The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-09

| arcnangeI or saint asking for things.
The burden of the prayer is, Holy,
holy, holy, Lord God Almighty" Sure
ly we violate no law of the universe
when we adore.-Rev. DIR. Charles z.
Jefferson, Congregationalist New York.
THE TRUTH FOR TODAY.
These are the truths we seek to preach
today-that God is the Creator, the
Governor and the Judge of man; that
he is a living and a loving Father who
has revealed his forgiving mercy
through the life of his incarnate Son
and the cross of Calvary.-Rev. Lew
ellyn n. Galley, Episcopalian, Philadel-
phia.
STRENGTH FROM SERVICE.
! We may grow strong and live by ev-
cry kind of service. This was Christ
about my Fathers business are his
words. Gods service-an exalted sense
of true life, a definite path of duty, a
noble example of a blessed spirit.
! Though the body lacked the bread of
| this world and came to hunger, pain,
tears, sorrow, insult and rejection, yet
the one thought is, MY meat is to do
the will of him that sent me.'-Rev.
Alfred w. H. Holder, Baptist, New
York.
CLEARING AWAY OBSTACLES.
| The business of discovery in the nat
! ural world is to clear away hindrances
and to make channels for forces which
were long ago reposed in nature, right
| QllOST OQI dllQ 50 near lndl lAlSy
actually touch US. Just as the great
! discoveries in electricity consist in Civ
| ing direction to the mighty power that
it may become a thing of service rath-
er than a means of destruction, SO the
| chief business of religion is to clear
away the difficulties in the divine path
SO that God may work naturally in the
hearts of men.-Rev. DIR. John Lloyd
| Lee, Presbyterian, New York
THE GOOD CONSCIENCE.
fe- %I,eI L. hot an
ems the doors to the joys of a good con-
science a settled purpose to keep the
| commandments is the means to main
| tain one in their possession. When
Jesus Christ enters into a mans heart
| to become its master he brings with
him a foretaste of the pleasures Of par
adise. 81 have found him whom my
soul loveth and I will not let him go"
| The essence of a good conscience is to
possess God, and there is no sweeter
joy on earth than this, nor is there any
higher bliss in heaven.-Rev. A. P.
Doyle, Catholic, New York.
THE SURE PROOF OF MANHOOD
The religion of Jesus has to do with
the life that now is as we'll as that
which is to come. Paul here lays down
four rules for the Christian-be awake,
be SteadfaSt, be a man, be master.
These laws for the Christian life COM
mend themselves to the judicious. Be
strong; be master of circumstances.
Things will not always work in your
favor The tide will often set against
you, and you must pull hard against
| the current if you are to make any
progress. Show your power by over
coming difficulties. The highest strength
| lies in self mastery. If you can down
| the evil in your own heart, hold your
self to the ways of righteousness, you
have given the surest proof of man
hood.-Rev. L. A. Crandall, Baptist,
1.-THE BOOMERANG OF SIN"
| Sin is a word that cuts in two direc-
lions. 1t wrongs the sinner more than
the one sinned against If lie about
YOU 1 wrong myself more than I do
YOU. If a merchant cheats me he
wrongs himself more than he does me.
| If you cheat your neighbor in a trade
you wrong yourself. no matter how
sharp the bargain you drive. Every
sin is a boomerang that comes back
upon the head of the transgressor. The
| law of reflex action is found to rest up
on the profoundest philosophy. Wrong
doing robs the soul of self respect,
makes it a stranger to the highest joys,
fills the soul with bitter memories and
cheats it of it's most glorious birth
right. Nobody can wrong you as you
can wrong yourself You are traitor
to your highest destiny if you do not
| turn YOUR back upon sin. HE that sin
meth against me wrongeth his own
soul. Rev. DR. Polemus H. Swift,
Methodist. Chicago.
IMMENSELY OF GODS LOVE
Who are we to presume to fix the
bounds of Gods love and truth? When
we bring to the temple of immensely our
little measures of fellowship, our small
saving schemes and sectarian gauges, our
microscopic measure of Christian or pag-
an, Catholic or Presbyterian. how our
| of the nsalrnist: Such knowledge is
| too wonderful for me- It is high. I can
| not attain unto it, And still the thought
/ remains that this dust that we are has
| been ground in the mills Of eternity, that
| this breath Of life that is ours is allied to
! the spirit of the universe, that indeed the
Lord of life did breathe into our finite
nostrils his own spirit.-Rev- Jenkin Boyd
| Jones, Independent, Chicago