The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-13
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
Gems Cleaned from abe Teachings of
All Denominations.

One of the most ilIustrious and
learned men of the last century, New
ton, inclined his head every time be
pronounced the holy name Of God.
When your lips, my brethren, repeat
this holy name, may you always do so
with sentiment of profound veneration.
thankfulness and love.-Rev. 0. n.
Jackson, Catholic, Atlanta, Ga.
PHILANTHROPY AND RELIGION.
We cannot serve our brother men, or
even have a desire to do so long, apart
from the service of God AS philan-
thropy is the legitimate product of a
Christian civilization, so we can see
that if all other churches and Chris
tian institutions of our Lord were de-
stroyed it would not be long before our
institutions of mercy would wither and
decay-Rev. E. Talbot, Episcopalian,
Washington.
THE SIN OF INDIFFERENCE
There are two classes of Wrongdoers,
described in the Bible as those whose
sins go before them TO judgment and
those whose sins follow after. To the
latter class belong those who are not
only respectable sinners. but those whose
sins are respectable Indifference to the
church is a very respectable sin and has
an entree into the most fashionable So
cfety.-Rev. Bruce Brown, Disciple, Chi
cago.
MAKE EVERY LIFE GREAT.
How much we miss by our ignorance
of Gods plan to make every lie great.
He would have us live at the highest
level in the largest relations, In view
of the sublimest realities. He would
have US know that our lives are not
mere landIocked lakes, but inlets OF the
sea, with channels binding US to the
great ocean beyond" and the tides of
power which enter our souls are from
the eternal world.-Rev. Charles G.
AIbertson, Methodist, Germantown, Pa.
LIVING FOR OTHERS.
What gives character to your life Is
IraS
your life center? If it centers in self.
1t is not obeying the law of its nature
and must be dwarfed and situated.
Your business is dragged down into a
mean and sordid thing. You cannot
climb to anv high honor that this law
of selEshness will not make that honor
contemplate. But if your life centers
in others it obeys the law Of Christ.
there is no business so Door and little
that this law will not glorify it. II
your life is bound to the bench or to
the wheel for the good of others, if you
are a slave that they may be free, If
you are struggling under burdens that
their burdens may be ughtened, then
your dull and uninteresting business is
transfgured into a holy sacrament
Rev. DR.. Henry Everson Cobb. Dutch
Reformed, New York.
ALL SUFFICIENCY OF THE
GOSPEL
What, after all, is worth while in this
world? What, think you, is BETTING
the enthusiasm of an immortal man
Only that one idea which is big enough
and WORTHY enough to embrace all 9TH
er conceptions. Such is the gospel
What themes it offers to the earnest
man for solemn and sublime eloquencei
The most sublime subjects are present
ed, the most important interests are dis
cussed the most tender motives are
urged.-Rev. DIR. W. ". Landrum, Bap-
| fist, Atlanta, Ga.
DEVELOPMENT OF CHARACTER
Character is not born; it is developed
1t springs not up in a night. as a Jo-
nahs gourd: it grows gradually. Lyman
Beecher once said, 1T took forty years. >
when some one asked him the question
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