The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-05
RELIGIOUS THOUGHTS.
Gems Cleaned From the Teachings Of
All Denominations.

All Denominations.
No man was ever truly great who
was not thoroughly sincere.@Rev. Dr.
c. ". Byrd, Methodist. Atlanta
HOPE Is SUNSHINE.
Good thoughts, high thoughts, bring
George H Hepworth. Congregational
list, New York
THE NEED OF REGENERATION.
Amid the light of the twentieth cen
as he did in the dark ages.-Rev. J. T.
NJ. Johnston Baptist, st. Louis.
MASTER OF HIMSELF.
The manly man is not only strong.
but honest, pure and tender He is not
only master Of circumstances. but mas
ter Of himself.-Rev L A. Crandall,
Baptist, Chicago.
ON COMMON GROUND.
The rich man receives God as does
the poor one, both feeling that he
being in his fathers inage.-ReV. S. l.
Bryant, Methodist, Washington.
UNWORTHY CHRISTIANS
The professed Christian VINO can
quietly sit down and allow TIE forces
of evil to destroy his fellows about him
IS unworthy Of the name of Christian
--Rev. 0. H. Duggins, Methodist, St.
Louis.
THE DIGNITY OF LA9OR.
The humblest toiler may rejoice in
I
who was pleased to be known as the
servant of all-Jesus, the Christ.-BeV.
Il. Atwood Percival, Presbyterian, Chi
cago.
EDUCATING THE CONSCIENCE
The education of conscience is a, sci-
entific task as is the education Of the
Eand- We cannot violate our Obliga-
tionss we cannot disregard the call of
ccnseience.ZRey- M. 3. Pratt. Metho-
dist, Akron, 0.
JUSTICE BEFORE CHARITY.
The best test of stewardship is not
charity, but justice. Better make less
money honestly than so much py crook
ed business methods and then pestoW
millions on charity.-Rev. DR.. Madison
c. Peters, Baptist, New York
SELFISHNESS OF SOCIETY.
The wealthy are often allowed to do
things for which poor man may be
put in prison, and it is the selfshness
of society that allows this condition to
exist-Rev DR.. Frederick Burgess,
Episcopal Bishop of Long Island.
BROTHERS KEEPER, NOT OPP
PRESSOR-
Greatest of all the dangers to modern
city life is intensified individuality.
Every man is his brothers keeper but
this should never be construed that he
I is his oppreSsOr.=Rev. Donald s. Mac
kay, Reformed Church, New York.
GOD USES HUMBLE INSTRUMENTS
When a man is close to God, the
worst person he sees is himself. Da-
/ Vid's cry was, Have mercy on me and
cleanse me from my sins" It is the
humble men and women that God uses.
-ReH H. c. Robinson, Baptist, Pitts
THE PROBLEM OF LIFE
The great problem Of the beating
heart-the heart which, like the ocean,
swe1ls with hope and GIBBS with fear.
the heart that sleeps in peace ana
I surges in storms the problem of its
relation to Godfrey. John T. M john
ston, Baptist st. Louis.
REASONABLENESS OF FAITH
The God idea is reasonable; the in
carnation of Christ. the doctrine of the
/ atonement the F'atherhood of God-aH
are reasonable and especially the re-
! uuirements of the Bible as to acts of
i obedience and Christian faith.-Rev.
DR.. W. J. Russell, Christian, Pittsburg.
| BUSINESS ON CHRISTIAN PRIN-
CIPLES
We hear a. great deal of talk nova
| days about the necessity of running the
/ church on business principles. We need
/ to lay equal stress upon the necessity
4 of running business on Christian prin-
J ciples. We must spiritualize the secu-
! lar, not secularize the spiritual.-Rev.
S. B. Mckenzie, Presbyterian. St Louis.
| THE GOSPEL CHANGES CHARAC-
TER
We share the fate of the things we
love We come to be like the gods we
worship. The gospel goes to the root
of the matter and proposes to change
] character in the only way that it is
1 possible It changes the heart; it
| cleanses the fountain of desire it
/ changes the course of the loves.-Rev.
DR.. Polemus II. Swift, Methodist, Chi
cago.
NO GROUND FOR WORRYING.
There is not nearly as much ground
/ for worrying about religious truth as
| there is for worrying about the timidity
/ of the church and its hesitancy to let
1 science render to religion that corrobora-
| tive testimony which it is competent to
! render and which we expect it viii show
/ more and more as time goes On.-ReV-
/ DR.. Charles H. Parkhurst, Presbyterian.
New York.
HIGHER TYPE OF MAN NEEDED.
Is there need that we restore sOme-
what Of the severity of the Daternal
! order in the administration of public
justice? No crime stands alone, just
! as no act of sin stands alone 1t has
! others back of it. The assassin does
! not grow into the worst of criminals
without the aid of favorable conditions
] to give him nourishment Whatever Is
/ done we must aim to produce a higher
/ type of man in every walk Of life
Rev. Mr.. Tebbetts, Episcopalian, North
| Adams. Mass.
POLITICIANS CAN BE HONEST.
The politician can be as scrupulously
4 honest and God fearing as any other
man. He is a public servant and bene-
/ factor We must have presidents. gov-
/ laws for the nation. state and city.
! These are politicians. They can make
or destroy the nation. It is the duty
l of the church to pray for these men,
We should encourage them in every
| way possible instead of criticising and
| cortdemning them.-Rev- j. Wesley Sui
livan, Baptist, Philadelphia