The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-25
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
Gems Cleaned from the Teachings OF
All Denominations.

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Gems Cleaned from the Teachings of
All Denominations.
The history of centuries reveals the
fact that the greater the civilization the
more honorable labor becomes-Rev. r.
H Hood. Presbyterian, Pittsburg.
THE GOLDEN RULE
There are men today who are giving
their millions to endow colleges and
libraries whose wealth has been obtain
Rule and the principles taught by
Christ.-Rev. J. M. Buckley, Methodist,
THE CHURCH FIRST.
We are the citizens of a mighty de-
mocracy upon this vast continent. Our
loyalty receives its inspiration from the
teachings of our holy faith: but, above
ALL we are the followers of Christ and
the obedient children Of our pontiff.-
Rev p F. O'Hare, Catholic. Green
DOING CHRIsT's BIDDING.
No man can do with ease the biddings
of Christ But the order is, do them.
well done" spells sacrifice. 1t is a
mark of excellence to get that COM
mendation, but the price paid for it is
understood to imply cross, tomb,
resurrection.-ReV. William Ross, Pres
byterian. Mortified. Mass.
GOOD AND BAD ANGELS.
1--WE are too ready to label men liars
and sinners" says Tennyson. There is
not just as hard to find the good angel
in some who make loud professions as
it Is to find him in some who make no
profession ?-Rev. John Thompson,
THE GIFT OF LOVE.
The gift of love is offered to us on
the easiest possible terms. Jesus Christ
is the channel through which this gift
ton. Belief is more than intellectual
assent The word carries the thought
of trust, reliance, dependence. 1t is
the belief that God is able and willing
to do all he offers and the trusting him
to do it.-Rev w. n. Rankin, Presby-
THE LAW OF NATURE.
The law of nature is that there can
/ be no growth where there is no nour-
! ishment, and where conditions of
health are essential there will be growth
according to nourishment. 1t is so with
4 plants, animals and man. everywhere
| and in all time Man must also receive
sustenance for his soul. If he be dead
spiritually he must be divinely quicken
] ed before he can grow and become
Christlike-Rev. George Adams, Meth
odist, Brooklyn.
You determine within you that your
life will be lived high, holy and noble
AS a business man, you purpose TO De
| honest, true and incOrruptible. On this
| high plane you go through the world.
That life no man can take from you.
Men may lie about you, they may SLAM
der you and prosecute you, but they
cannot take the Christlike traits from
you that are yours as long as you
choose to maintain them.-Rev. DR..
George Schoal. Church of the Reforma-
ton, Baltimore
WORK AND WIN.
/ Do not people somehow but really feel
that to support the church, to be chafl-
table and generous, to observe the for
NAL acquisitions of religion, is enough.
that they thereby purchase the goal of
spiritual attainment? And how incon-
gruous it is for the people to feel SO
who know so well that they get nothing
| in any other department of life without
working for it, Work and win is the
true law of both the temporal and the
spiritual life.-Rev. JA E. Clark, Pres
byterian, Detroit.
There are no more potent words IN
the Bible than those Of my text "The
truth shall make you free" But now
is it to do so? BY making known the
law of life The world has been very,
very slow to learning that there is no
freedom save in law. Those VINO 40
not know the trI~h seek freedom IN
/ disorder It is in God that we live ana
move and have our being, ana the truth
means to know how to use the powers
of his life in our lives to their pertec-
tion.-Rev. Wilson M. Backus, Unltar-
ian. Chicago
| CHRISTIANITY MORE THAN PtSOf fAS-
SIO1l.
1t is not enough to assert that we naVe
the spirit of Christ. That is cheap ano
| useless If we have in US the mind thal
was in Christ we can not hide 1T II we
| would. The temper of Jesus revealed u
self through absolute obedience, peTtec'
unselfshness, universal and constant love
The man who refuses to obey God Wne
| ignores the happiness and welfare OF ON,
eTs who fails to enthrone love in MS
heart. may bear the name of Christian
but he has no right to it-ReV. L. a
Crandall Baptist, Chicago.
KNOWLEDGE AND CHRISTIANITY
: Man without knowledge would look upoI
, light as a mystery, death as horrol
and in his despair would be driven to an
imal indulgence as an anodyne TO sun lil'
Z ever present torture of aspirations o.
which he knew not the meaning, deslre:
he was powerless to gratify, ana thu!
would he pass from eternity over the mar
row isthmus of time without knowing O.
understanding the subimity OF his desJln!
: or the attributes of his Creator until !
would be all too late. But project thu
fashlight of knowledge in his soul, ant
, what a transformation do we NOT pehoid
The darkness that enveloped hlm 4
] cleared away; he beholds broader morn
IONS than he ever dreamed OF; history oe
posts her treasures at his feet; the nat
ural sciences disclose the nlarvels OF crea
+ ton and the harmony OF natures laws
: nhiIosOphy gives him the assurance of
soul that is immortal, and he realizes him
s self to be the lord of the visible world
for whose use and benefits all things Wer
made.-Rev. D. P. 1awton, Catholic New
2 Orleans.