The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-11
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
Gems Cleaned from the Teachings of
All Denominations.

All Denominations.
| Self indulgence and indifference to hui
man wrongs lead to disbelief in God
| goodness and cause belief in eternal JUS
tice to fade away. Deliberate sin means
moral aCrophy 1t means the whitening
of the root that goes down into the soil
OF eternal truth.-Rev. J. p. Forbes, I'm
| itarian, Brooklyn.
HEROISM IN DAILY LIFE.
1t is comparatively easy to charge up
the hill amid the roar of battle when
/ you know that the eyes of the world
are upon you, but to discharge duty in
the commonplace walks of life, where
no one sees and no applause is the re-
ward, is ofttimes the most difficult of
tasks.-Rev- DR.. Irving Rasmus, Meth
odist, Chicago
CONTRASTS OF CHARACTER.
The character which is made up of
the GOODNESS of the stone and the heat
of the fire, representing the solidity OF
the stone and the reStleSsness of the
fire. suffused with principle and shot
through with passion, controlled and
obedient, is the character upon which
depends the destiny of the nations
Rev. Frank w. Gunsaulus, Chicago.
NO PATIENCE WITH HYPOCRISY.
To succeed in helping to make hui
manity better we must ourselves be
right in heart. A clean heart is a prime
requisite for every one who wishes to
+ do good. Men will bear with our mis-
takes and our ignorance, but they have
no patience with hypocrisy There Is
nothing more disgusting than pious
cant.-Rev. l. A. Crandall. Baptist.
Chicago.
GODS ESTIMATE
The gospel of Jesus Christ expresses
Gods estimate of what man can be-
come in his spirit, in his disposition
in his character, in his relations with
men. in his attitude to problems, in his
putting distance between God and hui
mainly. God is always eliminating
that distance IN the Christ who unites
the divine and human.-Rev. ]. A.
Rondthaler, Presbyterian, Indianapo-
lis.
THE DIVINE LOVE.
There is one supreme passion IN
folding the race. 1t is the passion or
divine love. There is one supreme law
dominat ting the world. 1t is the law of
love. In these the soul is being built
This is life. AS out of our humanity
there have already come arts, sciences,
laws and letters and civilizations, so
out of US at last. by the pouring into
us OF the spirit of love, is to come the
kingdom of heaven.-Rev. DR.. West,
Congregationalist, Winona, Mass.
THE PARENT OF PROFANITY.
What were once EXPLANATIONS and
slang words develop into the prOfane
words that are SO plentifully heard on
every hand. Parents should instill into
their children the right use of the
English language, for the nursery Is
often the birthplace of slang and the
cradle of profanity. God hurts his de-
nunciation al slang as much as at pro-
fanity.-Rev. DR.. Frank De Witt Tai
mage, Presbyterian. Chicago
NOT ARBITRARY ENGAGEMENTS.
The commandments are not arbitrary
enactments laid upon shoulders of an
unwilling people; they are indications
of Gods viii most welcome to those who
can say from the heart Il delight to
DO thy will."-Rev. r. Haddow, Presby-
terrain, Toronto.
BLESSEDNESS OF WORK.
Work is one of the most blessed things
in human life-the joy of it to feel that
you are maker, creator, that you
have some power to take the raw ma
terials of the universe and work them
over into forms of use and beauty
Rev. DR.. Minot J. Savage, Unitarian,
New York.
RECONCILIATION
Gods forgiveness of the sinner leads
to reconciliation. Harmony between God
and man comes instead of discord. and
variance no longer exists All that sep
arated man and God passes way.There
is nothing more beautiful and satisfying
in the world than reconciliation--Rev
Dr. Wylie, Presbyterian, New York. p
A SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITY.
There is a special responsibility rest
ing on the well to do classes in this
country. There may be some excuse for
the Pole Bohemian or Greek to violate
our traditions, but there is none for the
American. If either class is to indulge
in Sunday games. it would better be the
poor who have no breath of fresh air
through the Week.-Rev. w. A. Bartlett,
Congrega tionahst, Chicago.
A SURE REFUGE
In hours when the heart is burdened
with a consciousness of sin, when the
soul is overwhelmed by a vision of it's
failures. when temptation is doing its
dreadful work. when one sees before
him the black gulf of despair, how
sweet the words of him who spake as
never man spake, Him that cOmeth
Rev. DR.. PolemRs H. Swift, Methodist,
Chicago.
CHRIST IN SOCIAL REFORM
It is beyond question that the New
Testament is appealed to as authority
in matters of political and social justice
oftener than any other single volume.
Indeed it is the uniform habit of all APP
peal from the prevailing custom and
against intrenched wrong or injustice to
appeal to Christ the radical as furnish
ing at once the prototype and the fore
runner Of all refOrmerS. There has been
practically no limit to the assumption
that Christ was primarily a radical in
all that pertained to the habits and GUS
toms of his age. 1t seems to have been
forgotten almost entirely that Christ
also was a conservative; that he did not
come to destroy but to fulfill; that his
ministry was essentially a constructive
and upbuilding one; that his antagon-
ism to certain Institutions was with
view to their reformation, not their de-
struction. And to make his ministry
the ground for a non-religious reforma-
ton Of society is utterly to mistake his
teaching.-Rev. A. A. Berle Congrega-
tionalist, Chicago.
Working Night and Day.