The Topeka state journal., 1902-06-21
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
Gems Cleaned From the Teachings of
All Denominations.

The religion of our Lord Jesus Christ
is a personal matter-Rev. DR.. William
]. Holtzclaw, Baptist, Atlanta, Ga.
THE REAL REASON.
The real reason for rejecting Chris
tianity is that men love sin and Will
not abandon it.--Rev. E D. Hull Metho-
dist, Chicago.
UNTITLED FOR THE MASTERS
USE
The man who has enmity in his heart
for his brother in Christ is not sancti-
fed and fit for the Masters use-Rev.
Dr. Holderby, Presbyterian, Atlanta, Ga
SECRET OF BEING GOOD.
You will become good and pure by
be good because your thoughts viii be
pure. = Professor Nesbitt, Unitarian.
Kansas City, Mo.
READING BY THE INNER LIGHT
Not only do we read Gods work by
means of the interior light, but we can
hear the voice of the Lawgiver secretly
preaching to US. - Cardinal Gibbons
! Catholic, Baltimore.
WORKING AND HELPING.
At such a time as this, when posi-
| bilities are great and opportunities
| greater, how tremendous is the loss of
| this life if we do not spend it working
| and helping--Rev- c. ]. Hall, Denver
THE WATCHWORD.
Back to Christ is the watchword of
| the new scholarship. In these words we
have Christ's own conception Of what
/ IS 10 De a CnrlSIldQ--EeN. Ut. Hills
| ongregationalist, Brooklyn.
LOST IN THE RACE.
PurpOsefulness is the secret of attain
| ment. The purp0seless man is lost in
the race, whether the race be for things
material or spiritual.-Rev. John L.
Roemer. Presbyterian, St. Louis
NEED OF INSTRUCTION.
Man is born into this world in state
of ignorance and dependence. He needs
| instruction, he demands help and guild
| ance; hence there must be a teacher
| Rev. NJ. 2. Smith, Roman Catholic, San
Francisco.
THE DISSATISFIED MAN.
It is the man full of dissa tisfaction
and unrest who knows that he has not
already attained nor is already perfect
who becomes the colonizer, the civilizer
and the saint.-Rev. G. Y. Nosburg,
Baptist, Denver.
A RELIGION OF LOVE.
We say that Christianity is religion
of love We appeal to its fundamental
commandment, and we quote love our
enemies" as If that put bar on all
| feelings of natural aversion.-Rev. A.
S Carver, Unitarian, Worcester, Mass.
RETURN LIKE THE PRODIGAL.
Some day-like the prodigal in the
| natchless .parabl so simply stated by
the Great Teacher-some day the hu-
man race Will come to itself and return
to its Fathers house-to Godfrey.
Henry irving Rosmus, Methodist, Chi
cago.
THE ,AIYSTERIES OF LIFE
The inscrutable mysteries of life are
| inscrutable for the reason that we are
so much a part of them that we are
mean. There is no new grief in the
world. There is no new sin in the
world..-Rev. DR.. Thomas Slieer, Uni
tartan, New York.
THE DRAWING POWER.
Christ is not only the drawing power
to draw souls up into heaven, but If
held up in the pulpit will draw men
into the church here on earth The
church that is filed because of the
preached word will be still filed when
others are empty-Rev. L. NJ. thinner
man, Lutheran, Baltimore.
FOUNDATION OF HEROISM.
The root and foundation of true hero
ism is religion. There must be faith
that above US and around US are help
full and cheering influences. that earth
and heaven are within telepathic dis
tance of each other and that what
strength we need will be given US for
the asking if we are to meet sorrow
and misfortune with quiet fortitude.-
Rev. George H. Hepworth, COngrega-
tionalist New York.
NOT A LITTLE THING.
1t may be a little thing to save a
man, but it is everything to the man
you save. 1t may seem a little thing
to move along in a quiet dignified and
virtuous fashion with no anguish. no
sorrow, no heaviness. with a quitclaim
on this world and a creeda1 mortgage
on the next, but it is not a little thing
to the man who is lost for lack OF your
sorrow for him.-Rev. John E. White,
Baptist Atlanta, Ga.
PRESENT WORK OF RELIGION.
1t will be a great forward step in the
progress of humanity when all come to
see that churches and religious services
are not for the saving of their souls, the
getting to heaven after death, but are
for the schooling and inspiring those
souls for the service of man in the life
that now is and for the strengthening
within them of the sense of Cod. the
ever present influence that makes for
peace in the heart and good will toward
man.-Rev. David Utter, Unitarian, Den
Yer.
INSUFFICIENCY OF CREEDS.
Creeds sometimes are aimed at other
creeds- They are often born in doc
trinal SpeculatiOnS and nurtured in sec
tional prejudices. Made by theologians
they require Interpretation by profess
sors of divinity. Niceties of dOctrinal
discrimination are not appreciated by
the average layman. He knows that
sin is here. He sees lust holding high
carnival in all of the departments Of
life He asks for a remedy. Surely
there must be one. God has supplied
every earthly need of the race. The
+ father has certainly provided better
things for the soul A cold theological
deliverance does not satisfy the hunger
of that which is highest and holiest in
man Creeds have not the draWin2
power of the physicians plaster. They
afford little relief from the misery and
wretchedness of a sinful life.-Rev. DR.
) J. w. Crutcher, Christian, St. Louis.
Something new in the way Of strikes
has just been declared at Vienna, where
the engineering students at the Poly
technic Night School have decided not to
attend any more lectures until the gov
. PnldTEfS classroom