The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-09

Lord. 1t would not De, wen pei
formed. o noble ecclesiastic nor. TOT.
well conducted. o learned rftuanst.~
nor. well drilled, o efficient officer y
but 1t world be well DONE, gooo
and faithful servant; enter thou into
the Joy Of thy Lord" heavens 80
Mat make men think of Christ Tne
old. old test applied by the Master
himself, is this word that touches oniy
helpfulness: 'Inasmuch-a as We nave
done it unto one of the least OF these
my brethren. We have oone IL uhso
me-"
Come to think of 1t. this has to be
So For any other test would shut OUT
most of US. If the divine favor were
or the wise or the powerful or the
well-placed or the rich, most OF as
would be excluded. But since II IS
given to the doors of deeds-tne
samples enumerated being Of the most
inconspfcuous and humble sort-"e
are ali of us let in Helping others Is
serving Christ. We do the Will OF
Jesus VIII, n we minister TO men me
way to go the limit in the service OF
orr Lord~is pointed out In the Goioen
another's burdens. and so fulfill tie
law of Christ"
| War Work as Worship.
!
kind has Been quicker to comprehend :
the genius of Jesus than some who
are responsible for the conduct CT the
churches. Instinctively. since the re-
| ginning of the war. devoted patriots
have given themselves to doing things
too lowIy for the highest to perform
| in behaff of the fighting men. This
mood of ministry has fairly trans
/ formed Great Britain. There. as here,
| million of hands are busily Knitting
for the men. High-born ladies. in all
| of the allied countries. don the uni
form of the Red Cross and do the
heavy work of station restaurateurs
| for the travelling troops. Let call go
| forth for any kind of work for the
men in the service, and there are
| countless responses.
In this spirit of ministry. which IS as
holy in its springs as worship itself,
men and women are expressing their
conservation to a cause which they
| believe of God. I could fill this col
unln with a catalog of the war work
by volunteer civilians that I have per-
sonally witnessed in many of the lands
at war. All night long in London, for
instance there are volunteer motor
cars carrying soldiers from station to
station, while other patriots toll smil-
fngly at canteens. Colonials resident
in London are regularly organized to
: take time from their daily employ to
|
the Canadian and Anzac soldiers from
France. Indeed. 1t is quite a disgrace.
in Great Britain for one not to be use
fully employed in some sort of war
work. AS I have looked upon this
service in its many forms. tears have
started to my eyes: for the scene hrs
been more impressive than any cathe-
dral service 1 ever attended. 1t is the
exalted heart of a people following in
the way of Jesus.
This is the new conception of pa
, triotisn that is raising the level of
r the life of the nations We have
, learned the glory OF service. the gran
= deur of laying all of our possessions
and powers upon the altar of country
5 and humanity. We have given of our
sons and of our substance and of our
, selves, and yet we long for newer.
! better and even more sacrificial ways
Of honor,ng our God in this great day.
He that csreth for the sick and the
. wounded,
Watcheth not alone;
And the third is the Lord.
t. Henry vsnDyke. Z
D Walking the New Way.
By this path of ministry. this
: spirit of service this heart of help
e fulness, the church is yet to follow
i her Lord into the new day of social
!. welfare which the war has opened
before her feet. One needs no fuller
equipment for social service than .
passion to minister to men, unselfsil-
= ly and unknown, in the spirit of Jesus
!. 1t is not so much a fresh program
that the church, IS to have, as a new
= spirit and a new DEVOTION an ABSORB
= ton in the mind of Jesus. This viii
= make helpfulness free from self-con
J. sciousness for 1t is impossible to be
= good neighbor while thinking abou
II quest of the war, we shall surely fins
l. the church of the new era a minis
n tering body, in a large sphere, ami
l. mated by love and loyalty to Christ .
l. There has just come, to me from
= missionary friend in India letter tell
e ing of the work in his mission. II /
re wholly a recital of works of heIpfui
n ness. He gives some paragraphs I.
IS the great civic exhibition. in the ma.
5; tive state of Gwalior. and to the mis-
sion's part therein. 1 quote some pas
" sages:
g THE Gwalior exhibition has jus
Is closed and aftersit is all over II i
1t said to have been the largest an,
re most interesting on record in Ger
es trail India. The North India Missiol
of entered in on new era in missio1
t. work. for all the agricultural ar
rs in its hand. Mr.. Griffin with hi
ir tractors actually blowing. hts har
to rows narrowing, his pumps pump
as ing. his fine crops of pedigree
lie wheat and grain. proved an attrac
DR. ton superior to the wrestling 1rens
n DR.. Kenoyer in his beautiful researc
Is laboratory. with experiments of a,
is kinds underS way thatsthe India
m farmers could see and understa nd
We his charts, microscopes, and seed
as testing. YVES more popular than tn
as Indian ju~gler who makes 0he man
4 GO tree grow and bear fruit under
gunny sack.
Mrs. Wiser, with her demonstra
r. lions of fruit canning, and vegetab l
Z preservation. showing the people
ne India a cheap, sanitary and easy wa
fe of saving food. wasimuch more popr
Wy lar tnan the nautch-glrL the hahs
es raJan Drought down the ladies' OF til