The Topeka state journal., 1903-03-14
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
Gems Cleaned from the Teachings of
All Denominations.


The true Christian can live for God
and grow in spiritual beauty in any
place where duty calls him.-Rev. DR..
Swift, Methodist, Chicago.
THE SOLDIER OF CHRIST.
The soldier of Christ stands pre-emi-
nently for the law of God and its en-
forcement-Rev. W. c. Richardson,
Episcopalian, Philadelphia.
NO SHAM OR HYPOCRISY.
There must be no sham about a Chris
tian. Christ was a good hater of sham
and hypocrisy. Those who have Christ
in their hearts are sincere.-ReV. DR..
Barnes, Baptist, Pittsburg.
HEAVENS S NATURAL EVANGELIST.
Woman IS heavens natural evangelist.
So shall she undo the work OF the first
woman As by her came the fall, so by
her shall come recovery Rev. Dr..
Studebaker, Lutheran, Brooklyn.
RECKONING WITH GOD.
That mans name is faithlessness who
does not include God in his reckoning
and who does not believe that God in
clUdes him in his reckoning Or.
D. E. Lorenz, Presbyterian, New York.
UNLIMITED OPPORTUNITIES.
Unlimited opportunities are for the
citizens Of heaven It is the language
OF encouragement Which all men need.
The religious and irreligious are con-
scious of earthly deceits-Rev. George
Adams, Methodist, Brooklyn.
THE BLESSED FUTURE
Present trials may be severe and un-
pleasant but there is an afterward-
there is a blessed and glorious after
ward in all of Gods dealings with his
children. AfteFWa<d they will yield the
peaceabIe fruits of righteousness
A. B. Coats, Baptist. Akron. o.
MORE POSITIVE RELIGION RE-
QUIRED.
plead with you for a more positive
religion, for that which was from the
beginning, which we have heard. which
our eyes have seen, which we have
looked upon and our hands have han
died of the word of life. Where all is
manifestation, how can the manifesting
God be the unknowa BILE Rev. DR. John
White Chadwick. Unitarian, Brooklyn.
INSPIRATION OF THE HOLY
GHOST.
We need men so inspired by the Holy
Ghost that they are willing to listen as
that secret of good government is
spoken by the Carpenters Son. There
are signs that PentecOst has fully come
The spirit of Christ unhurt on that Cal
vary of greed upon which he has been
so often crucified has left a spirit of
truth.-Rev. DR.. -Gunsaulus, Congrega-
tiOnalist Chicago.
THE WAY TO WIN MEN
Show me a. man who is fun of the
Holy Spirit. and I will show you a man
who will win men to God. Let a man
know that you truly love him. and he
VIII listen to your pleadings with him
to accept Christ Spurgeon. Moody and
Phillips Brooks were full of the Holy
Spirit and intense love of men, and they
led them to the Saviour and into their
! churches.@ReV. DR.. Charles Wood,
Presbyterian. Philadelphia
MAN MORE THAN ANIMAL
| If we were only animal we would en-
1 joy animal happiness. We are animals
! still to large degree, but we are slowly
unfolding from the brute into the man
4 and as more and more of the truly hu-
man viii be evolved so surely viii we
come to the conclusion Ecclesia stes
reached when he said that the sum
mary of all is, Revere God and keep
4 his commandments -''-Ra bbi J. Leonard
Levy. Hebrew. Pittsburg.
ICHRISTS DISTINGUISHED BLESS
ING.
The distinguished blessing which
I Christ bestows upon man is to reconcile
him to God. In Christ God is recon-
ciled to the sinner Since Christ's death
there is no need to persuade God. He
is love: the sinner is enmity. He is
light; the sinner is darkness. He is
afar off. Christ's object is to destroy
the sinners enmity and bring him
4 back from darkness into light. And re
conciliatiOn is the resuIt.-ReV. J. E.
NJ. Johnson. Baptist. St Louis.
THE SPIRIT OF HELPFULNESS
The spirit of helpfulness is the simple
basis on which Christianity is founded.
The mystery is revealed in the three
words which tell the story of Christ s
life: He helped people. In whatever
way he could he aided them. He healed
them. he gave them food and raiment
he sympathized with them he led them
into better ways Of living, The story
of his life IS devoted to the help he
gave his fellow men. Help is the mes
sage of Christianity. The central thing
the vital thing that makes Christianity
different from all other religions, is its
helpfulness. God is the helper of man.
Rev. DR.. Lyman Abbott, Congrega-
tionslist, New York.