The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-12
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
Gems Cleaned from the Teachings of
All Denominations

Gods wing often protects his chill
dre1 best when they themselves are en-
veloped by total darkness--Rev- DR.
Frank De Witt Talmage. Presbyterian.
Chicago
NEAREST TO GOD.
Religion is personal before being So
cial. and social because personal. Every
man is nearer to God than to those
around him.-Rev. John Campbell.
Baptist. London.
COURAGE OF CONVICTION.
Never be ashamed Of being Cath
Ole Boldly declare your belief in
selves to be greater heroes than many
the world has Observation-Disclosures
Farley. Catholic. New York
FAITH IN GOD.
Every man must believe in some par
tfeular kind of Christianity He must
believe in religion. which reduced to its
lowest terms is faith in God For a
man not to do so is suicide.-Rev. G.
H Gordon, Congregationalist, Boston
THE INDWELLING SPIRIT.
What We all require is the Spirit of
God Without him the soul is Ike an
old house with doors shut and blinds
down But when the Spirit enters. the
windows and doors are opened and the
sunshine comes in and brings with -
the vast universe and the visions Of
eternities--Rev- Dr.. George c Lorimer,
Baptist New York
THE ETERNAL LIFE
To those who believe in God and in
somewhat beyond death. life means
more than physical existence or even
the continuance Of personality. Eter-
nal life. according to the preaching Of
Christ. is something more than con-
tinued bieng- The man who knows
viii, lives righteously. lives unseIish-
ly-that man lives indeed.-Rev- L A
Crandall. Baptist, Chicago
HIGHER CONCEPTION OF GOD.
knowledge has given US a new uni
verse knowledge has also given US a
new conception of God. He is no
longer sitting on a throne He IS not
what Carlyle called the absentee God. .
He IS the presence that disturbs US
He Is in the sunset in the air. in the
minds of men God is 50 near us today
that we can use Tennyson's Speak to
Hin. ihou,s' This new and grandsl
Goo has been given TO Us as result Of
modern kEowledge-Rev. DIT. Minot ].
Savage. Unitarian. New York.
GAINS AND LOSSES
God burns as mere rubbish the riches
OF earth that he may save souls-the
treasures of heaven Gains are decep-
tive and may prove losses and curses
T. c Carlton. Baptist. St Louis.
THE VESTIBULE OF ETERNITY
Nan is destined to live forever This
fact is confirmed by the highest reason
It as in harmony with a spiritual inter
probation OF nature and il is in sym
pathy with the inoisputabIe facts of
mans manifold being Though existing
in the present his real life is in the fu-
ture There are faculties and aspira-
lions in the human soul which find no
adequate scope and fulfllment in this
world. They are therefore prophecies of
future Life This world with its cur
tanning OF light. its embroideries Of the
heavens and its carpetings Of verdure. >
is q solemn ves1ibule to eternity.-Rev-
NJ J. Russell. Christian. Pirtsburg-
GODS SUPREME GIFT TO NAN
The love Of God is the light and life
of all spiritual existence Just as there
can be no life in the natural world
without the light and heat of the sun.
50 there can be no spiritual life without
the light and heat of divine love The
manifestation Of this love through the
mediation of Jesus Christ is the great