The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-30
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
Gems Cleaned From the Teachings OF
go All Denominations.

Gems Cleaned From the Teachings OF
All Denominations
Today is ours, tomorrow is with God.
Rev. Charles r. Watson, United Pres
byterian, st. Louis.
RELIGIOUS MIRTH.
There is as much religion in a laugh
as in a groan, in a smile as in a tear
Rev. J. C. Solomon, Baptist. Atlanta
A VALUELESS GOSPEL.
If you took Jesus out of his religion,
the gospel would be as dust.-Rev. J.
w. Day, Church of Messiah, ST. Louis.
UNEQUAL EXCHANGE
No amount of sanctimoniousness will
make up for honesty.-Rev. A R. HoI-
derby. Moore Memorial Church, At
lanta-
SERVICE
Not what you do, but the spirit in
which you do it, decides the dignity of
your service.-Rev. Albert Lazenby,
LET COD CURE YOU.
The great Physician promises a cure
for domestic anxieties also. He pre-
Charles w. Boyd. Methodist, Atlanta
THE HAPPIEST MAN
The happieSt man in the world is he
who possesses faith that has come
through great tribulation.-Rev- James
N. Crutcher, Christian Church, St
Louis
Christ prayed that his people might
be one. He probably pleads for it still.
When shall the Masters prayer be an
swered REV. DR.. Robert P. Kerr,
Presbyterian, Richmond. Va
NOT GAIN, BUT LOSS.
Whenever a man secures worldly
goods by wrong to another he is sure
to find that addition is sometimes the
worst kind of subtraetion.-Rev DR..
Polemus Fl. Swift, Methodist, Chicago.
TURN ON THE LIGHT.
Darkness can not be driven from a
room with clubs and stones and noise,
and vice can be driven from the heart
only by turning on the light-Rev DR..
Bruce Brown, Christian Church, Den
ver-
WORTH THE SACRIFICE
Peace of mind and the treasures of a
good conscience are worth the sacrifice
of any mere recreation which is made
necessary by attendance at church,
Rev. George Grinton, Methodist, New
York.
TWO THINGS AMERICA NEEDS.
There are two things which we must
guard with all watchfulness-the re-
hglous observance of the Lords day
and the stability of the American
home.-Rev. Charles Scadding, Episco-
palian, Lagrange, Ill.
SPIRITUAL FRUIT.
The worlds heart hungerings can be
satisfied only by feasting on the fruit
of the spirit All other fruit turns to
ashes on your lips and mocks your hun
ger--Rev. DR.. NJ. f. Harlan, Church of
Christ (Disciples), Brooklyn.
IN THE FUTURE.
The coming age is to be an age of
moral values, of the moral powers. The
standards of personal morality will be
high. Honor. justice, truthfulness, will
prevail-Rev. DR.. George Harris, Con-
gregationalist, President Amherst Col
lege.
ENJOY THE PRESENT.
Things present are yours. Make the
most of things present If it is fine
day, rejoice in it and don't say, But it
may storm tomorrow" If people smile,
don't fret for fear they may frown
presently.-Rev. DR.. Don F. Bradley,
Grand Rapids.
DANGEROUS NEGLECT
I am sure that the neglect of Sunday
observance as to worship would result
in injury both to the Individual and the
state. The church is in no danger be-
cause of a more honest and broader
Sunday--Rev- DR.. Charles H. Eaton,
Universalist. New York.
TO MAKE HEAVEN ON EARTH.
Extract and exDel all sin from all
hearts and human habitations, and this
earth would be heavenly at once. AS
it is. there but few localities and
lives that at all deserve the description
heavenly" now.-Rev. John Lindsay
Withrow Presbyterian, Boston.
FRAMENTARY LIVES.
Some lives are diligent but unproduc-
tive because they are so fragmentary.
They do not begin and advance; they
begin and go round and round. They
do not anticipate the next thing. The
most important question to decide is:
What to begin at all.-Rev- Alexander
Mckenzie, Cambridge, Mass.
PRAYER
The man who prays really feels him
self better for having prayed. One of
the objections to prayer is to say
Prayer is answered according to the
laws of nature 1t is the law of the
rain to wet US, but we interpose a roof
between us and the rain.-Professor 3.
F. Upham, Drew Theological Seminary
CMethodisD, Madison, N. J.
CARRY YOUR RELIGION WITH YOU.
word of God local; neither is the church
of God local. neither is the day of God
local: neither is Christianity local. Carry
all these things with you to the commu
ing and by your loyalty to Jesus Christ
give them to those with whom you come
into contact.-Rev. DR.. David Gregg
Presbyterian. BROOKLYN.
BE STRONG IN FAITH.
All the Christians who. are in earnest
must show alike by their arguments and
by the whole tenor of their lives that
neither the advance or scientific knowl
edge nor the conclusions of the higher
criticism, nor any notifications of a pure
ly scholastic theology, necessitates the
slightest change in the eternal and fun
damental beliefs of any who accept Christ
their Lord and King and who live in
the conviction of that this age. as the
Holy Ghost."-Rev. Frederick w Farrar,
Anglican church. Canterbury, England.
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