The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-30
Savior who "emptied Himself" and
gave His life a. ransom"
They alone live
Who greatly love
And greatly give.

gave His life aSransom."
They alone live
Who greatly love
And greatly give.
Millionaire Paupcrs.
In contrast with those royal givers.
the soldiers. and the like-minded folk
at home who are their stay and sup
port, we behold the getters, the men
who have only money-or. rather
| whom money has. There are such
beings who are starving in spirit while
their bodies are surrounded by abdn-
dance. They have money. but have
not life. Their capacity for lavish
| ness in love has been lost: and If a
celestial surgeon were to operate 1t
! would be discovered that their souls
!, have become shriveiled and weakened
| little organs, like their appendices
| atrophied. The grace of giving has
! departed from them. True, they
make contributions-which they term
| extortions-to public charity lists; but
this they regard as a penalty imposed
| upon them by society. a refined sort
of tax. and an essential business ex-
/ penditure. OF cheerful giving, hilar-
ious giving. adventurous giving, they
know nothing whatever
| That man may last. but never lives.
| thank,
SIeatlOHb Dlot, creations blank-
| These faded men with tired eyes
and worried lines, who have plenty
of servants and sychophants, but few
(! friends, are pitiable spectacle, as
they lounge, overfed and equity, in the
luxurious chairs of exclusive clubs.
Existence has no real sweetness for
them. The glow of vital impulses has
| departed forever from their lives
Money and its affairs engross them.
| Instead of devising ways for giving
money. they petulantly complain that
everybody is trying to get it away
from them. They resent the stern
mandate of civilization that they shall
! at least make public requests in their
| wills. A rich man irreparably dis
graces his family II he leaves nothing
I to charity. n
/ In contrast to these >dwarfed spirits
consider that splendid Adventurer,
who was lavish with his life to the
limit of the hilltop and its cross; and
who, altho He made His climacterie
| gift when still a young man, is the
worlds most conspicuous Success His
philosophy of giving, and His great
gift OF Himself, are the eternal con-
domination of seifishness.
| What the "Drives'' Uncover.
| War loan and Red Gross and Y. NJ.
| c. A. drives" have uncovered MANY
depressing instances of men and wo-
men who are sordidly self-centered
and small-conceptioned. But why
dwell upon these? For the inextin-
guishable glory of all these patriotic
and public-spirited efforts is their rev.
citation of how rich and poor have
| given of their abundance and of their
| poverty. The most daring dreamer of
| the possibility of beneficence never
imagined that such stores of wealth
could be outpoured at the call of al
trufsm- Belgium. Armenia, Serbia,
France-all have become symbols OF
the open-heartedness and open-hand-
| edness of the world. Old standards of
charity have been so far surpassed
that henc forth we must do our think
ing IN new and larger terms. We have
tapped unsupported reservoirs of good
will and generosity. This is the war
| of the merciful heart A mood of
ministry to men has accompanied all
the hurt of the battlefield
These drives have burst the bonds
ana barriers OF human hearts. Myr-
| lads have come for the first time, by
way OF experience, to an understand
| ing of the mind of Christ. They
nave learned how to spell "sacrifice,' -
deeming 1t a luxury to be permitted
TO snare the hardships of the fighting
men. Audacious spirits have not only
Weicomed privation in order to give.
but some have even gone into debt
in order to do so. -
"Give as you would II an angel
| Awaited your gift at the door,.
Give as you would if tomorrow
| Found you where waiting was Ger:
| Give as you would to the Master
If you met His searching look;
Give as you would of your substance
| If His hand your offering took"
The Paradox of Plenty.
Great Britain has not for centuries
| been SO fat in soul as she has grown
during wars lean days of rationfng.
| That iS tho ma RI nf he
| rifice has meant real attainment.
Self-denial has proved to be acquis;-
ton. The givers have been the real
getters. In the school of materia.
adversely. the world has come TO
spiritual prosperity. All the loving
have followed in the train of the
great struggle have produced nobler,
wiser, stronger and more fraternal
| men and women.
1t seems as if there is an eternal
process of equity at work whereby
lavish lives are made rich. God does
not let himself get into debt to any
man. His old word is true. THE lib
eral soul shall be made fat'-and fat
souls are the most desirable possession
of the race.
| "A rich woman dreamed that she
was in heaven and saw a fine man
sion being built.
guide ''0-
/" For your gardener
! But he lives in the tiniest cottag
on earth, with barely room enough for
| his family. He might live better If he
did not give away so much to the mis-
cradle poor folks
Further on she saw a tiny cottage
being built. And whom is that for p
| THAT is for you
! But I have lived in n mansion on
earth. I should not know how to live
| in a cottage
| THE answer was full of meaning;
The Master Builder is doing his best
with the material that is being Sent
up"
AID IN new DRAFT