The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-24
end of man.-Rev Dr. Francis L. Patton,
Presbyterian. president Of Princeton UnI-

end of man.-Rev. DR.. Francis L. Patton,
Presbyterian, President Of Princeton Uni
COURAGE OF CONVICTIONS.
That fiimsy, flabby fickleness that bends
with every wind that blows win never
bring about the kingdom wherein alone
dwelleth righteousness If Christians do
viction stand for the sanctity of Christian
Institutions and the duties Of life.-ReV
J {. Horning, Reformed Church, ST.
THE DURATION OF ETERNITY.
ere the oceans my ink wells and the
sky my writing tablet and l were TO write
upon the sky as many figures as there
are stars and compound the multiplica-
ton of them even after these nyriads Of
ages shall have ensued. the first second
of eternity shall not have elapsed, but
the ages shall go on and on forever.-Rev.
= p THE IT, KEYN6TE OF F. F E4Fis
The keynote of the Christian conception
Of faith has been the word Jesus, and
today thinkers Of every name, whatever
their opinion of the person Of Jesus, would
unite in saying there is no other name
under heaven known among men in which
it were better that men should put their
trust as representing the name of God
himself Rev Willard B. Thorp, Congre-
gationalist, Chicago.
HONESTY AND SUCCESS.
Dishonesty is seldom absolutely nee
essary to success. If it is, then fall
But I had to live" said the cuIprit tU
sity." said the man of the law. The
reply is not overcharged with symps =
thy, but it glows with the sacred truth
of the moral law. Let every one say,
that 1 be a true man while I do live"
Rev. David Utter, Unitarian, Den ys-r.
DOUBT AND DEVOTION
Thomas has many followers in his
doubts; how few in his devotion. He
saw through glass daFkly, but he felt
with his heart the heart of Sod and.
doubling, he went in the way OF Christ
Our doubts we cannot control but DUR
1r,v-
loves and follows in life ana ser ice i:
the true disciple and will find The way
of God leading through unkf, ,vn Jan
gers to the Calvary of suffering and
the presence of GOd-Rev. Dr RAIDER
lex Terry, Reformed Church. NV York
THE CELESTIAL HARMONIES.
In Haydn's Great the opening
passage abounds in dissonanees. a Mt
representation of chaos, but they soon
give way to harmonies, choral and sym
ph0nic, that I'LL the soul with dreams of
Unreasonable glory and celestial peace
and as in music so in 1ife-discords will
end in harmOnies and sweet strains fill
earth and sky. Death may seem to ST.
lenee the harp of life yet it is only as a
pause in music that is prepare tory to
richer, sweeter and fuller tones.-FSev
Dr. J. B. Whitford. Methodist, Saginaw,
Mich.
THE REVELATIONS OF CALVARY.
So we stand on Calvary and behold
the love of God in Christ. and we are
filed with gratitude and with shame.
This is penitence. But something else
is needed to make reDentanee The
cross reveals not only divine pity and
compassion, not only the nature OF our
sin, but also shows us ourselves at our
noblest. It sets before US the ideal man,
the man We ought to be. the man We
emulate the fascinating examples, ana
emulate the fascinating examples, and
we set ourselves to follow in his steps.
Rev DR. H. P. Dewey, Congrega alton
alist New York.