The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-02
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
Gems Cleaned from the Teachings of
All Denominations.

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Gems Cleaned from the Teachings of
All Denominations.
God looks at the state of a mans
heart. his character, not what he does,
but what he is.-Dr. Theron Rice, Pres
byterian, Atlanta.
VICTORIES.
The victories of the future will be
won by Christlike sympathy and self
sacrificing service.-Dr T. H. Swift,
Methodist. Chicago.
| WOMANS PLACE IN THE WORLD
Woman does not need an enlarge
ment of her sphere. but to cultivate
well that place where God has put
her.-Rev. DR. NJ. 3. Chapman, Metho-
dist, Kansas City.
CHARACTER.
Character is the secret quality of the
soul, known only to self and God. The
world generally misunderstands, fails
of right estimate.-Rev. David Utter,
Unitarian, Denver.
BELIEF OF CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS
Christian Scientists believe that God
is infinite love, the beautiful source of
all life, the great physician who heals
all our diseases.-William W. Ewing,
Christian Scientist, Chicago.
TRUE TO CHRIST.
All who stand by Christ will gain his
love and aid in time of trouble and adj
vice and counsel in happy. times. Let
US be true to Christ, and he will help
US bear our crosses.-Rev. w. T. Jor-
GODS PURPOSE.
Give to every other man every right
and privilege that we claim for our
selves. That is the law and the rule
we should follow. and we will be fol-
lowing Gods purpose.=Rev Charles ].
Cameron, Presbyterian, Boston.
PROGRESS OF THE HOME.
The home, like every other institu-
ton, must carry with it every element
of goodness it found in the past if it
f0 ,or7oa
ress in the Tuture.-Rev. Johnson Hen
derson, Armour Mission, Chicago.
SELF SACRIFICE
There may be numerous forces
brought to bear upon the conduct OF
men, but the one power which molds
character is the self sacrifice of those
who share with us our own expert
ences.-Rev. Harry Blunt, ST. Louis.
HELPFULNESS and MAGNANIMITY
The greatest question for US to meet
is how to abound, how to take advan-
tage of ever present opportunities to
show helpfulness and magnaninlity to
others.-Rev. Paul r. rockingham,
Appleton Chapel, Harvard, Unitarian.
A GENUINE MAN.
1t is a great thing to be a master and
to make men weep and laugh by your
genius, but it is greater to be a genu-
inc man and to make men hopeful
and gentle just by living among them.
Rev. DR.. Frank Crane, Methodist,
Chicago.
MANNER OF PREACHING.
A new method of preaching is COM
ing into vogue containing sentimental
ity and sociology in about equal pro-
portions. Ministers talk about expan-
sion and not SO much about justifica-
ton by faith.-Rev DR. Patton, Pres
byterian, Princeton, N J.
THE WORLDS SANITARIUM.
The heart of Christ is the worlds
hospital, and the church of Christ ex-
lists not as a museum for the exhibition
naTfaRf nhQr1 a a ca mi
rum for the strengthening of that
which is ready to die.-Rev. w. w.
Boyd, Baptist, st. Louis.
AN IDEAL CITY.
No single ideal can stand alone. The
ideal city must be a city of homes,
city of culture, a city Of morality, a
city of safety for the individual, a city
of churches-in short. a city which
L. Perrin, Universa1ist. Boston.
THE CHURCH SHOULD BE FOR
TRUTH.
Instead of the church being a cod
ding institution 1t should be a house
hold of brave and robust servants of
God, standing faithfully for the truth |
with all charity and doing heroic serv |
ice amid all differencss.-Rev. DR.. Will |
liam White Wilson, Episcopal, Chica-
THE OLD FASHIONED BIBLE
We are thankful that amid all the /
startling fantasies which take hold of
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looking for the newest fad of fashion in T
religious circles the old fashioned Bible
understood in the old fashioned way of I
sanity and sound exegesis. still holds it's
supremacy in the world.-Bishop Samuel
Fallows, Reformed Episcopal Chicago.
HIGHER MEANINGS AND JOYS.
1t is only as our world seeks and finds
its life in God and makes that life its
own by giving it expression, form and
action; giving it reality in the religion
of life of the relationships of the justice
of love, that the higher meanings and
joys of the morally grand can be real
lied Our material greatness can be
enduring only as it is builded on moral
H. W. Thomas. Peo-
pies Church, Chicago.
SALVATION AND ETERNAL LIFE
FROM GOD.
From God there is ever flowing the
living waters OF peace, joy and hope:
from God we receive salvation and
eternal life How foolish it is for man
to try to satisfy his soul with the con-
tents of self made cisterns of selfish
ness and sinful pleasures when the wa
ters of eternal salvation and joy are