The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-06
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
Gems Cleaned from the Teachings of
All Denominations.

Gems Cleaned from the Teachings of
All Denominations.
The life that is Joined to God by faitA
is uncOnuuerable and shines out IN re-
splendent beauty.-Rev. J. L. White.
Baptist. Macon, Ga.
LIFE MORE. THAN WORDS
mans life counts for more than his
words. 1t IS what he is, not what he
says.-Rev. Frank Crane, Congrega-
tiOnalist Worcester Mass.
WEIGHTS THAT IMPEDE PROG
RESS
The reason spiritual truth seems hid
den to so many is thai they seek to
climb its heights while weighed down
with unbehel, prejudice intellectual
pride and wrong motives-ZReV- j. Per
cy Stuart. Baptist. ST. Louis.
REACH AFTER LOFTY IDEALS.
My brothers, if we reach up for lofty
ideals those ideals will lift US up II
we only see and talk a bout the depravi-
ties in our brothers nature, those evil
deeds will drag us dcwn--ReV- Dr
Frank De Witt Talmage. Chicago.
GODS INVITATION
The invitation OF God TO his people 70
live the life OF the spirit comes IN va
ried language. 1t is writtenl in the sea
and in the stars and in the soul. It per
Vades the Bible with Increasing en-
phasis and ever widening reach.-Rev.
w I'll. McGlauflin, Universalist, At
lanta. Ga
INFLUENCES ALL MANKIND.
The Christ Influences all men. He il
not d character Of one country as Mo
hammed, or of one class, as Socrates. or
of one age. as John the Baptist. He is
a power for all ages. His influence is
co-extensive with humanity and CO
eval with eternity. His power is ire
sistibie.-Rev. J. S. Tilley, Methodist.
] St Louis.
RELIGION. AND PROGRESS
Be progressive in all secular affairs
! Be progressive in the secular phases Of
I TA1iUi0JG affairs remember thar
Gods complete and final revelation is
not to be reckoned with the automobile
and wireless biography and the sky
scraper with all the modern convent
ences.-Rev. Daniel Russell. Presbyte-
rian, New York.
NOT MEANT FOR ORNAMENT.
Truth is powerless unless it gets into
the heart Every surrender of a prin
ciple or virtue lessons the love and de-
sire for that principle or virtue. Truth
was never meant for an ornament. It
was given to be lived. If you Will not
do the truth you hear on Sunday il
Will say goodbye to you before the
coming Saturday night.-Rev. DR.. Pole
mus H Swift. Methodist. Chicago.
THE REAL NEED OF MANKIND.
The want, the real want of man IS
not riches, but Righteousness; not place
but purity. This does not come by
schemes and devices of men. Politics
late into the world the kingdom Of
heaven. The deep need of the soul is
met and answered only in the life-tbc
life eternal, the life abundant found il.
the source to which the Master calls.
Rev. A. A. Ross, UniVersalist, Atlanta,
Ca
COST OF FOLLOWING CHRIST.
Many a man rejects Christ because Of
the cost of following him. 1t does cost .
costs in moral struggle and often in
dollars and cents A man must row
and not drift if he would be real
Christian But nothing that is worth
discipline is gained without toll, no
moral growth save through conflict. It
costs, but it pays-pays in increased
power for helDfulness and in the joy
which comes to those who conquer
Rev. L. A. Crandall. Baptist, Chicago.
CHRISTIANITY VS.. PAGANISM.
All pagan religions are not entirely
humbugS; they are not the result of
| Oppress the people, but they are the
aspirations of men after God. But the
Christian religion is the only one that
pretendS to help men recover from the
effect of sin. and it is this spirit of
helpfulness that distinguishes and uni
fes Christianity Though we differ
from one another. at the bottom of all
sects is faith in God IS helnful God
Rev DR. Lyman Abbott Congrega-
tiOnalist. New York.
EACH FOR ALL
The leaf on the elm draws up from the
! damp soil, perhaps a hundred feet away
the moisture it needs. It draws IN the
material for its growth and also it
sends down to the tree what the tree
needs. and SO we see the tree in its beau
ty of thousands and thousands of leaves,
and VIC enjoy its shelter. The leaf does
its duty by the tree; the tree does its
! duty by the leaf. Now, each one oe US
in this world has such a duty to do to
the world and in return the world for
which he has been living does its duty
by him. Each for all and all for each''
this is the glad tidings of the gospel
This IS the center of the gospel 'sF4e
who is greatest among you shall be
/ your servant ''-Rev. DR.. Edward Ever
ett Hale, Unitarian, Boston,
SOUNDNESS OF HEART
II his dealings with his disciples
/ Christ appeared to be chiefly anxious
that they should have that soundness of
heart and of life out Of which alone can
it be hoped that sOundness Of opinion
| will grow With some persons the Trim
ity is a disguised and refined form of
! polytheism. Yet there is in it nothing
that should blur or confuse the final
oneness of God The very attempt to
be trinitarian can drive a man into
agnosticism. A little child does not try
to analyze its mother, and It is not
necessary for US to analyze God but
one cannot be worrying over theology
and loving God at the same time More
important than any opinion you may
have about Christ is the influence YOU
allow him to have over you. The man
has not yet come who can make Christ
entirely Ineligible TO us. We are told
no man knoweth the Son but the
FatheI-=Rev. DIR. Parkhurst Presby-