The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-19
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
Gems Cleaned from Teachings
of All Denominations.

The love of God fringes the horizon
of sins night with the promise of an
unfading day. ~ Rev. DR.. George
Adams, Methodist, Brooklyn.
A DIVINE PRIVILEGE.
Work if entered upon in the right
spirit is not a curse, but q divine
privilege and blessing.-Rev. Grant
e. Pike, Christian church, Allegheny
Pennsylvania.
EFFECT OF ENVIRONMENT
Character cannot be inherited nor
entailed; it is a virtue influenced by
environment, for & man is known by
the company he keeps.-Rev. ". T.
Dixon, Baptist, Brooklyn.
SUCCESSFUL CHRISTIAN.
To become successful Christian
you must know Christ as a merchant
knows his goods and be as earnest in
the resentation.-Rev. Benjamin
Rush Thornbury, Episcopalian, Chi
cago.
NOBLER LIVING.
Men are victors only as they get the
better Of themselves; the higher self
treading down and treading out the
lower self, so shall you daily rise to
the heights of nobler Iiving.-Rev.
George W. King, Presbyterian, St
Louis.
BEAUTY OF DYING.
think it a Strengthening exercise
to our souls to reflect frequently upon
our last end in order that We may
bring more clearly before our minds
the vanity and evanescence of worldly
things. BY familiarizing ourselves
with death in as far as We are able to
| conceive it we will find that It viii
lose much Of its terrors.-Rev. Carl
Doney, Methodist, Washington.
WHERE UNBELIEF HARMS
Those who would have a new and
inspiring vision of their Lord must
chamber of the Most High which is
available through the intercession of
Christ on the thoroughfare, in the
busy worship or the home. Means Of
communication with the King are
never obstructed save by the "eyii
| heart Of unbeIief Rev. NJ. n.
Strong, Unitarian, Denver.
LIES END.
There are those who confne their
ambitions to the life of the world and
think the grave "be all and end alI''
of life. But we cannot think thus If
it were, why all our suffering striving
upward and battling for the right2 II
we are convinced that the grave is not
the ultimate goal of life, but that we
have been created by the eternal
Father to return to him in the end
with love and loyal service and
through them to be happy in the next
world, then our struggles have reason.
! Rev. Father Hayes, Roman Cath
Ole, New York.
WORK AND HAPPINESS.
No man has ever done enough. Tha
best Is always before US. No matter
what success you had yesterday, there
/ is a richer achievement to be GAINED
tomorrow. God always keeps the best
of the wine to the last Of the feast
/ Life is not behind you; success is be-
/ fore you. Yesterday is a granarv thar
/ holds seed for today's sowing. Great fs
/ the harvest tomorrow. It is this suirfF
/ of hope. work, varied interests and In
| cessant activity that lends Happiness
to life, and it is happiness that makes
work uccessful.-Rev. DR.. Newell
Dwight Hills. Congregatfonalist.
/ Brooklyn.
PEACE A SPLENDID STRIDE.
| The peace of Portsmouth. bro17rhf
i about by the American pacffeafo7-
viii not be one single event begun ana
ended within q brief space of tine. Il
will be marked as a splendid stride
| toward a method OF rational ana f1I-
name adjustment of troubles vet n
arise among nations. It has bear a
new Illustration OF how nations ~
/ peace may help nations at war. II Will
make diplomacy more couraeeous.
! outspoken and friendly. It win Intro
duee common sense and friendsrfr,
/ into the settlement of friterDsffonsi
4 disputes. It VIII make It less 3fffcs,fF
for nations to advise nations and Tor
/ pOtentates TO heed the Judgment ~
mankind.-Rev. Dr.. George z. paes-
Baptist Philadelphia.