The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-01
RELIGIOUS THOUGHTS.
Gems Cleaned From the Teachings of
All Denominations.

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Falsehood does not help the cause of
truth.-Rev. R. ]. Kent, Congregation
alist, Brooklyn.
SOCIAL TIPPING.
Social tipping is the widest gateway
to drunkenness Herbert e. F,oss,
Methodist, Philadelphia.
RELIGION IN POLITICS.
A man is answerable to God for his
political as well as his private life
Cardinal Gibbons. Roman Catholic, Bal
timore.
CHARACTER
Character is life. When we speak of
character, we feel the pulse of religion,
and we sound the depths of Christian
ity.-Rev. J. C. Mitchell. Episcopal, Ho-
boken. N. ].
WORLDLY SUCCESS NOT ALL
1t is no mean achievement to attain
prominence in the world of commerce,
but a mans life consists of more than
''the things which he possesseth. DIR.
W. B. Slutz. Methodist. Boston.
THE TWO ROADS.
The narrow way is not an easy way.
1t is pressed, contracted. straitened,
difficult. The other way, the broad way,
is the easy popular way.-Rev. H E.
Tralle, Baptist. Louisville.
RICHES CANNOT BUY HEAVEN
Millions and billions are terms I'M
known and meaningless in the king
dom of God. Rich men cannot pur-
DR.. w. S. Hanks. Methodist, Allie
gheny, Pa
EVILS OF THE sPoILs SYSTEM.
The pernicious regnancy of the maxim
ITO the victor belong the spoils' is
largely responsible for the corruption
of the public mind in the standard of
official integrity.-Dr Henry McCook
Presbyterian, Philadelphia
THE wORLDLING'S EGOTISM.
The wording thinks far better of him
self than he deserves. There is far too
much of the feeling abroad that he is
good as his friend who is a Christian.
Rev. Frank G. TyrreI, Mount Ca
banne Church, st. Louis.
THE TELESCOPE OF GODS WORD.
The man who never puts the tele-
scope of Gods word to the eye of his
soul. to refresh his faith with visions
of the Fathers house, will soon be blind
ed by the god of this world.-Rev. G..
n. Luccock, Presbyterian, Washington.
THE GREAT QUERY.
When you and 1 come to stand in
will be not who We're your" What
did you possess?" but Did you, do the
will of God and keep his command
ments Prev. S. B. Moore, ChiStian
Church, Atlanta
CHRIsT's EXAMPLE.
So long as the story of Christ's life
is told on earth there will be hundreds
of men and women who will rise and
IL
too; if he overcame. can overcome" =
Rev. W. H. P. Faunce, President Brown
University, Providence. r. I.
THE IMMORTALITY OF VIRTUE.
The present is the heir and vassal of
the past. Thinkers may die, thoughts
never. The virtuouS may die, their vir-
tues never. Some men are immortal
even in this world. Only the dead wear
crowns; only the dead WELD scepters
over us.-Rabbi Leon Harrison. He
brew, st. Louis.
THE IDEAL CITY.
In the ideal city there will be no
large houses standing empty while the
poor are crowded together in unhealthy
tenements. There will be room in the
schools for every boy and girl, and
for rich and poor.-Rev. Percy Grant,
Episcopal, New York.
REGENERATION OF CHINA.
A great cause of unrest in China is
the desire for better things. Young men
in China are so anxious to adopt Amer
lean customs and learn the English
language that we scarcely can get them
to study their own Chinese literature
in our schools,-Right Rev F. r.
Graves, Episcopal Bishop of Shanghai.
FRESH VISION OF CHRIST
NEEDED.
The church of Christ needs today a
fresh vision of the courageous Naza-
rene it needs fresh baptism of spirit
ual courage and cOnstancy, 1t needs the
face that can set itself against sin. and
it needs the face that can steel itself
against the evil forces of a sin stained
werld.-Rev- E. George Sankey's, Pres
byterian, st. Louis.
GOLDEN RULE
The Golden Rule is the law and the
gospel of life, and the one who practices
the Golden Rule needs church, no
pastor, for he has found God within
himself When the Golden Rule is prac
ticed, the kingdom of heaven will come
on earth, and Christ will be incarnated