The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-15


Forth the Twelve.''-Mark 6:1-31.
The First School of Philanthropy.
There was once Philanthropist.
before the time when helpful folk
wore that big name, who went about
among the people serving them. AL
tho the wisest man in the world. He
was not a theorist writing books
about philanthropy in a detached
study. He kept close to the I'M
washed, sweaty, bad-mannered, I'M
grateful, common people, who some
! times whine6 about their diseases and
their hardships. and were not al
ways worthy of the labor He bestowed
upo,- them. Yet day and night, car
! ing not for the cost of himself, this
Friend healed and helped and COM
forted. He was the ideal social
| W ,rker.
The Passion for People.
Az He moved among them, this
Philantnropist was stirred to His
hearts depth by the needs of His
neighbors-for He liked to call peo-
pie. His neighbors. An ancient re-
| port of His experiences says, when
He saw the multitude. He was moved
with compassion for them, because
they were distressed and scattered as
! sheep not having a shepherd" An
othe- Interpretation of the same ac-
count is even more moving, He saw
t.IeEl as sheep with the fleece torn
OF. bleeding, and unable to rise up"
! Compassion for people was the first
mark of this Friend. He was the
merciful minister. Altho He never
took course in any school of philan-
thropy, He Himself was a Teacher in
the school of love. He shad a rare
capacity for affection. He loved men
in the mass, and yet with a realization
of their Individuality without any
| limit
This passion for people has become
/ CONTAGIOUS. NV
Master it has grown to be the domi-
| nant note of sour time. There is
new hymn that is being much sung
| in Great Britain and is making it's
modern sense of the claims of multi
tude. 1t is called God Save the Peo-
| pie" and is sung to the tune Com
monwea1th."
when wilt Thou save the people?
o God of mercy, when?
| Not kings and lords, but nations,
l. Not thrones and crowns. but men,
! Flow'rs of Thy heart o God. are they;
Let them not pass. like weeds, away,
Their heritage a sunless day
God save the people!
"Shall crime bring crime forever.
| Strength aiding still the strong?
/ Is it Thy will. o Father,
That man shall toll for wrong?
| No, Say Thy mountains;
Mans Man .o Soaded sun shall brightly rise
I u
God save the people!
when wilt Thou save the people?
| Q God of mercy. when?
/ The people. Lord. the people;
! Not thrones and crowns. but men.
! God save the people;
/ Thy children. as Thine angels fair
| From vice. oppression and despair
I7God save the people"'
l Where Are the Workers?
4 AS this Friend toiled amid the
masses, He wondered at the lack of
! hell ers. 1t seemed to Him that this
| business of serving people was the
most beautiful work in the world, and
| the one best worth while,-verily a
mans job AS for himself, He asked
bition than to work for and to give
His life for the help of the people.
! This condition which, as our lesson
| story shows, obtained in ancient Cali
lee, is still true today. Social service
of many sorts is calling for men. The
church wants workers, the Sunday
school wants workers@and teaching
a class of boys and girls the right
! ideals of life is about the highest
| form of social service The old cry
for helpers still rings turnout the
world. Every Christian leader can
tell of the hours he spends in trying
| to argue men into doing helpful serv-
ice which should be their privilege
and joy. ''The harvest truly is plen-
teous. but the 1aborers are few
Starting an Endless Chain.
Most of US have had experience
with the pernicious chain letters
which are designed to go on end1essly
making their begging appeal. There
are other endless chains far worthier.
/ One was started when this great
by the claimant needs of the people,
and organized a scheme of per-
petual service. He called twelve big
men into His fellowship and trained
II EN- in service. They in turn, were
to select and school others. That
method has gone on to the present
time. Thru all the centuries the
goodly company of the apostles has
been growing Whoever is doing
apostolic work of ministry is in the
| Christ are links in the endless chain
| which He esta blished when on earth.
j There are many points of differ
ence between this organization and
| other societies. One is that real au-
| thority was given unto the friends Of
Christ The final word in all things
| of character and conduct is with the
right. Good is the master of evil;
saintliness has the right to rebuke sin;
goodness prevails over badness. There
! is more grass than weeds in the earth,
and more light than darkness. Rough
| 1y counting up some of the achieve
mentS of the apostles and their sue
! cessors, we find that permanent vic
| tory is with the Christ crowd.
! The Power of the Average Man.
All over Christendom We see statues
and pictures of the apostles. Com
monty they are shown with halos
around their heads. Sometimes chill
dren think that the apostles wore
these when they were alive. The ten
dency is to conventionalize the reality
out of these everyday peasants in the
common clothes of their neighbor-
hood, and with tousled hair and hands
calloused and soiled with honest la
. Dor. That is the sort of men Jesus
chose to carry on his greatest work of
the world. He did not go to the San