The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-22
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
Gems Cleaned From the Teachings Of
All Denominations.


ed The way out is creased. too but
it slopes up.-Rev. DR.. Frank Crane,
Unitarian, Worcester. Mass
TO HAVE A GREAT REVIVAL.
| If the Christian church today
should put into actual practice TWEEN
| ty-one verses of the sermon on the
mount, there would be the greatest
revival in history.-Rev. w. A. Bart
lett, Congregationalist, Chicago.
WHEN TEMPTED.
If in temptation we turn to our
crucifted Savior and call on Jesus
with the heart and the lips Satan win
| flee, victory will be ours and angels I
approaching US will console US with
sweet thoughts of heaven. Amen
Rev. Father Jackson. Roman Catho-
lie, Atlanta.
! MODESTY.
Let US be modest-modest in |
| knowledge, humble in possession and
use of power and unconceited in our /
mental attitude to the universe of
which we are only a microscopic
atom. Too many of us are wise and
| important in our own eyes in inverse
proportion to our knowledge and
abihty.-Rabbi A. J. Lyons, Brooklyn. |
THE SOCIETY OF HEAVEN.
Christ puts himself in the center of
mems affections that he may secure !
| their conversion. He stOoos to con- |
quer. He delivers himself to the sin
ner to take the siner captive to him
self. Through the social nature of
| the Son of God men enter the society
of heaven.-Rev. Thomas Parry,
Presbyterian, Pittsburs. Pa.
VALUE OF RELIGION IN THE
HOME.
Parents who introduce religion into
the home dig a well of living water
secure a fountain of blessing that will
aid in the struggle. Family religion
promotes family blessings, temper
| ance, frugality, industry, discretion,
peace, quietness, harmony love and
the favor of Almighty God.-Rev. DR..
J. L. NJ Johnston, Baptist St. Louis.
WHERE FAITH IS NEEDED.
Lack of faith in our own work will
kill absolutely any faith others may
have in our ultimate success. The
old proverb says, RATS will leave a
sinking ship. All our friends and as
SOclateS Will leave US as quickly as
they can if they once get into their
minds the thought that we ourselves
feel that we are certainly doomed to
failure. A man who is always antici-
pating failure and taking a gloomy
vie wof the future not only works half
heartedly himself, but deDresses his
associates.-Rev. DR.. Frank De Witt
Talmage, Presbyterian, Los Angeles,
Cal.
HEAVENS MYSTERIES.
The mysteries of the kingdom of
| heaven occupy large place in the
| Bible and in Christian life. In the
, mystery of the incarnation God touches
mystery of the cross he puts away the
sin of the world. In the mystery of the
Holy Spirits presence he abides in the
| world, guiding and energizing human
lives. There they lie at the heart of the
ministry of Christ and his apostles.
They have lain at the heart of the New
! Testament and of the Christian reli-
! giOn through centuries. 1t requires no
exceptional gift of prophecy to predict
what would come to pass in Christian
: ity if we were to drop out the mysteries
which have been vital in it from the
beginning. It would be like a body
from which the spirit has departed
Rev. DIR. T. P. Frost, Methodist, Evans
? ton, III.
4 TRUE RELIGION.
Not the creed of your church, not the
5 hooks on your shelves. but the truth
] you think in your mind and are willing
: to stand for, that is the thought side of
? genuine religion. There is nothing more
nrecious than religious experience It
e IS not to be paraded. There is a certain
= modestv that becomes it well. Neither
is it to be hidden away from sight. In
a world of gainsaying you should be
willing witness. There are some people
v who try to persuade themselves that
z religious experience is too sacred TO
e talk about What were tongue and lips
given for? To speak of the coarse
S things of Iife2 There is no way so help-
/ f11I as to open your heart to another
. | mans heart If you have something IN
T there that is genuine, as the psalmlst
had. YOU can find way to tell It that
= will neither be harmful to you nor dls-
e pleasing to God.-F. A. Greene, Baptlst'
Evanston, III.
a LOYALTY AND LIFE.
g Men of achievement crown loyalty
e as one of the first of the virtues
e Charity must be a divine gift lndeeo
If it is greater than faithfulness- Ihe
d soldiers worth is in his adherence to
dutv. The test of the jurist is loyalty
It to the client The test of the pupil Is
n LOYALTY to his great master me TWO
Y great books in ancient literature are
- the sIHad'' and the "Odyssey- Inc
"Iliad'' exposes the fckleness ana as
LOYALTY of beautiful Helen. whose IN
fidelity turned a city into heaa. ms
"Odvssey'' celebrates the loyalty o.
Penelope, who kept her palace anc
her heart Young man, scorn thF
very thought of disloyalty to your
employer. If you can't work WIZ
him, resign. But flee the very though
of disloyalty as you would nee IRON
the edge of the preciDice. DlsioyaltA
belongs to the serpent that bites. th'
wolf that rends and the Eon tina
Hslays To be disloyaI is to JOIN hand'
with the devil himself. Pride your
self on your loyalty. Learn to follow
that YOU may be worthy to lead. Life
may bring you gold, office and honor
but it viii bring you nothing com
parable to the happiness that comes
from the consciousness of having beer
Ioval to your ideals. And when it /
all over let this be mems judgmen
upon you, HE was faithful unit
death. ''-Rev. DR.. Newell Dwight Hill
lis, Congregatonalist, Brooklyn.
Even on the road to success soml
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