The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-01
He SAYS GOOD-BY
Rev. Charles II. Sheldon Preach
es Final Summer Sermon.
Leaves For His Vacation Period
at Once.
s'A COURAGEOUS LIFE. y
DlscOnragements Come From
"A COURAGEOUS LIFE. .
DiscOuragements Come From
Absence of God in Life.
Secret Of Happiness and Of
Courage is Told.

Rev. Chas. M. Sheldon, pastor of the
Central Congregational church, deliv-
cred his last sermon Sunday before
his summer vacation, which will last
for one month. Mr.. Sheldon's vacation
may be termed a vacation only in
the sense that he will have a change
He viii go Friday to Cincinnati, whsre
he will attend the international conven-
ton of the Christian Endeavor societies
of the world. He viii make a number
of addresses during the weeks meet
ing and will go from there to Chicago.
where he viii remain and preach in one
of the South Chicago churches for three
Sundays. He will return to Topeka and
viii be heard here the first Sunday in
August.
Rev. Mr.. Sheldon's sermon on Sunday
was on the subject of "A Courageous
Life" He said:
1.-THE sources of discOura cement are
poverty, illness, failure, personal ambi-
ton and the apparent supremacy of
evil in the world. The real cause of dis
couragement and unhappiness is the
absence of God in the human life.
Some of the reasons why one should
"First-This is Gods world. and He
is still present in it.
''Second-The great number of insti-
tutionS now in existence not known in
Pauls time. The world has more good
people in it now than ever before.
There are over % million Sunday school
scholars and teachers in the world.
The Y. NJ. c. A., z. ". c. A. Christian
Endeavor, Foreign Missionary societies,
Sunday schools, hospitals and asylums
and a host of other religious organiza-
lions were not known at all in Christs
time.
"Third-Au public issues today are
judged by moral standards. The great
question asked in England concerning
its war, and its educational measures
now pending. and its proposed temper
ance legislation, is Are they right?'
Observation-Disclosures reason why we
should be courageous is the fact that
man was never worth so much as now.
In spite of the greed and selfishness,
humanity has more attention paid to
it's little children now then ever be-
fore
'Fifth-A great reason for being
courageous and cheerful is that at last
right will triumph over wrong. The
final issue of human history will be the
final triumph of the kingdom of God.
Whatever IS now wrong and uneven
will sometime be Straig ltened out. The
future will compensate for the present
The Christian has no excuse for being
gloomy and hopeless OF all men q be-
lever in Christ has q right to be OPP
tonaistfc. Ella Wheeler Wilcox in a re-
cent magazine article called attention
to the restIessuess of women in Amer
lea. They are unhappy because they
do not have any programme of life
worth having.
1.-THE secret of happiness and of cour-
age in daily life IS the continual pres
ence of God in the life. 1t is not a
matter of wealth, the climate or of so
cia1 position These things are simply
incidents in the life; they are not the
life itself Any man who has the pres
ence of God in his daily life viii be
coura geous and contented man.