The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-14
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
Gems Cleaned from Teachings
of All Denominations.

One of the curses of religion is that
so many people are merely the shells
of Christianity.-Rev w. F. Sheridan
Methodist, Louisville, Ky
ON THE HIGHWAY TO SUCCESS.
1t is only when a man works for the
love of work and not for money that
we can say a happy man is trudging
along the highway of true success
Rev. DR.. Frank De Witt Talmage,
Presbyterian, Los Angeles, Cal.
MODEL CONGREGATION.
No CONGREGATION can be regarded as
model one which does not contain
some of the Lords poor, to whom it
was especially designed that the gos-
pei should be preaehed-..Rey Dr.
Robert NJ. Green, Methodist, Brook
TRUTH.
Truth is not confined to any Bible,
! however venerable, nor to any church,
however ancient her authority. The
ideas of past centuries will not suffice
for today in religion any more than in
science or fndustry.-Rev. w. H. Pulls
ford, Unitarian, Chicago.
MANS DEBT TO THE WORLD.
The world does not owe you liv-
/ ing, young man. It owes you nothing
but a fair chance. But, on the other
hand, you owe the world something.
You owe the world a debt of manii-
ness, character and Work.-Rev. K. X.
White Presbyterian, New York.
THE SATISFYING LIFE.
The sooner we realize that man lives
not for bread alone, that the true end
| of life is not to please the body, but
discipline the spirit; that the sa tlsfy1ng
sooner shall we devote ourselves to the
essential-Rev. Dr.. Arthur Mather,
Episcopalian, St. Louis
TRUE JUDGMENT.
! Man is a moral being. There is in
him an intuition of right and wrong.
/ Tr44c ont T7-fTa &c o
| thing, for there are many dlstractlng
! influences in the world round about us,
4 and it is necessary to have time ana
| means to have the conscience or judg-
ment quickened and made true.-Rev.
| Alex Esler, Disciple, Toronto
! VACATIONS AND WORLDLINESS.
If there would be less vacation and
more work there would be less Worldli-
ness in the church. AS a general thing,
! summer resorts are not calculated to
create any religious enthusiasm, and it
takes two or three months of the fall
to get both pastor and people lined up
again.-Rev. S. I. Lindsay, Congrega-
tionalist. st. Louis.
MONEY AND IT'S DANGERS.
BY the Mammon of unrighteousness
! our Lord means money, and money, as
we have SEEM has its dangers. But all
/ things valuable are dangerous. Steam
| and electricity are dangerous, but when
| mastered are invaluable servants of
| man. Money is attended with dangers,
| but when rightly used 1t may become
| the greatest blessing. To insure this end
money must be rightly used and NOT
expented for selfish purposes.-ReW- DR..
E H. Ward, Episcopalian, Pittsburg.
THE JEWISH QUESTION.
The Jews must come to the relief of
! the millions in Russian lands. The
Jewish question cannot be solved in
Russia. The hearty response of the
Jews of the world in the present emer-
gency augurs well for the future. I
believe that the Jews VIII solve the
question outside of Russia and give to
! the oppressed a land where they may
enjoy their lives in peace and safety
and the old wandering Jew will at last
cease to roam.=Rabbi B. c. Ehren-
reich Philadelphia.
TO BECOME CHRISTLIKE.
Here is the way to become like
! Christ: No mere pining for godliness,
no sheer mentality, no clustered isOla-
/ ton from men, no ecstacy of emo
tions no reverence for histOricity of
/ creed or eccIesiasticism, no enthu-
siasm for ordinances OF hturgies or
| ritualisms can beget in US likeness to
Christ. We must seek to make his
consciousness our own. so far as we
can to live out the VitaIities of his
life, to reproduce in ourselves his
| ministry to the world, to hate sham
] and incompleteness in any realm. Re-
fleet him and We become like him.
That is religion and nationality also
! Every one or US IS feuecllhS something
/ daily. We are moons to some sun.
! We are mirrors to some glory or
shame. Our dreams. workshops,
literature, friendships. recreations en-
| vironment, are either degrading or ex-
aIting us. Every man is being changed
from glory to glory or from shame to
shame by the glorious or shameful
things he reflects. Therefore religion
is needed in every life. Christ is essen
tial to our character--Rev Dr. w. c.
Biting. Baptist. st. Louis.
THE NEW CONSCIENCE.
The hope of our age is the new con-
Il science which paraphrasing the words
of Grattan. arises out of the very ex-