The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-10

changed world: and this the religion
ofsJesus Christ promises.
In the keeping OF every SUNDAY
school teacher. of every preacher OK
the gosuel of every student OF the
Christian scriptures. there Is the truth
that will heal our times, and bring TO
pass the oft-prophesied and enoiessiy
desired Good Time.
For good people alone can lnsure
that Good Time.
This wicked world will grow better
only as the people who dwell IN IL
grow better. And the one proved
substitute for that old breeder or
trouble, human nature" the will OF
God.
We know that it is commonly said.
you can't change human nature'
but all of US have seen human nature
changed to a diviner semblance by the
grace of Jesus Christ. He brings IN
the new era by making individuals a
new creation.
All over the earth observant and
responsible persons are declaring, pri-
vately and publicly. that only rehglon
can restore and revive this smitten
world. Everybody who reads is Ia
miliar with that conclusion. 1t Is faii-
ing from the lips of statesmen ana
publicists of every degree. Most men
Christianity, which alone imparts en-
abling along with enlightenment. II
is the religion of power as well as OF
light. 1t makes "a person strong
ought to do. 1t gives him the spirit
which says. in the words OF an I'M
known poet:
Beneath the ii'l press1se Of nfe's cares today.
joy in these;
That would rather walk this rugged way,
If Jim it please.
.I cannot feel
That all is well. when darkenins clouds
The shining sun;
God lives and loves; and say. since 1t is SO,
Thy will be done.
"I do not see
why God should cen permit some things
when He is love.
But can see
Tho often dimly, thru the mystery,
His hand above!
| at do not know
Where fails the seed. that I have tried to
with greatest care,
The meaning II each waiting hour below,
| Sometime, somewhere
"I do not look
70 read my fate;
| But 1 do look
For promised blessings in Gods Holy
i And can walt"
Tho Greatest Work In the World.
But how may 1 help make the
world Christian" asks the practical
minded student of this lesson.
| Wrapped up in the answer is the
i greatest work in. the world; and the
4 fullest expression OF the powers of
the most talented person. There is
a life task in this enterprise.
First-to be categorical-one. must
be Christian. Unless one means to
yield his own life in loving service
to Christ he may as well drop all in
terest in the subject. The world is not
to be converted thru the agency of the
unconverted. AS Napoleon said to the
conquered general who offered him
his hand, your sword first, sir!''
There must be personal surrender be-
fore there can be acceptable service.
Christ's own program for the widen
ing of that circle which He called His
kingdom provided for a beginning at
the very center. They first gave
their own selves to the Lord" that is
the primary step in world-winning.
Without it, no other steps are pos
sible.
Still being categorical, the second
step in the accomplishment of the
1
witness-simple. sincere. straightfor-
ward witness-to the Saviour. That
, was the command: Eye shall be My
Witnesses To testify, by any means
! and by all means, to the highest truth
, he knows is the clear duty of every
man. The Gospel, like merchandise,
is advertised by its loving friends"
u Third. in natural order of world
, service, come support, by whatever,
| possible means, of the great evangel-
!. istic and missionary enterprises of the
Christian church. AS one who has
seen more than most men of the work
of Christian missionaries in non-Chris-
> tan lands, unhesitatingly endorse it
as economical, far-sighted, broad
gauge and efficient. To have a part
! in this vast project of leading the
whole world into discipleship to Jesus
Christ is an expression Of ones per-
, sonality that passes measurement.
One by one, individuals are being
: brought to Christ; and nation by ma
, ton, whole peoples are having their
thought and spirit Chrfstianized. Unin-
formed commentators upon missions
, are often over-sanguine; yet even the
most conservative observer can per-
! ceive the clear trend OF the world
toward Christianity.