Show OCR ON TOPICS Kansas City Star The Tho quarrel between the French gov Jov government and amt lIe file Vatican Is tho iho natural outcome ou of an alliance between bet church and amid state when the tha parties to tho the com cont compact part pact aro are mutually distrustful Time Tho terms of ot tho alma existing religious agreement agree agreement ment In Franco Ifranco were arranged by Na Napoleon Napoleon Napoleon moro more than titan a century ago In order to secure ecclesiastical support for tor his government In compensation for confiscated church property the French government undertook tho the maintenance of at the tho ecclesiastical stub establishment ant The Tile Pope Popo In his turn agreed to permit the head hoad of oC the French rench l state to t nominate the bishops bishop II and archbishops nr h hOPS ops ape subject to papal confirmation Un Under Under Under der the tho concordat tho the French govern govert government government ment melt pays about eight million dollars a II year In iii salaries to the clergy Springfield The sudden n death of ot Dr Hertzel Is in thought by many ninny to mean the tho end of ot lnor or tho the Idea Idoo of or reassembling the tho Hebrew race In Palestine for tor tho the constitution of at a n new nell national exist existence once ence Hut But though originated the purpose and has hns been Its Us chief thoro aro yet left lett many among them Israel who are aro filled Riled with the race sentiment Zionism may yet be bo realized Bee nce Harm Is done lone when a R spirit of ot lying gains control of ot a n man and that harm Is all ail the tha greater when tint that man happens to be he a n minister pro protesting testing feeling to preach the tho doctrine of Christ Ho Ito cannot excuse his lying un under under der del the of oC exaggeration If It Ita rv n minister lies he be lies Ileac that Is all nil thorn thora Is li to 10 It II It If he declares that th t a city Is le given Riven over ocr to licentiousness and drunkenness drunk drunkenness enness and ho Ito knows better If he shrieks out that Its men aro are panders nail and Its 1111 women omen tt principally courtesans and he ho knows better b he cannot excuse himself by the tho plea pIeR that ho he Is in Justified In over and exaggeration In n or order dor Mr to attract attro and keep his hili audiences Ho lie Is not Ho lie Is unfit not only to preach the Gospel l but Lu to bo ho received among honorable men His hits place Is 18 among liars And nd his sent seat among liars should ho be tho the laveRt because e he de tie degraded graded his hIli most mos exalted calling to be become become come a 0 liar Joshua In rich anti reverent song on Hebrew tell forth fort I centuries later inter how nod God led His hill people p like a IL shep Allep shepherd herd fed fad them with the bread brend of oC heaven en Ill and amid gave them water from train the rock rork I but while tho the bread brend from heaven may maybo mayho I Iho ho bo beautiful to sIng ding about It was trying to those In time the lI they the loathed I II It I and 1 they longed for to the tho flesh flee pots of ot Egypt l Water from the tho rock lock Is in linn flue In t I nety but hut thoy they drank tho thin waters of ot Mara Hitter 11 lit Id litter Hitter Gods Clods Israel I I for tor centuries 11 has hu sung about the fled Hed sea AC ea match march and but hut how hots looked I It lt think you to that array army of ot exiles with mountains on un either cither side of oC them and nud Pharaohs hosts in 10 tho roar rear We WI o van can nn nit nil see aco God in art and about tho the Incident of at n a Widow woman In a time limo of oC famine gathering a n fen Cl stick tint she site might alight ht make n a last In t meal for tor herself hers and her herboy h herboy r boy bo mot met by n a stranger n a prophet we ire call him but to her h r a needy neely stranger We can call see lIeo God In her humane sharing her nil all with one ono In equal need how little did alto Rho see MO clod Oo then theft I won wonder den der Oh Olt 1 the Irony Iron not and the tho hardness I of ot Hut But because Clod was not al nl always ways thus seen shall we se o say IlAY that Ho fie was wan wn not pre present ent 1 Is IA tho the fact fart of ot God in ht inthe the past of oC life lito an Idealization or a din dis discovery covery Surely the tho latter and history Is fe a persistent reiteration of oC this truth God Is In Ills world All life Is mean meun meaningful meaningful God Is near |