The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-28


Hero-tales never grow old. The
brave deed is a bequest to the CEN
turtles. BY one act of supreme dar-
ing. man may become immortal
The world does not willingly let it's
stories of courage pass from MEM
ory The folk songs of all the an
cient peoples are made up largely of
deeds of daring. Our ballads are
mostly of bravery For it is written
in the blood of the race that cour-
age is a supreme and essential vir-
tue. Whatever evils the war has left
in it's train, it has surely proved that
not persisted. And having courage,
we may acquire all things else. There
is an instinct which tells US that sheer
manhood is impossible without this
basic quality.
We turn, in this lesson, to one of
the famous hero tales of Holy Writ,
the book that abounds in both the
teaching and the exemplification of
courage. This story is worth study
ing for its own sake; it leave the same
impression upon ones spirit as the
reading of noble poem. One touch
of highest nature makes US all kim.
So let us first have the essential facts
of the hereism of Prince Jonathan
and his armor-bearer:
Two Men Against a Host.
Now it came to pass upon a day.
n that Jonathan the son of Saul said
unto the young man that bear his
armour, Come and let us go over to
the Philistines' garrison, that is on
the other side. But he told not his
father. And the people
knew not that Jonathan was gone.
And between the passes by which
Jonathan sought to go over unto the
PhiHstines's Ngarrison, there was a
rocky crag on the one side, and a
rocky crag on the other side; and
name Of the other Seneh. The fore
front of the one was situated north
ward over against Michmash, and the
other southwark over against Gibeah-
And Jonathan said to the young man
that bare his armour, Come and let US
go over into the garrison of these
uncircumcised. 1t may be that the
Lord will work for us: for there is no
restraint to the Lord to save by many
or by few And his armourbearer
heart; turn thee; behold 1 am with
thee according to thy heart. Then
said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass
over unto these men, and we will dis
cover ourselves unto them. If they
say thus unto US, larry until we come
unto you; then we will stand still in
our place, and will not go up unto
them. But if they say thus. Come up
unto us; then we will go up; for the
Lord hath delivered them into our
hand; and this shall be a sign unto
US. And both of them discovered
Philistines; and the Philistines said,
Behold, the Hebrews come forth out
of the holes where they had hid them
selves. And the men of the garrison
answered Jonathan and his armour
bearer, and said. Come up to US, and
we will shew you thing. And Jona-
than said unto his armourbearer,
Come up after me; for the Lord hath
delivered them unto the hand of IsS
rael And Jonathan climbed up upon
his hands and upon his feet. and his
armourbearer after him; and they
fell before Jonathan; and his armour
bearer slew after him."
Gods Favorite Partner.
When God and brave man get to-
gether, then things begin to happen.
without Jonathan, this exploit, by
among the heather. would have been
impossible. Audacity of faith and eff
fort seem to delight God. He loves
the Jonathans who trust Him to the
limit, and who, like William Carey,
Expect great things from God. and
attempt great things For God" As
the hymn has it,
They who greatly trust Him,
Find Him gFeatly true"
In America at the present moment
lis an American from Persia, DR. H.
P. Packard, who has lost his all in
the successive sackings of the city of
Urumias where he has stood alone,
beneath the flag, as the defender of
the little company of Assyrian Chris
tians, and of the ideals of civilization.
A few years ago, Doctor Packard
alone, carrying the flag of his ceun-
try, braved an army of Kurds who
had besieged and were determined to
exterminate company of more than
a thousand Christians. That one mans
daring deed of chivalry resulted in the
rescue of the entire band. It was a
Jonathan sort of feat, such as God
delights to honor. No heights are too
| high for the hero of faith to scale.
Our soldiers got firm hold of this
truth. They may not have analyzed
the philosophy of it, but they knew
that God hates a GUTTER" and that
God looks after a brave man." So
they wrote down courage, audacious
courage, as the fundamental virtue
! out of which spring other qualities.
A thousand books could not contain
all the stories that deserve to be writ
| ten concerning our brave soldiers in
the world war. May their heroism
never fade from our grateful memory
When Two Stand Together.
Travelling in Arabia. a man really
needs a companion, for he should have
! two guns. With a friend to guard his
back, like Jonathan.s armor-bearer,
| he cannot be surrounded; and. with
courage and modern weapons he can
then withstand many times his own
! strength. While we contemplate the
princely and heroic Jonathan. q
knightly soul who disdained danger,
| let US not forget the unnamed young
squire by his side. Without these I'M
works of discovery and achievement
would have been dene-Stanley would
not have crossed Africa, Peary would
! not have got to the pole. and Column
4 bus would not have reached America.
Before my own memory there arise
a succession of faithful and fearless
servants who have attended me in far
| places, and who were wiser, Drawer
men than 1. How can 1 ever pay ade-
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