The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-28
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
Gems Cleaned from the Teachings OF
Ali Denominations.


Gems Cleaned from the Teachings OF
Ali Denominations.
Gods efforts for mans redemption
are tribute to his worth. The great
ness of man can only be read in the
greatness of Gods love.-Rev. DR..
Bruce Brown, Christian, Chicago.
SMILES OF EVIL.
The smiles and smirks of an evil per-
son are not signs of life, but danger
signals that warn US against falling in
to an open sepulcher-Rev. c. J. Green
wood, Baptist, Westfield, n J.
Christ is the embodiment of truth,
and he has sent forth rays of light
along the pathway of every man. He
is the light and the truth. He taught
that truth in the glory of God revealed
in the life of man and is the love of
God impaired to every soul.-Rev. DR..
George T. Leach, Methodist, Baltimore.
HELPING TO SAVE OTHERS.
We must have zeal and enthusiasm
IL we are to be used of God in saving
souls. Religion is not a lifeboat into
which we climb in order to be saved.
It is rather a life saving station, where
each one who is taken in helps others.
Rev. L. L. Henson, Baptist, Provi-
dence, r. L
LOVE THAT WINS MEN.
Men said of the early church, How
these Christians Lowell" And that won
q passion that does not count the cost,
but that filings itself into the work of
Christ and into the lives of men with
a consuming desire to be light in the
world which will attract men to Christ.
Rev. Charles Stetzle, Presbyterian,
SEEKING REST.
There are many things in this world
which tend to disturb our rest of mind
and heart and soul, but Jesus is equal
to them all, and above all the noise and
confusion of EARTH watch fret and wor-
~ the soul the voice of Jesus, clear
and distinct. can be heard ;5, saying ing;
rest."-Rev. James A Bennett, Bap-
fist, Philadelphia.
SIN AND TEMPTATION.
Sin and temptation are everywhere.
Some one has said that sin is refec-
ton of the capacity of the soul for
something noble and good. we see IN
the awful depths of sin the perfect pic
ture of powers which ally us TO our
Father which is in heaven, but which
have been sold to the service OF Mann
mon and lust. So mans crimes attest
has greatness.-Rev. S. Kirk, Independ-
ent, Des Moines, Ia
LOVING THE WORLD.
We should love the world because il
Is Gods world. The earth is the LORD
and the fullness thereof. the world and
they that dwell therein. And we should
love it and make it daily better,
brighter world because God sets US the
example by loving it himself God sc
loved the world" says the author OF the
Son that whOsoever believeth in him
might not perish. Rev. DR.. W. H Nc
Glauff1n, Universalist, Atlanta, Ga.
SPIRITUAL SALVATION
There is such a thing as spiritual sal
walton; there is such a thing as man
having in this world spiritual posses
Eions, and, being thus possessed, he car
look through the shadow and see the
oo1 ont
vanished hands. see the faces of those
whom he has loved and lost awhile, can
come into close fellowship with God and
being pure in heart can see God--ReV
p. G. Sears, Episcopalian, Meridian
Miss
VOICE OF HOMELY INCIDENTS
Sometimes the commonest incidents
of everyday life have a voice for those
who will hear. Jean Francois Millet is
everywhere ranked among the most ia
nous artists. He taught, however, his
greatest lesson by painting two ordinary
everyday French peasants bending oVea
their hoes in the center of a country
field in an attitude of prayer. "The
Angelus," immortalized by Millet, was
rung from a village church spire- HIS
Vorshippers were those who once HVeC
in a humble poor mans home.-Rev
DR.. Frank De Witt Talmage. Presby-
terrain, Chicago.
CULTIVATE DIVINE ATTRIBUTES
Redemption consists in cultiVat1ng the
divine attributes, so that we can get of
the plane of discord and disease and
enter the spiritual state of conscious
ness. No religion can save man. Piety
is a WhiteWash merely. So long as the
mind is carnal the individual is in OPP
position to spirit. We need the Christ
mind, a thought whose affiIiation is with
God A creedal or dogmatic relation tc
God is of no value. We are free only
through the mind of Christ, for his is
the resurrecting mind, and there is nc
other foundation for the redemption OF
man.-ReV. +. z. Mason, Scientist, New
York.
GODS LOVE UNCHANGING.
The love of God is not only universal
and unselfsh. but it is likewise eternal
1t is we'll known that promises made
without due reflection are rarely evel
realized, and sacrifices that spring from
momentary impulses are ephemeral ii
their nature. But when God manifested
his love to the world through Christ Il
was the result of an eternal purpose, SC
that salvation was no afterthought with
God.~ In the order of thought the atone
Knent of Christ preceded the creation Of
man. Christ was the lamb fOreordaineC
and slain from the foundation of th'
world. God knows the end from the be-
ginning; hence he knew in the creation
OF man every result that was to follow
and before his creation had made pro
vision for his redemption. The depths
of divine mercy existed before thu
depths of human sin So far above al
the fluctuations of time Gods love, un
changed and unchanging, will continue
through ages eternal-Rev. Gilber
Dobbs, Baptist, New Orleans.