The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-04

or care how God created man, but 1 do
know that God created him and that
therefore he was not brute, but man, the
prince and crown of creation made in
the image of God in mind and moral
nature and in sovereign power.-Rev.
DR.. Camden NJ. Coburn, Methodist, Chi
cago.
THE BROTHERHOOD OF CHRIST
This is Gods country. This is the
country where all the world looks for
peace and solace and happiness. The
other great nations of the world, with
their millions of men in standing
armies, maintained for the purpose of
preserving peace, stand ready to fly
each at the throat of the other. Men
from all these nations come here. They
are surprised to find that the men from
other countries are good men and true.
They are surprised that they are not
enemies. Then comes the feeling that
they can work together better than
apart, and finally in few years they
come to realize that they have but one
hope and ambition and that they really
grand old standard of this country.
That is the feeling of brotherhood which
combats and conquers self interest. We
all acknowledge God as the Father of
1t establishes the brotherhood of man,
and through it we find the spirit of the
sacred heart of Jesus.-Archbishop John
]. keane. Catholic, Dubuque, Ia.
FEEDING ON CHRIST.
We must feed on Christ as the tree
feeds on the sunshine and the air We
must drink of Christ as the tree drinks
of the moisture of the soil. We must
life. Christ is our life, our environment.
Rev. Dr. D. H. Overton, Presbyterian,
Brooklyn.
WORK OF THE CHURCH
The business of the church is to help
build the kingdom of God in this world,
and in this high task it is having some
success. Countless lives have been
purified and exalted. Whole tribes have
been lifted from savagery to Christian
civilization.-Rev. l.. A. CrandaII, Bap-
fist. Chicago.
THE REVIVAL MOST NEEDED.
No revival is greater needed now than
the revival that will bring righteous
ness to men and make them fear God.
There are many who may not be con-
cerned about the guilt of the past be-
cause they have forgotten it, but for
getfulness is not forgiveness.-C. H
Yatman, Evangelist. New York.
THE HIGHEST IDEAL
Jesus Christ is the highest ideal of
Christian perfection. He is the way
and the truth and the life" He came
to teach us by word and by example.
If there is any one virtue that the
Saviour inculcates more forciblv than
another, it is this-that our hearts and
will should be in harmony with Gods
will-Cardinal Gibbons. Catholic, Bal
timore.
THE BROTHERHOOD OF MAN
1T seems to me that religion in a ma
ton is for the coHsecration of charac-
ter. We have been confronted with
questions involving the nation and the
workingman. / won't say anything as
to my own private opinions on such
matters but to promote Christianity we
must recognize the brotherhood of man.
Bishop Henry c. Potter, Episcopalian,
New York
THE ONLY WAY
There is but one way for US TO come
under the power of Christ, with all that
means for our ennoblement. the realiza-
ton of our hottest aspirations. and that
is to come under the power of the cross.
To believe that for the love of us Christ
died is to come under the constraints
of love.-Rev- DR.. Raymond. President
Union College, Schenectady. N. Y.
KINSHIP OF GOD AND MAN.
God and man always were kin, but
never till God displayed himself in
Jesus. showing what he really was in
his deepest eternal nature. never till
then did man believe it, and too many
fail to do that now. Like Ezekiel they
are afraid to accept the happy fact tAat
God is as good rs Jesus and always has
been and always will be.-Rev. Dr.
Camden M. Coburn, Methodist. Chi
cago-
REAPING THE HARVEST.
The harvest gathered is ever larger
than the seed sown. He who sows spar
irgly reaps sparingly: he who sows
bountifully reaps bountifully For ex-
ample, man sows the love of money.
What does he rean-dollarS and cents?
Probably. But one thing he does reap
an intensifying love of money As the
growth is ever larger than the germ, he
grows fonder. and fonder of money. It
is not to be wondered at If he grows
covetous, becomes more and more grasp
ing, grinding. No need we wonder II