The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-08-09
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.


kELlGlOUS THOUGHIs
Gems Cleaned From the Teachings of
All Denominations.
Procrastination is the thief OF SOULS
Rev; y: II. Lee, Methodist. Denver.
OURSELVES RATHER THAN OUR
GIFTS.
The hope and faith of the Christian so
forth clad in the robes of sympathy.
There is no other dress for the gospal vtr-
tues. Without sympathy every grave is
stark and unsightly. With it the plAinest
face is respondent. the harshest voice is
tender and sweet. The world IL dyi ,g for
self abandoning love. 1t needs ourselves
rather than our gifts.-Rev. Joseph VIII
son Cochran, Presbyterian, Philadelphia
CHRIST AND THE GOLDEN RULE.
Many of Christ's sayings were not new
in form, but they were radiant with new
meaning. He could not create a new man.
but he revealed in man q new manhood,
new humanity. He did not claim orig
inality for the Golden Rule. Whatsoever
We would that men should do to you, do
We even SO to them. for this Is the law
and the prophets" But to these words he
gave reality; he coined them anew in the
mint of his life.-Rev. Percy Stickney
Grant, Episcopalian, New York
THE PHILOSOPHY OF GOD.
Gods philosophy of life is very simple.
He made the body out of dust. He
| breathed the soul in from himself. To
know the dust is science. To know God
is religion. To know the dust Is life tenn
| pora1. To know God Is life eternal con-
| fess do not know how Christ is both hui
| man and divine; do not know how the
| two natures blend in one; do not know
| how the two wills are welded together;
cannot fathom the infinite; cannot rise
! to its height What better would my life
| be II I could? But I know Jesus Christ,
for when his Righteousness had settled up
! on my soul his sunlight awakened me to
a new day. new life.-Rev. DIR. Gardner
F. Eidridge. Methodist, New Haven.
THE MODEST ARISTOCRACY.
To belong to the church of the car
| penter Of Nazareth is to be of the no.
blest aristocracy the earth can have.
Life is of far higher meaning than just
making living. We common men
need not be just earning and eating:
walking amid the inspirations that
| came into that life Of common labor
there in Nazareth. That is one thing
| the fellowship of the church of Christ
here in the greatest things God has
| Rev. Pearse Pinch, Congregationalist.
! Chicago.
bolts of omnipotence in apothecary's
balances.-The Late Rev. T. De witt Tai
-FUNDAMENTAL LAW OF BEING.
| Vicarious sacrifice is not only a great
Of Su' T. is
Episcopal. Brooklyn.
| I'LL NEEDS OF' ACI1ON.
! What We need is action. The glory of
take hold and move fRSn anIse A. e.
"Af'' TR RIRs1zf a' FELLOW MEN.
| NO man can find the true God anywhere
who distress their felloWs-Re Rev W. 5.
Downey; , Methodist I'd Philadelph t
To Mi S1ie Mh x 10y Bb hlind assem- +h
mind to an uninteIligible truth but 80" a
most rational and manly intellectual func-
1 oh oa1 Coth holt
THE MISSION OF SORROW.
never Know e joy ss and Unless o one has seem
| the shadow one will never know the light.
Rev s RS Es5o9 or HsRtlss O.
| To give oneself to cause, to be ready
| to sacrifice to that cause self and every
Of greatness.-Rev. DR.. Alsop. Episcopal.
| THE FUNCTION OF RELIGION
more beautiful. more fun Of satjsfaction
| Unitarian, Philadelphia
| FOUNDED IN REASON.
tan faith is reasonable. Not all can be
| discovered by reason, but when once dis
| covered they are compatible.-Rev. s. c.
cHR 1TssrYq LIFE S MoT AusrERE.
Christian life is not narrow and austere,
holding the threat of hell over our harm
l
| which is wrong doubtful.-Rev. Pearse
Pinch, Congregatfonalist, Chicago.
A DISHONOR TO THE CHURCH.
Some in the church. by their unholy
use them. The Christian is one who is
| the Master-Rev. Dr. H0derby, Presby-
'er'a Aim A 81 CHiRi ssr1AN EFFORTS.
No man can win worthy prize without
a tremendous effort. The prize is the
of n ~ the ai Of a Sr 50
felicity It s'e Of heaven is our privilese.-Rev.
G. 3 sp H9seTHFEaa HaPsast TIE Rfnv SiNp
When the mind is spiritualized, the
we shall all become partakers Of the di-
vine nature. discovering that IN the king
| is man made perfect--Rev. F. E. Mason,
spip5tPsqEaRliAstTi 1 6s9o oF DIVINE GRACE
The operation of divine grace is excep-
| laws of nature, Of health and of God. But
by the mystery of the cross even the con-
frseRev Is b Srs Wilson ano M ban
'u'z The MISSION OF SUFFERING
Suffering comes to unveil character, to
disclose the real motives and purpose of
ones inner self, 1t brings about a dem
Conditions most adverse and distressing
| as seen in the indestructible integrity of
those who trust him.-Rev. DR.. Landrum,
| Baptist, Atlanta. Ga.
| THE WIDER GOAL.
He alone lives wisely. with ever WIDEN
| ing hope and courage and strength, who
sees beyond the moment to the wider
goal toward which he moves and in the
| a wider and nobler meaning. That ma
| ton alone is great whose policy is born
of wide and noble dreams-Rev. W. H.
| Pulsford, Episcopalian, Chicago.
BREAKING A FRIENDLY STONE.
/ An old custom was for friends to write
their names on stones and break them.
| each taking a part that would match the
other and always vouch the identity, OF
| him who presented it. Who now offers
| to break a friendly stone with US? 1t
is the Christ himself That will be the
| happiest day in heaven when we can
| match tho white stone Jesus gives US and