The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-10
THOUGHT.
Gems Cleaned From the Teachings O
All Denominations.

0CAAo 04NAAECO FROM the 4CAGA1u&S OF
All Denominations.
A man who Is always anticipating
Iailure and taking q gloomy view of
the future not only works half heart
eddy himself, but depresses his asso-
clates.-Rev DR.. Frank De Witt Tai
mage, Presbyterian, Los Angeles, Cal.
ANOTHER NAME FOR DISCIPLINE
Difficulties are only another name
for discipline. The best men have
started life with what appeared like
~handicaps, which afterward proved to
be real helps. The only Handicapped
boy IN America today is the son OF he
rich man.zRev. c. 3. Mitchell, Meth
odist, Cleveland. o.
FOE TO SOCIETY.
The man who for a consideration
violates a law to benefit one set of men
today will violate it tomorrow to in
jure that same set Of men provided it
IS profitable for him to do so. When
you have corrupted q man you have
made him a foe to society.=Rev. G. B.
Fosburgh, Baptist, Denver.
MISSIONARY ENTERPRISE.
True missionary enterprise is never
from dead level to dead level but
from the heights OF God to the quag-
mires of men, To be most useful in
the CRIME and struggle of life you re-
Quire a mountain top of the mind a
spiritual sanctuary whereunto you may
ofttimes resort.@Rev. DR.. S. Edward
Young. Presbyterian, Pittsburg.
NATURAL AND SPIRITUAL LIFE.
AS God is the author of the natural
life, ecause life cannot come from
death, so he is the creator Of the spir-
tual or supernatural life He sus-
tains the natural life by outward
means So in a similar name he sus-
tains and perfects the spiritual life by
giving to 1t visible sacraments.@Rev
f. P. Siegfried. Roman Catholic, Phil
adelphia.
INTEREST IN FOREIGN MISSIONS.
Christian civilization is most pro-
NOTED by Christian interest in human
ity as a whole. Some men have a con-
tempt for foreign missions. but inter
est in foreign missions is actually pro-
noting interest in humanity which re-
acts. The foreign missionary move
ment is educational and patriotic
Bishop J.. II. Vincent, Methodist,
Springfield. Mass.
DREAM OF MODEST MEN.
Permanent and universal peace is
the dream Of the nohlest men. Peace
Is the child of freedCm and righteous
ness. and these M3fEther for the indi-
vidual or for the NATION. have been OBJ
tanned at mighty cost. Whether by the
shock of war or by constructive indi-
Vidual processes, hard won freedom
and right go before an abiding peace.
Rev J. H. Hasten. Baptist, Phila-
delphia~
More than rmo in stones, han
books III living brooks, voices fill every
nook and Granny OF the world and
speak to the h%eart5an d soul of man, to
those who have eyes and see, who have
ears and hear. There is nothing more
glorious in life than the man who is so
blessed, for he is of the worlds mas
ter souls. he is of the prophets and
knows what prophetic Inspiration truly
is.-Rev. DR.. Robert A. Meyer, Rabbi,
Brooklyn.
TRUE IDEALIST IS PRACTICAL
The true ideaHst is the most prac-
teal of them. There are indeed So
called idealists who appear to be de-
void of good sense. They try to hitch
their wagons to stars, forgetting that
wagons are made.te run upon the earth
and carry merchandise and not to
float in space gathering star-dust. The
true idealist is he who Toe his share
every day of the Masters hard work,
ashamed of nothing but sin and afraid
of nothing but ~cowardice, serving the
city in every possible Tay for its good,
its redemption from crime, poverty.
ignorance and filth, from the control
of dishonest and selfish men n from
the Sunday theater,s the gambling den
and the saloon. The true idealist will
know as much as possible about the