The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-03
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
Gems Cleaned From the Teachings Of
all Denominations.

The prosperous soul is a soul thor
oughly eonversant with the things of
God. a mind stored with the riches of
the knowledge of the glory of God -
Rev DR.. Mcleod, Presbyterian, Brook
CHRIST THE SOLUTION.
Christ is the solution of all social diff
fculties and he should be preached as
such. His religion is made up OF two
elements-faith and q rule of moral and
spiritual life.-Rev. DR.. Rabbit, Episco-
palian, Brooklyn
NOT SAVED BY PROXY.
The gist of Gods purpose is that all
men may be saved In order to impress
this upon the world it must be shown
that God loves all. No soul has ever
been saved by proxy. Christ himself
touched the blind eyes.-Rev. NJ 4.
Fixes, Baptist. Baltimore.
PRICEI4ESSNE OF WISDOM
There is no finer attribute to wisdom
than when Job says that it cannot be
got for gold. What Job says OF Wis
dom win in Jewish judgment be applied
to true educatiC for wisdom IS only the
fruit of the best education.-Rab
Lyons, Brooklyn.
CHRISTLIKENESS THE AIM.
There is but one standard. one mari
at which to aim, Christlikeness IT IS
tour one business here below to con-
stantly approxiTnate this STANDARD We
need strong desire, desperate hunger
and thirst after righteousness to reach
it-Rev. DIR. Nudge, Worcester, Mass.
4 THE STANDARD OF NJ EASU REAli-NI
You who bear the Christian mark and
call yourselves members of the Christian
society will be accepted by reason OF
your deeds and your faith. Noa viii
| be neasured-and the measuring line is
accurat e-by what you are--tSeV- lar.
Clampett, Episcopalian, San Francisco
THREEFOLD NECESSITY.
The threefold necessity to a successful
Christian life was a high ideal. the ex-
ercise of a strenuous endeavor and tns
experience of a divine fellowship. Ideal
ling was the salt of progress and KIN
died in US the appreciation OF ''arfee-
ton. All men We're what their idcais
made them--Rev- j. D. Freeman. Bap-
list, Toronto, Canada.
RELIGION AND TOLL
Religion is not something remote from
the toll and trials of human HE. II IS
not too delicate and celestial TO enter
into the battles and struggles of men.
We should be untrue to our principles
and recreant to our trust If we did not
use all our powers of persuasion 10 ere
ate an atmosphere in which these diff
culties which now vex the country shall
he settled and permanently settled with
7 Justice TO all--Rev- r l. Raalens Unl~
tartan. Worcester.
THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.
1.-THE kingdom of heaven, q phrase.
a figure of speech. a picture. a dream,
/ Intangible vague, mysterious. yet it ex-
presses the inspira ton of all the genera
/ tons the dominant force in all history
/ for under some form Of words it has
voiced the faith and aspiration of hui
manity from the beginning. and all the
/ struggles of the ages have been but wit
nesses to its hidden energy. Wherever
men have believed in something purel
holier, more enduring and more satisfy
/ ing than they have yet seen or known
there the influence of the Kingdom OF
/ heaven has been felt-Rev. DR.. V. '
Raymond. President Union College
! Schenectady. N Y
RELIGION CONTAGIOUS.
Religion IS contagious. Therefore walk
as a child Of light Like the fire on the
ground that cree3s from one infian-
mable particle to another or in the
woods from bush to bush and tree to
tree, so the truth spreads from heart to
heart. The mothers piety often affects