The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-14
NEED OF YOUNG MEN.

1ife.-ReV. j. F. Loba, congregational
list, Evanston, Ill.
NEED OF YOUNG MEN.
Whether we will or not, we are all
growing older each day. Many, how
ever, are sensitive to the fact, and
very few would appreciate that which
the Lord spoke unto Joshua of old
when he said Thou art old and
stricken in years" Never be a setting
sun, for it is far better to retire in
time than to go down under cloud.
Many really outlive their usefulness,
and others would honor themselves
and bless a. great cause if they would
but realize they are growing old and
are stricken in years. They may have
done most glorious work, but there
remains much to be done, and new
tial for the proper accomplishment of
the victories yet to be won. Young
men are wanted, but the right kind of
men are needed to properly man the
positions. Men of courage, men of
good judgment, men of perseverance,
are needed, but back of all that which
duly qualities such men is a strong
moral character, for no employer
wants a moral leper in his business or
among his family. Many parents are
partially to be blamed, for in too
many homes there is drinking and
gambling as the moral foundation on
parents neglect worship on Sunday
evenings for the card table in their
homes and then wonder why the chill
dren go astray. From good cody
homes come forth the young men that
are needed to fill the more honorable
and responsible places of trust.-Rev.
DR.. l.. NJ. Zimmerman, Lutheran, Bal
timore.
LIES NOBLEST INTERPRETA-
TION.
Life is appointment. not disappoint-
ment No disappointment, but APP
pointment, is life's noblest intarpreta-
tion.-Rev. Moses J. Cries, Hebrew,
THE GOLDEN CALF.
When God is forgotten it is not long
before men begin to dance before the
golden calf and to cry, These be thy
gods, o Anericai"-Rev. G. A. Crane,
Independent, Boston.
CIVIC WELFARE.
A city can only be what it ought to
be when its citizens are awakened to
be on the constant lookout for its high
est welfare.-Rev. Orrin K. jerks, Ad-
ventist. Christian Church, Chicago.
EFFECT OF A GOODLY LIFE.
an otherwise unsightIy district, as some
times rnereIy = window flower box cheers
a sitting tenement bit of park glad
dens the dirty city, and much more does
everywhere.-Rev. Robert Bruce Clark
Presbyterian, Brooklyn.
BELIEF IN THE BIBLE.
What are the common sense reasons for
believing the Bible? They are its age. the
great demand for the book, the fact that
It contains the true philosophy of nature,
the fact that it tells US of the future.
Further, its effects on men are vindica-
Blodgett, Methodist, Cincinnati
VALUE or GOOD READING.
You get good from reading ifyou choose
a wise book, book that has life in its
touch. book that brings you, conscious
" or uncOnSciOuSly, in contact with hui
mainly that brings you in touch with the
universe. Think
ing about any moral or special purpose
You are drinking in life, sweetness,
NJ J. Savage, Unitarian, New York.
VALUE OF GOOD PASSIONS.
In proportion as people are dominated
by the highest form of passion they be.
come capable OF excessive endurance. If
you are mastered by a great and good
passion there is no danger OF your re-
spending to the petty passions OF personal
life. In proportion you develop the
tender sentiments you become powerful.
noting the similarity of others to our
selves. Every person owes four hours a
Hall, Universalist, Chicago
FACING THE FUTURE
The future has a life the church must
touch, must influence, must purify must
tufe, what is there on the face of It we
see the church must influence and nelpE
What are the great interests in which the
church must have a voice and a clear,
purifying, uplifting message TO ofIers me
future VIII nave great soclal pTopieLzls OF
which light and Inspiration and help must
be given. The future viii have great So
cial evils on which the light OF the right
eouSness Of God must be thrown. The tu-
ture will have the continued sin and self
ishness Of the human heart on which the
salvation and love of God must be radi-
ated The future will have the problem
Of lifting up all mankind to the highest
possibilities of humanity, of binding all
nations together in the bond of brother
hood, and on these the church of God
must have the best and fullest measure
deliver. he great
tellectual problems. involving the rela-
tionship of God to his world and of man
to God, and upon these the church must
have a clear reasonable head as wei as
heart satisfying message to deliver--Rey-
Dr.. John R Maczay, Presbyterian Glens
Falls. n. z.