The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-01
ECHOES FROM SERMONS.
What Topeka Pastors Said in Their
Pulpits Sunday.

AN IRREVER AGE-Our age is
not very reverential one we have
( been called the nation that laughs
and we probably deserve the appella-
ton We are inclined to be irrever-
ent and facetious, to trihe with things
sacred and serious. So far as this is
z. reaction from the childish ignorance
/ of superstition which has prevailed in
J the past, it is not to be regretted The
/ advance of knowledge has cleared away
/ many a hobgoblin of the past. PapaI
anathemas do not brighten the world
as once they did and the deliverance
4 OF church councils have only so muCn
4 weight among thinking men as there
4 is weight in the reason of them. But
4 the 1rTeverence of the age goes further
and makes light of great and solemn
I YerlIleS which the progress or time ana
I the Investigations of human thought
+ have served to establish more firmly
/ God in redemption, retribution, enter
nifty To many life presents itself as
+ a burlesQue, and Immortality a huge
joke. Moral evil in their own hearts
and in the community is lightly regard
+ ed and so the wise mans pr0verb is
illustrated: THE foolish make a mock
at sin Rev L. Blakesley, First Con
gregational church.
RELIGIOUS FEELING. ~ Religious
feeling is natural No nation has been
founded which has had no idea of a
God or no feeling of obligation to him
This impulse inspires the poet, elevates
the orator QLlCkenS the philosopher.
Every man thinks i'm some way on re-
ligious subjects. The innate idea of
God begets religious feeling in earliest
childhood and latest manhood and wO-
wanhOod. Moral law is just as GER
tain as physical law, and all morality
is attended with religious feeling. In
times of special trial, this religious in
elination is often greatly increased
This is a provision of the Creator. The
soldier and the statesman unite IN
seeking the favor of Almighty God in
times Of national peril Great respon-
sibilities are apt to bring out the feel
ing of dependence upon the OmnipO-
tent arm We must guard against let
ting the deepened religious feelings
prove transitory or we Will be involved
afterWard i'm SORROW of the world
which worketh death. Rev. DR.. NJ. L.
Thomas. First Baptist church.
A DAY OF JUDGMENT--If the
Lord said, "I came not to judge the
world but to save the world, he also
said For Judgment u am come into
this world" Ever and anon there
must be a day of Judgment in the midst
of the days Of salvation When Jesus
Christ cleansed the temple of those
who traficlzed there and sternly de-
nounced them as thieves it was a day
Of judgment-for him as judge, for
them as condemned. When he heaped
Woel W0eii 4NOettt upon scribes and
pharisees because they were hypO-
critics a. day of judgment had come.
But did you ever think what violence
the meek and tender Jesus did to his
more tender, sensitive self when thus
sternly and courageOusly he denounced
evils which threatened the life and
work of religion in the world? So like
wise if there must be the parish priest
he must sometimes be the parish judge.
But DO you ever consider what ViO-
lence ne must do to his gentler. milder
self when, faithful to his Master, ne
denOunces whatever threatens the sue
cess if not the very existence Of the
church Dean Harry /. Bodley, Grace
EVERY NAN A PRINCE prince
is the child of a king. Is not, then.
every man a prince2 Men may deny
the divine kingship if they will. but
the relationship exists. A prince is
great not because he is the child of q
king, but because he himself may be-
come a king. He is great not because
of the royal ancestry back of him, but
because OF the royal throne ahead of
him. Tt is SO with every man. For
what does the word throne" stand
For power, strength. might, authority.
Let US pass to the idea that every man
is born a prince and may become a
king There are not enough civil
thrones to give every man a kingdom,
but there are enough thrones Of power
to give every royal aspirant an empire.
over its brow is written Power to
Let Everywhere thrones are ready.
empires are waiting for some royal
prince worthy of corona tiOn.-BeV- A.
2. " agner, English Lutheran church
PREPARATION TO MEET GOD
since ATQQ mas commanded men TO pre-
pare to meet him he could not have
done so had he not made q perfect pro
vision such as man could comply with
on easy terms. 1t is shown that every
man must meet Cod either in peace or
IN judgment without preparation and
the result viii be the same as in any
other case-when man meets an enemy
in war or a creditor, without prepare
ton Without unity between pastor
and people there is no marked success n
in church work. This may he secured
by mutual love for each other and uni
yersal love for all men--Rev. d. ..
Boyle, First Christian church.
WOMAN'S FIDELITY TO DUTY
Ever since the women Of Galilee fol-
lowed Christ and ministered to his
wants, woman has been ministering to
him through his needy ones. Since they
stood around the cross they have been
the last to leave their post of duty
Since they were early at the sepulchre,
they have been the first to seize OppOr-
tunities for loving and devoted service
to the Master To thousands of de-
voted women who are breaking pre-
cious boxes Of ointment in this loving
service Christ is still saying. "She hath
done what she could" Amid cares and
worries of home duties. as we'll as in
wider arenas Christ is giving this same
approval Many think when they de-
post their small contribution Christ
viii accept it and give the same an
prevail that he did to the woman who
cast in two mites. But she gave All
that she had. and until we consecrate
our all at his feet we cannot expect
the same apprOval.-Rev. 2. s. Far
rand, N Westminster Presbyterian church
Cf1 IlLSILAN fESS--Ihe great
law Of the living universe is the law
of prOgress-the acorn, the tender shoot /
the swaying sapling, the staunch old
oak helpless infancy. bounding youth
sturdy manhood the infirmity of age
so babes in Christ are to come to fun
stature Of manhood and womanhood
in him. Progress is demanded in the
b
hculties. The mountain may be steep,
and rugged. and high, but the broader
horizon and the larger view gained
when the feet rest upon its summit shall
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