The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-03
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
Gems Cleaned from the Teachings of
ALI Denominations.

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/ Sin is a great crime when it becomes
a matricide, parricide. a fratricide, a
regicide, but infinitely more horrible
when makes the Son of God its vic
tim.-Rev. DR.. Amos Johnson. Episco-
palian, Philadelphia.
WARNING AGAINST INTEMPER-
ANCE.
Since the worst scandals owe their
origin to excess in drink, we exhort
pastors. and we jmplore them for the
love of Jesus Christ to devote all their
energies to the extirpation of the vice
of intemperance.-Archb Keane,
Catholic. Dubuque, Iowa.
SOULS TO BE SAVED.
God is all wise and all loving, and
he has provided that all souls which
ever have existed or will exist may be
course-the course provided by him
the living Of a proper life either on
this earth or in an existence hereafter
Rev. H. l. Garfield, Universalist,
Belleville. Ohio.
REPENTANCE AND FAITH.
Repentance toward God and faith
toward the Lord Jesus Christ are the
substance of the gospel preaching. Any
or who understands these two great
gospel duties understands them spir-
understands the whole gospel-Prof.
James. Orr, Free Church College. Glas-
gov. Scotland
JUDGING TOO NARROWLY
We often judge churches too narrow
lyt The Baptists stand for religious
dists for the highest standards in
scholarship as well as evangelism. the
/ Unitarians have helped US to better
views of humanity and the Universal
JohA Thompson, Methodist. Chicago.
IN LINE WITH GOD
God says that his house shall be called
house of prayer. Gods laws must be
obeyed. Christian people must get III
line with Gods plans, and by the power
that comes in answer to prayer anu
through the house of prayer Christian
fty will sweep over the world, bringing
happiness and peace and salvation
Rev Frank f. Jenkins. Congregational
iist. Atlanta. Ga
WROUGHT MORE THAN TAUGHT.
One of the great characteristics of the
teaching of Christ was that in the first
year of his ministry he wrought more
| than he taught. He went about doing
gooe~" Other characteristics of the
preaching of Jesus. the Incompatible
teacher. were that he left behind no coll
lected body of his teachings. He taught
infallible truth He never argueG, was
never passionate. taught only essentials
an taught in such way that men for
got the teacher in the message which
he presented to them.-Bishop c, b
Galloway, Methodist. New Orleans.
ONENESS OF CHRISTIAN LIFE
Unity has been the dream of the ageN
There have been dreams of political
unity. like those of Alexander and Ma
poleon. but they are now numbered
among the vagaries of the past There
are three ideas frequently confounded
with one another The first of these is
unity, which is spirit and life; the sec
ond is unanimity. which is oneness of
thinking; the third is uniformity. which
is oneness of method. The effort by
uniformity and unanimity to produce
unity has been a failure You cannot
secure unity of ritual nor policy nor
opinion, but oneness of life does in time
produce a sufficient agreement in think
ing and proeedure.-Rev. John Hall,
Methodist Chicago.
CHRIST AS AN ADVOCATE
An advocate pleads that he may get
a verdict for his. client. Christ said Il
will send you some one who will plead
your cause for you" All, one says
beautiful; but why could not Jesus
stay? Why should or why need he go?
Think if we had him here in this
church. Think of the thousands that
would pack the church to see i'm. You
would want to talk with him and tell
him Of your temptations. And Christ
in human limitations, could deal only
with sin in the confines of human Iini-
tations. But today / can talk to him
in the spirit while you can talk to him
in the spirit, which we could not do to
a Christ in human limitations. There
fore how better it was that Christ
should go.-Rev. DR.. G. Campbell Nor
gan, Presbyterian, New York.