The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-03
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT
Gems Cleaned From the Teachings of
All Denominations.

One may be both strenuous and sim
pie. A true life is both in the best
sense of the terms.-Rev. DR.. Robert
J. Kent, CongregatiOnaliSt, Brooklyn.
GODS MEASUREMENT OF LIFE.
God does not measure a life by re-
suits, but by the spirit in which it is
lived.-Rev. c. ]. Harris, Universalist,
Atlanta, Ga
TRUE BEAUTY.
Beauty is the revelation of an ideal;
hence all true beauty is spiritual beau
ty, for an ideal is always the creation
of mind or spirit.-Rev. De. A. Lincoln
Moore, Baptist, New York.
ESSENTIAL ELEMENT OF LIFE.
Anticipation is to the soul what OK
ygen is to the body. Take this out of
life and you have subtracted therefrom
an essential element.-Rev. Charles c.
Carson, Presbyterian, Valdosta, Ga.
TRUE NOBILITY.
Nothing can be low or unseemly OF
vulgar, provided it is pure and right
eous and true, and, though it be hum
BILE, yet will it, provided it be qualified
thus. still be noble and great and
worthy of association and emulation
Rev. Andrew F. Underhill, Episcopa-
liam, Yonkers, N. Y.
UTILITY IN BEAUTY.
Beauty has a distinct mission. God
loves beauty and has made the little
Alpine flower to grow where none but
he and the angels can see it. There is
something better in life than dollars
and cents and straight lines and angles
and neutral colors.-Rev. D. R. Rad
cliffe, Presbyterian, Washington.
MIND DISCIPLINING.
The ideal young man will cultivate
his mind. There is growing demand
for disciplined minds in every calling
in life. Learn to think logically; ex-
anime the new carefully before you
the higher soul culture are unmeas-
ured.-Rev. John Thompson, Metho-
dist, Chicago.
IMPORTANCE OF OUR SOULS.
Our souls are the most important
things in our lives and therefore
not minister unto the eternal. the soul,
and the ministry of the temporal, flesh
and bones, which shall see corruption,
make subordinate? Our souls are out
side of Christ if aff1icted.-Herbert
Lowe, Evangelist, Brooklyn.
GODS MERCY LIKE THE DEW.
There is dew in one flower and not
in another because one opens it's cup
and takes it in while the other closes
itself and the drops run off. God
spread as the dew, and if we lack them
it is because we do not open our
hearts to receive them.-Rev. DR.. w.
F. McMurry, Methodist, ST. Louis
WHEN WARFARE WILL END.
War is but the outward and combin-
ed expression of the battle that goes on
in every personal life. When the con-
hict has been won between bad in
pulses and good ones. between love and
hate in the soul. when the last man has
become self controlled and just and
kind, then and not till then will war
fare end.-Rev. DR.. ISsln w. Day, Uni
tartan, ST. Louis.
SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE OF CHRIS
TIAN LOVE.
To love those who love you won't
help society very much. To be loyal to
your own kith and kin alone-is that a
great advantage to humanity? From
the Christian Christ demands something
more than domestic 1ove-love for man
as man. He demands the acknowledg-
ment that all men are members of a
family. and it is from this
kind of love aldne that truly Chris
tan society can arise.-Rev. DR.. Will
lam j.. Dawson, Congregationalist, Lon
don.
SINCERITY.
The world likes a man who rings
true. We may not agree with him, but
not find the world in perfect accord
with his philosophy of life, but the
world is deeply sensible of his pro
found earnestness. Society has many
Church attendance may be practiced
for the sake of social standing. Elab-
crate funerals may be held for the
sake of making an impression. Men
may indulge in fulsome fattery to gain
personal ends and bow to the man of
the hour because of his position and
not his worth. A large portion of the
world feels obliged to keep up appear
ances beyond it's means. Jewels, car
ria geS, operas, fine raiment and travel
are not always INDUCED in by people
who can afford them. They may not
all be insincere, but the custom has
ruined many lives-Rev. William Hath
away Pound. Congregationalist, Chi