The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-10
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
Gems Cleaned from Teachings
of All Denominations.

One of the FREQUENT causes of our
failure to have the thankful spirit is
| forgetfulness of past benefits.-Rev.
Percy Trafford Olton, Episcopalian,
DEBTS
There is one debt man can never dis
charge. 1t is the debt of love, brother
" kindness and charity to our fellow
men.ERev- II, c. McCook, Presbyter-
ian, Philadelphia.
SYMPATHY.
To refuse your hearts sympathy to-
any man or cause that tolls for human
uplift IS to retreat from the kingdom
of God.-Rev. DR. Moore SanbOrn,
Unitarian. Atlanta, Ga.
REASON FOR CONVERTING MEN
We should do all we can to win men
to Christ for the transformation Chris
tianity would bring to the world, civic
and pOlitical-Rev. @. B. Vosburgh,
I Episcopalian, Denver.
DUTY OF THE HOUR.
The duty of the hour is to refrain
from idle words and inconsiderate
speech. The church must recall men
to the great realities of life and duty.
Rev. F. L. Phalen, Unitarian, Wor-
I cester, Mass.
A VIEW OF RELIGION.
/ Religion is mans dawning conscious
of human hands and the yearning of
/ human hearts after that life of the in
! finite in which we are all submerged"
Rev. Herbert S. BigeIow, Congrega-
| tionalist, Cincinnati
THE. CHURCH.
/ We speak of attending church as
duty. More deeply is it a privilege and
! a benefit. The union of the soul with
/ its God is the meaning and purpose of
religion. The church is a means to
that end--Rev. c. A. Martin, Roman
/ Catholic, Cleveland, o.
DANGEROUS TO THE SOUL.
Nothing is more Derflous to the soul
than to cut loose from faith. For man,
/ happiness has persisted from the earth
/ if he refuse to acknowledge his deeper
convictions and to follow his finer feel
ings--Rev. Columbus Polk GoOdson,
Presbyterian. ST Louis.
MEMS BEST GOOD.
Slowly through the ages men have
I been learning until now they gladly
accent the truth that in material things
as we'll as in the laws of mind their
4 best good lies in the most minute and
/ careful obedience to Gods IaWs.-Rev.
DR.. F. ". Luce Methodist, st. Louis.
HOW SOULS MAY BE SAVED.
God IS all wise and all loving. and he
/ has provided that all souls which ever
| have or ever will exist may be saved
1 by the following of a proper COURSE
! the course provided by him-the living
of proper life, either on this earth or
/ in existence reafter-Rev H L
2
PEACE. AND ITS EFFECT.
A good conscience and the enjoy
ment of peace mean one and the same
thing. All sins opposed to humility
meekness, holy purity, temperance, dill
/ igence in fulfilling the duties of our
i seQuent loss of peace brings pain in
its cOurse."3ev. r. J. Jackson, RO-
man Catholic. Atlanta. Ga.
HOW A NAN SHOULD USE HIS
~ ID
A man has not the right to do as
he pleases with his powers and possess
siOns even if he does not abuse them.
He must use them for others and not
only for his own Improvement. They
were not meant for himself alone. re
CARELESS of what should become of his
less favored fellow men.-Rev. w. H.
Nicholas, Lutheran, Allegheny. Pa.
A TRIED SOUL.
However delightful is youth and it
is delightful in its freshness and full
ness Of promise, it does not yet have
the mellow glories and the refined tex
ture of the soul which has successfully
borne the heats of trial and in the soft
ened peace of d trustful autumn looks
back to a work we'll done--Rev. A. NJ.
Campbell, Presbyterian, st. Louis.
VALUATION OF NAN
A new valuation of man has arisen
from the teachings of the Bible. Man
is no longer a thing The intense real
ism of the age is reflected in realistic
fiction and painting of modern authors
and artists. It is the duty of the mod
ern preacher to learn of life from life
itself and know God at first hand
Rev H H. Paine, Methodist, Worces-
ter, Mass
CHRISTIAN FRAGRANCE.
The Christians fragrance should be
as the odor of spices that men may
know that he rooted in the arden OF
the Lord. His branches shall spread
Expansion is growth True religion
VIII manifest itself in the Omen Il
leads believers to come forth and ODen-
ly profess Christ before men His
branches are acts and examples tina
are seen in the family. the prayer meet
ing. the house of Godfrey. Dr. j. T
NJ. Johnston, Baptist. st. Louis.
HALF PROFIT SHARING
So long as labereFs are men and no