The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-25
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
Gems Cleaned From the Teachings Of
All Denominations.

It is in the power of the individual to
transform his life into what God de-
sires.-Rev. DR.. Adams, Baptist, Oes
Moines, Ia
RIGHTEOUSNESS NOT RICHES.
Humane society is exercised in a NOR
al struggle toward righteousness. 1t
must be set for that and not material
possessions.-Rev. Mr. Roop, Metho-
dist, Rochester, N. Y.
LABOR LEADERS.
The modern labor question calls for
the wisest leadership. He who would
be a leader in this must be a states
man of the broadcast and most unselhsh
spirit. He must walk near to human
ty and live near to Godfrey. F. 5.
Forbes, Congregationalist, Los Angeles,
LOVE ONE ANOTHER.
Friendship reveals the secret of the
universe. for God is love-" and he
who is unselfsh in benevolence knows
God. There is a meaning at the nearl
of the world, and that meaning is good
ness. The religious view of life is toe
onlv rational theory of existence. 1t
arises out of real life and gives signifi-
canoe and power to action.-ReV. Z. b.
Henderson, Baptist, Chicago
THE CIVILIZED HINDOO-
There is a misrepresentation in the
minds of money in regard to the char
acter of the HindoO. By them he IS
classed with the Kaffir, the Zulu, the
Bushnnan and the Chinese. There IS
nothing further from the truth. Au1SS
thousand years ago the Hindoos lived
together along the banks of the T1gres
river, a civilized race OF people--HeN-
L H Harpster, Lutheran, Akron, y.
CHURCH NEEDS A NEW BIRTH.
What the church needs today IS a
new birth of holiness new spirit or
sacrifice, a new energy of consecra-
tton a new enthusiasm for humanity,
zeal consciousness, illuminated by the
very light of God and 1nwrought and
gIorified by the very presence or the
Immortal Christ Jesus which has no
Rev. Frederick Lynch, COngrega-
tionalist, New York.
LEARN TO LIVE.
Life-that is the word of the future.
That is the word to which our ma
lures are going to respond, which is
going to stir US to the depths. Thus
far we have been content to exist.
And so we have been very much like
vegetables. When In place of exist
ence we think of and long for life,
when the desire to live really takes
possession of US, then we shall begin
our estate as humans, as conscious
sons and daughters of the Most High.
Rev. w. T Brown, Rochester, N Z.
MANS DIVINE DESTINY.
81 am the tadpole of an archangel,' -
said Victor Hugo just before his exit
from the world. But the archangeI is
a gIorified human being. Every fac
ulty inherent in our common human
ity is carried forward and developed
in that immortal state. Our highest
recognized endowments here are but
the hints and prophecies of the I'M
folding powers manifested there.
Mind or spirit is not "a mere imper-
sonal influence. 1t is an embodied en-
tity. 1T Is not absorbed into the eter-
lial in heaven any more than on earth.
Rev. " esley J. Gaines Atlanta, Ga.
vULGARITY OF RICHES.
It will be vulgar to have jingling
chains on your horses, so that people
may know of your approach; vulgar
to have bright colors blazing on your
carriages in the form of monogranas:
vulgar to publish in the newspapers
the amount spent on flowers at a fu-
neral or reception, and if any con-
tinue to be so vulgar you'll pass such
a man By as you would a common
beggar or criminal. This country is
soon going to learn sobriety pru-
dence. simplicity and the essential
vulgarity of wearing on the outside
the exhibit OF the property of the pos
sessor.-Rev. Newell Dwight Kills,
Congregauonalist, New York.