message. AS certainly as the
gospel is true, it will come to pass
that all the multitude of people
whom your life touches, directly and
indirectly, will see in you the spirit